Biography
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Years Active
1978 – 2024 (46 years)
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Members
- Dave Carpender (1976 – 1983)
- Gary Phillips
- Greg Douglass
- Greg Kihn
- Larry Lynch (1976 – 1986)
Greg Kihn Band was an American band formed by frontman Greg Kihn (born Gregory Stanley Kihn on 10 July 1949; died 13 August 2024) and bassist Steve Wright. The band's most successful singles include "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (US Billboard Hot 100 #15 in 1981) and "Jeopardy" (US Billboard Hot 100 #2 in 1983).
Kihn began his career as a singer-songwriter in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Berkeley, CA, in 1974 and signed on with Beserkley Records, it would take almost a decade to find a successful formula for his music. Winding from Dylanesque folk to merseyesque rock, by the early '80s Kihn and his band found they shared elements of new wave music, and scored their first US hit, "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)." Kihn had a bigger hit the following year with "Jeopardy," which peaked in the States at number 2. "Jeopardy" brought Kihn two of the highest honors an early eighties act could achieve: MTV put the video into heavy rotation, and Weird Al Yankovic recorded a parody. Kihn hosted a radio show, wrote books and devised clever album titles (Kihnspiracy, Unkihntrollable).
From 1996 to 2024, the Greg Kihn Band continued to play with a lineup comprising Greg's son Ry Kihn on lead guitar, Dave Medd (from The Tubes) on keyboards, Robert Berry (from Hush) on bass, and Dave Danza (from Eddie Money) on drums.
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