Austin Idol
On New Year's Eve 1977, Rhoades and the orchestra appeared on the "James Brown Future Shock" television show on fledgling WTBS. In January 1978, Rhoades performed with the opening act for the American debut of the Sex Pistols. Rhoades' first LP, "Burgers From Heaven", was released in 1979. Its title song appears in the Jim Varney film, "Fast Food" (1988). Rhoades performed the title song on the now cult classic Bill Tush WTBS late-night comedy sketch show "Tush" during 1980–81 in the early days of cable television. The music was performed as the Idolators on Georgia Championship Wrestling as the ring music for wrestler Austin Idol. The Outlaws recorded a cover of Rhoades' "The Lights Are On (But Nobody's Home)" on the 1979 album "In The Eye of the Storm".