Dave Kendall, creator and former host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has died.
Fellow MTV alum and former 120 Minutes host Matt Pinfield shared information of Kendall’s passing on Tuesday.
“Dave was one of many true believers. Lengthy earlier than various music discovered its method into the mainstream, he was there each week on 120 Minutes, introducing folks to bands that may go on to outline an period,” Pinfield wrote in a tribute submit. “He didn’t simply host a present. He gave a house to music that deserved to be heard.
“He liked the music, revered the artists, and related with followers in a method that at all times felt genuine,” Pinfield added. “That’s a uncommon reward.”
The British-born Kendall conceived 120 Minutes after becoming a member of MTV as a producer, pitching the community a devoted program for the punk, post-punk, goth, synth-pop, ska, and different underground sounds largely ignored by company rock radio. 120 Minutes debuted on March tenth, 1986, and Kendall later served as its host from 1989 via 1992. “By far a very powerful factor about 120 Minutes was that it acted as a distribution channel for natural musical produce, if you’ll,” Kendall informed CONSEQUENCE in a 2016 interview. “The one different outlet for non-mainstream music on the time was a couple of native faculty radio stations.”
Within the years following his departure from MTV, Kendall continued working as a tv host and producer whereas additionally steadily performing as a DJ. He later hosted a present on SiriusXM’s First Wave and served as a correspondent for the Bangkok Put up in Thailand, the place he lived in the course of the latter a part of his life.
