My old dive burned down...

[Michedelic]

Pretty insignificant in respect to everything else going on, but it’s still one of those events that mark an end of an era on a personal level. Of course it wouldn’t mean anything to you, but think about your favorite dive, dump, hole in the wall, hang. The place where you gigged, saw your friends play, saw some incredible show, had the night of your life, met someone, etc. So, this joint was that for me. I was de facto/default sound guy there for a few years in the late 80’s/1990, which meant that there was no house PA, and if a band didn’t have one of their own, I got called in, which was most of the time. I worked extensively with a band that was a cross between Canned Heat and Motorhead who unfortunately just missed the post-Nirvana brass ring, but in the day they always packed the place to the rafters. In one moment I’m not proud of, I fell asleep briefly doing the sound for No Means No(nothing to do with the band, who were great, just too many late nights). After I moved away, I’d still always drop in to say hello, and had a perpetual free pass to any show. So, hats off to Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club, and to whatever place you call home away from home(until closing time)...
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[Killed_by_Death]

My old stomping grounds in Bangkok was completely razed & now there's a shopping mall & a Holiday Inn on the spot.
Small & insignificant in the grand scheme, but several meeting places for many expats.

This is what the area looked like in-between being torn down & rebuilt:

It was weird, because I could still get a room for the weekend overlooking my old hangout!

 

[RoadRanger]

First place I ever played closed down for good a couple years ago (Sir Morgan's Cove, famous for having the Stones play a guerrilla gig there once) - I also played one of the last gigs there about a month before it closed. It's being razed. Just played a local dive that closed the week after, also being razed. And who knows how many will close for good with the pandemic? Bummer time to be a musician...

 

[Mike JV]

There's a couple of them. In Brighton Michigan we used to play at a place called the Main Event. (This was around 1979, early 1980). A lot of bikers hung out there but they were just there to have a good time with no trouble. Had a lot of good times there. Place burned down maybe 10 or 15 years ago.

Another place was in Waterford Michigan called Jaggers. Great place, played there a lot and lots of memories. Torn down maybe 15 years ago and now there's a strip mall there.

There was another place that burned down. Can't even begin to remember the name.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I'm still bummed that the Coconut Teaszer, on the fabulous Sunset Strip, was closed down!

I walked past while visiting L.A. for the Whisky's 50th anniversary.
The building is still intact, but it's something else now:

Tower Records was about a mile West, also now gone!

At least the Shore's Comedy Store is still there & Carney's (the restaurant in a train-car)
AFAIK Pauly Shore still lives above & behind the Comedy Store.

 

[Mike JV]

First place I ever played closed down for good a couple years ago (Sir Morgan's Cove, famous for having the Stones play a guerrilla gig there once) - I also played one of the last gigs there about a month before it closed. It's being razed. Just played a local dive that closed the week after, also being razed. And who knows how many will close for good with the pandemic? Bummer time to be a musician...

My neighbor across the street plays drums. Said his band played last night to a packed house. They've been playing pretty regular throughout the years but he even said "we'll see what happens during the next few weeks."

 

[Michedelic]

I'm still bummed that the Coconut Teaszer, on the fabulous Sunset Strip, was closed down!

I walked past while visiting L.A. for the Whisky's 50th anniversary.
The building is still intact, but it's something else now:

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IIRC Tower Records wasn't far, which is also long-gone!

Loved that place, especially the creepy basement. Saw a bunch of shows there in the early 90’s. Since it was an old house, it was like mom and dad left for the weekend, and all your ne’er do well friends came over for a party.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I went to a lot of places in Hollywood, was up there 4 nights/week on average & the Teaszer was my preferred venue!

 

[Michedelic]

I'm still bummed that the Coconut Teaszer, on the fabulous Sunset Strip, was closed down!

I walked past while visiting L.A. for the Whisky's 50th anniversary.
The building is still intact, but it's something else now:

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Tower Records was about a mile West, also now gone!

At least the Shore's Comedy Store is still there & Carney's (the restaurant in a train-car)
AFAIK Pauly Shore still lives above & behind the Comedy Store.

Another place I lamented the passing of is Club Lingerie; somewhat small place, I caught an early Tool gig there, with the improbable sight of a small Maynard talking to a giant Gene Simmons after their set. Gigs from Steve Jones(Sex Pistols)to Ian McLagen(Small Faces)to an adult Cowsills(who were great, very Tom Petty-ish), plus plenty I’ve forgotten. Then there was Raji’s...

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I miss Tool with D'Amour, but I take great scrutiny for commenting that.

Ha, I saw Steve Jones around the same time as well!

Northridge Quake destroyed Raji's.

I went to see The Cure & Dinosaur Jr. the night of the quake.

 

[Michedelic]

I miss Tool with D'Amour, but I take great scrutiny for commenting that.

Ha, I saw Steve Jones around the same time as well!

Northridge Quake destroyed Raji's.

I went to see The Cure & Dinosaur Jr. the night of the quake.

Re: Paul, did you know anything about the ‘Lusk’ album?

 

[cableguy]

We all have "that" club from back in the day. Such good times were had. Lot's of foggy memories. Up here in Seattle all the bands are in limbo right now. I have a gig at a great club in 3 weeks that I anticipate will be cancelled. My only hope is that some of the clubs make it out the other side of this sh*t show.

 

[fhm555]

We all have "that" club from back in the day. Such good times were had. Lot's of foggy memories. Up here in Seattle all the bands are in limbo right now. I have a gig at a great club in 3 weeks that I anticipate will be cancelled. My only hope is that some of the clubs make it out the other side of this sh*t show.

I wouldn’t be too concerned. First even if all bars close new ones will open when this passes. Second, they will be packed with people who have been cooped up for a while so it ought to be a party for quite some time.

 

[BogeyBass]

Played my first show at a club called Marsugi"s
popular punk and metal club from the 80s on up.
Anybody could get a show there it was easy. Then again touring acts played all the time

Probably any punk rock band that ever went commercial played there, also alot that are known but didnt sell out.

No Use For a Name , Mudhoney, Nirvana, Greenday, L7, Weezer , Gwar , Spit Muffins, Guttersluts, Faith no More, Primus , Skinyard, Sleep , Crash Course
Super Suckers

and many many more.
Anybody and everybody played there and the bands were in the front window on stage, you could watch from the sidewalk if under 21

 

[Bunk McNulty]

The Free Spirit, aka "Da Bird" and "Tha Dirty Bird" was the first place I played with Redhead back in 2015. For a few years, anyway, we were practically the house band. As a friend from those days said, "Seeing Redhead at Da Bird is like seeing the Sox at Fenway." Like any respectable dive, it was dark, dirty, and full of the local version of the "party people" on weekends. It finally closed its doors in October '18, and was sold to a private club. We hear rumors every now and then that it's going to open soon and have live music again, but rumors is all they are.

Exterior.

Interior picture of us, autumn 2015. When I joined the band in April of that year, one of the guitarists said that within six months we'd be hitting our stride. For a stinky little bar band, we did pretty good.

 

[Koog]

I'm so old that anyplace I played or hung out prior to 1990 has burned down, been torn down, or simply fallen down.

And, to counter what one respondent said, it's always great to be a musician.

 

[BarfanyShart]

Cheap, rundown bars in otherwise good commercial real estate markets are suspiciously susceptible to burning down.

 

[MrLenny1]

Another nail in the live music coffin.

 

[filmtex]

We played a bunch of shows here in the eighties, kinda of a “motorcycle enthusiasts” venue, but we did alright. Last use was as a location for a scene in Hostage with Bruce Willis.
The Canyon Inn, Azusa Cyn.

 

[Hahaha]

Some years back I was trying to remember where a club I worked in the late seventies had been. I asked a friend who lived in the approximate area and he informed me that it was now a Cheri's. After I mentally dialed in where it was I realized that my teenage son worked there as a cook. I wonder what I would have thought back then if I had known that someday my own son whose mother I hadn't met yet would work in the same building about twenty feet from where I stood on the stage.

There are many clubs that I used to work that are no longer there. One is a FEDEX parking lot, another is a Jack-In-The-Box, another is a dentist office, and so on.