For folks in the ’80s and ’90 who didn’t live near a commercial alternative radio station, or a college station or an independent record store, MTV’s 120 Minutes was one of the few ways to ...

Lewis Largent, influential rock radio DJ and former host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has died at 58. Endearingly, numerous friends and fans – including some rock artists and fellow MTV alumni ...

MTV 120 Minutes host Lewis Largent has died at the age of 58. The star - who was also a DJ on California radio station KROQ-FM - passed away on February 20 after a long illness his family have now ...

In 1992, Largent left the station to take a VP of music programming post at MTV, where he soon began hosting “120 Minutes.” That show, a 1990s Sunday-night tradition on the channel ...

Largent's career brought him from KROQ to MTV's 120 Minutes before he became senior vp of A&R at Island Def Jam. By Ashley Iasimone Lewis Largent, the influential alternative rock radio DJ and MTV ...

As the immediate post-Cobain bands— Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins— took over mainstream radio and non-120 Minutes MTV, it was fair to ask the question: if alternative is the mainstream now ...

Lewis Largent, the influential host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, KROQ radio DJ, and A&R senior at Island Def Jam Records, has died at the age of 58. The southern California-raised tastemaker began his ...