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Twenty-year-old Kurt Jefferis was on head trauma medication when he won MTV ‘Lost Weekend’ contest and spent two nights with the band.

Producer Dick Clark had to be tackled to stop him from running onstage during Clay's notorious set at the 1989 VMAs.

Simmering feud reached a boiling point at 2007 awards show.

Disastrous performance led to guitarist C.C. DeVille's firing.

With fistfights, raunchy jokes and once-in-a-lifetime performances, the network put on one of its most memorable shows in 1989.

Late actor appeared as a zombie-fied student in controversial clip.

In the early days, they were always just a little too dangerous for prime time.

On April 18, 1987, Headbangers Ball premiered on MTV.

Everyone at the 1996 Video Music Awards went crazy when host Dennis Miller brought out the long-estranged bandmates.

We may have to wait until Christmas to see James Franco and Seth Rogen in 'The Interview,' but the pair are already hard at work making sure that audiences are extremely, perhaps uncomfortably familiar with their characters through a 'Very Special VMA Special.'

The 2014 MTV Movie Awards debuted new looks at a few of the most highly anticipated films, including 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.' Star Ellen Page came out on stage to debut a new clip from the epic mutant team-up, and you can watch it now online.

The 2014 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced during the awards ceremony, which aired on Sunday, April 13, and was hosted by late-night TV personality and comedian Conan O'Brien. Films like 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and 'We're the Millers' dominated the nominations, but which ones took home the top honors?