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An obscure, L.A.-structured brand-new waver with solid rockabilly/roots rock leanings, Dyan Diamond showed a whole lot of promise as both a singer and a composer in the past due 1970s but never broke through commercially. Gemstone got some prominent statistics in her part, including manufacturer/supervisor/songwriter Kim Fowley (known for his …

Considered among L.A.’s early punk rings, Venus & the Razor Cutting blades had been a creation of Kim Fowley–the manufacturer/supervisor/songwriter/vocalist who gave us everyone in the Hollywood Argyles (&”Alley Oop”) towards the all-girl hard rock and roll/metal music group The Runaways. Iggy Pop and THE BRAND NEW York Dolls had …

Probably one of the most colorful heroes in the history of rock and roll & move, Kim Fowley was, during the period of his decades-long profession, a genuine jack-of-all-trades: vocalist, songwriter, producer, supervisor, disk jockey, promoter, and published poet. He was also the catalyst behind a lot of the pop …