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Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco was a Los Angeles nightclub located at 7561 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip from late 1972 until early 1975. It catered to the glam rock movement. The club was infamous for widespread drug use and hosting underage girls at parties, but it was also a popular spot among rock stars, including Cherie Currie ...
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 ...
Half Way Home was a popular band from Los Angeles, California, that had a dedicated following based on years of constant gigging and touring across the United States. Half Way Home made their mark in the Los Angeles club scene, eventually drawing the attention of Geffen Records after becoming a regular presence at the Troubadour and other popular clubs in the city.
Waacking (also whacking) is a street dance style with origins stemming from punking, a dance created in the gay clubs of Los Angeles [1][2] during the 1970s disco era. [3] The style is typically done to 1970s disco and 1980s post-disco music [4] and is mainly distinguishable by its rotational arm movements, posing and emphasis on expressiveness.
The Let’s Go! Disco & Cocktail Club is open from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesday to Saturday at 710 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Hidden next to a ...
Women in the early East L. A. punk scene. Women in the early East Los Angeles punk scene were part of a subcultural movement associated with a brand of feminism that combined the ethics and politics of the Chicano movement, Second-wave feminism, the LGBT community, and punk rock music during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, United States, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills. Inspired by a visit to the newly opened Troubadour café in London, it was opened in 1957 by Doug Weston as a coffee house on La Cienega Boulevard, then moved to its ...
The Elks Lodge No. 99 / Park Plaza Hotel, now The MacArthur, is located at 607 Park View Street across from MacArthur Park in the Westlake district of Los Angeles, California. Completed in 1926, it was designed by architect Claud Beelman, later to become renowned an Art Deco designer, when he was practicing as Curlett + Beelman. Entrance detail.