Fowley released 27 solo albums starting in 1967. He produced or wrote for bands such as The Renegades, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Gene Vincent, The Modern Lovers, Alice Cooper, The Runaways, and The Quick. Fowley wrote or produced the singles “Alley Oop”, “Nut Rocker”, “At the Hop, “Louie Louie”, “She’s So Fine”, and more. He became an experimental filmmaker and released his autobiography Lord of Garbage in 2012. Kim Fowley passed away on January 15, 2015 at the age of 75.