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Greg Kihn
Greg Kihn, 2008
Background information
Born	(1949-07-10) July 10, 1949 (age 62) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Musician, radio personality, novelist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1976–present
Labels	Beserkley Records, CleanCuts Records
Associated acts	The Greg Kihn Band
Website	gregkihn.com

Greg Kihn (born July 10, 1949) is an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist.

Career [link]

Music [link]

Kihn is the front man for The Greg Kihn Band, which released several singles and albums that made the charts in the early 1980s. Their best-known songs are the #15 hit "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (1981) and 1983's #2 hit "Jeopardy". The latter was spoofed by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "I Lost on Jeopardy" on Yankovic's album Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D; Greg Kihn made a cameo appearance in the music video for that song.

Kihn is also an author, activist/humanitarian, blogger, playwright, and host of the Wolfgang's Vault syndicated radio feature on classic rock radio stations across the US (sponsored by the archive of the late promoter Bill "Wolfgang" Graham's concert recordings).^[1]

In 1996, Kihn became^[2] the morning DJ at San Jose, California classic rock radio station KUFX-FM, whose promotional name was 98.5 KFOX. As part of Dial Global Radio Networks, he syndicated a show on many classic rock radio stations nationwide. Kihn did the late night show for many years on classic rock radio station WKGO (FM) in Cumberland, Maryland. As of April 26, 2012, Kihn is still the morning DJ at KFOX. Since 2001, The Greg Kihn Band has been one of the opening acts at the annual Kihncert, which is organized by KFOX.

Greg's son Ry Kihn (named for guitarist Ry Cooder) sometimes plays with his father's band, as well as a band of his own, Big Fun USA. He also has a daughter, who once sang Christmas carols on his radio show.

Kihn was inducted into the San Jose Rock Hall of Fame in 2007.

Discography [link]

• 1975 Greg Kihn (Beserkley Records)
• 1976 Greg Kihn Band
• 1977 Greg Kihn Again
• 1978 Next Of Kihn
• 1979 With The Naked Eye
• 1980 Glass House Rock
• 1981 Rockihnroll
• 1982 Kihntinued
• 1983 Kihnspiracy
• 1984 Kihntagious
• 1985 Citizen Kihn
• 1986 Love & Rock & Roll
• 1992 Kihn of Hearts
• 1994 Mutiny
• 1996 Horror Show

Author [link]

Kihn has written four novels. His first was Horror Show, in 1996. His second, Shade of Pale followed in 1997. Mojo Hand, and Big Rock Beat were sequels to Horror Show. He also released a collection of short stories by himself and other well known rock musicians, named Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians. Contributors include Pete Townshend, Graham Parker, Joan Jett, and Ray Davies.

Horror Show was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award.^[3]

Bibliography [link]

• Horror Show Tom Doherty Assoc Llc ISBN 0-8125-5108-7
• Shade of Pale Tor Books ISBN 0-8125-5109-5
• Big Rock Beat Forge Books ISBN 0-312-86756-5
• Mojo Hand Forge Books ISBN 0-312-87246-1

See also [link]

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References [link]

External links [link]

• Greg Kihn's website
• Greg Kihn's page on the KFOX website
• Greg Kihn's biography on AllMusic.com