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Guffy Roberts (born Guffy David Roberts, August 23, 1965) is an American radio personality, singer, songwriter, and keytarist. In March 1977, Roberts and fellow synth-player Trevor Science formed the band German Police Car, holding auditions for two remaining keyboardist positions in the gymnasium of Miami Killian High School. These auditions turned out to be fruitless, however, and they ultimately were forced to let Roberts' former girlfriend Olga Kraskavenovich in the band due to an upcoming performance at a Little Havana nightclub. There, the three bandmates found their fourth and final member, keyboardist Jamal Jenkins. The band was renamed "Trevor and Roberts" for a brief period in early 1978 but was ultimately renamed "German Police Car" due to wishes of the remaining band members. After early success with 1978 radio single German Police Car from the album of the same year and name, German Police Car, the band toured across Europe for two years before being dissolved due to differences between Roberts and the rest of the band. Guffy Roberts released five solo albums (two more than German Police Car released) before the age of 22, when he broke his contract directing instructional videos for Wendy's to become a disc jockey at Missouri State University's student radio station (The Growl ) in Springfield, Missouri. == New Coke == Roberts is best known for his eccentric ramblings and bipolar personality on his own radio programme New Coke from 1987 to 1989 with brief sporadic comebacks in the following years. The show's format consisted of an introduction by Roberts (during which he was prone to introduce and identify himself several times) followed by blocks of music and talking. Roberts' preferred style of music to play was new wave, what he often referred to as "underground pop music," but he would occasionally, reluctantly, take song requests from listeners who called into the show. Roberts was also known to play many songs by The Fat Boys, sometimes several in a row, as well as sporadic electronica, house, mutant disco, and new jack swing tracks. Each show originally aired on Saturday nights and lasted roughly three hours, but after Roberts complained to a station manager about the length of his slot the show was shortened to two hours. Eventually the show was moved to weeknights after an additional complaint from Roberts about "not being able to party." This resulted in an infamous move in which Guffy Roberts physically assaulted an innocent bystander, accusing him of not knowing how to party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guffy Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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