

Neil even turns to the camera at the beginning of the video and says "This is where it all began. The Crüe paid homage to the Whisky when they filmed the music video for their hit single "Kickstart My Heart" at the small venue. Read on for ten music acts that helped make the Whisky a Go Go a. 15, 1964 with a concert by Johnny Rivers. One would be climbing out the window while another was coming in the door. The world-famous Whisky a Go Go opened on Jan. spilled out into the courtyard and the street. There would be members of punk-scene remnants like 45 Grave and the Circle Jerks coming to our almost nightly parties while guys in metal newborns like Ratt and W.A.S.P. Singer Vince Neil writes: We played the Whisky, half the crowd would come back to our house and drink and do blow, smack, Percodan, quaaludes, and whatever else we could get for free. Bands like Mötley Crüe turned the Whisky into a must-visit club once again, attracting huge crowds that would follow them back to the band's apartment after their gigs. This was the original line-up of Leonard Graves Phillips, Stan Lee, Chuck Wagon. Find high-quality stock photos that you wont find anywhere else. My friends and I decided to go see the Dickies at the Whiskey Agogo. The Whisky closed in 1982 and only reopened in the mid '80s thanks to an influx of glam metal bands with hair sprayed to the heavens. Often the unbilled bands were simply local bands, but it being Hollywood and all, sometimes unbilled local groups acting as the house band went on to become. Search from Whiskey A Go Go stock photos, pictures and royalty-free images from iStock. Whisky A-Go Go, Los Angeles is one of more than 300 live performance venues listed in the Classic Posters Search by Venue Index. Throughout history, its been hot, and it's been very cold.

Aside from being the place to break bands as disparate as The Doors and the Germs, the Whisky is famous for its boom and bust periods.
