# Greg Kihn died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 15, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740 "2024-08-15T17:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/1 "2024-08-15T17:14:32Z")
Always like him. Weird Al Yankovic did a parody of his song _Jeopardy_, and Greg has a cameo at [the end of the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvUZijEuNDQ&t=210s). RIP, Greg. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/2 "2024-08-15T17:22:48Z")
Please add a mini-bio or link to one or his obit. I don’t think most posters will have a clue who this is and this thread doesn’t meet the standards for the SDMB. ETA: Thanks @DavidNRockies, good add. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/3 "2024-08-15T17:23:31Z")
In college, I was visiting a friend in another dorm. It was late. Everybody was partying with their dorm room doors open. Somebody on the floor literally was running up and down the halls shouting, “Does anybody have a rubber??” Which triggered somebody else to start a rather loud refrain of “Our love’s in jeopardy … Baby.” I always liked that song 😉 RIP, Greg. ETA: > **[Greg Kihn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kihn)** > > Gregory Stanley Kihn (July 10, 1949 - August 13, 2024) was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led The Greg Kihn Band, which scored hit songs in the 1980s, and has written several horror novels. > Kihn was born in Baltimore, Maryland to parents Stanley J. Kihn, a city Health Department inspector who fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II and Jane (Gregorek) Kihn. > His early influence was The Beatles and their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Sho... > **[The Greg Kihn Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greg_Kihn_Band)** > > The Greg Kihn Band was an American band that was started by frontman Greg Kihn and bassist Steve Wright. Their most successful singles include "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (Billboard Hot 100 #15) and "Jeopardy" (Billboard Hot 100 #2). The band's musical style and genres comprise rock, pop rock and power pop. > Greg Kihn began his career as a singer-songwriter in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. He started writing songs and playing coffee houses while still in high school in the Ba... ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/4 "2024-08-15T17:29:39Z")
I grew up in the Bay Area and The Greg Kihn Band was considered a local band at the time. I once saw him live in Berkeley at the Greek Theater. I remember it being a great show, and that he was a great showman. He will be missed, and he was only 75 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/5 "2024-08-15T17:43:21Z")
I didn’t realize he did “The Breakup Song”. I always loved that song. What a fantastic hook. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/6 "2024-08-15T17:49:11Z")
RIP Oh man, this is sad news for me. Big fan from the early days, I even skipped work to go see his free KSAN show at Justin Herman Plaza in '79. His live shows were always a lot of fun. Beyond the MTV-era hits that everyone knows he had a solid body of really power pop work . His sadly-overlooked solo album _Mutiny_ is one of my absolute all-time favorites–very different from his usual stuff. Thanks for the music and good times, Greg. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z9WfDCY7wUA/hqdefault.jpg "Greg Kihn Band - Happy Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9WfDCY7wUA) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/7 "2024-08-15T18:09:21Z")
He was a little before my time so I was introduced to him as a radio DJ on KUFX. He seemed to have a good personality for it. Then I knew the Breakup Song but didn’t discover Jeopardy until Weird Al. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/8 "2024-08-15T19:46:23Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I don’t think most posters will have a clue who this is Get off our lawn, ya whippersnapper! Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uhh ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/9 "2024-08-15T19:57:50Z")
Greg Kihn was a man who must have had a lot of fun titling his albums. They include: Next of Kihn Rockihnroll Kihntinued Kihnspiracy Kihntagious Citizen Kihn Unkihntrollable True Kihnfessions Rekihndled ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/10 "2024-08-15T20:02:06Z")
Gimme gimme my money - cold hard cash! Yeah - music was a lotta fun in the late 70s-early 80s! ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/11 "2024-08-15T20:34:07Z")
My first concert, at age 12 in 1983, was Greg Kihn at Marriott’s Great America in Santa Clara. This was before they built their Redwood Ampitheater. There were no seats, everyone was just standing on the blacktop. Later, I knew him as the morning DJ on KUFX. At one point in the late 90s or early 00s, I saw him again when he played at Music in the Park in downtown San Jose. I wasn’t a big fan or anything, my restaurant always had a booth at MITP. But it was cool to see him again. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/12 "2024-08-15T20:51:53Z")
[Greg Kihn did more than cover Bruce Springsteen’s “Rendezvous” — he gave it a home.](https://estreetshuffle.com/index.php/2018/07/17/cover-me-greg-kihn-band-rendezvous/) > _Bruce caught Kihn’s show at the Roxy and went backstage to hang out and do tequila shots. Bruce hadn’t come empty-handed: he gifted Greg with a cassette of the Darkness [On The Edge Of Town] outtake, the lyrics to the song, and his blessing for Greg to record it_. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/13 "2024-08-15T21:14:20Z")
I saw Greg Kihn in the Denver Colorado area sometime in the early 70’s. What a fun time we had. I so loved his music. My second husband sat at a bar in Fresno California one night and had a great chat with the guy sitting next to him. It wasn’t until late in the night that he learned who he was talking to and of course, it was Greg Kihn. RIP Mr Kihn. You meant a lot to me as a young lass. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/14 "2024-08-15T21:25:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I didn’t realize he did “The Breakup Song”. I always loved that song. What a fantastic hook. RIP. I saw him wandering around our little college town late one Thursday night (looked it up later: he wasn’t lonely after doing a show, he was a day early for one). I ALMOST sauntered up and said "Hey, didn’t you write those immortal words _“Uh uh uh, uh uh uh, uh uh”?_ (The hook in The Breakup Song) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/15 "2024-08-15T22:19:33Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I don’t think most posters will have a clue who this is I think “most” is overstating it a bit. I suspect the majority of Dopers will have at least heard his name at some point, whether or not they remember it. I certainly know who he was, though the first thing I think of is easily the Weird Al connection. I’m also aware of his later career as an author, though I’ve never read any of his books. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/16 "2024-08-15T22:42:58Z")
I read one. I’m glad he had the music to fall back on, but it was okay. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/17 "2024-08-15T23:19:43Z")
I read his first novel “Horror Show” when it came out, but it’s been a long time and I don’t remember it. It was nominated in 1996 in the best first novel category by The Horror Writers Association, if that counts for anything. Guitar whiz [Joe Satriani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Satriani) played in Greg’s band in the mid-80s. He was probably a little over-qualified for the role and moved on to bigger things – he’s currently playing Eddie Van Halen’s parts on the current Sammy Hagar tour. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/18 "2024-08-15T23:24:03Z")
Kihn’s two big hits were part of the soundtrack of my high school years. Great hooks, and just good fundamental pop-rock music. If I ever do karaoke again, I want to see if they have “Jeopardy,” so I can do it with the Weird Al lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740/19 "2024-08-15T23:49:44Z")
I honestly never know who sung Jeopardy and I had never seen the video until now. Seemed to be an interesting guy though. He wrote some horror novels.