Michael ‘Cub’ Koda; Rock Musician

Michael “Cub” Koda, 51, singer, songwriter and guitarist responsible for the 1970s hit “Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room.” The man once described by author Stephen King as “America’s greatest house-rocker” took his name from the character “Cubby” on television’s “Mickey Mouse Club.” Koda formed the group Brownsville Station in 1969 and wrote “Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room,” which sold more than 2 million copies and rose to No. 3 on Billboard magazine’s charts in 1973. The group disbanded in 1979. But the heavy metal band Motley Crue revived Koda’s hit song in 1985. Koda later played in the bands the Points and the Bone Gods, and released several solo works of rockabilly and blues. Koda was the coauthor of “Blues for Dummies,” published in 1998, and wrote a monthly column for trade magazines called “The Vinyl Junkie.” On Saturday of complications from kidney failure.