X- Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Ramonas- Santa’s Got a G.T.O.

Untamed Youth- Santa’s Gonna Shut ‘em Down

Redd Kross- Super Sunny Christmas

*The Feeling- Feels Like Christmas

Muse- House of the Rising Sun

The Beach Boys- Winter Symphony

*Calvin Harris- Flash Back    

The Pogues- Fairytale in New York feat. Kirsty MacColl (yes she was killed in a boating accident ten years ago)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono- Merry Xmas Everybody (War is Over)

Lily Allen- Who’d Have Known

*Snow Patrol- Just Say Yes

Slade- Merry Xmas Everybody

Cosmo Topper versus the Rent Boys- Hippie Christmas check him (Morley) out in the IMAGINE LENNON play happenin' now in LA!

*Lady Gaga & Space Cowboy- Christmas Tree FIRST TIME ON KROQ

The Dollyrots- Santa Baby

Darlene Love- Christmas Baby (Please Come Home)

Girl in a Coma- Blue Christmas

*Gabiella Cilmi- Warm this Winter

Electric Prunes- A ‘67 Xmas

Editors- Papillon

Julian Casablancas- I Wish it was Xmas Today

Wondermints- Ski Party

*The Hollyberries- (I wanna Go) Surfin’ with Santa!

The Beach Boys- Little St. Nick

The Ronettes- Sleigh Ride

*SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas- Don’t be a Jerk (It’s Christmas)

Chipmunks- The Chipmunk Song

*My Toys Like Me- Sweetheart

*Girls Allowed- I wish it could be Christmas Everyday

The Raveonettes- I wish That I Could Stay

Nina Hagen- Merry Xmas

*Ronnie Spector- It’s Christmas Once Again

Elvis Presley (Live) - Santa Claus is Back in Town/Blue Christmas

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- Little Drummer Boy

Frankie, Annette & the Ventures- Night Before Christmas

*The Feeling- Feels Like Christmas

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X was amazing, great show, completely sold out!  They played every one of their songs, and it was a great time!

Liza talked about the AVATAR premiere in London and that James Cameron "hinted" about a sequel.

Coldplay is auctioning off personal items on EBAY for "Kids Company".  Check out Coldplay . com to view items/get link.

Mark Tulin of the Electric Prunes is alive and well and recording in Chicago.  Not all internet rumours are true!  Don't forget to get your tickets for New Year's Eve with me, Josie Cotton, Tommy Tutone, and all your favourite 80s bands!  Montalban Theatre, Vine Street - Hollywood.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!  Happy and safe holidays to everyone!  Back next week with your favourites from 2009!  Last show for 2009!

The Airborne Toxic Event – Gasoline

Morrissey – That’s How People Grow Up

*Motion City Soundtrack – Her Words Destroyed My Planet

Jet - She’s A Genius

Band of Skulls- Friends

*Midnight Youth- The Letter

The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl- Fairytale of New York

Lily Allen- Who’d have Known

The Big Pink- Dominos

Slade- Merry Xmas Everybody goes out to Nancy & Karen, original English Disco Girls who danced to Slade all the time

The Pencil Test- Runaway Christmas

*The Brunettes- Red Roller Skates

We Might be Giants- Bangs

Aesthetes- Oh What You Do To Me

The Rifles- Romeo & Julie

Ladyhawke- Magic Ladyhawke wishes you all a Merry Christmas!

Metric- Gold Guns Girls

X- Your Phone’s off the Hook, but you’re Not

The Raveonettes- Last Dance

Eliza Bronte- Va Va Voom

Bebe Buell- When We Were Godhead

Hurricane Bells- Monsters

Shiloe- Spider Baby

The Beach Boys- Winter Sympathy

The Cribs- Cheat on Me

The Violet May- Bright Are Better

Cage The Elephant- Tiny Little Robots

Manic Street Preachers- Jackie Collins Existential Question Time

The Idyllists- Great Love Story new CD coming out in February : )

The Temper Trap- Fader

The Ramonas- Santa’s Got a GTO

The Ropes- Kill Her Off

Josie Cotton - Maneaters (Get off the Road)

The Woolly Bandits- Midnight Movies

Ruby Friedman Orchestra- Burning Skies

Electric Prunes- African Bees

Cancel The Astronauts- I am the President of your fan club (and last night I followed you home)

The Cribs- Ignore the Ignorant

The Anything People- You’re a Souvenir

*Motion City Soundtrack – Her Words Destroyed My Planet

*=new song

Happy Birthday to Liza!

Anyone who wants to name Liam Gallagher's new band (which includes everyone from Oasis except Noel) submit names to her on Myspace - she's in the TOP FRIENDS.

Amy Winehouse is remarrying her husband.

Paul McCartney is writing the score to a movie starring Al Pacino "I want to come Home" about a man who loses his wife, so he could relate to that...

Paul McCartney will be teaming up with a contestant on the British series X Factor as will George Michael.

Pixie Lot still lives with her parents and sister - she's only 18, so that's cool.

Elbow & Radiohead are giving away things for donation/charity - check them out!

December 23 is the premiere of the new John Lennon movie called NOWHERE MAN.

Then we see Liza run across Abbey Road!

Rodney talked about our beloved Amy Stevens moving to NY to start a new career in television.  We will miss her, but wish her tons of luck.

Rolling Stone Magazine will soon open a restaurant in L.A.

Don't forget - Rodney will be hosting X-mas with X at the Wiltern, Dec. 19th.

Also, he will be hosting the New Year's Eve 80s concert with Josie Cotton; details forthcoming!  Stay tuned to bulletins and this page for more announcements! 

The Cribs – We Share The Same Skies

The Raveonettes – Heart of Stone

*The Violet May – Bright or Better

Throwback Suburbia – Head Over Heels         

The Idylists- Great Love Story

*The Violet May- This Crowd is Overcrowded

The Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition

Kasabian- Underdog.

The Big Pink- Dominos

Paula Pierce- Dark November

*Eliza Bronte- Va Va Voom

Metric- Gold Guns Girls

Plastiscines- Bitch

The Happy Hallows- Tambourine

David Bowie- Space Oddity

*Black Tape For A Blue Girl- Tell you’ve Taken Another

Triggers- Change it Up

The Cribs- Ignore the Ignorant

Idlewild- All Over Town

The Barbarellatones- Easy Riders Gone To Hell

The Happy Hallows- We Will Find You

The Postmarks- No One Said This Would Be Easy

The Raveonettes- Last Dance

Morningwood- Best of Me

X- We’re Desperate

Triggers- Louis’ Party

The Hitz- Garage Massage

The Rifles- Romeo & Julie

Devo- Don’t Shoot ( I’m a Man)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts- Destination Unknown

Band of Skulls- Friends (from the NEW MOON soundtrack)

Jet- She’s  A Genius

Julian Casablancas- 11^th Dimension

Ruby Friedman Orchestra- Burning Skies

Talulah does the Hula- Those Girls

*The Violet May – Bright or Better

Rodney went to a pre-screening of PIRATE RADIO and gives it "5 stars", "2 Thumbs Up".  He loved the movie.  (for those of us not privy to LA, we don't HAVE the movie PIRATE RADIO showing ) He introduced the Raveonettes on Friday at the Fonda Theatre and hung out with the opening band, The CROCODILES.  On Tuesday, he hung out with the CRIBS (and no one took a picture!).  Fonda Theatre is throwing a huge New Year's Eve Party with ALL 80's bands! Stay tuned for more info on that! AND Don't forget Cherie & Marie Currie's birthday is November 29th!

The Pixies- This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven

Dinosaur Jr.- Pieces

The Cribs- Ignore the Ignorant

The Big Pink- Dominos

The Rakes- All too Human

Idlewild- Readers and Writers

*Ronnie Spector- Ode to L.A.

*Ruby Friedman Orchestra- Burning Skies

La Roux- Bulletproof

Noisettes-Never Forget You

Morningwood- Best of Me

*Triggers- Louis’ Party

The Burning Hotels- Austin’s Birthday

The Barbarellatones featuring Josie Cotton- (Let’s Do The) Time Warp (Again)

David Bowie- Space Oddity (Rare Demo recorded in 1969)

Band of Skulls- Friends (From the Soundtrack of NEW MOON)

We Were Promised Jetpacks- Ships with holes will sink

The Rifles- Romeo & Julie

Paula Pierce- Dark November

The Raveonettes- Last Dance

Ronnie Spector- Hey Sah Lo Ney

The Woolly Bandits- Midnight Movies

Brigitte Handley & the Dark Shadows- Alien Movies

The Happy Hallows- Monster Room

*Karen O and the Kids- Capsize (From the Soundtrack "Where the Wild Things Are")

Care Bears on Fire- Everybody Else

Sons & Daughters- Guilt Complex

Lisa Mychols- Hearts Beat in Stereo

The Happy Hallows- Tambourine

Triggers- Change it up

The Idyllists- Great Love Story

Tinted Windows- Kind of a Girl

Prima Donna- Soul Stripper

The Raveonettes- Bang

*Ronnie Spector featuring Keith Richards- Work Out Fine (Ike & Tina Turner song)

The Raveonettes- Heart of Stone

Josie Cotton- Maneaters

Miss Derringer- Click Click (Bang Bang)

The Dollyrots- Bad Reputation (from the ENDLESS BUMMER soundtrack)

The Temper Trap- Fader

Julian Casablancas- 11^th Dimension

Fun- All the Pretty Girls

The Law- Don’t Stop, Believe

The Temper Trap- Rest

The Cribs- Ignore the Ignorant

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Raveonettes in concert Friday, November 13th - tickets still available!

PIRATE RADIO opens November 13th - Rodney's going to the screening Tuesday Night.

Ruby Friedman Orchestra will be at the Hotel Cafe November 18th!

David Bowie's Space Oddity 2 CD release next week celebrating the 40th anniversary of Space Oddity!

Bowie Biography - new book by Mark Spitz with pics of Rodney in it available now.  Mark Spitz worked with Brendan Cullen.

Rodney really likes Band of Skulls from the soundtrack of NEW MOON which opens next week starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning - who also will be starring in the new Runaways movie where Rodney was on the set and met Kristen and Dakota.

Shout out to Friends in Bulgaria!

Remember, Phil Spector's Christmas CD will be out soon!

Misfits at the Key Club!

Rodney on the Roq presents "X" for their "X-mas" show Dec. 19th at the Wiltern.

PS: Rodney's birthday is December 15th, not in October! 

The Woolly Bandits- Midnight Movies

The Dollyrots- Bad Reputation

*The Barbarellatones featuring Josie Cotton- (Let’s Do The) Time Warp (Again)

Julian Casablancas- 11^th Dimension

The Burning Hotels- Time

The Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition

The Big Pink- Dominoes

The Killers- When You Were Young (Live)

*The Happy Hollows- Tambourine

Ladyhawke- Magic

The Raveonettes- Bang

Brigitte Handley & the Dark Shadows- Sleeping With a Vampire

The Electric Prunes- Bullet through the Backseat

*The Law- Don’t Stop, Believe

Arctic Monkeys- Crying Lightning

Prima Donna- Demoted

The New Fidelity- The Best Time to Say Goodbye (great party at the Roxy!)

The Cribs- Cheat on Me

Paula Pierce- Dark November

Noisettes- 24 hours

The Ettes- No Home

The Raveonettes- Breaking Into Cars

Noisettes- Wild Young Hearts

*Julian Casablancas- Glass

Nickel Eye- Brandy of the Damned

Cage the Elephant- Tiny Little Robots

The Dandy Warhols- Call Me

Sonic Youth- Antenna

Buck Brothers- Girls, Skirts, Boots, Bikes

Josie Cotton- Creeps

Jemina Pearl featuring Iggy Pop-  I Hate People

Miss Derringer- Bulletproof Heart

*The Happy Hallows- We Will Find You

We Should Be Dead- Forget Romance Let’s Dance (played another gig somewhere else the night of the Roxy so there may not be photos of them; he liked how they came out into the audience)

*The Cribs- Last Year’s Show

The Temper Trap- Rest

*The Barbarellatones featuring Josie Cotton- (Let’s Do The) Time Warp (Again)

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Rodney talked about the great concert over at the Roxy last Thursday night.  He said the Woolly Bandits really brought the house down, as did the Dollyrots.  The Dollyrots will be on hiatus until February but suggested that if you can, go see the Woolly Bandits live. He was very excited to have all Rodney bands under the same roof.  Very impressed with every band!

A list of celebrities went to the U2 concert, including Ronald Vaughan's favourite actress - Jennifer Love Hewitt.

David Bowie will be releasing two CDs this month - a revamped Space Oddity and a REALITY LIVE cd.

Liza mentioned the Spice Girls will reunite for the 2012 Olympics and Amy Winehouse recently had "enhancement" surgery...! She also mentioned two bands to be on the lookout for: Bicycle Thieves and Sennen. They are both here on Myspace, although Sennen is myspace.com/sennenwidows, so check them out!

*Them Crooked Vultures- New Fang

Gossip- 2012

*The Noisettes-Beat of my Heart

The Dollyrots- Wreckage

The Postmarks- Go Jetsetter

*Miss Derringer- Bulletproof Heart

Joolz-Latest Craze

*Band of Skulls- Friends (New Moon Soundtrack)

The Cribs- City of Bugs

Echo and the Bunnymen- Think I need It Too (just on Jimmy Kimmel!)

The Cramps- Sheena is in a Goth Gang

Brigitte Handley and the Dark Shadow- Sleeping With a Vampire

Sohodolls- My Vampire

Antsy Pants- Vampire

45 Grave- 45 Grave

"hello you rotten little bloodsuckers, this is Alice Cooper and you're listening to Rodney on the Roq"

Alice Cooper- Welcome to my Nightmare

AFI- Halloween

The Mansfields- Who Wants to be a Zombie Anyways?

October Country-My Girlfriend’s a Witch

The Cramps- Goo-Goo Muck

The Ramones- Howling at the Moon (Sha la la)

Dead Kennedys- Halloween

*The Barbarellatones- Monster Surf Party

The Happy Hollows- Monster Room

Monsters Are Waiting- Monsters (Rodney wants to know if anyone knows where this band is now)

Siouxsie And The Banshees- Halloween

Josie Cotton- Green Slime

*The Woolly Bandits- The Bug

The White Stripes- Little Ghost

The Raveonettes- Attack of the Ghost Riders

Sons and Daughters- Rebel With a Ghost

Blondie- The Attack of the Giant Ants

The Inflatable Boy Clams- Skeletons

Bauhaus -Bela Lugosi’s Dead (long version)

*The Barbarellatones- Boris Karloff

The Bollock Brothers- Horror Movies

American Internationals- Attack of the 20ft Woman From Mars

Pleasant Gehman- Season of the Witch

Donovan- Season of the Witch

The Horrors- Jack the Ripper

Screaming Lord Such and the Savages- She’s Falling in love with the Monsterman

P.F. Sloan- Halloween Mary

*Them Crooked Vultures- New Fang

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Rodney says "go to the Roxy on Thursday, October 29th to see the Dollyrots, Woolly Bandits, New Fidelity and We Should be Dead.  Get there early!"  Also mentioned the article in the LA WEEKLY about The Woolly Bandits - check it out!

The Sounds- Painted By Numbers

*Girls- Lust for Life

The Airborne Toxic Event- Gasoline

The Stereotypes- Women in Magazines

Painted Willie- Covergirl

Little Boots- New in Town

La Roux- I’m Not Your Toy

The Big Pink- Dominoes

Kasabian- Underdog

La Roux- Bulletproof

Pleasant Gehman- Season of the Witch

Donovan- Season of the Witch

*Little Fish- Sweat N Shiver

Brigitte Handley & the Dark Shadows- Time to fight Back

The Woolly Bandits- The Devil’s on my Back

The Dollyrots- Brand New Key

The Inflatable Boy Clams- Skeletons

*Idlewild- All over the Town

Echo & The Bunnymen- Think I Need it to

The Temper Trap- Fader

*Idlewild- Readers and Writers

M83- Graveyard Girl

Gossip- 2012

The Raveonettes- Bang

The Postmarks- No one said this would be easy

Ladyhawke- Magic

The Gears- Trudy Trudy

The Skulls- Victims

The Controllers- Neutron Bomb

The Wierdos- Neutron Bomb

The Germs- Round and Round

The Dils- I Hate the Rich

Black Randy & The Metrosquad- Trouble at the Cup

Deadbeats- Let’s Shoot Maria

Go-Go’s- Fashion Seeker

Go- Go’s- Blaze

X- We’re Desperate

X-Adult Books

Bags- Survive

The Skulls- On Target

*Girls- Lust For Life