The Pepsi Power Hour was a live one-hour program that aired on the MuchMusic television channel in Canada from 1986 to 1991.
The show was dedicated to hard rock and heavy metal music videos, and showcased a variety of well and lesser-known artists.
A notable example was Rik Emmett, who co-hosted an episode and played the then-new Triumph single "Let the Light (Shine on Me)" acoustically before jamming with his co-writer Sil Simone in a guitar battle.
Emmett was later brought back to co-host a special episode entitled "The Axemen Cometh", which showcased popular guitar soloists of the time.
A spiritual successor to the Power Hour, entitled Loud, aired on MuchMusic and its namesake specialty channel MuchLoud from 1998 to 2011, with George Stroumboulopoulos hosting in early seasons, and an increased focus on extreme metal genres.