KROQ Freddy Snakeskin On Air, circa 1982

Long before CBS reared its ugly corporate head, there was a small but influential independent LA radio station called KROQ, housed in a dumpy little building in Pasadena. From my private collection, you are cordially invited to be my in-studio guest, one weekday afternoon in the infamous KROQ air studio, circa 1982. Featuring yours truly Freddy Snakeskin at the controls, with special cameo appearances by Jed The Fish, Dusty Street, Rick Carroll (wearing an actual tie!), Larry Groves, "Shotgun Tom" Kelly, Dr. George "Baby" Cooing, Sam Freeze and more. Original video by Shotgun Tom aka Buster Hymen. Hope you have as much fun watching it as we all had playing radio in that tiny room, way back when.

You will undoubtedly note many differences between the Original World Famous KROQ, and what's left of it today -- all those juicy vinyl records for one thing (and yes we really could Play What We Wanted, at least "within reason", ha ha). Plus it's kinda sad how all those tasty 80's beer commercials seem to have been replaced by a never-ending onslaught of annoying ads for banks and car dealers.
On the other hand, no more phony inducements to get trained for a rewarding career in radio -- not even Trump could sell that crap to anybody today. Oh well, such is progress, or whatever you want to call it...enjoy, and feel free to share (and if so inclined you could always adopt a rescue kitty and name him Freddy -- or for even better karma remember the Freddy Snakeskin Unemployment Fund!) Better still: somebody please offer this guy a job -- now!

Видео KROQ Freddy Snakeskin On Air, circa 1982 канала Freddy Snakeskin