Through the glitter and the grunge, from The Monkees to Coldplay, Rodney Bingenheimer--a.k.a. Rodney on the ROQ--has reigned over the Los Angeles music scene for over two decades. A constantly evolving fixture as rock fan, journalist, promoter, club owner and radio DJ on KROQ, Bingenheimer has helped advance every adventurous rock mutation--California pop, glam, punk, goth, new wave, alternative--since he first hit the Sunset Strip during its psychedelic 1960s heyday.
Written by Sujit R. Varma
After making its world premiere as the Centerpiece Film of the 2003 IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival the movie sold to First Look Media and Lakeshore Entertainment for $1.3 million, making it the second highest selling documentary of all time, next to Michael Moore's
Bowling for Columbine.
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Quotes
Mackenzie Phillips:
We would spend hours getting ready but we would spend hours clipping our hair, hoping that we would look like mental patients. See more »
Crazy Credits
After the credits, we see the conclusion of the concert by the band X that
starts the movie. Then we see Rodney talking with one of X's members, who
tells him that he always finds Rodney's radio show, no matter when it airs.
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"Great Balls of Fire"
Written by Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer Performed by Jerry Lee Lewis Used by permission of Unichappell Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Mijac Music (BMI) / Chappell & Co. o/b/o itself and Mystical Light Music (ASCAP)
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