Riki Rachtman
View on IMDb ↗David Andrew "Riki" Rachtman is an American television and radio personality. He is best known for his association with the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s hard rock and heavy metal scene, hosting MTV's Headbangers Ball from 1990 to the show's cancellation in 1995, and he was the owner of the Hollywood-based nightclub The Cathouse.
Known for
Headbangers Ball
Rebel Highway
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
I Wanna Rock: The '80s Metal Dream
Unhappily Ever After
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Mystery Men
Pacific Blue
Plump FictionFilmography (15)
- 2023
I Wanna Rock: The '80s Metal DreamSelf - 2017
Cool As Hell 2Riki - 2009
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music MomentsSelf - 2004When Metal Ruled The WorldHimself
- 2003
When Metal Ruled The WorldHimself - 1999
Mystery MenFrat Boy - 1997
Plump FictionClerk #2 - 1996
Pacific BlueDick Ellis - 1995
Unhappily Ever AfterRiki Rachtman (voice) - 1994
Rebel HighwayEddie Cochran - 1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!Self (archive footage) (uncredited) - 1994
Shake, Rattle and Rock!Eddie Cochran - 1988
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal YearsSelf - 1987
Headbangers BallHost - —Untitled KROQ Documentary