first vinyl?

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

KROQ Rodney on the ROQ No Wave sampler......leopard skin vinyl. 1982.

My brother had a large record collection of punk, ska, and new wave stuff and since he had already purchased Vol 1, I bought Vol 2 with my own money. I think I wanted to impress my brother and have him think I was cool. He was impressed. And it was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with music. And soft-core porn.

Which bands were on this? I'm sure it's all good.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Tomorrow should be banned from this planet.

I'd rather jam knitting needles into my ears than listen to it.

No accounting for taste.

What about a day that's gray and lonely?? Don't you just want to stick up your chin and grin and sing Tomorrow! ?

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Which bands were on this? I'm sure it's all good.

Dude, it was amazing. Vol 1 and 2.

KROQ used to be quite an influential radio station in the country...one of the biggest.

Rodney has been credited for being the first US DJ to play load of bands....mostly punk stuff, but also the first DJ to play a lot of the new romantic 80s movement. The Vol 1 and 2 stuff had lots of punk...Adolescents, Agent Orange, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Social D, and even more radio friendly early new wave stuff. Do you remember the song "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?" by Gleaming Spires? It was on there.

For more traditional 80s alt, Jed the Fish, Poorman, and Richard Blade championed those bands. If you look at the liner notes of either Only a Lad or Good for Your SOul, the band thanks Jed the Fish for "strategic air support." Richard Blade is credited for being the first US DJ for playing Depeche Mode back in the early 80s. Stuff like that. KROQ was amazing at the time.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

No accounting for taste.

What about a day that's gray and lonely?? Don't you just want to stick up your chin and grin and sing Tomorrow! ?

Taste is is the eye of the beholder.

Or mouth.

Whichever works.

I like rainy days. They don't get me down.

And every day is like Sunday.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

Dude, it was amazing. Vol 1 and 2.

KROQ used to be quite an influential radio station in the country...one of the biggest.

Rodney has been credited for being the first US DJ to play load of bands....mostly punk stuff, but also the first DJ to play a lot of the new romantic 80s movement. The Vol 1 and 2 stuff had lots of punk...Adolescents, Agent Orange, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Social D, and even more radio friendly early new wave stuff. Do you remember the song "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?" by Gleaming Spires? It was on there.

For more traditional 80s alt, Jed the Fish, Poorman, and Richard Blade championed those bands. If you look at the liner notes of either Only a Lad or Good for Your SOul, the band thanks Jed the Fish for "strategic air support." Richard Blade is credited for being the first US DJ for playing Depeche Mode back in the early 80s. Stuff like that. KROQ was amazing at the time.

Yes, KROQ was awesome. I suppose it's time to post another broadcast from a day in the early 80s, eh?

Gleaming Spires is a terrific band. Lewis and Gilbert just didn't know how good they had it.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Yes, KROQ was awesome. I suppose it's time to post another broadcast from a day in the early 80s, eh?

Gleaming Spires is a terrific band. Lewis and Gilbert just didn't know how good they had it.

When I went up to BYU for my freshman year, I was so happy that KJQ existed. It certainly was more than respectable. I was sad to see it go. It was replaced by some lame copy that never quite adopted the same format as KJ-Moo.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

When I went up to BYU for my freshman year, I was so happy that KJQ existed. It certainly was more than respectable. I was sad to see it go. It was replaced by some lame copy that never quite adopted the same format as KJ-Moo.

Agreed. KJQ used to be good. KENZ (The End) never lived up to what they said it would be. It started of great, but they decided that ratings were more important than good music and started to play crap.

Bessie the Milk Truck was great.

You're too young to know about KCGL. It was an upstart station out of Centerville that was very similar to KROQ in that it played the great early stuff of new wave, punk, etc. One of the DJs there was from Orange County and brought his personal collection to play on the air.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I got my first LP in January or so of 1964. I was in sixth grade and paid $3.98 for a new group my mom thought was subversive due to hair length. "Meet the Beatles."

I'm not sure of my first 45, but it may have been "Leader of the Laundromat", a parody of "Leader of the Pack." I'm embarrassed to know of both songs.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

I got my first LP in January or so of 1964. I was in sixth grade and paid $3.98 for a new group my mom thought was subversive due to hair length. "Meet the Beatles."

I'm not sure of my first 45, but it may have been "Leader of the Laundromat", a parody of "Leader of the Pack." I'm embarrassed to know of both songs.

I would have guessed that your first record was "Mr. Watson, Come Here. I need you"

[ute4ever]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

When I went up to BYU for my freshman year, I was so happy that KJQ existed. It certainly was more than respectable. I was sad to see it go. It was replaced by some lame copy that never quite adopted the same format as KJ-Moo.

Isn't X96 the former KJQ? If I remember correctly they simply changed their name when shifting frequencies from 93.3 to 96.1, keeping the same format and all of their DJs. The Morning From Hell show has had some hilarious moments.