This is one of the finest documentaries about the entertainment biz ever produced. Growing up in L.A, I can't think of a time in my life when I didn't know who Rodney was, listening to Rodney on the Rock on KROQ, seeing him pop up on TV or in rock mags. Rodney is a good example of a person trapped by Hollywood, and their past. It's just very difficult to know your best days are behind you, because nothing can top those years. He deserves greater recognition. He was one of those key people who could break a band by breaking them in the L.A. market. He genuinely loves music and brought a lot of it to our attention.
OMG yes so true. Rodney tremendous efforts playing many records that put over 75 percent of bands and music artists in the spotlight that are now Legends of music.
Rodney is the Warhol of the west coast. I remember in the 80s staying up late to hear his show on KROQ. Rodney introduced me to so many cool bands like Unit 3 With Venus, Agent Orange and of course Annette Funicello and the Monkees. Rodney had amazing instincts and always bridged old 60s music, such as the Monkees, with new punk rock like Circle Jerks or Celebrity Skin. This documentary does a great job of capturing Rodney's essence with a star-studded cast including Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Johnny Marr, Joan Jett, and Kim Fowley.
Been there. Dramarama were my high school buds and I lived with them for 7 years from 87-94. Met Rodney many, many, many times. Shy guy, very nice. Best 7 years of my life as I was backstage for all the concerts when they played LA, San Diego, Irvine, Ventura. Lots of stories, met many rockers and celebrities. Rodney, you will always ROCK.
Well were to start, Met Rodney when he was D.J at the Starwood around 1979-81 ish. My 2 girl friends Mickey, Wendy, And I am Cindy, we were always on Rodneys guest list. It was Punk Rock times and we were were pretty wild. We are from Huntington Beach. And would go to the Starwood arleast 2x a weeek for afew years. Rodney is and always will be a star to Hollywood. We used to get these 2 Ballet Dancers in there and they were fabulous, and Rodney would be playing the music for all of us lil Punk Rockers. and everyone else to enjoy. Those ar esome Major times in our lives T.Y Rodney we all love you../. ,
I remember when I first moved to Los Angeles and started listening to Rodney show. Super cool. Continually dropping new bands on me. Light CD collection immediately rocking it up to over 2000 CDs. Thanks Rodney. I needed that LOL
I remember turning on Rodney's show on night in 79 and being ELECTRIFIED when he put Black Flag on (Keith singing) made me a Punk that very moment must say this is one very depressing movie. Rodney has taken his interest and made it into a career good for him seems to have done Some people some good along the way again, good for him doesn't seem to be treated very well by KROQ he's an origional thank you rodney
the man is appreciated by millions but yet loved by no one. hope one day he may feel the joy he has given others. it seemed he was ready to love after years of pain caused by the ones he loved prevented him to be acceptable to it. but his love for music led to the influence of the music of today- that may be his greatest gift of all. kroq is rodney on the rock and rodney on the roq is kroq. he should have been paid like other L.A. djs like rick dees or that goof seacrest.
ben snapped He was well payed in his favorite currency, namely, PUSSY, and lots and lots and lots of it. More than anybody I've ever seen or heard of. Man, did he ever get it.
*m.saint* ____ I'd rather get payed in hard currency , than easily impressed starstruck "PUSSY" , which he most likely seldom touched.....If he actually _had_ ,he probably wouldn't have been in the position he was, trusted and loved by anyone, and not threatened by the parents of all that jailbait ,and continually free from venereal diseases galore..
I came here after watching an interview of Cherie. We all know Kim was apart of the whole child trafficking/ sexual abuse world.. I stand with Jackie and Cherie
I'm in Cleveland and have just become a big fan. Just recently. Never heard his work, but his presence motivates me to discover exciting new artists and their music.
I grew up in L.A. and just moved to Cleveland area. My introduction to punk as a middle-school kid in 1980 was a Rodney on the ROQ cassette that a friend had. I later listened to him occasionally on the radio, but not nearly as much as the other DJ's at that station. I had no idea then that he was already sort of a legend. I learned just as much from this documentary as you did.
Thank you to Rodney and everyone who is a part of this movie for letting us the fans of music a chance to see the insides of the music biz. I'm the same way as Rodney by keeping positive and to me enjoying music and Rodney is like the introduction guide from the stars to us the fans.
I have met and talked to him many times when i was living back home. A really great guy. He also helped us out on a couple of projects. Know that he has retired from KROQ but he will never be forgotten. Still have a few hours of him on tape. Rock On!!
What a trend setter ... such an interesting man. I had never heard of him prior to this documentary, I realize he impacted my musical tastes in a positive way.
KROQ is crap now, kinda has been over the last couple of decades... Rodney leaving is a big disappointment yet I'm glad to see him have a chance at another radio station or podcast. RODNEY, Thanks for all your musical energy and letting us share your vision on the SoCal air waves. I enjoyed the documentary.
Yep that's a sad thing. I had a good childhood growing up with the music that I did which is definitely different than most junk on today's L.A. radio. 😔 Many people will drool over a talentless artist like Billie Eilish or "Alternative" band/duo/group with the next, best new-wave, pop-ish sound then move on to the next one.
I felt so sad for him when his family couldn't "find" his photo album. A case of always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Seems like a sweet guy x. And yes Fowley was completely repugnant, but hey, they all are. He just had the guts to admit it.
@@SuiGenerisAbbie How do you come to that conclusion? Nothing lasts forever. KROQ didn't owe him employment to the grave. They were a commercial operation with a 70-year old DJ.
Très interessant ce documentaire. On apprend plein de choses sur les artistes et les clubs, et les discothéques branchés par les artistes à cette époque. Rodney bingenheimer est très interessant sur sa vie, son métier dans l'art etc...
I started listening to music pretty seriously from about age 5 and beyond. Rodney changed my life as a kid growing up in SoCal in the late 70s and early 80s. My dad would be listening to the King Bisquit Flower Hour on 95.5 KLOS while I was kind of secretely gravitating more and more over to Rodney on the ROQ. Then in early grade school, 3rd and 4th grade, this kid came to school, we became friends and his older brother was drumming in a local band that Rodney helped break at the time, Agent Orange. It was great because as I became more aware of and interested in the timeless new wave and punk music that Rodney brought to the airwaves I also gradually started to realize and experience that I was living in a very punk rock town and time. Rodney's contribution changed me and my whole direction as a young drummer and future musician myself that's for damn sure and still to this day. Interesting film. Thanks for posting and thank you Rodney! Maybe I should have tried to shop my band's album to you in the 90s, what was I thinking? Lol
Met Rodney a couple of times over the years..once back stage with Echo & The Bunnymen, and then once at his club in LA. He was not too nice the 2nd time..but I don't care. This guy turned me on to great Punk Rock, 60's Garage, and Brit-rock/pop. Always a legend for The Southern Ca music scene.
I also had never heard of Rodney and found him fascinating. He's so sweet and unassuming, yet has seen so much. He should write a book. Thanks for posting!
Dramarama was my biggest successes I had. While at UCLA and booking all the free concerts we put on weekly I had Rodney's personal phone number and I called him, he answered, and gave me info to contact the bands manager directly and we booked them directly. Booked them and it was ahead of their 'official' LA debut later that night at the Roxy.
Love it! I remember one of my girlfriends was a groupie back in the day and she knew some of the GTOs. I also remember how it was common knowledge that Rodney ( and Bernardo ) used to score with the nubile young women because of all the rock stars they knew. So refreshing to see this documentary haha! So much of those days gets whitewashed.
Rodney was a HUGE influence on me as a Radio Personality. My friend Troy used to send me cassette tapes of his shows in the 80's. Sure he was awkward , but he created and made so many careers. I really Hope KROQ gives his homage and respect!
The answer to The question at 11:10 It’s simple. They’re achieving goals we were told were not achievable. Rule number one. If it can’t be done, stay out of the way of the people who are doing it.
Met Rodney in 1983 at the Club Odyssey in west Hollywood, took all his groupie chicks home that night a total of 5 girls went home with us and stayed the weekend. One gal had an orange carmengia VW then gave him credit in TSOL Live from O.C. DVD great times and thanks for the girls
Nice to see Lance Loud looking so healthy. The very next thing I saw him in after this was the documentary of his passing. Would love to see a documentary on Lance's life.
You know, you would think with all these big-time celebrities out there from the past if that is still alive waiting for their death. You would think one of them would come forward, maybe gather a group of them together and put a place on the Sunset strip for a club that Rodney could run the way he wants to run it with a museum with all the cool stuff that he’s come up with throughout this amazing career of just being a bad ass. So if you know anyone that he knows, give them a good pat on the back and say, it’s your time to shine there Jack. Spread the news. And with any luck at all, something amazing will happen once again in this man’s life. Because everything he’s done, he’s given to us. All of it. He missed nothing. Everything that he got, he just threw it right in our laps like it was free. And you know what, it was. God bless Rodney.
for me a teen of the 80s rodney was a huge part of growing up here in the san gabriel valley listening to his show on kroq.rodney is such a cool guy and such a kind soul he will always be a legend to us and loved by all of us his fans keep on rocking rodney! i just wish i was around when he had his disco to have been in on all the fun and rodney if you ever want that g.t.o. washed detailed and waxed id do it for free just for the honor of doing so
I greatly enjoyed witnessing the entire process of this DOC, from its inception of what might’ve just been a coffee table book -via Producer/Sirius XM DJ Chris Carter-into a incredibly interesting documentary about the life and Times of one of the most important influencers in modern music. in full disc closure. I have a song in the closing credits “for…the time being” by my band like experience Cosmo Topper. that said, there’s an extremely happy ending to what might be deemed a bitter, sweet movie, and that is Little Steven sought out Rodney and with the help of a lot of his dear friends, Rodney now has a permanent home on Little Steven’s underground garage, channel 21 on SiriusXM every Sunday night primetime. so this bittersweet story has an extremely happy ending and somehow they should re release this doc with bonus footage that illustrates just how happy Rodney is with the next chapter of his life that took place after this film was released mb
I don't think I can watch it again...the lonely thing is just too much. He's met so many people, yet comes home to an empty apartment. Where are all those people he helped??
omg i loved these days,he put van halen on, i hung with him at the starwood&kroq as a kid,he put my band deadly blessings from east la on in 1980,wow alot of history
It is sad to see how much he struggles with his mom's passing (it seems that there are many unresolved issues ), I guess you never truly get over the passing of your parents...
Kinda sad when he went home to the Dad and his family and they had no pictures of Rodney out with the rest , they where put away in scrap books. That's quite telling in itself.
I know, that's very sad that his dad and family pretty much treated him as some kind of outcast. What's interesting is that Rodney had a much more interesting and fulfilling life in doing everything he did and getting to know so many interesting and creative people. I feel that he should have been paid more for all that he did for all those bands, but he is such a humble, honest, and honorable guy that he was happy with helping to boost so many bands' careers in airing their music which he genuinely enjoyed listening to. Rock on Rodney as you will always be known as The Mayor of the Sunset Strip!
Bought this docu when it was released back in 2004. Since I am not from the US I payed a whole lot of money for the import cause it wasn't availabe in Europe at the time. I hate that anything now is available for free. Nothing is really special nowdays. Anything is available for anybody. At the same time I love it somehow. Hard to believe how much money I spent for footage years ago that you can find here for nothing.
I'm a bit with you on that. But at the same time it's really nice that people can discover all this amazing stuff even if they're broke. Just a thought. ✌🏽🇬🇧
"Celebrity is obscurity just biding its time." --Carrie Fisher. The documentary is much sadder than I remember. Also, he lives in Los Angeles and he goes to Dennys.
He is one of my favorite Dee Jays in Los Angeles and loved listening to him on KROQ. Even had a chance to talk to him live on the air and had his personal phone number and no I am not giving it out. He was also helping us out on a Beatles project. He is one of many things that the 94 quake stole from me and I was thrown 400 miles away. So glad that I finally found this. Rock on Rodney. You are so cool!
I used to listen to Rodney on the Roq! In the 90s. He's led a very interesting life and nothing to be ashamed or sad about (even though some parts of his are quite sad) He's prob led a more interesting life than anyone here, here's to the best for Rodney!
That's sad, but how many 70 year old DJs can you find on popular radio? He should find a place somewhere on satellite radio. I can think of several stations that he would fit into quite well. I sure hope he had some kind of retirement package or a pension of some sort from KROQ, though I tend to doubt it. I really hate to think of him being destitute somewhere in LA. Especially after he had done so much to bring some great artists into the American music scene.
This documentary is very interesting! It started with Rodney's parents, who both had an infatuation with Hollywood/celebrities, teaching him the foundation for what was to become of his future! It’s cool to see such a person have so much influence on music and that many close relationships with famous musical artists! Very cool, I want to wish the Mayor of the Sunset strip all my best! Long live Rodney
This is a great documentary about how empty, selfish, and useless the LA scene and its people have always been. 37:29 It's quite obvious they edited out the word "underage" in that sentence. C'mon....
@@hiphoprbloverjon9180 The internet the one place where were prejudice runs unchekced because we are not a fist distance away from the other person we don't know at all.
He looks so sad for some reason. It breaks my heart. It feels like he tries to use these relationships as a sort of distraction towards his feeling of loneliness.
Until he wasn’t...a sweet kid abandoned to Hollywood. Sad sad sad and sick. Feel a pity for him after watching while my mind doesn’t want to acknowledge the reality that is unfolding. Deep sigh. Very sad for all the abused and abandoned but the cycle MUST STOP NOW! I wonder if Kim Fowley ever paid for the abuse and will Rodney? I 🙏🏽 we can rescue the kids. People are waking and then I realize, the nightmare is worse, once awakened.
@@carewser Had a song in mind 'Mom and Dad' by Kim Fowley that I never forgot since I heard it almost 30 years ago. Recently I did make research for this song and Kim Fowley, which I knew only by name and learnt that he died in 2015 and that he was a sheer asshole. Maybe you go for that song and you too will be unable to connect it with the singers shitty biography.
@@carewser might want to put some context to that clip, the guy he's yelling at litterally copied his style and show and tried to pass it off as his own
Wow, what a bitch! "I kinda have a boyfriend, and Rodney and I are just friends". Meanwhile, he's in love with her, and she's friendzoned him. I feel a lot of these people are using him, and abusing his otherwise good nature.
Camille is a bitch's bitch. That poor guy looked as uncomfortable as anyone I've ever seen on film when she called him just a friend. Wow. It's so obvious she using the poor guy. Very sad that it was left in the film. The old Embarrassment /Humiliation one -two punch.
Such an enigmatic man. It makes me sad that he's lonely, but his mentally ill mom and the split of his parents tends to set things in motion. He was on his on, and kind of rose to the top, not because of being a Type A go-getter, but because he was very sincere.
Mike Carter Rodney was the main man on the Strip in the late 60's and early 70's too. His legend didn't just start in the 80's. I'm an eye witness to it.
This the saddest thing I have ever seen. I wish I never watched it.. I have met Rodney a few times. I grew up blocks from the Sunset Strip in the 60s. I never knew how bad he had it. Fame is Fleeting.
What an incredible life story. It gives a music fan food for thought. To land at ground zero in L.A. during the heyday like RODNEY and survive and make a career for himself and always helping others at the same is worthy of such a personal documentary.
Or that guy who murdered two people in cold blood 🩸 What the fuck was his name again.? Nlol 🤬 Greetings from Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka ex Anal Cunt; PostMortem and Kilslug- and Kim Fowley really oughta be in prison right now Cuz she’s telling ya that he raped her and who knows how many other people. Sick fuck he is totally 💯
I have hung out in Hollywood from the ages of 12 to my mid 20s. In my young years it was the 18 and under clubs like the starwood, gazarris, whisky, Roxy and l.a. cubs in general. All the years and the people and band members have known i have realised. No mater how beautiful or handsome or rich and successful the people out there are just scratch the surface and you will find pain, fear, anger, and family rejection. Hollywood is the land of the broken people I've seen it all. Pray for them and Rodney it is a city of desperate people.
I think Cher says it best when she says, "You did not have to worry about him. He had no ulterior motive." Rodney could have been a concert promoter, like a Bill Graham, but then he WOULD have had an ulterior motive. It was not in Rodney to do that, and now I guess KROQ has finally fired him and he will go to satellite radio.
Yeah? The girl he clearly loves but is just using him, her dead eyes...and the family has pics of friggin' Kato Kaelin but not Rodney? It's more than melancholy, but downright heartbreaking.
Rodney is truly the GODFATHER of introducing the greatest bands of all time to us and he has done more for me in terms of loving truly unique music you did not hear anywhere else than any other DJ has EVER done. I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS MAN! 🖤🖤🖤 It’s also truly sad a lot of people have forgotten about this beautiful man. All the people he introduced and befriended. Where are they now for him, I wonder? He truly RULES in my book! Hell, I was one of the people that donated to have him FINALLY get a star on HOLLYWOOD. It was ridiculous how long it took for him to get one! I will never ever forget this sweet man! I love you RODNEY!! 🖤🐈⬛🖤🦇🖤⚰️🖤🧛🏻♀️🖤🎶 🖤
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This is one of the finest documentaries about the entertainment biz ever produced. Growing up in L.A, I can't think of a time in my life when I didn't know who Rodney was, listening to Rodney on the Rock on KROQ, seeing him pop up on TV or in rock mags. Rodney is a good example of a person trapped by Hollywood, and their past. It's just very difficult to know your best days are behind you, because nothing can top those years. He deserves greater recognition. He was one of those key people who could break a band by breaking them in the L.A. market. He genuinely loves music and brought a lot of it to our attention.
OMG yes so true. Rodney tremendous efforts playing many records that put over 75 percent of bands and music artists in the spotlight that are now Legends of music.
This film is GOLD. A hugely important document for the ages...
Rodney is the Warhol of the west coast. I remember in the 80s staying up late to hear his show on KROQ. Rodney introduced me to so many cool bands like Unit 3 With Venus, Agent Orange and of course Annette Funicello and the Monkees. Rodney had amazing instincts and always bridged old 60s music, such as the Monkees, with new punk rock like Circle Jerks or Celebrity Skin. This documentary does a great job of capturing Rodney's essence with a star-studded cast including Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Johnny Marr, Joan Jett, and Kim Fowley.
Please! He's waay above Warhol, and that NYC shit
God bless you Rodney! what a life been a fan of yours since I was around 12 now I just turned 49 last month take care Rod peace!
Fan when I was 24, now 64.
Been there. Dramarama were my high school buds and I lived with them for 7 years from 87-94. Met Rodney many, many, many times. Shy guy, very nice. Best 7 years of my life as I was backstage for all the concerts when they played LA, San Diego, Irvine, Ventura. Lots of stories, met many rockers and celebrities. Rodney, you will always ROCK.
Saw this on DVD years ago & it is great this is available here. Outstanding movie I highly recommend. 🤘😊🤘👍✌
I stumbled on this doco by accident.One part made me cry-thanks for posting
Well were to start, Met Rodney when he was D.J at the Starwood around 1979-81 ish. My 2 girl friends Mickey, Wendy, And I am Cindy, we were always on Rodneys guest list. It was Punk Rock times and we were were pretty wild. We are from Huntington Beach. And would go to the Starwood arleast 2x a weeek for afew years. Rodney is and always will be a star to Hollywood. We used to get these 2 Ballet Dancers in there and they were fabulous, and Rodney would be playing the music for all of us lil Punk Rockers. and everyone else to enjoy. Those ar esome Major times in our lives T.Y Rodney we all love you../.
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I remember when I first moved to Los Angeles and started listening to Rodney show. Super cool. Continually dropping new bands on me. Light CD collection immediately rocking it up to over 2000 CDs. Thanks Rodney. I needed that LOL
I remember turning on Rodney's show on night in 79 and being ELECTRIFIED when he put Black Flag on (Keith singing)
made me a Punk that very moment
must say this is one very depressing movie.
Rodney has taken his interest and made it into a career
good for him
seems to have done Some people some good along the way
again, good for him
doesn't seem to be treated very well by KROQ
he's an origional
thank you rodney
The film is rather sad, but, still ... Hickenlooper had to be truthful!
the man is appreciated by millions but yet loved by no one. hope one day he may feel the joy he has given others. it seemed he was ready to love after years of pain caused by the ones he loved prevented him to be acceptable to it. but his love for music led to the influence of the music of today- that may be his greatest gift of all. kroq is rodney on the rock and rodney on the roq is kroq. he should have been paid like other L.A. djs like rick dees or that goof seacrest.
ben snapped He was well payed in his favorite currency, namely, PUSSY, and lots and lots and lots of it. More than anybody I've ever seen or heard of. Man, did he ever get it.
That's not the same as Love.
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*m.saint* ____ I'd rather get payed in hard currency , than easily impressed starstruck "PUSSY" , which he most likely seldom touched.....If he actually _had_ ,he probably wouldn't have been in the position he was, trusted and loved by anyone, and not threatened by the parents of all that jailbait ,and continually free from venereal diseases galore..
Your first sentence said it all. Beloved, in an odd say, but not realllllllllly LOOOOOVED! Kinda of sad, isn't it?
I came here after watching an interview of Cherie. We all know Kim was apart of the whole child trafficking/ sexual abuse world.. I stand with Jackie and Cherie
I'm in Cleveland and have just become a big fan. Just recently. Never heard his work, but his presence motivates me to discover exciting new artists and their music.
I grew up in L.A. and just moved to Cleveland area. My introduction to punk as a middle-school kid in 1980 was a Rodney on the ROQ cassette that a friend had. I later listened to him occasionally on the radio, but not nearly as much as the other DJ's at that station. I had no idea then that he was already sort of a legend. I learned just as much from this documentary as you did.
Thank you to Rodney and everyone who is a part of this movie for letting us the fans of music a chance to see the insides of the music biz. I'm the same way as Rodney by keeping positive and to me enjoying music and Rodney is like the introduction guide from the stars to us the fans.
I have met and talked to him many times when i was living back home. A really great guy. He also helped us out on a couple of projects. Know that he has retired from KROQ but he will never be forgotten. Still have a few hours of him on tape. Rock On!!
What a trend setter ... such an interesting man. I had never heard of him prior to this documentary, I realize he impacted my musical tastes in a positive way.
KROQ is crap now, kinda has been over the last couple of decades... Rodney leaving is a big disappointment yet I'm glad to see him have a chance at another radio station or podcast. RODNEY, Thanks for all your musical energy and letting us share your vision on the SoCal air waves. I enjoyed the documentary.
Yep that's a sad thing. I had a good childhood growing up with the music that I did which is definitely different than most junk on today's L.A. radio. 😔 Many people will drool over a talentless artist like Billie Eilish or "Alternative" band/duo/group with the next, best new-wave, pop-ish sound then move on to the next one.
It’s all over now. Even Kevin and Bean are gone.
I felt so sad for him when his family couldn't "find" his photo album. A case of always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Seems like a sweet guy x. And yes Fowley was completely repugnant, but hey, they all are. He just had the guts to admit it.
KROQ fucked Rod over big time!
@jb318 so his girl just broke it off with him on that part ? That was not cool
@@SuiGenerisAbbie How do you come to that conclusion? Nothing lasts forever. KROQ didn't owe him employment to the grave. They were a commercial operation with a 70-year old DJ.
@@Shadowbannddiscoursefriend zoned in a documentary about HIS life was pretty brutal - I squirmed hard
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So much love for Rodney!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
+Mz Mercury OH SO I GET EATEN BY THE LIONS?
@@mastersupreme6126 do you have an amazing song production my friend. Most #OfTheEpic 🤙🏼💯🍻
Rodney Bingenheimer has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1:05 Brian Wilson's reaction is priceless.
I'd react very much the same if Ronnie sang one of my songs.
Such a beautiful soul, he deserves to be unbelievably happy.
Glad to hear him on Sirius
My mom actually dated him in 1985-1991
Très interessant ce documentaire. On apprend plein de choses sur les artistes et les clubs, et les discothéques branchés par les artistes à cette époque. Rodney bingenheimer est très interessant sur sa vie, son métier dans l'art etc...
I started listening to music pretty seriously from about age 5 and beyond. Rodney changed my life as a kid growing up in SoCal in the late 70s and early 80s. My dad would be listening to the King Bisquit Flower Hour on 95.5 KLOS while I was kind of secretely gravitating more and more over to Rodney on the ROQ. Then in early grade school, 3rd and 4th grade, this kid came to school, we became friends and his older brother was drumming in a local band that Rodney helped break at the time, Agent Orange. It was great because as I became more aware of and interested in the timeless new wave and punk music that Rodney brought to the airwaves I also gradually started to realize and experience that I was living in a very punk rock town and time. Rodney's contribution changed me and my whole direction as a young drummer and future musician myself that's for damn sure and still to this day. Interesting film. Thanks for posting and thank you Rodney! Maybe I should have tried to shop my band's album to you in the 90s, what was I thinking? Lol
Met Rodney a couple of times over the years..once back stage with Echo & The Bunnymen, and then once at his club in LA. He was not too nice the 2nd time..but I don't care. This guy turned me on to great Punk Rock, 60's Garage, and Brit-rock/pop. Always a legend for The Southern Ca music scene.
I also had never heard of Rodney and found him fascinating. He's so sweet and unassuming, yet has seen so much. He should write a book. Thanks for posting!
I cant believe I discovered this now this is amazing
Dramarama was my biggest successes I had. While at UCLA and booking all the free concerts we put on weekly I had Rodney's personal phone number and I called him, he answered, and gave me info to contact the bands manager directly and we booked them directly. Booked them and it was ahead of their 'official' LA debut later that night at the Roxy.
I loved this documentary! More insight to the music industry of the 70s super stars and supergroups than I have ever read or seen anywhere else!
He was very authentic and MAGIC!!
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Chuck D bought this on DVD at Amoeba Records. Glad I watched.🤎🇬🇧
Interesting, riveting & also very sad
Love it! I remember one of my girlfriends was a groupie back in the day and she knew some of the GTOs. I also remember how it was common knowledge that Rodney ( and Bernardo ) used to score with the nubile young women because of all the rock stars they knew. So refreshing to see this documentary haha! So much of those days gets whitewashed.
This little factoid didn’t age well. Your ex-girlfriend might be called as a witness to testify in court soon.
Rodney was a HUGE influence on me as a Radio Personality. My friend Troy used to send me cassette tapes of his shows in the 80's. Sure he was awkward , but he created and made so many careers. I really Hope KROQ gives his homage and respect!
+Stig Stench RODNEY'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY IS GOING TO BE AUG. 22,2016!!
+Ronald Vaughan Do you know how I can have Rodney on my show as a guest Ronald?
+Ronald Vaughan I'm MC'ing The JOEY RAMONE Birthday Bash 2016 in NYC.
The answer to The question at 11:10
It’s simple. They’re achieving goals we were told were not achievable. Rule number one. If it can’t be done, stay out of the way of the people who are doing it.
Great upload. Thanks so much. ✌🏽🇬🇧
Met Rodney in 1983 at the Club Odyssey in west Hollywood, took all his groupie chicks home that night a total of 5 girls went home with us and stayed the weekend. One gal had an orange carmengia VW then gave him credit in TSOL Live from O.C. DVD great times and thanks for the girls
I really like this cool documentary about mr. bingenheimer & he had been on Kroq for sooo many years 😜🤘🏾
Gosh, I enjoyed this. Dazzling, heartbreaking.
Nice to see Lance Loud looking so healthy. The very next thing I saw him in after this was the documentary of his passing.
Would love to see a documentary on Lance's life.
Neil Young’s face had a genuine smile when he saw Rodney. He was well received wherever he was.
RODNEY AND ME WE HAD DINNER AT THE FAMOUS PANTRY CAFE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA USA BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S!
how awsum, that documentaries like These are still made!1 Rodney was a Mod, Mod Pride til we Die ;D
You know, you would think with all these big-time celebrities out there from the past if that is still alive waiting for their death. You would think one of them would come forward, maybe gather a group of them together and put a place on the Sunset strip for a club that Rodney could run the way he wants to run it with a museum with all the cool stuff that he’s come up with throughout this amazing career of just being a bad ass. So if you know anyone that he knows, give them a good pat on the back and say, it’s your time to shine there Jack. Spread the news. And with any luck at all, something amazing will happen once again in this man’s life. Because everything he’s done, he’s given to us. All of it. He missed nothing. Everything that he got, he just threw it right in our laps like it was free. And you know what, it was. God bless Rodney.
40 years on KROQ, and now it's over. At least the pathetic NY execs who fired him let him have a final show, with a whole extra hour.
It's radio. It is dead. Why would you care? No one under 30 listens to any radio station. Times have changed.
@@eriklarson9137 Radio is still alive, dumbass.
for me a teen of the 80s rodney was a huge part of growing up here in the san gabriel valley listening to his show on kroq.rodney is such a cool guy and such a kind soul he will always be a legend to us and loved by all of us his fans keep on rocking rodney! i just wish i was around when he had his disco to have been in on all the fun and rodney if you ever want that g.t.o. washed detailed and waxed id do it for free just for the honor of doing so
I greatly enjoyed witnessing the entire process of this DOC, from its inception of what might’ve just been a coffee table book -via Producer/Sirius XM DJ Chris Carter-into a incredibly interesting documentary about the life and Times of one of the most important influencers in modern music. in full disc closure. I have a song in the closing credits “for…the time being” by my band like experience Cosmo Topper. that said, there’s an extremely happy ending to what might be deemed a bitter, sweet movie,
and that is Little Steven sought out Rodney and with the help of a lot of his dear friends, Rodney now has a permanent home on Little Steven’s underground garage, channel 21 on SiriusXM every Sunday night primetime. so this bittersweet story has an extremely happy ending and somehow they should re release this doc with bonus footage that illustrates just how happy Rodney is with the next chapter of his life that took place after this film was released mb
He was my neighbor in LA he was very shy and sweet
I CAN'T WATCH THIS FILM OFTEN ENOUGH. :) :) :)
I don't think I can watch it again...the lonely thing is just too much. He's met so many people, yet comes home to an empty apartment. Where are all those people he helped??
Ghosts appear
And
Fade away
omg i loved these days,he put van halen on, i hung with him at the starwood&kroq as a kid,he put my band deadly blessings from east la on in 1980,wow alot of history
It is sad to see how much he struggles with his mom's passing (it seems that there are many unresolved issues ), I guess you never truly get over the passing of your parents...
Rodney was one of the first places I heard the Germs black flag and the dead Kennedys.. mad props to him
Really enjoyed this, thankyou.
Kinda sad when he went home to the Dad and his family and they had no pictures of Rodney out with the rest , they where put away in scrap books.
That's quite telling in itself.
I know, that's very sad that his dad and family pretty much treated him as some kind of outcast. What's interesting is that Rodney had a much more interesting and fulfilling life in doing everything he did and getting to know so many interesting and creative people. I feel that he should have been paid more for all that he did for all those bands, but he is such a humble, honest, and honorable guy that he was happy with helping to boost so many bands' careers in airing their music which he genuinely enjoyed listening to. Rock on Rodney as you will always be known as The Mayor of the Sunset Strip!
Bought this docu when it was released back in 2004. Since I am not from the US I payed a whole lot of money for the import cause it wasn't availabe in Europe at the time. I hate that anything now is available for free. Nothing is really special nowdays. Anything is available for anybody. At the same time I love it somehow. Hard to believe how much money I spent for footage years ago that you can find here for nothing.
Hipster
I'm a bit with you on that. But at the same time it's really nice that people can discover all this amazing stuff even if they're broke. Just a thought. ✌🏽🇬🇧
"Celebrity is obscurity just biding its time." --Carrie Fisher. The documentary is much sadder than I remember. Also, he lives in Los Angeles and he goes to Dennys.
Him going to Denny's is what makes him even more endearing. It's like when David Lynch would go to Bob's Big Boy every day for years.
Rodney On The ROQ ! 😎
So many friends and he is still lonely. But still a amazing life. He made so many people rich and famous.
I was there when it happened, Peter Banks, Graham Bonnett, Mitch Mitchell, were good friends of mine. And I was using the Hyatt Hotel
He is one of my favorite Dee Jays in Los Angeles and loved listening to him on KROQ. Even had a chance to talk to him live on the air and had his personal phone number and no I am not giving it out. He was also helping us out on a Beatles project. He is one of many things that the 94 quake stole from me and I was thrown 400 miles away. So glad that I finally found this. Rock on Rodney. You are so cool!
god miss the man of music.just somethings are hard to discribe,this is one of them.
Fun documentary 🤩 I enjoyed it
I used to listen to Rodney on the Roq! In the 90s. He's led a very interesting life and nothing to be ashamed or sad about (even though some parts of his are quite sad)
He's prob led a more interesting life than anyone here, here's to the best for Rodney!
Thanks Rodney!!!!!!!!!!!!
So sad KROQ finally gave him his walking papers. He made that station.
That's sad, but how many 70 year old DJs can you find on popular radio? He should find a place somewhere on satellite radio. I can think of several stations that he would fit into quite well. I sure hope he had some kind of retirement package or a pension of some sort from KROQ, though I tend to doubt it. I really hate to think of him being destitute somewhere in LA. Especially after he had done so much to bring some great artists into the American music scene.
Damn! I thought that he was still on late Sunday night 😔
He’s now on Sirius XM on Little Stevie’s Underground Garage
@@thomaslucignano5188 Well, you got your wish! he is a regular on Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius now! One of the best shows ever!
That stations sucks now.and yea if it wasnt for him , it wouldn't have been world famous
This documentary is very interesting! It started with Rodney's parents, who both had an infatuation with Hollywood/celebrities, teaching him the foundation for what was to become of his future! It’s cool to see such a person have so much influence on music and that many close relationships with famous musical artists! Very cool, I want to wish the Mayor of the Sunset strip all my best! Long live Rodney
The dark side of rodney never came out on this docu
What was the dark side ?
This is a great documentary about how empty, selfish, and useless the LA scene and its people have always been.
37:29 It's quite obvious they edited out the word "underage" in that sentence. C'mon....
rareblues78daddy What the fuck are you talking about? ''empty, selfish, and useless''?
...speaking of "empty".
rareblues78daddy You?
Medium Smalls No, that applies to both of you.
@@hiphoprbloverjon9180 The internet the one place where were prejudice runs unchekced because we are not a fist distance away from the other person we don't know at all.
Rodney's still going strong!
What a remarkable man. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you very much for sharing this. ❤️
Different world I wish I was there
Love this doc. Connected research....Im with the band by Pam De Barrs, Laurel Canyon with Dave McGowan, "The Wrecking Crew" on Netflix.
Dave McGowan? So Rodney is mkultra huh?
"In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes:"
- Andy Warhol
2021 - Andy's prediction has come true... Everybody gets their 15 min on the networks one way or the other.
I was a teenager in the 60's and ran into him many times on the Strip. Maybe he has changed, he was a real jerk
He looks so sad for some reason. It breaks my heart. It feels like he tries to use these relationships as a sort of distraction towards his feeling of loneliness.
The Angry Samoans still bother him a little.
Interesting documentary
what a great video!!!! Rock on!!!!
Hands Down One Of The COOOOOLEST Documentaries I've seen!! Rock On Rodney!
That was nice. Thanks.
This movie a full testament to what’s wrong with LA and celeb culture.
Kind, gentle, decent guy. All the best to Rodney.
Really? 1:14:47
Until he wasn’t...a sweet kid abandoned to Hollywood. Sad sad sad and sick. Feel a pity for him after watching while my mind doesn’t want to acknowledge the reality that is unfolding. Deep sigh. Very sad for all the abused and abandoned but the cycle MUST STOP NOW!
I wonder if Kim Fowley ever paid for the abuse and will Rodney? I 🙏🏽 we can rescue the kids. People are waking and then I realize, the nightmare is worse, once awakened.
Yup, I think child molester or rapist better described Fowley
@@carewser
Had a song in mind 'Mom and Dad' by Kim Fowley that I never forgot since I heard it almost 30 years ago. Recently I did make research for this song and Kim Fowley, which I knew only by name and learnt that he died in 2015 and that he was a sheer asshole. Maybe you go for that song and you too will be unable to connect it with the singers shitty biography.
@@carewser might want to put some context to that clip, the guy he's yelling at litterally copied his style and show and tried to pass it off as his own
1:18:28 Her body language says she wants to be nowhere near him. She uses him as a utility and an emotional tampon.
Wow, what a bitch! "I kinda have a boyfriend, and Rodney and I are just friends". Meanwhile, he's in love with her, and she's friendzoned him. I feel a lot of these people are using him, and abusing his otherwise good nature.
shenandoahliberty
Yep.
shenandoahliberty She is a worthless friend to him. What music is she talking about?
Camille is a bitch's bitch. That poor guy looked as uncomfortable as anyone I've ever seen on film when she called him just a friend. Wow. It's so obvious she using the poor guy. Very sad that it was left in the film. The old Embarrassment /Humiliation one -two punch.
No she doesn't/didn't. Relationships are a 2-way street: the desperation from Rodney is palpable, don't go putting it all on the lady.
Such an enigmatic man. It makes me sad that he's lonely, but his mentally ill mom and the split of his parents tends to set things in motion. He was on his on, and kind of rose to the top, not because of being a Type A go-getter, but because he was very sincere.
Rodney along with KXLU turned me on to a lot of good punk in the early-mid 80s.
Mike Carter Rodney was the main man on the Strip in the late 60's and early 70's too. His legend didn't just start in the 80's. I'm an eye witness to it.
This the saddest thing I have ever seen. I wish I never watched it.. I have met Rodney a few times. I grew up blocks from the Sunset Strip in the 60s. I never knew how bad he had it. Fame is Fleeting.
I'm taking that Brian Jones 26:08 being talked about here is of the Rolling Stones ?
What an incredible life story. It gives a music fan food for thought. To land at ground zero in L.A. during the heyday like RODNEY and survive and make a career for himself and always helping others at the same is worthy of such a personal documentary.
The guy struck out in the parental love department. Even the step parent.
They have Kato's picture but not one framed pic of Rodney....sad
Or that guy who murdered two people in cold blood 🩸 What the fuck was his name again.? Nlol 🤬 Greetings from Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka ex Anal Cunt; PostMortem and Kilslug- and Kim Fowley really oughta be in prison right now Cuz she’s telling ya that he raped her and who knows how many other people. Sick fuck he is totally 💯
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS!
anybody know the date and location of the X show that opens this video?
I have hung out in Hollywood from the ages of 12 to my mid 20s.
In my young years it was the 18 and under clubs like the starwood, gazarris, whisky, Roxy and l.a. cubs in general.
All the years and the people and band members have known i have realised.
No mater how beautiful or handsome or rich and successful the people out there are just scratch the surface and you will find pain, fear, anger, and family rejection.
Hollywood is the land of the broken people I've seen it all.
Pray for them and Rodney it is a city of desperate people.
Better that than to be all those things and be ORDINARY. 😋
@@minimansonstar
These people would sell there souls to be ordinary.
@@rudylovato2759
Not me.
sucked seeing the picture scene when they went to his childhood home at 42:00
I think Cher says it best when she says, "You did not have to worry about him. He had no ulterior motive." Rodney could have been a concert promoter, like a Bill Graham, but then he WOULD have had an ulterior motive. It was not in Rodney to do that, and now I guess KROQ has finally fired him and he will go to satellite radio.
This was so melancholy
Yeah? The girl he clearly loves but is just using him, her dead eyes...and the family has pics of friggin' Kato Kaelin but not Rodney? It's more than melancholy, but downright heartbreaking.
Rodney is truly the GODFATHER of introducing the greatest bands of all time to us and he has done more for me in terms of loving truly unique music you did not hear anywhere else than any other DJ has EVER done. I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS MAN! 🖤🖤🖤 It’s also truly sad a lot of people have forgotten about this beautiful man. All the people he introduced and befriended. Where are they now for him, I wonder? He truly RULES in my book! Hell, I was one of the people that donated to have him FINALLY get a star on HOLLYWOOD. It was ridiculous how long it took for him to get one! I will never ever forget this sweet man! I love you RODNEY!! 🖤🐈⬛🖤🦇🖤⚰️🖤🧛🏻♀️🖤🎶 🖤
Duff McKagan should play Rodney in a biopic
Zelig!!