The Anti Club

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1. Jan on November 7, 2013 at 7:14 pm

   I remember seeing Red Hot Chili Peppers and Corpus Delecti here

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2. Joe Leggett on April 27, 2014 at 1:58 pm

   A great place. Some big name bands and some not so big name bands. One dollar Lowenbraus in a plastic cup!

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3. Laura on February 7, 2015 at 11:29 pm

   My husband and I used to go loved the place Had no idea Anti Club is still open

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4. Kent Caldwell on October 15, 2016 at 8:27 am

   Bad Town Boys in 88! And Jill Sklaroff behind the bar scoring us drinks! My band NoTalking played there…

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5. Brad Doan on January 4, 2017 at 8:12 am

   Our band played the night they closed their doors (early 90’s) – Loved that place!!

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6. Anonymous on May 22, 2017 at 10:13 pm

   The Anti Club kicked ass. I saw Firehose, SWA, Lovedolls, St. Vitus & many other cool SST punk bands there 1986—I remember the lady owner came out from behind the bar w/ a gun when a fight broke out during a St. Vitus gig. Good times!

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7. Anonymous on July 15, 2017 at 9:25 pm

   Pia Zadora’s mom was bartender!

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8. Gina A. on August 26, 2017 at 9:43 am

   I loved going to the Anti-Club in the mid-80’s! I remember seeing a lot of SST Records bands like SWA, Sylvia Juncosa, St. Vitus, Firehose, To Damascus, The Mentors, BL’AST & more. I loved the cheap hot dogs and beers. Great memories.

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9. Brian on November 29, 2017 at 7:21 pm

   I remember seeing Nine Inch Nails here, maybe around 1990, before they got to be so big. At some point in the show girls started getting up on stage and pulling their tops off. The band and most fans were amused by the “amateur show.” Security did nothing at first, but eventually one started snaking her pants off. Then it became a melee, and the stage was rushed.

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10. Barbara booey on July 10, 2018 at 10:31 am

    Lazy Cowgirls…Big Drill Car…
    Anti Club had it all!

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11. RF on July 16, 2018 at 7:40 am

    I remember in 1986 standing in line next to Brian Setzer and just casually chatting for 15 minutes before going in the club. L.A. was such a different animal in those days.

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12. joedodger on November 21, 2018 at 5:13 pm

    My favorite band there was Live Nude. Where have they gone?

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13. Kurt on April 28, 2019 at 12:57 pm

    My band played our very first show at The Anti Club opening for our buddies Mortitia. We went on to play two more shows here over the next few months. This place gave us our start. Lots of good memories.

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14. Lynnette on June 6, 2019 at 4:32 pm

    I saw The Handsome Devils from Ventura here. Good times, cheap drinks and we only had to be 18!

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15. Jim Edwards on July 23, 2020 at 8:48 am

    Didn’t the Anticlub start by posting the location around town and having different venues until they established the Melrose address?

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