Rodney Bingenheimer
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Rodney Ray Bingenheimer is an American radio disc jockey who is best known as the host of Rodney on the ROQ, a radio program that ran on the Los Angeles rock station KROQ-FM from 1976 to 2017. In the
Bingenheimer in 2016
Cher noted that Bingenheimer had a certain resemblance to pop star Sonny Bono. They "bonded", with Sonny and Cher becoming almost "surrogate parents" to him.
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Bingenheimer helped popularize European group Nena (vocalist Nena pictured in 2008), whose hit song "99 Luftballons" became a hit in the U.S. in 1983.
Jane Wiedlin
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Jane Wiedlin is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the new wave band the Go-Go's. She voices Dusk, the drumm
Rodney Bingenheimer
…when she was 13. In December, five more women came forward accusing Bingenheimer of sexual assault when they were minors, including Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin. In January 2026, Krome agreed to a conditional settlement with the estate of the late Fowley while still pursuing her case against Bingenheimer…
Wiedlin performing at the House of Blues in Los Angeles in April 2009
Wiedlin performing at the Philadelphia Bourse in 1988