This is the Rodney Bingenheimer Thread Where We Tell Tales of Meeting Him and Discuss the Mayor of the Sunset Strip Film

Did anyone else find the filmmakers to be sort of cruel? That whole scene when he's giving the Elvis autograph to his step-sister and the interviewer keeps asking his father where Rodney's childhood pictures are is just horrible.

I grew up lovin Rodney, I still love him after seeing this movie, now I just feel kinda sad for him...

and Kim Fowley is one ghoulish motherfucker.

I liked the outtakes in the DVD. It's got Courtney being extremely bossy and making sense. Also, Michael Des Barres is very funny. He really should get better roles than "that snotty English guy" on various sitcoms.

Seems the key to longevity is : Do it and don't get paid (much)...

was on tv on monday or tuesday and i'm gradually working my way through it.

he looked so awkward (and had so many different haircuts) in all those photos. loved his frumpy gf too.

am struck, at times, with the similarities to Peel, especially the bit where he was saying 'i used to be on at 8, then 10 til 1, now midnight to 3'

have been to that canters (the one on fairfax?) but he wasn't there.

and rodney in the dojo that used to be his English Disco. looking awkward.

what's he doing these days?

Tube Tops! Tube Tops FOREVER!

I hate the 90s!

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"After years of grassroots support, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce decided to acknowledge his contribution to music and radio with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which was presented on March 9, 2007. This is the 2,330th star awarded, and it is in front of the Knitting Factory nightclub at 7021 Hollywood Blvd."

watching this on hulu now, mostly sad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3xy8s-IQ7k

watching the movie right now and this guy is just so creepy, it's kind of hard to watch. i think i'd be less uncomfortable if the doc was about Kim Fowley even.

Was this the original "Kinda LOL but mostly sad" ?

I think the director of this doc recently passed away? Loved this movie when I saw it back in the day.

Yeah, George Hickenlooper:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hickenlooper

Watched it last night as it's pirated to YouTube. Not bad, gets uncomfortable at times. Was shot prior to Cherie Curie apparently making up with Kim Fowley.

Here's one of the movie's oddest characters by far, a friend of Rodney's, still at it:

http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/10/ronald-vaugh-captain-pootie-musically-pitches-poot-a-rama/

one thing the film does capture really well is that rare situation of these guys kind of being fixtures on the same scene together for like 40 years straight

Rodney leaves KROQ. Last show June 5th.
http://buzzbands.la/2017/05/25/rodney-bingenheimer-leaving-kroq/

Think that finally kills off the 20th century.

Did he ever make it up with Debbie Harry?

Didn't know he/it had their own thread. The film was my favourite of whatever year it came out--still remember the sequence where he kept popping up Zelig-like all over the place.

Used to listen to him when I was a kid until I heard all of his "disco sucks" stuff which seemed like something a 14 year old should do, not someone of his age. But then "not someone of his age" is the central theme of that sad documentary so I guess it's more tragic than lame now.

He's hinting that he'll be carrying on in some way so I guess that means Red Kross streaming on the Internet forever.

Article and playlist of his final show on KROQ.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20170605/highlights-and-playlist-from-final-rodney-on-the-roq-show

Evidently not a fan of the Angry Samoans' "Get Off the Air"--would have been a nice exit song.

i always think of the GTO's "Permanent Damage" LP which has that one song with him on it. the way they say "Rodney BING - enheimer" was pretty fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVca426V9DY

Great-looking band: two Thurston Moores, Freddie Mercury, Rodney, and I don't know who the guy on the right's supposed to be.

"Get me to the year 2000 IMMEDIATELY!"

I don't know who the guy on the right's supposed to be.

one of the skinny ties from Blondie

I recorded Rodney's last show - PM/email me offboard if you want a copy.

He's back!

This is excellent news! Booted from KROQ, Rodney Bingenheimer will return to radio via Sirius XM. https://t.co/87xqh96iLH

— Aidin Vaziri (@MusicSF) June 28, 2017

As much as I love the cartoon "hate" of Angry Samoans, and I definitely do, I can't honestly hate on Rodney. He's got a Warhol-ish, esthetic wimpiness to him that I just couldn't bash in good conscience. In this day and age, niceness goes a long way with me, as it's a rapidly decreasing commodity. And he really did open the door for ALOT of bands who would've gotten zero airplay w/o him. The documentary was/is wonderful IMO.

And re: xpost Ned's latest. Welcome back Rodney!

Rodney has been a serious creep to underage women for about 100 years but yah him and Kim Fowley get a pass because the Earth is terrible.

wasn't he kind of a procurer or flesh for bands + crew?

Bingenheimer not as bad as Fowley in the predatory misogyny dept imo

Or afaict anyway

"not as bad" jfc. I take back everything I posted in this thread

"Go-Go’s Guitarist Jane Wiedlin Claims Influential Rock DJ Sexually Abused Her as a Teen. Six women now accuse famed former KROQ DJ and club owner Rodney Bingenheimer of molesting them when they were underage"

The correct response.

i wonder why i called chris carter an asshole upthread? i love breakfast with the beatles lol. my parents were sunset strip 60s people and knew rodney back then (kim was my dads manager for a spell). rodney would call our house in the 80s when my sister was teenage and ask for her and i remember my dad yelling on the phone "dont ever call my fucking house again rodney!"

wow

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Come back, Angry Samoans, all is forgiven!