Matt Pinfield
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Matt Pinfield (born May 28, 1966) is a music personality and TV host, best known for being a video deejay on MTV and VH1. He currently lives in Harrison, NJ.
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[edit] Biography
Early in his career, Matt worked as an on-air host and Music Director at WRSU-FM, the official radio station of Rutgers University. In 1984, Pinfield became a radio DJ on the Jersey shore alternative rock radio station WHTG-FM 106.3, and was the main DJ at a New Brunswick, NJ club called The Melody Bar. During Matt's tenure, the Melody Bar became a respected alternative music club in the NYC area.
Matt developed a close personal relationship with a number of ground breaking British acts of the late eighties, including Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI), and The Wonderstuff. The Wonderstuff featured Matt in their movie "Welcome to the Cheap Seats", and his mug is on the inside of the movies' soundtrack CD liner notes.
During his 10 years at WHTG, Matt was the recipient of the Gavin Award (1992 and 1993) for National Commercial Alternative Music Director of the Year.
In 1995, Pinfield kicked off his Television career hosting MTV’s 120 Minutes. Within a year, he hosted a variety of MTV shows including “MattRock,” “Pinfield Suite,” “Pinfield Presents”, “Rocks Off”, Say What, MTV Live and over 100 MTV specials. His music knowledge was showcased on TRL’s Stump Matt. 1999, Pinfield joined Universal Television to host and co-write a live television show about music, farmclub.com which aired in 2000 on the USA Network.
In 2001, Matt became Vice President of A & R and Artist Development for Columbia Records, signing and overseeing the making of albums by many gold and platinum acts including Coheed & Cambria and Crossfade. During the same time, he hosted WXRK-FM's The Buzz and made cameo appearances on several albums, including a secret spoken word track on Limp Bizkit's Significant Other album. In 2005, Matt was asked by The Rolling Stones to host their international radio interview for Premiere networks. The special featured all 4 band members together for the first time in an interview setting in over 35 years.
In 2006, Pinfield returned to Television to host Vh1’s VSpot Top 20 Countdown and HDNet’s Soundoff with Matt Pinfield, an in-depth interview program in the vein of Larry King Live. Pinfield also co-starred as himself on several episodes of the Nickelodeon program The Naked Brothers Band.
On August 22, 2007, Pinfield hosted Projekt Revolution, a free concert hosted on Myspace.com. Pinfield hosted Sirius Satellite Radio’s Matt Pinfield Plays Whatever He Wants and Soundoff with Matt Pinfield. Although as of November 12, 2008, the merger of XM and Sirius has left the future of these shows in doubt.
Beginning May 28, 2008 Pinfield took over as morning drive DJ on New York radio station WRXP 101.9FM. [1] Matt was honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, in appreciation of his accomplishments in the music world.
[edit] Personal
On May 1, 2009, Matt announced on his WRXP radio show that he would be voluntarily taking some time time off and seeking treatment for what he called a certain "dependency." In the hopes that he would inspire others to seek help, Pinfield stated that he decided to be open and honest about his personal battles on-air. [2] Matt returned to WXRP radio in the summer of 2009 having successfully completed rehab.
“I have been struggling with a dependency that I need to address, and so I will be voluntarily suspending my involvement on the 101.9 RXP morning show until I have completed the healing process. After a few recent slips from my path to health I feel it important to proactively address these slips to ensure that my life continues its positive momentum. I am so thankful to my family, friends, fans and co-workers here at 101.9 RXP who have provided me with such a deep support system and I want my fans to know that I am well and hope to return and continue what I have started here at RXP.”
[edit] References
- ^ Spiegel, Rachel. "Matt Pinfield Morning Drive". http://www.1019rxp.com/Station/Story.aspx?id=1008493. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ^ http://www.1019rxp.com/pinfield/
