DJ Rodney Bingenheimer was a holdover from the last great era of Rock And Roll. His weekly “Rodney On The Roq” program was the only remaining thread linking KROQ FM to it’s glorious peak in the 1980s. While the whole of KROQ ceased to be groundbreaking decades ago, Rodney continued on carrying the torch for Punk, Alternative and Avant Guard artists until finally, he was told to pack up his headphones and leave in June of 2017. Since the legendary KROQ stopped being relevant sometime in the 90s, it’s a miracle Rodney hung on as long as he did.
The list of bands Bingenheimer broke in America is impressive and unending. Blondie, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Duran Duran, The Ramones, Go-Go’s, The Bangles and Dramarama are just a few. The good news is, the “Mayor Of The Sunset Strip” has now joined his fellow former KROQ stalwarts like Richard Blade, Swedish Egil and Sluggo on Sirius XM. Like the old days, Rodney can still be heard on Sundays. Now he’s on Little Steven’s Underground Garage- channel 21 at 6:00 PM PST.
Rodney Bingenherimer’s final Rodney on the Roq playlist, June 5, 2017:
Tiger’s Jaw: “Follows”
The Woolly Bandits: “Hard To Forget You”
The Fontaines: “Mercury”
Lola Blanc “Real Boy”
Honeychain: “Going Through Your Purse”
The Dollyrots: “Dance Like a Maniac”
The Pandoras: “I Wan’t My Caveman”
Van Halen: “Runnin’ With the Devil”
The Suburbs: “Hey Muse!”
Single By Sunday: “It is What it is”
The Vaccines: “Teenage Icon”
The Ramones: “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Black Flag: “TV Party”
Blondie: “My Monster”
Beck Black featuring Tony Valentino: “You’re Never Gonna Stop Me”
Skating Polly: “Louder in Outer Space”
Sløtface: “Magazine”
The Jesus and Mary Chain: “Just Like Honey”
The Bangles: “Getting Out of Hand”
Dog Party: “Round ‘N’ Round”
The Go-Go’s: “The Whole World Lost Its Head”
The Regrettes: “Lacy Loo”
Siouxsie and the Banshees: “Hong Kong Garden”
The Regrettes: “Teenager in Love” (Dion and the Belmonts cover)
The Tearaways: “Name That Tune”
The Jesus & Mary Chain: “Surfin’ USA” (Beach Boys cover)
Travis: “Coming Around”
The Moon Kids: “Something Spectacular”
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts: “Bad Reputation”
The Röxy Suicide: “Radio Lies”
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: “Sloop John B” (Beach Boys cover)
Fire in the Radio: “New Air”
Reverend Horton Heat: “Let Me Teach You How to Eat”
The Routes: “No Permanence”
Elvis Costello: “Watching the Detectives”
Here Kitty Kitty: “Lift Off”
Satellite Sky: “Who Do You Love?”
Fiona Silver: “Housewife”
The Postmarks: “7-11” (Ramones cover)
Silvia Black: “I Wanna Be Sedated” (Ramones cover)
The Atomics: “Voulez Vous”
Ninet: “Superstar”
The Donnas: “School’s Out” (Alice Cooper cover)
The Atomics: “Let’s Live For Today” (The Grass Roots cover)
Artbreak: “Will to Survive”
Roxy Music: “Virginia Plain”
St. Tropez: “I Wanna Live in St. Tropez”
Cotton Mather: “Girl with a Blue Guitar”
The Jigsaw Seen: “The Best is Yet To Come” (Frank Sinatra cover)
Al Jardine: “P.T. Cruiser”
All We Are “Human”
Death Valley Girls: “Love Spell”
Fuzzy: “Girl Don’t Tell Me” (Beach Boys cover)
The Fontaines: “Mercury”
The Monkees: “Porpoise Song”