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MAYOR OF THE SUNSET STRIP USA 2003 94 min Color World Premiere Director: George Hickenlooper Writer: George Hickenlooper Producers: Chris Carter, Greg Little, Tommy Perna, Donald Zuckerman Cinematographers: Kramer Morgenthau, Igor Meglic, Chris Carter, George Hickenlooper Editor: Julie Janata Music: Anthony Marinelli Cast: Rodney Bingenheimer, Kim Fowley, David Bowie, Cher, Gwen Stefani, Coldplay, Oasis, Davy Jones, Courtney Love, Alice Cooper, Lance Loud, Phil Spector, Ronald Vaughan, Nancy Sinatra, Michael and Pamela Des Barres 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. The sheer number of artists featured in director George Hickenlooper's documentary about Bingenheimer attests to his astounding influence: David Bowie, Cher, Courtney Love, Brian Wilson, Blondie, Gwen Stefani, Johnny Marr, and Oasis, to name a few. Hickenlooper, however, goes beyond celebrity interviews to explore celebrity itself and its powerful allure for Bingenheimer, a lonely kid from suburban California who reinvented himself as the "Mayor of the Sunset Strip." |
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