KEXP-FM (90.3 FM) is a public radio station based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in alternative and indie rock programmed by its disc jockeys. Besides the alternative rock that fills most of KEXP’s schedule, there are weekly programs dedicated to particular musical genres, including rockabilly, blues, world music, hip hop, electronica, punk, and alternative country. Live, in-studio performances by artists are also regularly scheduled. (More from Wikipedia)
For his part, Kim Fowley downplays the band’s role in his own life and career – it was just one more stop along the way. From a 2010 interview by Chris Estey for the Seattle radio station KEXP – who practically opened his interview with Kim Fowley by gushing, “I don’t know what rock and roll would have done without you” – Kim Fowley recalls: “Anyways, the Runaways wasn’t my career. So I had a career in rock and roll from 1959 to 1975, and that’s when the Runaways started. And when I completed my work, I was gone by late ’77 or early ’78. And that’s 32 years ago. I’ve lived in 39 American cities, 22 overseas countries. I’m a cancer survivor; I lived with positional vertigo; a Polio survivor. I’ve had a lot going on in my life, and the Runaways is no more important to me than you reminiscing about your fourth grade classroom. Some of the songs are good, and some of the records are good, but it’s not the obsession of my life.”
(January 2015/1)
