Don Kirshner Has Died

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

Anybody within 10 years of my age should remember this guy.

His "Rock Concert" show was a staple during my teens.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/357853/don-kirshner-goes-to-the-great-rock-concert-in-the-sky/

EDIT: BTW, I love the Queen clip!

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Wow, I honestly thought he'd died years ago. Maybe I had him confused with Bill Graham.

Unfortunately I'm just young enough that I never caught his "Rock Concert" show in its heyday, as it came on wayyyyy past Lil' Freddy's bed time. I remember seeing commercials for it on TV and thinking "Someday... someday I'll stay up late and watch that show!"

R.I.P. Don!

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I remember seeing Loverboy do "Turn Me Loose" on Kirshner's Rock Concert. I was about 13-14 and I was out getting that album the next day!

R.I.P. Don

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

Getizzyback wrote:: I remember seeing Loverboy do "Turn Me Loose" on Kirshner's Rock Concert. I was about 13-14 and I was out getting that album the next day!

R.I.P. Don

Yeah, that show introduced me to quite a few bands back in the day.

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

Don Kirshner's show televised Deep Purple, KISS, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, T. Rex. Aerosmith and so many hard rock/metal giants not to mention created the Monkees, he was cool in my book

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 26701 Age : 55

I always enjoyed watching Don's show. I caught KISS, AC/DC, Aerosmith and so many more on his show. R.I.P. Don

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Heard that on the radio last night at the gym. That sucks.

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Count me in the "thought he was dead already" camp. Oh well. Like some others, I was a wee bit too young to really remember the man, but he liked his rock n roll. Good enough for me.

Fare thee well, Don.

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RIP man, you spread the word of rock well.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5014 Age : 55

Took a chance on a little midwest band named Kansas with his new record label....

R.I.P.

Metal master Number of posts : 532 Age : 123

chewie wrote:: Took a chance on a little midwest band named Kansas with his new record label....

Right on, I read this on a tweet from Kerry. R.I.P. Don thanks for bringing the Rock!

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

I wish I could access You Tube here at work , when he introduced Black Sabbath on his program, he called them a brillant band, for that alone he gets my respect.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1226 Age : 56

I think I only seen it ONCE.
Good thing there are people sharing some of these old tv shows ... I seen a TV infomercial for it a year or two ago, but they were not complete shows or complete sets by bands as far as I remember.

Metal master Number of posts : 919 Age : 59

Wow... R.I.P. Don.

Favorite memory - sleeping over at my buddy's house one friday night when KISS was going to be on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. We stayed up late and tried to take polaroid pictures of the television screen to preserve the performance forever, but it didn't quite work out. Who knew then there would be such a thing as DVDs and Kissology box sets.