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The Starwood was a popular nightclub and music venue in West Hollywood, California from early 1973 to 1981. [1] Many punk bands and heavy metal bands, including Van Halen, started their careers playing at the club. [1] The Starwood was located on the northwest corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Crescent Heights Blvd.
Eddie Nash (April 3, 1929 [2] – August 9, 2014) was an American nightclub owner and restaurateur in Los Angeles, as well as a convicted money launderer and drug dealer. [3] Nash was allegedly the mastermind behind the Wonderland murders , but was never convicted, despite multiple arrests and trials.
In time, the Las Vegas club closed on June 4, 2012, [4] the Macao club closed in 2013, [5] [6] and the Cancun club closed in 2014. [7] [8] In May 2014 the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles opened a Playboy-themed lounge consisting of gaming tables and Playboy Bunny cocktail waitresses. [9]
Saturday Night Live has had its share of scandalous music performances over the past 50 years, but one punk band’s 1981 appearance remains unforgettable. Los Angeles hardcore band Fear’s ...
The club was known as Billy Jo's during the 1970s. In 1978, the club was purchased by Mob member Tony Albanese and renamed Billy Jo's Crazy Horse Too, after the Crazy Horse Saloon, another Las Vegas strip club owned by Albanese. In 1984, Rick Rizzolo took over operations of the club when it was purchased by his father, Bart Rizzolo.
The Commodore closed in 1996, but after $3.5 million in renovations, including a new hardwood dance floor, it reopened under the House of Blues banner on November 12, 1999. House of Blues hosted a 75th Anniversary celebration season from December 2003, 2004 to December 4, 2005, though began celebrations early on October 16, 2004 with a ...
Animal House director John Landis echoed a similar sentiment about Belushi, per the Los Angeles Times: “He abuses his body in ways that would kill bulls,” Landis said a few years before ...
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.