Kurt St. Thomas

Kurt St. Thomas is an American filmmaker and radio DJ who has worked in the radio and music industry since 1985. During his time at the radio station WFNX in Boston he became acquainted with the band Nirvana, and was the first person to play the album "Nevermind" on the radio. St. Thomas later interviewed the band for "Nevermind It's an Interview" and co-authored the book "Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects".
Early life.
St. Thomas was born in Virginia and raised in Pennsylvania. He attended Ashland University, graduating with a BA in radio and television in 1985.
Radio career.
After college, St. Thomas worked at Syracuse radio station WAQX-FM in 1985, then moved to work at WGIR-FM in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1986.
From 1987-1995 St. Thomas worked at WFNX in Boston, serving as the station's program, music, and production director.
In 2005, St. Thomas started working at KROQ as a disc jockey. In 2008, he launched Houndstooth Radio, an internet radio station broadcasting from the garage of his house; the station featured mostly new independent artists. He later went back to KROQ and produced a show called Jonesy's Jukebox with Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols; he then spent seven years doing weekends and fill-in at KROQ.
On August 17, 2012, WFNX, now an internet-only station, re-hired St. Thomas as its executive music producer. He worked there until the station was shut down five months later.
Relationship with Nirvana.
St. Thomas became interested in the band Nirvana after their 1989 debut album "Bleach" and meeting the band backstage after a concert in Cambridge, Massachusetts the same year. At 7 pm on August 29, 1991, St. Thomas over the WFNX airwaves gave Nirvana's album "Nevermind" its world premiere by playing the album from start to finish. He invited the band to play at the WFNX's anniversary party the night before the album was released.
In 1992 he was asked to record with Nirvana the band's official interview album: "Nevermind It's an Interview".
He also co-authored a book about the band "Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects."
Film career.
"Captive Audience".
In 1996 St. Thomas began collaborating with Mike Gioscia in making what would become the feature film "Captive Audience". The black and white film focused on a strange bond between an overnight disc-jockey and a gun toting intruder. The film won seven international Film Festival awards including Board Of Directors Award Nashville Film Festival 1999, three at the 1999 Planet Indie Film Festival in Toronto, Best Feature Editing Rhode Island International Film Festival 2000 and Best Feature Magnolia Independent Film Festival 2000.
"The Red Right Hand".
"The Red Right Hand" is a horror film that takes place in 1978, and centers around five friends who reunite for their 15th high school reunion. The film, starred John Doe, Edmund Lyndeck and Jeena Stern, was shot over 27 days and was primarily filmed in the old Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, Massachusetts. Its name was derived from the lyrics of a Nick Cave song.
Other projects.
After leaving WFNX, St. Thomas went on to work for Clive Davis at Arista Records in 1995.
In 2001 he began working as an executive for the indie record label Tommy Boy Music. While at Tommy Boy he directed music videos for the label's artists, Rustic Overtones.