MTV's Advance Warning - 2000s series about upcoming artists
Dec 16, 2019 21:08:52 GMT
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Post by ssjay02 on Dec 16, 2019 21:08:52 GMT
Hello! I've been interested in Lost Media for quite a few years, and decided to finally join the community in order to try to find a very interesting lost series.
In the early/mid 2000s, MTV aired a series called "Advance Warning", where they would interview various upcoming musical artists that were brand-new to the industry and/or making waves in their local scene. They would also show a music video (or concert footage) from the artist, and even released 5 compilation CDs (one of which can be found here). Advance Warning even aired in various other countries (with different hosts covering their own local artists), becoming MTV's first international show.
The show aired from February 2003 - December 2005, with only one episode airing per month. And typically 4 or 5 artists were covered in each episode. But unfortunately, nearly all of the episodes seem to be lost. Below are a few clips that I've been able to find:
I've also found 3 videos covering various artists from international episodes (Yui from Japan, Dharma Down from the Philippines, and Durella from Nigeria). But I imagine finding all of the international episodes will be next to impossible, so I'm mostly just hunting for the American episodes for now.
But thanks to spending hours digging through the MTV archives via the Wayback Machine, I've at least been able to compile a list of the artists covered in nearly every episode! (note that there's a chance a few episodes are listed out of order, but I've done my best with what I was able to dig-up):
Kardinal Offshall, The Exies, Sahara Hotnights, The Raveonettes
Episode 2 (March 2003)
Joe Budden, k-os, A.F.I., Jason Mraz
Episodes 3 - 12 (April 2003 - January 2004)
Unfortunately I couldn't find any archive data for these episodes, but based on other data I was able to find, I do know that the following artists were covered (among many other artists):
Lupe Fiasco, Brand New, Kanye West, Taking Back Sunday, Maroon 5, Elephant Man, Slick Shoes, Jin, Darcie Miner, Paloalto, Rooney, Spymob, Damone
Episode 8 (September 2003)
Val Emmich, Kill Hannah, Ima Robot, Dwele
Shout-out to kenny for uploading this episode! This seems to be from September 2003 (based on context-clues from the video), which should make it the 8th episode.
Episode 13 (February 2004)
Lostprophets, Joss Stone, Dizzee Rascal
Episode 14 (March 2004)
Trillville, J-Kwon, Steriogram, Dina Rae, Lil Scrappy
Episode 15 (April 2004)
The Stills, Washington Social Club, Bumblebeez 81, Butterfly Boucher
Episode 16 (May 2004)
Modest Mouse, The Von Bondies, Nomb, Maria Mena
Episode 17 (June 2004)
Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, Van Hunt, Kevin Lyttle
Episode 18 (July 2004)
Houston, Lola Ray, Midtown, Carina Round
Episode 19 (August 2004)
JD Natasha, Pitbull, Tego Calderon Volumen Cero
Episode 20 (September 2004)
My Chemical Romance, Slim Thug, Matchbook Romance, Rupee, Rachael Yamagata, Keane, Jim Jones/The Diplomats, Hope of the States
Episode 21 (October 2004)
Teedra Moses, Razorlight, Dangermouse/Jemini, John Legend
Episode 22 (November 2004)
Lil Wyte, The Exit, The Zutons, The Explosion
Episode 23 (December 2004)
TV on the Radio, Riddlin' Kids, The Dillenger Escape Plan, Nicole Wray
Episode 24 (January 2005)
Bonnie McKee, Razorlight, Keyshia Cole, The Alchemist, Kasabian
Episode 25 (February 2005)
K'naan, The Bravery, Brie Larson, Beatstreaks
Episode 26 (March 2005)
Arcade Fire, Brooke Valentine, Straylight Run, Missy Higgins
Episode 27 (April 2005)
El Pus, Hot Hot Heat, Hawthorne Heights, Wakefield
Episode 28 (May 2005)
Last Conservative, Da BackWudz, Bloc Party, Mando Diao
Episode 29 (June 2005)
M.I.A., The Afters, Eisley
Episode 30 (July 2005)
Senses Fail, Shout Out Louds, The Click Five, Paul Wall
Episode 31 (August 2005)
Motion City Soundtrack, Don Omar, The Fray, Little Brother
Episode 32 (September 2005)
Avenged Sevenfold, Jack's Mannequin, We Are Scientists, Hope Partlow
Episode 33 (October 2005)
Augustana, Mewithoutyou, I Wayne, James Blunt
Episode 34 (November 2005)
Rhymefest, Living Things, Ne-Yo, The Academy Is...
Episode 35 (December 2005)
Armor For Sleep, Morningwood, Matiyahu, The 69 Eyes
The reason why I'm so interested in finding these episodes is because many of the artists went on to have very successful careers, and this would've been one of their first interviews before making it big. For example, Lupe Fiasco himself has recently said that this was his first interview ever (and even he can't find a copy of it). Or even the discovered Senses Fail interview, released about a year after their debut album, shows plenty of cool behind-the-scenes clips of their earliest touring days. Not only that, but there are also tons of artists that completely fell off the radar, so this series would've possibly been their only interview ever conducted.
Hopefully there are others out there that are interested in tracking-down this lost series, and I'll be sure to continue updating this thread as more information/clips are found!
