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Club 88 — named after a popular Tokyo nightclub from the early 1960s [3] — was founded in July 1977 by Wayne Mayotte in a rundown former strip club located on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles's Westside. [4][5] Mayotte, a 57-year-old recently retired engineer at the time, intended to curate jazz lineups, but he quickly found a following ...
The film was the idea of executive producer John Tarnoff, who wanted to make a "fish out of water" tale set in the Los Angeles club scene. He hired TV writer Tony Kayden to a script. [1] "I really wanted to capture the L.A. underground scene-where the runaways come, where the real low-lifes go and where the clubs come and go very fast," said ...
Jane's Addiction is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1985. The band consists of singer and guitarist Perry Farrell, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery. Jane's Addiction was one of the first bands from the early 1990s alternative rock movement to gain commercial success. Founded by Farrell and Avery following the ...
Jane and Will are familiar faces in the Los Angeles club scene who meet at a drug rehab after Will smashes her motorcycle while stoned and Jane has overdosed.They connect easily, and after one of them claims to know where they can find the red, white, and blue bike from Easy Rider they hatch a plan to escape the clinic and take the long ride to Montana on their own bikes in search of the legend.
Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their double platinum debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) and one of its ...
From inception, the band quickly became a crowd favorite in the Los Angeles club scene. Long Beach promoter Stephen Zepeda signed the group to his Beat Records label for a five-song EP called Zero Hour which was released in 1980. [1] Guitarist Eddie Muñoz joined the group during the recording of the EP. but did not play on it.
October Country began performing at some dances and parties before finding moderate success on the Los Angeles club scene as a supporting act to the Coasters and the Rivingtons. [4] In 1967, filmmaker Denis Hoffman approached October Country with the idea of filming the group as they perform and live their daily lives.
Demolished. 1995. Gazzarri's (also known as Gazzarri's Hollywood a Go Go) was a nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. The venue was a staple of the Los Angeles music scene from the 1960s until the early 1990s. The Doors and Van Halen were featured house bands there before being signed to major record labels.