Henry Rollins & Other Rockers To Star In Kids TV Comedy From 'Hannah Montana' Maker

13 May 2015 | 1:58 pm | Staff Writer

The Black Flag frontman will be joined by members of Best Coast, Smashing Pumpkins, Imagine Dragons and more

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The past decade or so has been pretty darn sweet for children's television and the adults who have to watch it.

Not only were we graced with the god-given gift of Yo Gabba Gabba! back in 2007, which has in its time brought out everyone from Mos Def, Jimmy Eat World and Taking Back Sunday to Devo, MGMT and The Bronx to play musical numbers and act like buffoons, but now — as broken by TheWrap —  there's set to be another muso-heavy production in the works for little ones in the form of A History Of Radness, from the makers of Miley Cyrus fame vehicle Hannah Montana and featuring the voice work of, among others, Black Flag frontman, writer and activist Henry Rollins.

Narrated by Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino and Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, A History of Radness comes from the mind of producer/writer Andrew Green, with music composed by Hutch Harris of The Thermals and James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins. The show focuses on siblings Jack and Tessie, and their journey "from their less-than-cool middle-school beginnings at Pleasant Meadows Middle School to the start of their music careers as they put together a band of like-minded musicians, considered outsiders by fellow classmates", according to a synopsis. There's not a terrible amount else known about the show, other than that Rollins will be providing the voice for a character named Coach Carlucci in what appears to be a guest-starring role, and that a half-hour pilot has been picked up by Amazon. 

You can take a look at the first promo image from the pilot below.

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As The Guardian reports, the show's producer, Skot Bright, has a bit of a history with music-related titles, having previously worked on productions focusing on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Running Down A Dream) and The Bee-Gees (In Our Own Time), as well as a TV series for Imagination Movers, the Louisianian equivalent of The Wiggles.