Various Artists - Rodney On The ROQ Vol. 1

Rodney Bingenheimer is one of the very few DJs on commercial radio who has autonomy over what he plays. As a result, over the decades, he has been the first to play many up-and-coming bands, including The Runaways, Blondie, The Ramones, and Van Halen. According to legend, bands would knock on the parking lot door of KROQ's old studio in Pasadena and give their music to Rodney. If he found a track he liked, he would he would put it on the air immediately. Although his show has now been relegated to a midnight to 3 a.m. slot on Sunday evenings, it still has a fair amount of power to make or break new artists. Between 1980 and 1982, Rodney released three compilation albums on Posh Boy Records featuring the music he played on-air: Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of Rodney on the ROQ.

A reviewer on Amazon says, “Classic 80's So Cal punk from the greatest radio station - KROQ - in Southern California and Rodney Bingenheimer, an icon from that era! If you lived in So Cal at that time, you know what I mean!”

Ripped from the vinyl album to MP3 @ 320kbps

Side A (Front Side)

1. Introduction – Brooke Shields

2. Bloodstains – Agent Orange

3. Amoeba – Adolescents

4. Wild in the Streets – Circle Jerks

5. Tragedies – U.X.A.

6. Pushin' Too Hard – The Klan

7. No Values – Black Flag

8. The Outback – Rik L Rik 

Side B (Back Side)

1. Right Time – The Crowd

2. I Don't Want to Hold You – David Microwave

3. Wild – The Nuns

4. Furry Friend – Fender Buddies

5. Laurie's Lament – The Vidiots

6. T.V. Love – The Simpletones

7. Surprise! - Is That All There Is? – Cristina (appearing as "New York")