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

Pacific Blue
1998
Unhappily Ever After
1996
Rebel Highway
1994
Mystery Men
1999
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
1988
I Wanna Rock: The '80s Metal Dream
2023
When Metal Ruled The World
2004
When Metal Ruled The World
2003
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994
Plump Fiction
1997
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
Cool As Hell 2
2017

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
2023
I Wanna Rock: The '80s Metal Dream
as Self
2017
Cool As Hell 2
as Riki
2009
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments
as Self
2004
When Metal Ruled The World
as Himself
2003
When Metal Ruled The World
as Himself
1999
Mystery Men
as Frat Boy
1998
Pacific Blue
as Dick Ellis
1997
Plump Fiction
as Clerk #2
1996
Unhappily Ever After
as Riki Rachtman (voice)
1994
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Eddie Cochran
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Rebel Highway
as Eddie Cochran
1988
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
as Self
1987
Headbangers Ball
as Host
Untitled KROQ Documentary