It was launched on 17 April 2003 and went on to be the highest-rated[citation needed] rock TV station on the Sky satellite platform, available in over 12 million homes[1] in the UK and Ireland.

[2] The channel broadcast mainstream rock, pop-punk, and metal, with unsigned and lesser known bands featuring in the late night show 'New Noise'.

The channel was known to break many UK artists including Enter Shikari, Young Guns, You Me At Six, Bullet For My Valentine, Lower Than Atlantis and later Milk Teeth and Creeper.

In March 2003, British Sky Broadcasting announced they would enter the music television market and launch three themed channels - Scuzz, Flaunt, and The Amp.

After the revamp the channel had begun to air more special, dedicated shows, such as a live performance from the metalcore group Trivium, and a weekend devoted to Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames.

This was CSC Media Group's third music timeshift, after launching Flaunt +1 and Bliss +1 earlier in the year, although both have since been closed down and replaced, with PopGirl +1 and allowing AnimeCentral to go 24 hours respectively.

"Resist" by Shadows Chasing Ghosts was the final video to be played in full, as the signal was cut halfway through the former.

Scuzz TV presenters included Terry 'Beez' Bezer, Sophie K, Daniel P. Carter, Jon Mahon, and Matt Stocks.