Wow, the actor playing Kim in the movie nailed it.

He gave me the creeps in the movie. He gives me the creeps here too

I'm sorry, but I have a feeling that back in the day this guy preyed on those young girls. I also think Cherie was the main one who he targeted.

jesus christ michael shannon was such a perfect casting for the role of this guy, it's not even funny

the minute I saw him here,I knew....I knew that all the shit about him was true

The interviewer clearly has no clue about this guy...

The man is crazy, but he was a marketing genius. If the bands he made back then panned out, he would be the simon cowell of today in the 70's. Manufacturing bands, his own record label, financing each one. That's how you do it.

Theres a fine line between madman & genius & mr Fowley straddles it magnificently!

epitomizes the reason they call it Hollyweird...

My favorite scene was when he and Joan Jett (K. Stewart) came up with "Cherry Bomb" in a matter of minutes.

hes the fine line between genius and insane..

wow he's like a real life/ older version of the joker

Michael Shannon is an amazing actor. He plays so many villains and twisted characters. Kim Fowley in the Runaways, General Zod in Man of Steel, the asshole in the Shape of Water. I know there's so much more but he really is an amazing underrated actor.

The Actor Who Played Him In The Film, Nailed It.

I would believe only someone who roofies people would be worried about being randomly roofied in a restaurant.

he's absolutly crazy

AMAZING!!!!!

this man is amazing.

He just prayed on the young and vulnerable regardless of what he "accomplished"

He brought his own sandwich, pre-packaged from the deli section at the gas station mini mart, because he doesn't trust the food, LOFL ironic gold.

"The rest of the comment was a darth vader version of a used car salesman." Dark on the inside, banana on the outside.

I'm going to go ahead and concur completely with your perspective.

"Well, what is real life?" that's a good answer

R.i.p beautiful man.

Okay anyone who thinks of him as even remotely normal needs to read Cherie's biography. He should really be in jail right now.

wow- Michael Shannon did do a great job with this guy!

It's amazing that this weirdo can produce an innocent record call popsicles and icicles by the Murmaids back in late 1963. Then about 12 years later produced the queens of noise the Runaways. Really an odd music mix.

I'm very sad.. I only JUST found out, he passed away the day before my birthday a year ago.. 😭 WE MISS YOU "KING HYSTERIA!!!"

He's so cool

Interesting being. He is him and no one else. He tells it how it is. Very Inspiring...

Kim is the king !

@eksnead I agree; I found his character and the movie and his surrela personality in this footage appropriate for the behavior portrayed by Rock n' Roll in general. I bet you had a great time interviewing him. I'm surprised that some people can judge so hardly when they see a little footage of film. Fowley's personality transcends the camera and you caught that. I agree, people like him help change things and thank God for that. Great interview.

Raping an incapacitated 16 year old girl is pure evil. He will be punished for that.

In 1975 i was captian of the beverly High surf and football Team at state beach my coach was the Duke kirk snydetand j j moon

Just like an oyster needs the irritating grain of sand to make a pearl, The Runaways might never have achieved what they did had it not been for Kim Fowley. If someone isn't pushing you, caring as much about your goal as you do and keeping you on track whether you like it or not, you can easily just let it go and lose it all. Without Kim, we might never have known how great this band was. Haters hate all you want - you wouldn't know greatness if it slapped you in the face. Great interview!

It's funny when he tries to talk about his personal life and then the interviewer keeps on bringing up the Runaways haha

There's a video of Cherie Currie where she said that none of the parents wanted to rock the boat for fear that the kids' music career would end, so there was their priority - screwed up.

Watch his eyes when The Runaways is brought up, and the absolute shortness with with he gives his "answers"... It's an anti-answer, he's attempting to hide his lies and the tiny bit of humanity he may have left in him...

Ironic how he doesn't trust people with his drink and food.

I just listened to him on the Rock and Roll Geek show, a radio podcast and he came off a bit cocky probably because he has done so many of these interviews. So it's funny to read so many people calling him names.

may he rest in peace thanks for sharing your talent with us

I read the whole book. And all I can say is it what the music business

Wooooow

@titanx9 I agree 100% with your evaluation. Well said!

Michael Shannon; my god. What an incredible cast they put together, phenomenal cast, phenomenal movie. Blown away by Dekota and I honestly did not like Kristen Stewart prior but I have a new appreciation for her. She did a fantastic Joan Jett. Michael Shannons eccentrics playing this creature was iconic. But I truly wonder if they had made this film after his passing if they would have included the rape. I understand no one wants to be put in that place as a victim but as I say, a "survivor". to be reminded of or remembered for that darkness.. Although a lot of other things where not put in the movie as well, behind this legend, Kim Fowley was a disgusting MONSTER! Eyes are the windows to the soul and what i see looking back at me, scares me. He created fear although he created greatness. Still had so much control no one could or would speak up with his power. To have sooo much respect for someone for who made you but so afraid as they can take it away from you if you didn't do what they wanted, when they wanted and how they wanted.. They where just impressionable children playing grown ups. The life of a rock-star, lots of drugs, sex and rockenroll. But CONSENT! Unfortunately this is the sad story of many, ESPECIALLY in Hollywood. There is no justifications in that ever! Thanking you for sharing your music as it becomes part of a living time machine 🤘 and girls you made a forever stamp in history. Music has saved my life. And thank you for sharing your life with us. PS. We know why you really wore the shirt " I am not Kim Fowley."

I forgot the name of the man who played him in The Runaways movie but he played him well

I love his PINKCEMENT videos

For all the haters here who apparently have formed a snap opinion of Kim Fowley based on the Runaways movie, just read his Wikipedia description. Amazing legacy.

His arrogance and brilliance makes him an artist in my eyes..

I wonder if he ever addressed the allegations brought on by Cherri Curry regarding the sexual abuse he inflicted on the band members including the one that he fired Michelle "Mickey" Steele because she didnt "DO" him the way he liked?

People keep dissing on Fowley and calling him a creep. They accuse him of "using" the Runaways. So tell me how he is any worse than anyone else in the music industry? Well, he's not. I interviewed Joan Jett in 1980 when she was starting her solo career. She was very disappointed about the way the Runaways had gotten derailed, but she didn't have a bad thing to say about him. Though she did call him a genius and emphasized that was "very intense... very intense!" She even reiterated something that had gone on record before - the real problem in the Runaways was between Cheri and Kim. and now we know that Jackie Fox and Lita Ford couldn't stand Cheri, either. so, don't try citing all this crap media like Edgeplay or Cheri's slanted bio. Fowley co-wrote a lot of the Runaways' songs. He let them become something that no other teenage girls had ever done. He made the Runaways, and that is something that nobody else would have done. So respect the man, even if you don't like him. Without Fowley there would have been no Runaways, and with no Runaways, woman would have a smaller role in music as we know it now.

1:51 "I don't want to be roofied at this press conference." Come on, no one does that... Oh wait.

There's a real RockN'Rolla!

This man is so bizarre, he's so smart and weird. A crazy genius but still a musical legend in my book.

I loooove his style!!!

Kim Fowley ♾️

Kim who??? Thats the way he should be rembered, creep!

@eksnead You interviewed SId V.? He was really odd but man did he have his own style

he might have been crazy, but he knew his shit. they should have made him the producer of the shitty movie. the guy was a genius.

His accomplishments do not justify his methods. What decent parents would interfere with their children's dreams out of fear? was your question, I hope every single parent. Because those parents had motives to fear, for their child's drug addiction, physical, emotional and psychological health. And yeah you better hope he has nothing but good things to say. The runaways made little to no money for everything they did and Kim Fowley claimed at least 95% of all the profits.

you fowl man

he is such a weird little creeper...but such a genius. I love how he called himself disruptive.

@eksnead "um, Great" there, I DID IT!

The guy sure does chew his food thoroughly.

@edrixie yeah like i said 100 % agree

That whole Christopher Walkin comment was spot on I thought.

That is correct, and thank you for noticing that. Just because a guy makes short speech and speaks in rude parables, in no way makes him ignorant. In fact, he is probably... was at least ... the anti-ignorant.. The Runaways... oh, they rocked my world during puberty....

He lookes like Vincent Price-esque. He also looks like a guy from the 30s in a Poirot episode on PBS in the US, or on ITV in the UK. LOL

I wonder how many times he said Michael Shannon was Christopher Walken. I can understand why they didn’t invite him.

King of the night time world

Ahh...the power of lunchmeat! Say what you like, he's his own kind of genius which is really the only way to be one, right?

I love this guy. Genius, Arrogant, Real. John fuckin-A Wayne.

@eksnead I can imagine how you felt, Elizabeth. Kim Fowley called me last week after I wrote to a bunch of artist friends and colleagues offering to promote them on FM radio. I was shocked that he called and so freaking nervous I sounded like a 16 girl watching the Beatles get off the plane. I agree that he is a significant part of rock history and I find him to be absolutely fascinating. F the detractors of your interview. Cheers...

Let’s take a trip,,

@whitewitchoz yep

HOLY SHIT! KIM FUCKING FOWLEY!

why not? Poor little Fowley....

Fowley is truly brilliant

He forgot the apostrophe in I'm on his t shirt.

wow! he does look like an older version of michael shannon

RIP KF xXx

ha ha hilarious character, I love this guy

he's very successful yet he's so suppressed, that's an ironic thought which is what makes him fascinating. I feel like if he were to take up Buddhism his frown would some how reverse, just because you can tell he's attatched to something from the past you can see it lurking in his eyes.

I was avoiding his eyes, through the screen. Creepy. Fuck.

I love Kim Fowley. I feel like the film failed to show how he kept his business life separate from his personal life and outside of the Runaways, he had good relationships with the band mates and stuff.

no doubt about it that kim fowley is our own unsung hero/anti-hero in the u.s. of a.what the late malcolm mclaren and bernie rhodes were for the u.k.

@eksnead You GO girl!

why are people hating on him??

Very eccentric person. Joan claims in her book that he and another associate boned all the Runaways. Movie usually exagerate some, but this guy seems very off the wall.They must have wanted fame pretty badly to put up with his crap.

Who did the interview? This sounds like a high school paper. Let's repeat every answer he gives and say "great"

You can't compare 2012 to the 70's. But yeah, I agree lol

The irony is at 1:54

What decent parents would put their teenage daughters in this mans care? As a mother of a teenage daughter I know if any weirdo like him approached my child I would be on the phone to the police.

i actually really am very fond of this man x)))

I don't know why older adults today complain about society going down or this and that when you let it be accepted back then so freely so truth is you have a part to blame to why society is going in the same direction but more wicked.

Call him what you will, the guy made the Runaways. Little puppets.

this old guy is very funny

Why doeshe keep looking away

shit, he looks just like the actor they chose

rip kim.