Kim Fowley

...progeny greased her path to pop stardom, but the sad saga of Frank Sinatra Jr. suggests otherwise. Like Sonny Bono, Serge Gainsbourg, Kim Fowley, and Phil Spector, Hazlewood was one of what Randy Newman calls "froggish men, unpleasant to see,"...

In this article: Lee Hazlewood, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mojo, Melody Maker, Nashville, A.V. Club, Nancy Sinatra, and Some Velvet Morning

...for B. Bumble and the Stingers, taking the same approach to a piece of classical music. Prompted by record producer Kim Fowley, he approached pianist Jack Fina, whose 1946 swing arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee"...

In this article: B. Bumble and the Stingers, Nut Rocker, Ernie Freeman, Rene Hall, Earl Palmer, and Jack Fina

...Post would occasionally have the Fischer sisters and Sally Gordon provide back-up vocals on sessions at Gold Star Studios; it was there Kim Fowley - then in-house record producer at Chattahoochee Records - heard the trio and offered to record...

In this article: The Murmaids, Chattahoochee, Los Angeles, Sam Butera, and Frankie Laine

...just such a trippy travelogue on "You I'll Be Following", a bouncy number from Love's debut with killer harmonies and his electric vocal. Kim Fowley's hysteric "Underground Lady" tries to capture the scene in the surreal slang of the times,...

In this article: Where the Action Is, Los Angeles, Nuggets, L.A., Yellow Balloon, Riot on Sunset Strip, Standells, and For What It's Worth

...performance of "Hard Sell" (aka Brain Placement: 7 Inches of Fury.) Fowley announced in a very slow and deliberate monotone, "I'm Kim Fowley and that was the Hard Sell." 2008 was a busy year for Kim Fowley, seeing both the unlikely...

In this article: Cherie Currie, The Runaways, Sandy West, Helen Reddy, Cat Stevens, The Innocents, and Slade

...to form a new band, initially called The Laughing Wind, and they recorded demos for a mutual friend, record producer Kim Fowley. Fowley already knew Markley, and suggested that the band use some of the latter's lyrics. In 1965, Fowley...

In this article: The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Velvet Underground, Rogues, and Los Angeles

..."Neon Angel," features "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart as Jett, Dakota Fanning as Currie and Michael Shannon as original producer Kim Fowley. It was directed by Floria Sigismondi and is currently in post-production, with a release planned...

In this article: Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Kristen Stewart, The Runaways, Twilight, The Runaways, Business partner, and New Moon

...Times pop music writer Richard Cromelin e-mails to nominate a favorite sports-themed song: "St. Louis Browns," written by Skip Battin and Kim Fowley and recorded by Battin, formerly of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. . . . Also...

In this article: Tiger Woods, The Baseball Project, USC, NFL, Vladimir Guerrero, and Dodgers

...was gigging at Boston rock clubs; he even spent a few weeks in Los Angeles living and recording with legendary cult-rock producer/writer Kim Fowley. After spending his teen years with his band Snap, which opened for Quiet Riot, Billy Idol...

In this article: Mike Viola, Mandy Moore, Stoughton, Svengali, Billy Idol, Quiet Riot, and Walk Hard

...known for his Academy Award-nominated performance in last year's Revolutionary Road, will next star as infamous record producer/manager Kim Fowley in The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart as rocker Joan Jett. Dakota Fanning is set to portray...

In this article: The Runaways, Michael Shannon, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart, Academy Award, The Beautiful People, Floria Sigismondi, Svengali, and Dakota Fanning