Kurt Loder

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Kurtis "Kurt" Loder, author, columnist, and television presenter, born May 5, 1945, is an American film critic, editor, columnist, and television star.

He worked at Rolling Stone in the 1980s as editor, according to Reason, who later described him as "legendary."

Reason, Esquire, New York, and Time have all contributed to articles.

He has appeared on several films and television series.

He is best known for his MTV News stint in the 1980s and later appearances in other MTV-related television specials.

Since 2016, he has been host of SiriusXM's "true Stories."

Early life

Loder was born in Ocean City, New Jersey. In 1963, he graduated from Ocean City High School. "And just looked it." He spent two years in college "and just hated it." He was drafted into the United States Army and attended its journalism academy.

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Career

Loder said he "just fell into" his field, elaborating that his "entire journalist experience" was four weeks...that's it. Nothing else. In four weeks, you will learn journalism. It's not an overcomplicated process. It's really easy."

Loder worked in Europe for many years, doing what he later described as "scandal sheet" or "yellow journalism." He returned home to New Jersey at the end of 1972 and spent time with a local newspaper and then an Ocean City-based magazine run by the sister of the city's famous writer Gay Talese. In 1976, he moved to Good Times, a free Long Island rock weekly. He earned about $200 a week.

"The two of us started driving into Manhattan practically every night to wallow in the burgeoning punk rock scene at CBGB's, Max's, etc. after meeting a fellow "musician" David Fricke. This was, fortunately, very cool with the wives. We'd still be sitting up at four in the morning, fist fights, mass nod-outs, and sets by bands with names like Blinding Headache all played to audiences of three people, of which we'd be two-thirds. I don't think I can even describe how good those days were.

They met on Circus in 1978 and then migrated to Manhattan. Loder went on to become one of the company's top editors. The staff had a good time, a relaxed atmosphere, and the magazine was ranked second or third in the second or third class. "Whatever was supposed to be 'happening' in commercial pop music, was..." on the front page of Circus, according to Loder.

Disco?

Try it out.

Shirtless teen popsters?

Put 'em on the front page: an ardent appetite for a shot of nubile youths, as we say. Metal, of course, was really the mag's meat." He also stated that "writing of any scientific ambition about new acts of genuine curiosity or concern would make it appear in the mag only by sheer chance." Loder briefly experimented with inhalant-based drugs at Circus; he was forced to leave after suffering a "gushing" nosebleed with no feeling left in his face.

Loder began playing Rolling Stone in May 1979. "One of Rolling Stone's most versatile and prolific feature writers," RockCritics.com says of him. Loder co-authored singer Tina Turner's 1986 autobiography I, Tina while at Rolling Stone. He then contributed to the film What's Love Got to Do With It's screenplay.

Loder became the host of MTV's top music news show, The Week in Rock, in 1987. In which he was an anchor and reporter, it was later expanded and renamed to MTV News. Loder was one of the first to announce Kurt Cobain's death; he interrupted regular television to alert viewers that Cobain had been discovered dead. Bat Chain Puller, Loder's 1990 collection, was published.

On Kenan & Kel, The Simpsons' "That '90s Show" episode, Girlfriends, Duckman, Saturday Night Live, and Portlandia, Loder has appeared as himself. He has appeared in many films. In the South Park episode "Timmy 2000," he was also parodied. Kurt Loder is well-known for his fight against palsy.

The Good, the Bad, and the Godawful: 22st Century Movie Reviews by Loder, which collected his film critiques from MTV.com and Reason.com in 2011.

Loder launched True Stories on SiriusXM in 2016.

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