I-Dogs On Kim Fowley's 'Underground Garage' Radio Show!

Wearing an Imperial Dogs T-shirt, the already legendary Kim Fowley welcomed the Imperial Dogs to the stage when the fearsome foursome played their first show at the similarly legendary Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco on November 11, 1974. (See photo at right.) Fowley later introduced then-former I-Dogs frontman Don Waller to then-Blue Oyster Cult co-manager/co-producer Murray Krugman, which led to the BOC's re-working and recording the Imperial Dogs' original version of "This Ain't The Summer Of Love" for their 1976 platinum-selling album, Agents Of Fortune.

On Saturday (Feb. 20), Kim Fowley welcomes the Imperial Dogs to his weekly portion of the "Underground Garage" satellite radio program, which airs from 9am to 1pm on the Sirius 25 and XM 59 channels. This week, the Fowley show's theme is "a tribute to local bands," so he'll be mashing up instrumental audio segments from the L.A./South Bay-based Imperial Dogs' Live! In Long Beach (October 30, 1974) DVD with glory-that-was-grease instrumentals -- all cherry-picked from Kim's colossal collection of vintage vinyl -- and delivering his inimitable sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock 'n' roll-fueled raps over the top. Now that's info-tainment!

Tune in, turn on, and hear the Imperial Dogs' version of the Kinks' "Till The End Of The Day" collide with Lonnie Mack's "Memphis" (DJ break #3) and the I-Dogs' originals "Midnite Dog" and "Loud, Hard & Fast" segue into Duane Eddy's "Because They're Young" and the Frogmen's "Underwater" (DJ breaks #6 and #9, respectively). Stay tuned and bear ear-witness to the Imperial Dogs' version of Mott The Hoople's "Rock And Roll Queen" swapping precious bodily fluids with Lonnie Mack's "Wham!" (DJ break #11) and the I-Dogs' fans screaming for an encore sliding seamlessly into the Routers' "Let's Go" (DJ break #13). Losing band to have heads shaved on stage!

Kim Fowley's name has been on a lot of loose lips lately, seeing as how he plays a Machiavellian role in The Runaways movie, which is set to open on March 19. As an original member of the Back Door Man fanzine staff, Don can't wait to see whether the film includes the Runaways playing their first gig at a party held in BDM founder Phast Phreddie Patterson's parents' living room on September 11, 1975, or BDM staffer D.D. Faye's bringing guitarist Lita Ford into the group, or Don himself teaching Joan Jett the John Lee Hooker-style monologue that appears in the middle of "Born To Be Bad" backstage between sets at the Whisky-a-Go-Go ...