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The Whisky a Go Go (informally nicknamed The Whisky) is a historic nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip, corner North Clark Street, opposite North San Vicente Boulevard, northwest corner. The club played a central role in the Los Angeles music scene from the 1960s ...
Impressed by the club's success, Valentine returned to Los Angeles and opened his own Whisky a Go Go on January 15, 1964, with three partners: Phil Tanzini, Shelly Davis, and attorney Theodore Flier. In 1965, he launched The Trip, with beginning house bands The Leaves and The Grass Roots. It was a small rock club on the Sunset Strip.
Mikael Maglieri, shown in 2010, became the steward of the Sunset Strip's Whisky a Go Go and Rainbow Bar, staples of L.A.'s rock 'n' roll nightlife. (Michael Tullberg / Getty Images)
They had attended a Hole concert at the Whisky a Go Go and were returning home after having stopped at an all-night grocery store. Two armed men, described as black and in their 20s, approached them demanding money. Angry that Rollins and Cole had only $50 between them, the gunmen ordered the two men to go inside their house for more cash.
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Upstairs was an exclusive club called "Over the Rainbow", which still consists of a full bar, a dance floor and a DJ booth. It currently has live entertainment on select days during the week. The restaurant is next to The Roxy Theatre and 1 OAK (formerly Gazzarri's) ; [ 1 ] Billboard Live, and The Key Club.
Pandora's Box, the nightclub that was at the center of the riots on the Sunset Strip. Whisky a Go Go, the Strip's most prominent rock club. Ernest E. Debs, mid-20th century Los Angeles County supervisor who represented the district and fought against the counterculture. Counterculture of the 1960s; List of incidents of civil unrest in the ...
The city of Los Angeles has accused the operator of a gun store located within the Los Angeles Police Academy of negligence in its operations and breach of contract, the latest twists in a ...