Miscellaneous Los Angeles Miscellaneous
Los Angeles Miscellaneous
Other things that don't exactly fit in to a specific category. Mainly buildings and locations that musicians frequented or wrote about.
9000 Sunset Building
Once the center of the music industry, this building housed most of LA's influential music and PR fi ...
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Barris Kustom Auto
George Barris has been known as the "Kustom King" for a long time. He customized cars for Elvis, Bob ...
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Centerfold News Stand
This location was a previous employer of Slash of Guns N'Roses. Great magazine selection too.
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De Neve Park
In the mid 60's Elvis Presley and his entourage would unwind here on the weekends playing touch foot ...
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Dead Man's Curve
The story of "Dead Man's Curve", made famous in the Jan & Dean song, ironically came true near this ...
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Hollywood Mercedes Benz
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Legend has it that Elvis bought six Mercedes' for friends from this dealership ...
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Hollywood Walk of Fame Popular
This is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States ...
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KLOS-FM
This long time rock and roll FM station is still going strong. Three of the more famous shows are Ma ...
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KPPC-FM
(Former Location, 1967 - 1971)
KPPC was one of the leading "underground" radio stations in th ...
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Laurel Canyon Country Store
This has been a spot to see Rock and Roll celebrities doing their grocery shopping for years. The bo ...
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MacArthur Park
Yes there really is a MacArthur Park, whether it's melting in the dark or not is debatable, but this ...
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Metromedia Building
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KMET was a Los Angeles radio station originally owned by Metromedia that first ...
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Musician Union Hall Local 47
This is where you go when music is your livelihood. Whether you're a superstar or play the accordion ...
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Nudies
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Nudie Cohn was the country tailor to the stars. He made famous outfits for Elvi ...
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Pico and Sepulveda New! Popular
Pico and Sepulveda" was originally a 1947 song by Freddy Martin and his orchestra. It obtained cult ...
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Sherman Oaks Galleria
This is the place made famous in Frank Zappa's epic, "Valley Girl". It was also a main setting in "F ...
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Sunset Strip Billboards
Where the entertainment industry advertises to itself. All along the Strip.
In 1967 Elektra Recor ...
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The Body Shop
The Body Shop is a strip club mentioned in the Motley Crue hit ``Girls, Girls, Girls'' in 1987 as on ...
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The Comedy Store
Formerly Ciro's -
Certainly famous in its own right as one the original places where the current ...
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The Hollywood Sign
The Sign measures 450 feet long, its letters are 45 feet high, and it's visible from all parts of Ho ...
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The Pleasure Chest
Are you into rubber or just want to look like it? Whips, body-piercing, chains, sex toys and naughty ...
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U2 Rooftop Concert
In 1987 U2 recorded the video for "Where the Streets Have No Name" on this rooftop.
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Will Rogers Memorial Park
On April 7, 1998, British pop singer George Michael (formerly of Wham!) was arrested for performing ...
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Youth Opportunities Center
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On February 12, 1966 the Watts Acid Test was held here. You can read more abou ...
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