The Roxy TheatreLos Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States

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The Roxy Theatre (often just The Roxy) is the legendary nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. It was opened on September 23, 1973 by Elmer Valentine and Lou Adler along with original partners David Geffen, Elliot Roberts and Peter Asher. They took over building previously occupied by a strip club owned by Chuck Landis called the Largo. (Adler was actually responsible for bringing the stage play Rocky Horror Show to the United States, and it opened its first American run at The Roxy Theatre in 1974, before it was made into the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show the next year.)

Hundreds of famous and yet-to-be-famous acts such as Nirvana, Tori Amos, Foo Fighters, Guns n’ Roses, Al Stewart, JANE’S ADDICTION and David Bowie have played this highly prestigious venue. The small On The Rox bar above the club has hosted a wide variety of debauchery in its history; it was a regular hangout for John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper and Keith Moon during Lennon’s “lost weekend” in 1975, and in the 1980s hosted parties arranged by “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss. According to LA.com, On The Rox “may be forever known as the club where John Belushi partied before fatally ODing. That may sound like a sordid reason for the club’s fame, but it only underscores the hard-partying reputation that befits a room equipped with two stripper poles. Recently, it has hosted private DJ nights as well as after-parties following the shows downstairs; on a Tuesday night not long ago, all three members of buzz band Kings of Leon were spotted heading upstairs to rock out with the Mooney Suzuki after their Roxy show.

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Address: 9009 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles 90069
United States
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Phone: (310) 276-2222
Web: theroxyonsunset.com/

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Dec 30 Wednesday 30 December 2009
Unwritten Law Taintstick	The Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.090644 -118.38818	3 people attended Add shout
Jan 20 Wednesday 20 January 2010
'Helen 55' 10 Year Anniversary Reunion at The Roxy Theatre Helen 55, Shuvel, Against All Will	The Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.090644 -118.38818	1 person attending Add shout

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YuIsMyAntiDrug wrote:
October 2008

anyone know how the venue is set up? do we sit or stand during concerts?

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