| Mis anther yar and you ated fori bare Its, RODNEY
‘OW THE ROg VOLUME 2. All ofthe basds that you bea ever
‘wookend on my show as) Groadeast en KROQ FM in Pusadana,
California,
Starting off, TARGET 13, who have beea listening ta my
"show from their hometown Palm Springs - 100 miles away ~
jad vio wrote a song about looking forward to 8 o"eloek and
RODNEY ON THE R6g.
| T speat a rare vaeation in Palm Speings last Bastor. It
‘vas like “*Palm Springs Weekend” starring CONNIE STEVENS:
| and TROY DONAHUE, ‘That's when the teenagers take over
| the desert community and literally “ran” the town. And, yes.
‘even in Pulm Sprags, they have punk rock.
first met TARGET 13 throagh MIKE BATES - who at tbe
time ran Bates skateboard shop. He introduced me to a young
Jay called Kelly who was trying to get BLACK FLAG booted
st the loeal itery Rumors, but unfortunately was not having
much success, So I stepped in and volunteered to tak withthe
lube owners io tll them Gat Black Flag were "real nice
boys". The cle happened and it was Target 13 who opened the
jshow, ‘That same evening there was a riot going on at the
infamous Travel Lodge. ‘History in the making.
“Weat cut is by SOCIAL DISTORTION. You muy have heard
hem on my show before with thelr songs “Playpen” aid
Mainline”. ‘They bail from Fullerton and already Pa
large following, especially amoog girls. -As you know, their
‘singer MIKE NESS is one of the great cancers. Thelr ext a
jis aluum is "1945", a ponk rock, anti-nuke Sony and very
M-Amoeka’” sounding. AS you know ‘Amoeba’ from the frst
4 H.O.T.R. Became a big radio bit of 1961, thanks to JED THE
Fist on KROQ,
The ALB, puak scene is still poing strong, Especially our
M vext band, SHATTERED FAITH wo come from the HB, =
| Foustain Valley area of Grange County. Like many other of
SF | two tans who acproach me during my shows and kan’ mo &
cassette, I was actually playing theirs by the time they got
Sack Into their ear. "Right is Right” was one of the songs oa
that cassette, r ae
|For the really tard-core fans out there, we have an ‘Tha oily ciher band Desides slack Flag to make baka
encore performance from BLACK FLAG. This group is coo- volumes of 8.0,T.R,, AGENT ORANGE, show hore the other
stantly touring the country and working hard. I want to ded- Weide of their iousicanship. Not only cai they do pank favor=
Jeate this cut to everytedy in D.C, and Seattle Washington. ites like “Bloodstains"* and “Everything Turns Grey", they
‘Risa Above" features eew Black Flag singer from &0.A., W.canaiso do great suri classies lik “Mr. Moto". This ts as
HENRY ROLLING, Lock for thelr no Damaged ipoa SST” “good an example as any ofthe surf music revival going oa
Records as well as thelr many singles. + [gfeaturing such creeps as the VENTURES, JON AND THE
‘Next up are Black Flag’s personal faves THE MINUTE. NIGHTRIDERS and the SURFARIS. Already Agent Orange's i
| MEN from San Pedro. ‘Their cut is called “*Search"” and as version of “Pipeline” is released in France.
thelr name implies, this song Is oo more than a minute log. TRED ROCKERS came to mo from Mr. HOWIE KLEIN, 2 é
[AS you know Black Flag and the Minatemen are produced by jSun Francisco dj , writer, bringing: with thom the song “Dead
SPOT, Look for ‘"The Pune Live’ the Milnulemen's debut’ 'Keroes”, Remember the first time you beard the frst CLASH
album on SST Records. Ip and bow great twas and then the Clash went on fo othe
Tonee had the honor of having ANNETTE FUNICELLO things? Well, tbe Red Rockers bave stayed true to that
hod FRANKIE AVALON as guesia'on my show. Iplayed RED lorigiml sound, Vio walt thisk tat comecae way oat in
ICHOSSS op whlch features “Annatte’s Got The Hs” and ‘Lousiana woald be tis great? Uf you'd lke to hear more,
Annette berself was flattered that someone from the punk comeicok for thelr ‘Condition Red’ Ip on 415 Records.
munity woald dedicate a song to HER. Of eourse, Red Cress
/ware real young when they recorded that soog; now with a. new ‘Side B ileks off with an eight yoar old girl named ¥E3
nevp = but SUM teenagers - Red Cross lg beck with ‘Burwout’. doing a great dance and cheerleading tuo “.0.¥.5." wich
CHANNEL THREE ~ so called Cid - have bad thelr it Mis already a hit oo New Wave aight at Hollywood's Odyssey
| Manganar’ played alot by JOHN PEEL ia England and now they” ise0. This Is a song telling the guys to treat girls with
ve at ep coming out over there. Pretty good for a band trem. proper respect, a sentiment with which t totally agree! Atr
erritsa. They're also the rage of fanzibes across the cous-, dy Veous has been featured 08 NC's ENTERTAINMENT
younger guys cul there are lockin }teeta poo y ropuaely stare bi
{CRUE as well ax doing prison gs, expec
rier os rte ee acl ar are ie A
fo pl
“hire You Ready Por The Sex Girls?" Tam. This tappy
tune {x played by LES and DAVE from SPARKS, one of the
few good things tat came out ofthe 7's, Maybs his one wl
fake us foto the 93, Lock for thelr albara and eheck out the
oer notes ky RON aad RUSSELL MAEL.
“This afturn was completo and [was sitting in Deans op
posite Guitar Center having an execatlve meeting Wi
ROBBIE FIELDS, this recordh producer, discussing te
bums artwork aod song sequence whea in ran ttle CARON
MASO and bor sister MICHELE inploring us, "Here's a tape
Rdoey, ean you play it on your stow?" So {asked Michele,
“What's the habe of your band?" The two girls replied ine
ame breath, “LITTLE GIRLS 1 immediately thought wat
a great name for a fund and so we all piled ino my Litle GTO
tnd checked out "The Earthquake Song” ou my eaentto
player. After bearing he song once, demanded, “Aotbte,
Told the presses, thls ust go on 8.0.T-. Vol 2". With vo
hours to spire, Tadded the Little Geis; Pen real glad we have
JATS, This eut was produced by TOM AYRES, who al one time
produced the DARTEL's hit single ‘lot Pastrami” and var
fous things for the DOT label as well'as soundtracks tor &
the origi Rockabilly revival bunds, LEVI AND THE ROCK
(AM HANNA-BARBERA, This track is from an album entitled
“Levi and the Rockats at the Louisiana Hayride" featuring an
»_Istreduction by MR. FRANK PAGE who first lniroduced ELVIS
Sc PRESLEY to fhe world tuck fn 1954, Anyway, “Room to Roel"
gg?” ts veitien by LEVI DEXTER, himself a fave of L.A. Weetdy’s
‘colameist PLEASANT GEHMAN,
‘Next comies a rare cat by TISTED ROOTS. ‘The band
features #x-GERM PAT SMEAR and two young idles, KIRA
and MAGGIE, The songs writter Is PAUL ROESSLER who
cad to be with the SCREAMERS and the NINA HAGEN BAND,
FMIL makes up sambers on drums. They shared te stage
athe Hollywood Paladin wiEk IGG POP. IE ye're wend aoagt
ering wy they're called Twisted Roots, you should check out
thelr dreadlock hairstyles sometime at ope of thelr tang-outs
COKE DOGS on Santa ‘Moalca Bird.
fave producer, GE2A X. Gera,
the DEAD KENNEDY &, He also has a cut on the offer com-
pllation, JELLO BIAFRA'S **Let "em eat Jellybeans” Ip and
of course, { wish Biafra’s album every success in England
where it {s cat 08 release, Meanwtile I'm playing my ime
port copy every shone,
T bope you enjoy this kind of muse, On the euecess of
this album, no doubt I'l be back in a year's time with VOL=
UME 9 with bands that dido'tquite make it this time. I'M Uke
te take this opportunity t thank David Hines, Jay Lansfond,
Baas Robbie Fields, Howie Kiein, Tom Ayres, Stan Rose, Jod tho
Fish, Dasty Street, Rick Carroll, Paul Fuhr, Jimmy Christo=
pber, our cover girl Serenla, Kevin Walker for overseaing
{he altum’s design, the photographer and Al and Hud of Flip
side for making this booklet poss ble.
, Venus is always home by tea, her parents make
sare of that as they're fn UNIT 3,
= ‘Another band that attracts alot of girls is Pomaca’s
[STEPMOTHERS doing hore ‘Where is the Dream?" They
Faso have JAY LANSFORD in the bind on gultar; be does alot @#Rodney Blngeabeimer
of producing for the Posh Boy label. Also featured oa vocals "¥ KROQ Ful
18 STEVE JONES, not to be eontused with the SEX PISTOL LIT South Los Robles:
na ia felts Teed ot oe