VH1/Sundance Channel's "The Drug Years" [Archive]

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Miss Modular

Jun 24th, 2006, 12:00 AM

I've been watching this in bits in pieces, whenever it's on TV. Truly the best programming VH1 has had in a long time. Very entertaining, informative, and the type of programming VH1 used to show before they got caught up showing "40 Hottest Hotties" and specials on K-Fed and Brangelina. However you feel about drugs, it's definitely worth watching.

I really hope that VH1 and Sundance Channel will team up again and do more stuff like this in the near future...but it's not likely.

Ninjavenom

Jun 24th, 2006, 10:16 PM

I've only seen the one about psychadelics so far, and i loved it. I was really hoping to see the one about crack. Do they have a re-run schedule posted?

DeadKennedys

Jun 25th, 2006, 01:05 AM

I really enjoyed the psychadelics one too. The whole era kinda crashed but I liked what they said that we got a glimpse of what america could be.

Miss Modular

Jun 25th, 2006, 12:26 PM

I caught the crack one. It was AWESOME. They covered Len Bias and everything. I caught the first two yesterday morning. I thought the first one could have spent more time on pre-1960s drug culture (Charlie Parker, etc.), but it was very good nonetheless.

noob3

Jun 25th, 2006, 03:27 PM

i saw the acid one, and the coke/pot one. i didn't know a president had attempted to legalize marijuana before. fuck ronald reagan!

alot of people did coke that i didn't think about before :(

Miss Modular

Jun 25th, 2006, 05:24 PM

This site has the future airing dates. Next airing on VH1 is July 1st.

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_drug_years/series.jhtml

Fathom Zero

Jun 25th, 2006, 07:05 PM

I've seen it. It's really good, but I prefer Heavy: The History Of Metal over Drug Years. VH1 has regained my respect.

Miss Modular

Jun 27th, 2006, 12:14 PM

According to this (http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5771), VH1 are planning more documentaries:

The "VH1 Rock Docs" franchise is a new slate of high-end feature-length documentaries that tell untold stories in the history of rock and Hip-Hop music.

The programs combine never-before-seen footage with a unique and unconventional narrative approach.

Fathom Zero

Jun 27th, 2006, 12:52 PM

Yeah, I've seen the commercials for them. Like the story of Left-Eye Lopez or the CIA versus John Lennon. Stuff like that.