Rock School

Rock School is a reality TV series starring Gene Simmons, in which he has six weeks to turn a year nine class of classical music students into a fully fledged rock band, at the end of which time they must perform a support slot for Motörhead. The band consists of "Emporer" as lead singer, "Dudders" as drummer and "Bagpuss" as lead guitarist.

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Reality TV - Gene Simmons - Classical music - Rock band - Motörhead

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The first series takes place with students at Christ's Hospital school in England. Following strong international sales for the first series, a second series began filming in October 2005 at Kirkley Community High School in Lowestoft.

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Christ's Hospital - October - 2005 - Kirkley Community High School - Lowestoft

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Rock School was made by British production company RDF Media and is shown on Channel 4 in the UK, Channel Ten in Australia, TVNZ's TV2 in New Zealand and VH-1 in the United States.

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RDF Media - Channel 4 - Channel Ten - Australia - TVNZ - New Zealand - VH-1 - United States

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A comedy film with a similar theme, called The School of Rock, was released in 2003.

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Comedy film - The School of Rock - 2003

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