After so much harsh stuff here on Good Bad Music, it’s time for a breather.
RODNEY BINGENHEIMER was a famous Radio DJ in L.A. in the 70s and helped especially the numerous Posh Boy and SST acts to find a wider audience through his legendary “RODNEY ON THE ROQ” show. You will surely know the three (and an unauthorized 4th) Posh Boy comps of the same name; they’re mandatory and feature some of the best ever recorded Punk, often in interesting alternative takes.
What you probably didn’t know is, that Rodney tried himself to become a Rockstar in the year of 1977. I always found it kinda cheap from ANGRY SAMOANS to write that anti-Rodney song, only because he didn’t give them airplay. I mean, get over it, he didn’t like your music, so fucking what. But when I heard this, I understood better. The SAMOANS must have meant this!
This is simply too bad to be true! The cover version of the nifty Phil Spector mayhem of “Then I kissed her” is so damn unironic and crappy, it’s embarassing. He mananged to make the song sound like a bloody Christmas tune. The flip is unreal. Label states the artist as “Rodney Bingenheimer and the New Wave Orchestra”. Yeah, right. So fuckin bad it could almost be on one of them KBD or Powerpearl boots.
Don’t know if this ever had a PS. Anyone?
Then I kissed her.mp3
Let’s make the Scene.mp3
PS: While playing “Then I kissed her”, please look at the singer’s photo. Thank you.
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Wow! Totally up there with Mc Mongo! Could’ve been a total blast if let’s say SSD would’ve done this on “Kids…”. Groundbreaking HC rules!
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your humor is as fucked as your taste peterboy
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hi hi hi hugs and kisses to you little retard
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Hahaha, this IS unreal. Amazing find, never ‘eard of.
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I think he fell out of the ugly tree, hitting all the branches on the way down…
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hahahaha
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You compare this to the stuff on those KBD comps? WOW! You really don’t get it. Maybe you should keep on barking in your reunited “hardcore” band and play your hard rock and power metal records at home! This record is seriously bad and comparing it to KBD material is ridiculous.
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The (un)ironic thing about this is that it doesn’t sound anything like his speaking voice, though the B-side is reasonably close.
As the Samoans said in the song, he plays 4 hours of Phil Spector rock on Christmas Eve, so the A-side is an homage to that theme.
Some of his fellow ex-KROQ jocks have tried to get him to move to Sirius with them, but he’s (unfortunately) staying with the one what brung him.
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I bark for a living, anonymous sweetheart – unfortunately not in my “reunited “hardcore” band” anymore. Maybe you should teach me a bit more of your great knowledge of music? And next time, don’t be so shy and unveil your identity – I often bark, but rarely bite.
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the comparison is of course meant to be ironic, you moron, but it’s not that far off reality (if i only think of issue 666 and others too). get your dumb head out off your arse!
some power metal would be great though. erich?
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This 7″ is really good for what it is and definately beats 60% of what’s been booted on kbd etc to pieces.
And kudos to eric megawimp who is to this day one of my main inspriations in music. he never was one of those trendy little fucks and always had a great and in depth understanding of music. so glad to see he’s around still!
brian / l.a.
ps: i think i’ve seen a PS for this 7″.
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“Maybe you should keep on barking in your reunited “hardcore” band and play your hard rock and power metal records at home!”
fuck off spineless piece of shit. i guess that “barking” thing which sounds like it comes from my mom (r.i.p.) put a grin on erich’s face, haha.
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“fuck off spineless piece of shit.” ha ha ha says an ANONYMOUS poster
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“”fuck off spineless piece of shit.” ha ha ha says an ANONYMOUS poster “
says an anonymous poster, haha.
fuck me jesus, this is getting my fave comments section here!
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Punk Rockers Rules HA HA HA LOL
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I love you all and may generic HC be with you forever and ever.
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It’s fantastic, Peter, ain’t it?!
Thanks for the support – haha. But it’s not really necessary. Brian GTA? Drop me a line please!
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get off the air you pathetic male……
hahahah
rodney you rule !!!
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no PS on this one – the PS someone else thought existed is for Rodney’s GTO single on Bomp…
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SHAME ON YOU ERICH!
For posting this offensive man’s record! This face of this man’s body-face, brain box head; is quite horrible nasty. Look into the eyes! Like Ted Bundy (twin of Jello Biafra)they drill deep to the core of perversity.
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This man obviously keeps a bathtub full of lungs at home and urinates in coffee which he gives to the poor negro children who live in his neigborhood. RACIST! He says to himself “The little coffee beans! Drink my piss! Drink my piss! Kitten with a whip! Weasel bathed in shit! Panty sculpture! Panty sculpture! Straight Edge! Unity! Vegan Islamic Union of Pedophiles!”
Milky (AFN)
Young man army.
Happy. Very. Happy.
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haha, love that kbd/powerpearls quote of yours, haha. what an idiot complaining about it – especially since there’s not the slightest doubt that the goodbadmusic makers LOVE (quality) kbd stufff and post the best of it. hahaha. some people are just TOO DUMB. they shouldn’t be allowed near computers.
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Haha, great post. Don’t have this one, but I did post his “I Hate the 90s” 7″ at Used Bin Forever a month or so ago. Thurston Moore played on the record as well.
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I believe that Rodney might in fact be the ultra-mysterious ’6th Beatle’. Just a thought.
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that was a scary record. i remember hearing that guy on the radio growing up. there was something about him i didnt like. now i know what it was…
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“I believe that Rodney might in fact be the ultra-mysterious ‘6th Beatle’. Just a thought.”
Actually, I think he’s the 5th Monkee…
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The Angry Samoans’ anti-Rodney song “Get Off The Air” had nothing to do with Rodney not giving us airplay… we had no recorded product besides a demo tape at the time it was written… it was a product of the horror, the sheer horror, of his four-hour long 1978 Christmas Eve Phil Spector rampage. (“It’s Christmas Eve, what d’you got? Four hours of Phil Spector rot!”)
The Kessel Brothers were with him, and they were supposed to play our friends’ (Tremors) single “Tonight’s My Night” (the Kessels had produced it), so we listened to the whole damn show. It was to puke… I’d never before realized just HOW BAD Spector could be, and HOW LITTLE TASTE Rodney really had.
I didn’t write “Get Off The Air”, but I was happy to play it!
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Robbie Fields Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 17:49
Some real honesty from the crypto fascists. Metal Mike at least had some musical talent which found itself in a dead end with this group.
Rodney originally had 4 hours a week to spin records and they begrudged him that time.
There were other specialty shows on L.A. radio, like Dr Demento’s on the mighty MET, KMET.
But you could not stand the fact that this little pip squeak of a man built his own audience on what was in 1976 a totally dysfunctional radio station with under the radar ratings.
You guys NEVER had the guts to get in _my_ face during the 5 years (1977-82) I hung out in Hollywood.
Instead you issued “humorous” death threats against Rodney that he failed to see the humor in.
And, yes, Rodney should have resisted the temptation to make a record. You could say the same for 99.9% of all records released. Fortunately, I never released my version of “Brandy” but it’s out there somewhere on a cassette!
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Thanks for clearing this up and for stopping by!
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Some of the comments about Rodney are paritially true. [sorry, but I had to censor this. Don't wanna start some sort of a witchhunt and spread hearsay. hope you understand. admin]
I hope others will defend me on this because I’m not making it up.
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