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Amp
Created by
  • Todd Mueller
  • Burle Avant
Opening theme"Tempest" by Deepsky[1]
Country of originUnited States
Production
Executive producers
  • Todd Mueller
  • Gregg Drebin
  • Christina Norman
  • Abby Terkuhle
Producers
EditorBurle Avant
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
NetworkMTV
ReleaseSeptember 6, 1996 (1996-09-06) –
2001 (2001)

Amp is a music video program on MTV that aired from 1996 to 2001. It was aimed at the electronic music and rave crowd and was responsible for exposing many electronica acts to the mainstream. When co-creator Todd Mueller (who had worked on this with V. Owen Bush, Amy Finnerty and show co-creator, on air music video DJ Burle Avant 1996–1997) left the show in 1998, it was redubbed Amp 2.0. The show aired some 46 episodes in total over its 6-year run. In its final two years, reruns were usually shown from earlier years. Amp's time slot was moved around quite a bit, but the show usually aired late at night or in the early morning hours on the weekend. Because of this late night time slot, the show developed a small but cult like following. A few online groups formed after the show's demise to ask MTV to bring the show back and air it during normal hours, but MTV never responded to the requests.

Most of the video clips were created specifically for Amp.[2]

Compilations

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The show was popular enough that MTV produced two compilations of songs by artists featured on Amp. MTV's Amp was released in 1997 and MTV's Amp 2 came out a year later in 1998. Both albums were released by Astralwerks/Caroline Records.

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References

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  1. ^ Deepsky interview from June 1999 LunarMagazine.com. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "MTV Takes a Walk on the Wild Side of Music Videos". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 100. Ziff Davis. November 1997. p. 234.
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