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Gazzarri's Hollywood a Go Go opened with performances by the Sinners, who became the house band, the Vendells and the Gazzarri dancers on June 1, 1965. [1] The nightclub's early history is closely associated with the Los Angeles-based television show Hollywood a Go Go, which would feature the Sinners and the Gazzarri dancers.
Scream was an underground music club in Los Angeles, CA from the mid-80s and into the 90s focusing on glam rock, death rock and industrial rock.Founded [1] by Dayle Gloria, the "Queen of the Sunset Strip" [2] and Michael Stewart, Scream hosted many of the larger rock bands, such as Guns N' Roses, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, [3] Sisters of Mercy, 45 Grave, TSOL (True Sounds of ...
Between 1982 and 1983 on Friday nights they had KROQ Nights (A So Cal New Wave Dance Music Station) with KROQ's & VH1 DJ Richard Blade and Saturday nights was Florentines resident DJ Ralphie D. [9] Owner Kenneth MacKenzie fought efforts by the City of Los Angeles to demolish the club in 2005 to build a new fire station. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Many celebrities graced the club either as guests or performers, especially during the late 1970s and most of the 1980s. Photos of those people were displayed in the hallway between the disco and cabaret. The club also had entertainers Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Paul Newman [7] on its board of directors. [8]
Club 88 was an all-ages [1] live music venue [2] that was a key part of the early Los Angeles punk scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many seminal punk and New Wave groups got their start playing shows there.
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Doc Martin was just crowned Los Angeles' best House DJ/producer by LA Weekly, a deserved honor that's 30 years in the making. ... it was really the only big dance magazine in the U.S. at the time ...
British rockers Status Quo also referenced the venue in their 1978 song "Long Legged Linda" with the lines, "Well, if you're ever in Los Angeles and you've got time to spare / Take a stroll up Sunset Boulevard, you'll find the Whisky there." Loggins and Messina sang about the club in their tune "Whiskey", found on their 1972 album Loggins and ...