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He moved to San Francisco in 1972 and worked painting houses, singing in the streets, and working behind the counter at a Berkeley record store with future bandmate and Earth Quake keyboardist Gary Phillips. The following year, he was signed to Matthew "King" Kaufman 's Beserkley Records.
- 1976–present
Gary Phillips (born Gary Edmund Philippet; February 5, 1947 – January 17, 2007) was an American musician who played keyboard with The Greg Kihn Band. He joined them in 1981, just before their US #15 hit "The Breakup Song". In 1983, they had a #2 US/#63 UK hit with "Jeopardy".
Meanwhile, Kihn's old record store pal, Gary Phillips, who had contributed guitars to Kihn's first album, returned as a session musician on the band's Glass House Rock (1980) album and officially joined the band as keyboardist for the follow-up album, Rockihnroll (1981).
Apr 26, 2024 · Kihn: One guy did join the band, and that was Gary Phillips. Do you realize (and this is really shocking) of the five guys that were in the original Greg Kihn band, there’s only two guys left standing? LeValley: No, I didn’t realize that. Kihn: Isn’t that unbelievable? I outlived them all.
GREG KIHN is primitive, but that’s why I love it. It has been out of print since the early Paleozoic Era. The cover photo was shot in front of Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley where I worked at the counter with Gary Phillips (of Earthquake) for a day job. In fact, I was on my break when we shot the cover!
