The cause was complications of Alzheimers disease.
The rap is, why hasnt Greg Kihn made it yet, he askedRolling Stonein 1980.
I dont know and I dont care….Ive given up worrying about ascending to the throne.
Greg Kihn in 1982.Paul Natkin/Getty Images
Thats the kind of nonmusical thing that could hold a band back.
Right now, though, Id like a crack at AM [radio].
I never really finished the lyrics to The Breakup Song, Kihn toldRolling Stonein 1983.
Theah ah ahs in the song were just filler I intended to write words later.
It took me three weeks to write a song about that.
Now it takes five minutes.
The success of the song landed the group slots opening up for the Rolling Stones and Journey.
I started singing our loves in Jeopardy, whoo-whoo-whoo.
It was completely spontaneous.
Steve looked at me and we both realized what wed done.
I can just be myself, and they pay me for it.
Theres no real trip.
In the years that followed, Kihn continued to tour and record on a smaller scale.
In 1996, he took a job as a disc jockey on the San Francisco classic rock station KUFX.
He also released a series of horror novels and short stories.
He also played the 1980s nostalgia circuit at casinos and state fairs until health issues sidelined him in 2019.
He never once left the stage without playing Jeopardy and The Breakup Song.
