Rock School

For the documentary about an actual school of rock music, see Rock School (film). For the educational TV program featuring Herbie Hancock, see Rockschool. For the 2003 film, see School of Rock. For radio show Rock School, see WSLU.

Rock School
GenreReality
StarringGene Simmons
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes11
Production
Running time30 minutes (Series 1)
60 minutes (Series 2)
Production companyRDF Television
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release19 August 2005 (2005-08-19) –
19 February 2006 (2006-02-19)
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Rock School (also known as Gene Simmons' Rock School) is a British reality television series starring Gene Simmons from the rock band Kiss, in which he has a short time to turn a class of schoolchildren into a fully fledged rock band, following which they had to perform in a supporting slot for a leading rock band.

Rock School was made by British production company RDF Media and was shown on Channel 4 in the UK, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Channel Ten and Channel V in Australia, TVNZ2 in New Zealand, VH-1 in the United States and Latin America, TV 2 Zebra in Norway, Nelonen in Finland, TV4 in Sweden, Much Music in Canada, Vitaya in Belgium and ORF eins in Austria.

A comedy film with a similar theme, starring Jack Black, called School of Rock, was released in 2003, before the first series began. The creative team and Simmons insisted that they did not make the show because of the film, and that the show had been in the works since 2002.[1]

  1. ^ Glaister, Dan (27 September 2005). "Kiss frontman Gene Simmons on Rock School". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2016.