Amen to that Surfpunk!
Actually, I don't think VH1 in the UK has ever catered for rock music. Certainly not to the extent it has in the States. Has the 'Where Are They Now?' features on 80s metal bands ever aired on VH1 over here?
And I agree with you on MTV. They completely forgot about music years ago. Now it's just full of phone in sex advice shows for Americans, that Tom Green crap and Jerry Springer hosting some beach party where he's encouraging guys to write backwards messages on girls' butts (hey, where's the PMRC now?!!!!) who then have to transfer them onto glass. What does this have to do with music?! If I wanted to watch this crap I'd tune into 'Sky'!
The best music channel on UK TV is 'The Box'. But, hey, that's Pop!