Rock School

Rock School
Created by	RDF Media
Starring	Gene Simmons
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	30 minutes* (Series 1) 1 hour* (Series 2) *including commercials
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Original release	19 August 2005 – 19 February 2006

Rock School (also known as Gene Simmons' Rock School) was a British reality television series starring Gene Simmons from the rock band Kiss, in which he had a short time to turn a class of school children into a fully fledged rock band, at the end of which they must perform in a supporting slot for a leading rock band.

Rock School was made by British production company RDF Media and has been shown on Channel 4 in the UK, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Channel Ten and Channel V in Australia, TVNZ's TV2 in New Zealand, VH-1 in the United States and Latin America, TV2 Zebra in Norway, Nelonen in Finland, TV4 in Sweden, Much Music in Canada, Vitaya in Belgium and ORF1 in Austria.

A comedy film with a similar theme, starring Jack Black, called School of Rock, was released in 2003, before the first series began although the creative team and Simmons insisted that they did not make the show because of that film, and that the show had been in the works since 2002.

Since series 2, Simmons seems not to be planning any more series yet due to commitments with KISS.

The first series was broadcast in the autumn of 2005 and took place at Christ's Hospital, a co-educational boarding school near Horsham, West Sussex, which is famous for its strong musical tradition. The chosen class of Year 9 students were all classically trained and it was insinuated that they had no interest in rock music.

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