The playlist archive is a community project that has been rebuilding the history of MTV's 120 Minutes. Our goal is to create a retrospective of music like nothing ever seen before.

With the help of our contributors, we have 367 playlists right now, going back to 1986, the first year of the series. The archive was last updated on 3/10/2008 with 7 new playlists.

This archive only includes the U.S. series, so other international versions, including the U.K. series, are not listed here. You can discuss other versions of 120 at the MTV Two web site. Unfortunately, we don't have any old episodes of 120 Minutes on VHS, DVD, or other formats.

If you have playlists or other missing information to contribute, ! Don't hesitate to send anything you've got. We'll take stuff from incomplete episodes or ones with no certain date.

May 4, 2003	Series finale: Dave Kendall, Matt Pinfield
April 27, 2003	Tegan and Sara
April 20, 2003	Ben Kweller
April 13, 2003	Spoon
April 6, 2003	Folk Implosion
March 30, 2003	Blur (from SXSW)
March 23, 2003	The Streets
March 9, 2003	Fischerspooner
March 2, 2003	Sahara Hotnights
February 23, 2003	The Flaming Lips
February 16, 2003	Morcheeba
February 2, 2003	Josh Rouse
January 26, 2003	The Soundtrack of Our Lives
January 19, 2003	Division of Laura Lee
January 12, 2003	(no guest)
January 5, 2003	Luna
December 29, 2002	Luna
December 22, 2002	Ours
December 15, 2002	Queens of the Stone Age
December 8, 2002	Apples In Stereo
December 1, 2002	Interpol
November 17, 2002	Rhett Miller
November 10, 2002	Beck
November 3, 2002	David Gray
October 27, 2002	Dashboard Confessional
October 20, 2002	Underworld
October 13, 2002	Liars
October 6, 2002	Super Furry Animals
September 22, 2002	(no guest)
September 15, 2002	Trail of Dead
September 8, 2002	Sonic Youth
September 1, 2002	(no guest)
August 18, 2002	Coldplay
August 11, 2002	Breeders
August 4, 2002	Badly Drawn Boy
July 28, 2002	Ash
July 21, 2002	Neil Finn
July 14, 2002	(no guest)
June 30, 2002	(no guest)
June 23, 2002	(no guest)
June 16, 2002	(no guest)
June 9, 2002	(no guest)
June 2, 2002	The Promise Ring
May 12, 2002	(no guest)
May 5, 2002	(no guest)
April 28, 2002	B.R.M.C.
April 21, 2002	(no guest)
April 14, 2002	(no guest)
April 7, 2002	Clinic
March 31, 2002	(no guest)
March 24, 2002	(no guest)
March 17, 2002	(no guest)
March 10, 2002	(no guest)
March 3, 2002	(no guest)
February 24, 2002	Neil Finn special
February 17, 2002	(no guest)
February 10, 2002	(no guest)
February 3, 2002	MTV2 for 2 special
January 27, 2002	(no guest)
January 20, 2002	(no guest)
December 16, 2001	Starsailor
December 9, 2001	Pete Yorn
December 2, 2001	(no guest)
November 25, 2001	International Noise Conspiracy
November 18, 2001	(no guest)
November 11, 2001	Chemical Brothers
November 4, 2001	Stereophonics
October 28, 2001	Butthole Surfers
October 21, 2001	Kenna
October 14, 2001	Remy Zero
October 7, 2001	(no guest)

September 3, 2000	LOUD Rocks Edition (last show on MTV)
June 11, 2000	(no guest or host, last regularly aired show on MTV)
June 4, 2000	(no guest or host)
May 7, 2000	(no guest listed)
April 30, 2000	(no guest listed)
April 9, 2000	(no guest listed)
March 19, 2000	(no guest listed)
March 12, 2000	Aimee Mann
March 5, 2000	(no guest listed)
January 30, 2000	(no guest)
August 8, 1999	Anthony Kiedis, Dido
August 1, 1999	Digital Club Festival
July 18, 1999	Blink 182
July 11, 1999	Luscious Jackson
June 27, 1999	(no guest)
June ?, 1999	Ben Lee
May 23, 1999	Robbie Williams, Beth Orton
May 16, 1999	Radiohead
May 9, 1999	Ben Folds Five, The Cranberries
April 25, 1999	Buckcherry, Lit
April 18, 1999	(no guest)
April 11, 1999	Mike Ness, Lo Fidelity Allstars
April 4, 1999	Harvey Danger, Blur
March 28, 1999	Rufus Wainwright, Marvelous 3
March 14, 1999	Korn
March 7, 1999	Afghan Whigs
February 28, 1999	Deftones
February 21, 1999	Blondie, Lenny Kravitz
February 7, 1999	Alanis Morissette, Orgy
January 31, 1999	Sugar Ray
January 10, 1999	Dick Barrett (Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
January 3, 1999	(no guest)
December 20, 1998	Limp Bizkit, Jon Spencer Blues...
December 13, 1998	The Offspring, Kid Rock
December 6, 1998	The Fly, Henry Rollins
November 29, 1998	The Cardigans, Placebo
November 22, 1998	Cake, Everlast
November 15, 1998	Semisonic, Shawn Mullins
November 8, 1998	Depeche Mode
October 25, 1998	Dick Barrett, Reel Big Fish
October 18, 1998	Liz Phair, Morcheeba
October 4, 1998	Korn
September 27, 1998	Goo Goo Dolls
September 20, 1998	(no guest)
September 13, 1998	Rob Zombie
August 30, 1998	Crystal Method
August 23, 1998	(no guest)
August 16, 1998	Eagle Eye Cherry
August 9, 1998	Warped Tour
August 2, 1998	Monster Magnet
July 26, 1998	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Esthero
July 12, 1998	Jerry Cantrell, Harvey Danger
June 14, 1998	Tibetan Freedom Concert 1998
unknown #7, 1998	Soul Asylum
unknown #6, 1998	Third Eye Blind, Eve 6
unknown #5, 1998	Urge, Fuel
unknown #4, 1998	R.E.M.
unknown #3, 1998	Stabbing Westward
unknown #2, 1998	Scott Weiland, Mary Lou Lord
March 9, 1998	Jarvis Cocker of Pulp
unknown #1, 1998	Semisonic, Bran Van 3000
January ?, 1998	Hum
January 4, 1998	Best of 1997
December ?, 1997	(no guest)
December ?, 1997	(no guest)
unknown #14, 1997	(no guest)
unknown #13, 1997	Sebadoh
November 23, 1997	Everclear, Cornershop
November 2, 1997	Moby
October 26, 1997	Chumbawamba, Goldfinger
October 19, 1997	Buckonine, Primus
October 12, 1997	Green Day, Richard Butler
October 5, 1997	Blink 182
September 28, 1997	(no guest)
September 21, 1997	Ani DiFranco, Radiohead videography
September 14, 1997	(no guest listed)
September 7, 1997	(no guest listed)
August 24, 1997	Dandy Warhols
August 17, 1997	Live, Meredith Brooks
August 10, 1997	Seahorses, Mansun
August 3, 1997	Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth
July 27, 1997	Fiona Apple, Manbreak
July 20, 1997	(no guest)
July 13, 1997	(no guest)
July 6, 1997	Faith No More, MxPx
June 29, 1997	Tool, That Dog, Ryan Downe
June 22, 1997	Oasis, Primus
May 25, 1997	(no guest listed)
May 18, 1997	Meredith Brooks
May 11, 1997	The Verve Pipe
April 6, 1997	Henry Rollins, Jon Spencer Blues...
March 30, 1997	Mighty Mighty Bosstones
unknown #11, 1997	Noel Gallagher
unknown #9, 1997	Scratchie Records, Fountains of Wayne
unknown #8, 1997	Radiohead, Tricky
unknown #6, 1997	Beck, Live
unknown #5, 1997	Bjork, Fountains of Wayne
January 26, 1997	(no guest listed)
December ?, 1996	KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 1996
unknown #3, 1996	Live Performances from 1996
October 20, 1996	Sebadoh
September 15, 1996	(no guest)
September 8, 1996	No Doubt
September 1, 1996	Stabbing Westward, Sex Pistols
August 11, 1996	311, Girls Against Boys
August 4, 1996	Sweet Relief II
July 21, 1996	Nada Surf, Electronic
July 14, 1996	The Cure
July 7, 1996	Magnapop
June 30, 1996	Superdrag
June 23, 1996	Gravity Kills, Hayden
June 16, 1996	Cracker, The Refreshments
June 2, 1996	Afghan Whigs, Donal Logue
May 26, 1996	Bob Mould
May 19, 1996	Soundgarden
May 12, 1996	The Verve Pipe
May 5, 1996	Paul Westerberg, Goldfinger
April 28, 1996	Jewel
April 21, 1996	Bad Religion, Primus
April 14, 1996	Marilyn Manson
March 31, 1996	10th anniversary: Red Hot Chili Peppers
March 24, 1996	Radiohead, Folk Implosion
March 17, 1996	Frank Black
March 10, 1996	Stabbing Westward
March 3, 1996	Lou Reed
February 25, 1996	(no guest)
February 4, 1996	No Doubt, For Squirrels
January 28, 1996	Live performance special
January 21, 1996	Tori Amos
January 7, 1996	(no guest)
December 17, 1995	Best of 1995
December 10, 1995	Superchunk
November 26, 1995	Rocket From The Crypt
November 19, 1995	Rancid
November 5, 1995	Meat Puppets, Jerry Cantrell
October 22, 1995	(no guest)
October 15, 1995	Oasis (Matt Pinfield's official debut)

October 1, 1995	Charlatans UK
September 24, 1995	Blind Melon
September 17, 1995	David Bowie, Trent Reznor
September 10, 1995	Alanis Morissette
September 3, 1995	at the Reading Festival
August 27, 1995	Soul Asylum
August 20, 1995	Tripping Daisy
August 13, 1995	Spearhead
August 6, 1995	Matt Sharp and Pat Wilson of Weezer
July 30, 1995	Filter
July 23, 1995	Jill Sobule and Brad Jones
July 16, 1995	Buffalo Tom
July 9, 1995	Babes in Toyland
July 2, 1995	Live Performance Special
June 25, 1995	Catherine Wheel
June 18, 1995	Jeff Buckley, Michael Tighe
June 4, 1995	Better Than Ezra
May 28, 1995	Peter Murphy
May 21, 1995	Henry Rollins & Jerry Lee Lewis
May 14, 1995	Faith No More
March 30, 1995	Matthew Sweet
March ?, 1995	Bush
March ?, 1995	The Cranberries
January 30, 1995	Bush
unknown #1, 1995	Hole
November 13, 1994	Michael Stipe
October 9, 1994	They Might Be Giants
October 2, 1994	Liz Phair & Casey Rice
September 25, 1994	Grant Lee Buffalo
September 18, 1994	host Lewis Largent
September 4, 1994	Bob Mould, Lou Barlow
August 28, 1994	Bad Religion
August 21, 1994	Henry Rollins
August 14, 1994	Richard Butler of Love Spit Love
August 7, 1994	L7 and Maggie Estep at Lollapalooza
July 31, 1994	MC 900 ft. Jesus
July 24, 1994	Luna's Justin Harwood and Dean Wareham
July 17, 1994	Cracker
July 10, 1994	Billy Corgan at Lollapalooza
May 29, 1994	Beastie Boys
April 3, 1994	Pavement, Possum Dixon
March 6, 1994	Primal Scream, George Clinton
February 20, 1994	Gavin Convention
January 30, 1994	(no guest)
January 2, 1994	Top 20 Alternative Videos of 1993
December 14, 1993	The Connells
December 7, 1993	Luscious Jackson
October 3, 1993	Buffalo Tom
September 12, 1993	The Breeders
August ?, 1993	Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy
August 1, 1993	Juliana Hatfield
July 25, 1993	Urge Overkill
June 27, 1993	at Lollapalooza
June 20, 1993	PJ Harvey
June 13, 1993	Bob Mould of Sugar
June 6, 1993	Brett and Bernard of Suede
April 4, 1993	Natalie Merchant
unknown #1, 1993	Thurston Moore
March 14, 1993	They Might Be Giants
March 7, 1993	Depeche Mode
February 28, 1993	The Sundays
February 14, 1993	Robyn Hitchcock
January 31, 1993	Henry Rollins
January 24, 1993	Ian McCulloch
January 17, 1993	Fred Schneider of The B-52's
January 10, 1993	Dave and Karl of Soul Asylum
January 3, 1993	Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones
December 27, 1992	Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
December 20, 1992	Top 20 Alternative Videos of 1992
December 13, 1992	Peter Gabriel
December 6, 1992	Henry Rollins
November 29, 1992	Suzanne Vega
November 24, 1992	The Alternative Year In Rock: 1992
November 22, 1992	(no guest listed)
November 15, 1992	(no guest listed)
November 8, 1992	(no guest listed)
November 1, 1992	(no guest listed)
October 25, 1992	Screaming Trees, Luna
October 18, 1992	Suzanne Vega
October 11, 1992	Soul Asylum
October 4, 1992	(no guest)
September 27, 1992	Bob Mould
September 20, 1992	Joey Ramone, Lemmy Kilmister
September 13, 1992	(no guest listed)
September 6, 1992	(no guest listed)
August 30, 1992	(no guest listed)
August 23, 1992	(no guest listed)
August 9, 1992	Juliana Hatfield
August 2, 1992	(no guest)
July 26, 1992	Sean Dickson of The Soup Dragons
July ?, 1992	Johnny Rotten
June 21, 1992	Nick Cave
June 14, 1992	Andy Partridge from XTC
June 7, 1992	Andy Partridge and Steve Wynn
April 19, 1992	The Edge and Adam Clayton of U2
October 27, 1991	(no guest listed)
September 15, 1991	Robyn Hitchcock
September 8, 1991	Robyn Hitchcock
July 28, 1991	The Psychadelic Furs
July 14, 1991	The Wonderstuff
July 7, 1991	Bernard Sumner of Electronic
June 30, 1991	Julien Cope
May ?, 1991	(no guest listed)
April ?, 1991	(no guest listed)
January 23, 1991	(no guest listed)
January 6, 1991	Top 20 Alternative Videos of 1990
December 30, 1990	(no guest listed)
December 23, 1990	Robert Smith of The Cure
December 7, 1990	(no guest listed)
October 7, 1990	(no guest listed)
September 9, 1990	(no guest listed)
September 2, 1990	(no guest listed)
August 26, 1990	(no guest listed)
August 19, 1990	(no guest listed)
June 17, 1990	(no guest listed)
June 3, 1990	(no guest listed)
May 27, 1990	(no guest listed)
May 20, 1990	The Sundays
May 13, 1990	(no guest listed)
April ?, 1990	(no guest listed)
April ?, 1990	(no guest listed)
January ?, 1990	(no guest listed)
December 17, 1989	(no guest listed)
December ?, 1989	(no guest listed)
August ?, 1989	(no guest listed)
July ?, 1989	(no guest listed)
June 11, 1989	(no guest listed)
June 4, 1989	(no guest listed)
May 22, 1989	(no guest listed)
April 12, 1989	Throwing Muses
April ?, 1989	(no guest listed)
March ?, 1989	(no guest listed)
March ?, 1989	(no guest listed)
January 29, 1989	(no guest listed)
January ?, 1989	(no guest listed)
January 1, 1989	Top 20 Alternative Videos of 1988
December 25, 1988	Sugarcubes special
December 18, 1988	They Might Be Giants
November 7, 1988	(no guest)
October ?, 1988	(no guest listed)
October ?, 1988	The Godfathers special
August 1, 1988	(no guest listed)
July ?, 1988	(no guest listed)
July 8, 1988	(no guest listed)
July 1, 1988	(no guest listed)
June ?, 1988	(no guest listed)
May ?, 1988	(no guest listed)
May ?, 1988	(no guest listed)
May 1, 1988	(no guest)
April ?, 1988	(no guest listed)
February ?, 1988	(no guest listed)
January 24, 1988	(no guest)
January 17, 1988	(no guest listed)
January 10, 1988	(no guest listed)
December 28, 1987	(no guest listed)
March 22, 1987	(no guest listed)
February 1, 1987	(no guest listed)
September 28, 1986	(no guest listed)
April 27, 1986	host J.J. Jackson