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RIP A Livecast #619 – Move The Kippy With Special Guest Matt Pinfield

By Robert Pasbani | Metal Injection

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In at urna mi. Suspendisse sed purus quis neque fringilla We are joined at the top of the show by a legend in the music business, Matt Pinfield. Matt talks about his new Audio Up Media podcast, Missed Riffs, which debuts this Friday. We also talk to Matt about everything from his MTV days, his DJing days, working on Farmclub.com and his one year sober anniversary.

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In a Lonely Place: Radio’s Matt Pinfield Recounts His Relapse Amid the Turmoil of the Pandemic

By Michele Amabile Angermiller | Variety

It was the beginning of last year, and radio personality and former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield was still on the mend from a major car accident. Crossing the street in Hollywood, he had been hit by a car going 40 miles an hour and immobilized for months. He also had suffered a torn retina. Then COVID came, and his sobriety of several years was compromised. Pinfield, who can be heard on L.A.’s KLOS every Sunday night, recounts his relapse and how he found a way back to recovery. 

At the start of 2020, I was in a good place mentally. I had just hosted Rock in Rio and was really excited for the year. Then came news about COVID and the lockdown. Loneliness and isolation are the enemies of recovery, and for someone who’s social like me — I’d go to three to four concerts in an average week — I found it really tough.

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MTV Veteran Matt Pinfield Coming to L.A.’s KLOS With ‘New & Approved’ Weekend Show

By Michele Amabile Angermiller | Variety

Matt Pinfield will return to the airwaves in Los Angeles this weekend via rock station KLOS with a new Sunday show, “KLOS New & Approved,” which he says will shine a spotlight on emerging new artists as well as heritage bands with new music.

Pinfield (seen this past weekend handling the pre-show for the “A Bowie Celebration” livestream) will bring his vast knowledge of rock history to the two-hour show, expanding on a career that included his time as an on-air MTV personality and host of the alternative rock show “120 Minutes.”

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Matt Pinfield and Punk Rock Karaoke cover Motorhead

By John Gentile | Punk News

Punk rock Karaoke is the touring act that includes punk rock veterans who kick out the classics while members of the audience get to sing the lyrics. Stan Lee of The Dickies, Greg Hetson of Circle Jerks, Darrin Pfeiffer of Goldfinger, and Randy Bradbury of Pennywisefrequently serve as the band on tour. 

The band recently released a new video. In the video, VJ Matt Pinfiled and the band cover “Ace of Spades” by Motorhead. You can check it out below.

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Fundraiser Launched to Help Beloved, Ailing DJ Matt Pinfield

By Ryan Reed | Rolling Stone

A recently launched GoFundMe aims to support former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield as he enters a recovery center to improve his “physical and mental health.”

The beloved TV and radio personality, perhaps best known for his mid-Nineties stint hosting MTV’s alternative music program 120 Minutes, was hospitalized in 2018 after being struck by a car and suffering injuries to his head and leg. Chris Trovero, Pinfield’s friend and a collaborator on his interview show In a Lonely Place, helped organize the fundraiser to offset the cost of his treatment.

Several of Pinfield’s famous friends, including Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell and Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik, have already contributed to the campaign. Eight days after its May 10th launch, the GoFundMe has raised over $40,000 of its $50,000 goal.

“As you know, it’s been a crazy year and a half in my life and now it’s a crazy time in everyone’s lives,” Pinfield tells Rolling Stone in a statement. “Even with the strain of COVID put on everyone’s livelihoods, I’m beyond overjoyed with the amount of support that is coming in from everyone for my physical and mental health recovery. Thank you for all of your continued support and please keep the music in your heart!”

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Former MTV Host Matt Pinfield Hospitalized After Being Hit by a Car

By Robyn Merrett | People

Former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield has been hospitalized after being hit by a car in Los Angeles, multiple outlets have reported.

Monday night, Pinfield, 57, was struck by a speeding car while crossing the street, a rep for the music personality told TMZ.

Pinfield was then rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital where he was treated for a broken leg— which was fractured in two places — and lacerations to his head, which required stitches.

The outlet also reported that the MTV host underwent surgery, and it was successful as he is now in stable condition.

Mike Jakubow, a friend of Pinfield shared a photo of him post-surgery, reassuring fans that he will make a full recovery.

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The Passion of Matt Pinfield

Article by Jeff Gorza, Artist Waves

For over 30 years Matt Pinfield has graced the world of music via various platforms. You probably saw him on MTV as the host of 120 Minutes. Or heard him rocking the airwaves of numerous radio stations. Perhaps, you have had the great experience of seeing him DJ in person — either at the legendary Melody or around New York City? Or most recently on the west coast, hosting the 2 Hours with Matt Pinfield podcast.

As a fellow New Jersey boy, I have been lucky enough to cross paths with Pinfield on numerous occasions. It started at K-Rock in NY where I had brief stint to start my career. Then, I would bartend at a hole-in-the-wall rock club called Snitch and a few times a month, a good night would turn great when it was “Pinfield night” behind the turntables (we’re talking mixing in deep tracks like Soundgarden’s “Mind Riot”). Most recently, Pinfield was kind enough to contribute to my 25 years of Pearl Jam tribute, and will also be a part of a Chris Cornell special we have coming up. Each collaboration we’ve had has been full of mesmerizing music and full of inspiration.

In late 2016, Pinfield released a captivating book about his journey appropriate titled, All These Things That I’ve Done. Though the “things” have taken Pinfield on wild ride all over the country, the heartbeat of it all is simply music. It’s this burning passion for music that has allowed Pinfield to forge lifelong relationships, and naturally made him the most trusted and well-respected person within not only the world of show-hosting, but the entire music entertainment business.

I recently had the opportunity to re-connect with Pinfield, and again, he generously took me inside his unwavering process of staying true to yourself and allowing music to steer the way.

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Matt Pinfield, who went from local DJ to MTV fame, coming to the Man Cave

By Michele Angermiller | NJ.com

BORDENTOWN CITY — Back in the ’80s when Matt Pinfield was first cutting his teeth as a DJ at the Rutgers radio station, WRSU, he discovered the iconic Trenton club City Gardens.

It was the ideal place to see bands on the cutting edge of the music scene. For a crafty young DJ, it was an opportunity to score an interview and make some connections.

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Matt Pinfield Reveals Rehab Return

By Michele Amabile Angermiller | Billboard

Matt Pinfield, former host of MTV’s 120 Minutes and author of the new book All These Things That I’ve Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life, announced Tuesday morning (Jan. 3) that he is taking a break from his morning hosting duties on San Francisco’s KFOG radio station in order to enter rehab.

Pinfeld, 55, tells Billboard that he is on medications, including blood thinners, for congestive heart failure. He recently had a slip involving alcohol and made a decision to go straight to a facility in California to get himself back on track.

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Matt Pinfield’s insane rock life: Catching up with the “short, bald, chubby guy from Jersey” who ruled MTV’s golden age

By Marc Spitz | Salon

A self-described Uncle Fester look-alike with a voice like a “bullfrog with bronchitis,” Matt Pinfield somehow became one of the defining personalities of classic-era MTV (that is, when it still played music videos). Pinfield was oddly telegenic simply because he was so unabashedly autodidactic and always thrilled to be in the seat across from an unusually well-behaved Lou Reed or Oasis.

In the mid-’90s, Pinfield was all over MTV. He started hosting the network’s alternative program “120 Minutes” in 1995 and then branched out to helm an eclectic mixtape of shows: “MattRock,” “Pinfield Suite,” “Pinfield Presents,” “Rocks Off,” “Say What?,” “MTV Live” and more than 100 specials. He was the Matt of the “Total Request Live” segment “Stump Matt.”

Pinfield recently published a frank, funny new memoir, “All These Things That I’ve Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life,” named for the song The Killers wrote about him and co-authored with Mitchell Cohen.

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