Dennis Hopper’s autograph to Jed The Fish

by | Apr 20, 2019

In April 2011, the book "Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967," arrived at Book Soup in West Hollywood and I waited in line like all his other fans. Blue Velvet has always been a favorite of mine. Perhaps David Lynch's most compelling work, the characterizations and...

Original artwork from Jed The Fish tee shirt

by | Mar 15, 2019

Original artwork from Jed The Fish tee shirt, created on the floor during a KROQ music meeting in the 90s. Features the "Dooley" prototype (spermy guy). Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #Jed the Fish #KROQ #tee shirt...

KROQ beach towel

by | Mar 15, 2019

We did KROQ beach remotes weekly for several years, where Joqs would broadcast their radio shows. I probably did the most, and even coming to the same beach several times over the years to give out these towels, they were all unique. Many conversations with listeners...

Mid-80s KROQ poster

by | Mar 15, 2019

Likely the most embraced version of the KROQ logo, it was co-designed by KROQ Promotions Director Quay Hays. Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #KROQ #logo...

Jed Gould for President poster

by | Mar 15, 2019

I was Student Body President, 1972 at Casa Grande Union High School, Arizona. The year before, my step-brother Bill Koenig was. Many K-ROQers came from the Copper State, and that's when I became a broadcaster. Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #jed gould #Casa Grande...

30-year KROQ reunion poster

by | Mar 15, 2019

Darrell Wayne organized this Pasadena Hilton event in 2006, where all the gory stories were told. Darrell hired me in 1978. Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #2000s #poster #reunion...

KROQ Fall Calendar, 1983

by | Mar 15, 2019

Quay Hays was the 1983 KROQ Promotions Director, and organized this wacky photo shoot. He oversaw the logo transition from line drawing (a sticker just above the "Nov") to full color, which was the most beloved logo of all time. Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #1980s...

DEVO performance poster

by | Mar 15, 2019

When Devo was doing clubs, these posters -- with venue particulars -- were for promoters in each city. Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #1970s #Devo #Nightclub...

Jed The Fish U2 platinum award from Interscope Records

by | Mar 15, 2019

I have discarded these awards if they had no meaning for me. This one did, because I feel I have a relationship with the band. U2 I will always remember because of their Jed The Fish interview for their Pop Mart tour. This award was for the following album....

Jed The Fish UB40 award for Labor of Love II

by | Mar 15, 2019

I have discarded these awards if they had no meaning for me. This one did, because I feel I have a relationship with the band. UB40 was an example of success by acclaim, not as much by promotion. That's why Jed The Fish support means something. Categories: All...

Jed The Fish platinum award for Garbage

by | Mar 15, 2019

I have discarded these awards if they had no meaning for me. This one did, because I feel I have a relationship with the band. Firstly, I loved Butch Vig, and Shirley Manson was an easy person to know. Although she was quite offended ten years later during an Inland...

Jed The Fish’s Tone Loc platinum disk

by | Mar 15, 2019

This is the most concrete example of Jed The Fish having an impact on an artist's success. My Catch of the Day feature allowed me to choose one song per day. One Tuesday in 1988 Anthony Smith and Matt Dyke talked their way past reception and brought me Wild Thing. I...

Jerry Casale of DEVO visiting Jed The Fish at KROQ

by | Mar 15, 2019

My first week at KROQ -- before I was even called Jed The Fish -- my favorite band arrived in support of their first album. To meet them was an amazing experience, but to speak with them on the air was a dream come true. I blew the interview, but started a long...

Jed The Fish’s signed Duran Duran Patrick Nagel poster

by | Mar 15, 2019

One of the few distinguished examples of Duran Duran ephemera signed by the entire band, Capitol Records gave me this for my support of the first two albums. Funny thing, the label actually had unpaid interns promoting the band. I think his name was Danny, and he...

Jed’s Oingo Boingo ‘Farewell’ plaque, signed by the band

by | Mar 15, 2019

There was nothing left to say when your band leader, after 10 years of scoring movies, is calling it quits. No more gold records to be had, hearing going bad, and bandmates so sad, they all autographed this poster from the site of the departure, the once-heralded...

Jed 18

by | Mar 15, 2019

I have discarded these awards if they had no meaning for me. This one did, because I feel I have a relationship with the band. Categories: All...

Jed The Fish tee shirt, cir95

by | Mar 15, 2019

My very first tee shirt. If we wanted our own tee-shirts, the Joqs needed to pay for them. So if you got one, I must like you. Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #Jed the Fish #tee...

Massive Attack plaque to Jed The Fish

by | Mar 15, 2019

Massive Attack is a band I have long supported out of passion. I'm sure, had they achieved gold record status, they would have acknowledged me, so they did what they could. Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #massive attack #plaque #Jed the Fish...

Jed The Fish’s Van’s special edition KROQ shoes

by | Mar 15, 2019

Right about the time the world was getting busted for counterfeit shoes, Van's did a promotion with KROQ, and all the Joqs got free shoes. Deese are dem. Cir.1989 Categories: All Ephemera Tags: #Van's #Jed the Fish #KROQ #shoes #tennis shoes #1980s #rock of the 80s...

Jed the Fish’s Rolling Stones Badge, 1978

by | Mar 15, 2019

This was the night I was hired at KROQ. It was the first time I had seen the band, and I was sitting in my Ball Road apartment GLOWING because I had finally seen the greatest Rock and Roll band in the world. The phone rings at 1:15 a.m., it's Darrell Wayne asking if I...

Jed The Fish asks David Bowie if he’s ever been fat

by | Mar 15, 2019

This was when David Bowie came by the station in advance of the 'co-headlining' NIN show, and I GOT TO INTERVIEW HIM. Thing is, as anyone will tell you, he is as kind and disarming as could be. It was near Halloween, and I had decorated the Burbank studio with oodles...

Jed The Fish Ephemera: Danny Elfman’s Yamaha keyboard

by | Mar 15, 2019

The Weird Science/Dead Man's Party synthesizer. Danny actually asked for this back, and I tried several times to return it. I think it was Leon of Oingo Boingo who sewed the cover for it. If this isn't cool memorabilia, I don't know what is. Album: Everything Album...

David Byrne and Jed the Fish good riddance note

by | Mar 10, 2019

Warner Bros. obviously remembers the November 1989 interview as a harrowing experience for David Byrne. It was. I asked questions about creativity, which are the most difficult for an artist to answer. At One point, he replied with a distressed whine. "I - I - I don't...