100% agree, It honestly must suck now, although teenagers today will never know how great it was not having every moment of your life on film. If that was the case, they would have locked a large portion of GenX up a long time ago.
@@adamhale2526 Born '77 raised in the 80's , Partying in the 90's and then.... The end of the World as we knew it!. The last decade that something interesting happened. Greetings from Argentina.
I was the bass player of the Band Prowler late 80S / early 90s and we headlined the Whisky A Go Go many times. We would hang out at the Rainbow before the show and have beer and pizza. It was a great time to be alive and in the music industry, also I have played above the Rainbow for a private party and Lemmy of Moterhead stopped by, also played the Viper room, Gazzaris, Key Club. Troubadour , Cat Club
@@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx They probably made nothing. In Los Angeles It was easy for nightclubs to exploit musicians because there were so many of them, a lot of really good ones.
I 100% agree with you. Funniest thing is I’ve never even been to California lol. I’m born and raised in Ohio but I’ve fantasized about hanging out there since I was a teen in the 80’s. I even watch videos on UA-cam that show the insides of the places lol I know it sounds so goofy but I’ve always been fascinated with those places along with old Hollywood
I got to play here one time with my old band. I worked my ass off to get us a gig there, as it was a dream of mine. Being from LA, once I heard we got the opening slot at 9 PM, I knew no one would be at the Rainbow except for one person. We sound checked at 7 PM and I went downstairs, in the corner, was a shadowy figure playing an arcade machine. I dared not to bother him. So my band and I sat in one of the booths until we went on. There were about three people there for our set. After we were done, I went downstairs again and people just started coming in, across the bar, Lemmy was still in the same spot. I smiled, knowing that our music would never go anywhere or change the world, but we got to play for Lemmy, even if it was just as background music for his night. RIP Lemmy.
Wow cool story @ZombieThirteen that must be a really great feeling to know you got to play there which was a dream come true and you played for Lemmy and I’m sure , even though he may not have acted like it , but I’m sure he heard you guys play ….Good Luck to you in whatever you’re doing these days no matter what it is ❤
Im a 64 yr old woman. I had my 21st birthday party at the Rainbow. I dont remember most of it except I do remember receiving a ceramic box shaped like a Quaalude as a gift. The 80s. It was the best of times and the worst of times. Im clean and sober now but i wouldnt wanna change a thing about that era....
Omg ME TOO but the 90s I'm 50 and spent my high school years living there lol. I was lucky enough to have been there while you COULDN'T walk down the strip cuz it was packed with people. I also have a piece GAZZARIS after they knocked it down. Then grunge came and then the sidewalks cleared and all you could do is go to the Rainbow if there wasn't anything happening. I remember when the Bow would be so full it was busting at the seams. It would take all night just to make your way around all the booths. Those were days wait no THE NIGHTS lol sooooo many nights. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@kevinsmith9502 , no, I got those elsewhere. But I wish I would still have the ceramic box,- it's probably a collectible now! Btw, I think someone stole it from me. Ah, the company you keep when you're a drug addict.....
Went there for lunch with my wife and teenaged kids when we went to LA on vacation from North Dakota. We had tourist written all over us, our midwestern pallor burnt by the southern CA sun. Had no idea what to expect. The staff was so nice! Manager took us around, showing us the highlights, told us stories. The waitress was as sweet as any Midwestern farm girl. Probably the highlight of the trip. We are going back at the end of the month as will definitely be going back.
I am from Berlin and was there in 1992. I went to the Rainbow every night for 6 weeks. Lemmy was there almost every night. I've met Slash there and Black Sabbath and more. What a time to be in your prime!
I still live in LA. From Berlin as well. I spent the 90s there, mostly as a non rocker really but it was always fun. Lenny once said to me "i look like Elvis with red hair". True story. (when i had my quiff hair). :)
60s,70s & 80s rock bands will forever shine like a Rainbow..'drugs,sex and rock&roll' ..what a documentary..I felt like teenage again..now I m 59yrs old..hell yeah❤
You can't duplicate it. It's rather sad. But at the same time, we could be thankful for being alive for it. It's how you look at it. Thank you to all the rock legends, you'll never die.
started playing hair guitar in 1985. I was 15. I cannot begin to tell you, or over state, how incredible it was to be a teen and a new guitar player at the beginning of Mtv and the landslide election of hair metal to the throne of rock n roll. It was fantastic. If I had a Delorean, I would definitely go back to the 80s. 👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
@@MickButterfield Seriously? LoL YOu think it's smart phones that, "ruined the world"??? Not the wars, famines, climate change? You need to get out more mate. Fwiw, youtube is not a substitute for a university education.
I gotta say how awesome it is that you spotlighted miguel the chef. You rarely hear about the guys in the background that literally dedicate their lives to making great memories for others 🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️❤️
the pizza was great there . i remember meeting ron jeremy the porn dude there , he was sitting at a table in the kitchen with two hot blonde ladies on each side of him . and back in the late 90s i met bill maher at dublins bar right down the street from the rainbow .
Mario was one of the nicest/coolest people I've ever met. I remember him smoking cigars in his back office with friends. Going to the rainbow and making it my home bar for years was one of the best things ever. RIP Mario. We all love you brother
I lived in Vancouver so I never made it out that way. I've often wondered though with it being such a small venue Kevin if the average Joe was able to get inside. I hate to think it was a Studio 54 trip where only the coolest and best looking people were let in.
@@dixierae6063 it was the same as any local bar. It was very easy to get into. I used to go around 7pm and would get in without paying cover charge. But even when they started charging around 8pm it was only $5 and you got a free drink. It was/is a very chill bar.
Can’t stand music today… Miss the good old days. The small dingy clubs, smell of sweat, liquor, and pot in the air… Crowd surfing… No cell phones. Just Rocking out. What a great time to have been young and alive. I fear it’s never coming back.
Im twenty and the music scene in my smaller midwest town is awesome. Free- $10 shows in DIY spaces such as storage units or local record shops, plus a ton of new experimental music. There's tons of different things to listen and get into, and its so accessible... I think that is awesome! Cell phones are relevant in the mainstream because cell phones are such a big part of our current time, but in smaller crowd, I barely see people on their phones. Every generation thinks their time was the prime
Hats off to Mario, his family and the staff for basically being kind, especially to young guys chasing their dreams and providing a haven for stars to just chill and be themselves.
I used to go there in 1974 to 1975 with my band. Saw all the guys in Les Zeppelin. Met Simon Kirk and Mick Ralph’s of Bad Company. Met Killer Kane of New York Dolls and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. Great memories there for sure. Long live the Rainbow!
I played at the Whisky and the Roxy back in the early 90's. I also remember going into the Rainbow one random weekday night and we saw Jack Nicholson bellied up at the bar. That whole stretch of the Strip from the Whisky to the Rainbow will always be so magical!
We got kicked out of Bar Maramont, not because we were 17, but because the bartender said we weren’t dressed right. So we went across the road to the Whiskey and then further down to the Rainbow and got hammered and listened to great music. It was a night to remember.
I was there when it first opened in '64. I was there when Johnny Rivers got hired, when the Doors were hired, and was there when both were fired. I was there when Gene Autry broke the Champaign bottle at the opening of his hotel that later became the Continental Hyatt House. I was friends with the general manager, Mr. Griffith and the manager, Dennis Rizzo. I knew Mario very well, my first name is Mario too. I hung out at the Whisky and had an apartment right up above it. Rodney Bingenheimer was and still is a friend of mine. Those were some good days.
Man! What an EXCELLENT documentary! I remember when I first heard Welcome to the Jungle and knew that I had never heard anything like it. Good times! The BEST! Miss those days. Nothing like them since.🎸🎸🎸
I was lucky to meet Mario and Miguel. I still have the shirt Mario gave me. What an amazing iconic place. Rock & Rock will never Die long live the Whiskey and the Rainbow!
In May of 1980 stopped in Hollywood on trip from Dallas to visit a friend who lived in the San Francisco Bay area. We went to The Rainbow the first night I was there. I saw a born in Denmark, but raised in L.A. blonde and said, "I have to know you!" Well, there went two years of my life. Man, I had some fun with her! Thank you Mario for examining the $100 bill I had an deeming that it was legal tender. BTW... I only bought one drink that night. I had the Over the Rainbow bartender matching shots with me within a short time. We were rock stars from Texas!
All kinds of music will never die because new kids find it and listen to it get inspired and write their own master pieces keeping the groove alive music will always live on
This was amazing! What an emotional journey and one that I’d begun to think was just my imagination- I was hanging in LA in ‘82 and a friend said ‘hey, there’s a friend of mine playing at The Rainbow tonight and I promised I would at least swing by, we will just make an appearance. 15 minutes, I swear!’ So we took the bus down and walk in while they’re (of course) on a break. So she walks up to their table and they’re all dressed in these ragged clothes, wearing makeup. A lot of it. Her friend gets up and introduces himself as Nick, and goes around the table, points out everyone else. Gives her a hug, then me, thanks us for coming, and back to the stage they went. We stayed for a song about yelling at the devil or something, but it was a decent song. The guitar player was pretty damn good. We are just standing there watching by the table they had just vacated and there’s still a few guys sitting there, who said ‘you can sit down if you want, they won’t be back for a while.’ So we did. I had been a fan of metal music back then, but I listened. I didn’t really care what anyone looked like, didn’t pay much attention to the albums or sleeves unless the artwork was cool, so I had zero clue who we were sitting with. Turns out it was Joe Perry from Aerosmith, no clue who the two others were. Really nice guy, smoked A LOT, and kept doing bumps behind his shoulder. And the band we’d come to see was Motley Crue, before anyone outside of LA had ever heard of them. Shout At The Devil was the song I’d heard. It’s always been my little ‘brush’ with stardom, and I would always hear these stories about the Whiskey, Roxy, some of the other bars, but every time I heard someone talk about the Rainbow, it was never about a show. So I always thought maybe I’d been remembering incorrectly and this wasn’t the place. Until I watched this, that is. Now I know for sure my memory is still spot on and it’s about time this place had its time to shine. Great place, great time, great memory made.
Trust me, by the time 'Shout At The Devil' came out in 1983, you would not see Motley perfrom in any L:A. club - they were headining bigger places by then and everybody knew who they were.
@@michaelschmidt9708 I heard the song well before the album came out- I remember hearing the song on the radio back home on 97X in the quad cities and thinking it sounded familiar. We also saw them perform at the KitKat Club the next week.
Amazing documentary! Thank you so much to everyone involved who help create this. I don't live in America but I went to LA recently and I went to the Rainbow just because of the history.
When I lived in Hollywood 1990 - '96, the Rainbow was my home away from home. So many good times... I have enough stories I could write a book. Every now and again I'll reminisce and share some of these stories with my friends up here in Northern California. And sometimes somebody will say they don't believe me? At first I would take great offense to this, because I am telling the truth. But after a while I changed my perspective, now I look at it as a compliment. Because to this person my life has been unbelievable!
@@realasadoughnut Sunset strip still happening big time in those years I was there.. Then the Seattle music invasion happened. And we couldn't argue with that, because it was better music. I don't know if they had better cocaine? Lol Perhaps you could fill in the blanks for me on that one?
@@realasadoughnut It was around 1994 - 95 when the Sunset Strip started to diminish. Everybody started going to Seattle or Las Vegas. Las Vegas did not have a prominent music scene but they did have a party scene.
Cant help but agreeing with every word at the end of this.... People used to love the thrill of making real music and the danger of embarrassment and such. Nowadays everything has to be perfect. I love imperfect music
A Truly great documentary about the 2 most iconic rock spots on the West Coast, that I didn't know were related. This needs to be forwarded and viewed by all who love rock!🍾🍷🍸🍹🍺🍻🥂🥃
Great, great documentary. As a fledgling classical music pianist in my youth, I first turned to rock and roll when I heard the Motown sound emanating from my crappy am radio in the late 60's. Then, I came into this understanding of what rock really meant when my sister gave me a copy of Black Sabbath's paranoid, because she "didn't like it." I was hooked and then I found Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy, Rory Ghalagher, UFO and many more bands - and I could never get enough. The 80's, however, turned out to be the most insane part of my rock awakening. Living in San Diego, I met and worked (in the restaurant industry) with the original singer for Iron Butterfly. It was a transformational time for me and I'm sure many others and the stories...
What a great little film about a great little bar that was planted by a great soul passed down to another 2 generations of family working together creating a space for merriment quenching thirst, hunger & entertainment. I want to go here enjoy a burger 🍔 consume some whiskey 🥃 and see a great band! Rock will never die only those of us who stop seeking out great music do.
1:10:07 -The continuing closing of some of Rock's Greatest Venues is a tragedy. The Warehouse, sometimes called the "Fillmore South" opened it's doors in Jan. 1970 and closed it's doors after The Talking Heads did the Warehouse's final show and was demolished in 1989. "Everybody who was anybody" played there, Doors, Zeppelin,Sabbath, Bowie, the Who, Pink Floyd, the Allman Brothers, just to name a small few of the artists. There is a dedicated memorial to the Warehouse located in the general vicinity where it stood. The Warehouse is a legend in itself and I had some of the greatest times of my life there. Don't let this happen to the Rainbow, we're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy. 🎸🌈🌈🌈🎸
The greatest memories of my life. I lived across the street from the Whiskey in the 80’s. The Rainbow was our hangout. I love that place..they make the best pizza ever.
RIP Lemmy and Mario. Motorhead were huge pioneers for hard rock. One of the best bands ever even at his old age I saw him Phil and mickey kill it on stage.
I saw Motorhead play at a local bar here in Ontario - no advertising, zero public knowledge, nobody knew and we just walked into a bar for a bev with the "house band". Just wow when they walked on and I wasn't really a Motorhead fan until that night. Wow; a night to remember and a new fan was born out of the live music; not the albums. Wow.
I was supposed to see them in Toronto when I was about 17, I was working and bought 2 tickets from ticket master, well my boyfriend got to take a friend because after purchasing the tickets I was informed it was 18+ ! So I missed my chance but I tried!
@kevinamymurphy7126 That's the thing about motorhead. There's a reason they were loved around the world. Seeing lemmys old ass with a dew rag on in August in oklahoma is a testament to how tough him and the other guys were. Oklahoma summers are no joke. He kept complaining about the heat but played thru.
I used to play guitar in the death metal band Suffocation and every time we played on the sunset strip, we would always go to the rainbow. I love that place and I’ve met a lot of crazy people there.
Rock & Roll will never die and I pray God for these amazing legendary places to never shut down!! You need respect, protection and support as much as any museum in the city does! Much love and gratitude. keep rocking strong!!
I am literally shedding a tear for these places and others like it. The loss of these venues is a tragedy. Musicians are like salmon, and they need these tributaries in order to thrive.
Only one thing.... it's not anything like it was in late 70's and early 80's. I've seen more bands than I can remember. Started in 75 in the Philadelphia area at the age of 15. Shortly after, I was obsessed with the whole rock&Roll community. I couldn't get out to California fast enough to live amongst all the starving artists. Finally made It there in 85... most of these groups I've seen but I missed the flood of ( the celebrities in vast quantities to mingle with. ) But I visited all these venues mentioned . But wasn't like back to back main named bands listed on all billboards.. Damn, I missed that wave by 5 yrs. Same as Woodstock... parents laughed... no way in hell your going there. Your older brother you been pleading with... hasn't our permission. So get it out of your head.
The difference today is, having places like this to play unfortunately wouldn't matter. They wouldn't be the tooth cutting stepping stone they once were because everything now is manufactured. Corporate garbage. Having true talent and paying your dues no longer matter. The industry just molds and creates what they think will sell. And with autotune you don't even have to have to be able to sing anymore, you just have look good.
@@maidenthe80sla For me too. Grew up in SoCal in the 70's and 80's. Just so sad to witness how much things have changed into fakes, flash and fluff. Thank goodness for old concert clips to take us back for a few moments to the days of just a real band on a stage playing music live. No base or backing tracks, no auto tune, no massive flashing LED screens or a bunch of useless "dancers". Oh my god... I've officially turned into one of those crotchety old people, "talkin bout the good ole days". Fck!!!
the internet killed all of these clubs . it took all the money out of the music business and killed the club/bar dating scene at the same time . if nobody is trying to form a band anymore because there is no money in it anymore and if people are now using social media to meet other people to date and hang with then there is no more use for clubs and bars like there used to be . but this younger generation has no idea what they missed out on because if they did then they would all be still doing this .
I came to both Rainbow and Whisky last summer from Paris France to feel those rock'n'roll vibes and celebrate being there. I still remember the goosebumps I had the first time I was there couple of years ago, wondering if that was true after years and years of dreaming of that place. The Sunset Strip and those places are history, rock'n'roll history and many rock'n'roll fans from anywhere in the world know it.
Fortunate enough to play as an opening band at a number of these legendary clubs. The load-ins were always very easy, which can sometimes be a hassle. People were easy and nice to deal with… the 70s gave me a start to a very good and continuing career. 🙏
Tears of joy and happiness... this is my era this is what rock n roll was and means and why it'll never die .. we've lost too many legends so let's hope and pray to the rock gods that these kids boys and girls pick up guitars and drum sticks again stop acting like mamas boys and daddy's girls AND TURN THE MUSIC DIAL BACK AND TURN IT THE FUCK UP.... THANK YOU TO THE MAGLIERI FAMILY AND FLY HIGH AND REST EASY ALL YOU LEGENDS ❤
The late 80's were the best, I played the Whisky and hung out at the Rainbow back then. Met a lot of famous rockers, but most memorable is meeting Chris Squire (YES) and having a 4 hr conversation about everything at the Rainbow! RIP Chris and thank you!
the 90s stil had alot of famous people at the rainbow and on the strip too . alot of the 90s grunge bands were there and i met famous porn stars and even bill maher on the strip too , all in the 90s .
It's impossible for me to think about a band and front man that sounded amazing live without thinking of Jani. It always amazed me that he sounded the same if not better live. Bless his heart
One of the best concerts I ever been to. Danger Daner opened, it was in our local arena but it wasn't promoted so there was only maybe 3000 people at the most. Caught a couple picks from the fellas. They played like it was their last gig ever. Riding on top of eachothers shoulders. Janie ripping handfuls of chest hair out of Joey's chest lol. Used every inch of that stage. And DD put on one hell of a show too. Never heard of them until that night but went out and got the cd the next day. Ahhh... to be 14 again lol.
Yep, I saw Warrant in a bar called “Rocky’s” in San Antonio in ‘94, and they blew the roof off the place. I was stationed at Ft Sam Houston and a buddy of mine and I hung out with Jani afterwards. He was very humble and was VERY supportive of the military.
This was an absolutely amazing documentary about these iconic places. The owner of the Rainbow treated everyone with respect. His employees, his patrons, and the bands. Everyone was treated with respect or respectfully. Now if you disrespected him or his place, watch out. He didn't seem like a person who would back down from anyone. Star or not, if you acted like a *ss you were treated as such. But he always seemed to be willing to forgive. Help out people, and give them a chance. This was such a great opportunity to see the inner world of this place in the 70's and 80's. I was born in 67 so I don't have much experience with the late 60's and early 70's music, but I got into it much more in the later part of the 70's and especially the early 80's. I was given a cassette tape, Maxell/TDK and on side A was Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry. On side B was Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil. I first got really into side A. I was always a fan of crazy looking bands and Dee Snider was definitely crazy looking. KISS was one of my first bands/albums I got during the 70's. Mainly because of the look, the fire, the blood, etc. When I played the record? Um..... I wasn't that into it. But as I said once I got that cassette. The song We're Not Going to Take It, Stay Hungry, etc really got to me. I loved it. I listened to it for weeks. Then I finally flipped the cassette tape over. Mötley Crüe. In the Beginning started. It had a creepy feel, then 💥💥BOOM💥💥 Shout at the Devil started. Then She's Got Looks to Kill, and it never let up. Every song was so good. I had found my favorite band! I went to Mainstream Records and Tapes. A music store with a "head shop" in the back. I bought Shout at the Devil on cassette and the Album. I also grabbed their first album. From there I got more and more into the Heavy Metal scene. I saw my first Concert, Twisted Sister opened for Iron Maiden at the Mecca Arena and it was insane!! I got to see so many incredibly talented bands. Mötley Crüe over 15+ times, Metallica over 8-10 times, Iron Maiden at least 5 times. Ronnie James Dio(3-4x's), Ozzy Osborne(4-6x's), The Scorpions, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, AC⚡DC, Megadeath, RATT, Dokken, Whitesnake, Guns n` Roses, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Boston, WASP, Armored Saint, Anthrax, Def Leppard, Van Halen(w/ both singers), ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Krokus, Tesla, Great White, Queensryche, KISS, LA Guns, Heart, Twisted Sister, Nazareth, the Kinks, Metal Church, Stryper, Y & T, Lita Ford, and Loudness, the Japanese Heavy Metal band who was really good, and a few others that I missed. One early concert stands out, WASP, Metallica, and Armored Saint at the Eagles Club, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Growing up in Milwaukee during the 70's through the early 2000's we were able to see a lot of great bands at Summerfest and some other summer festivals. Plus Alpine Valley, but the one concert that still to this day was the most incredible, was PINK FLOYD at Milwaukee County🏟Stadium🏟!! I can't exactly remember the attendance, but it had to be over 30,000. Our seats were in the upper grandstand/box on the 3rd base/left field side. We could see everything! Mötley Crüe is my all-time favorite band, and I rank their concerts at the very top for every one I saw, but the Pink Floyd concert? 💗 Nothing has ever or will ever top that experience! Now these are experiences that happened 2,500 miles east. I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like to have been at the Whiskey A Go-Go or the Rainbow back in those early days. Either the early 70's or into the early 80's it had to be an incredible experience/opportunity. Thank you for sharing this with us. This was a amazing time to be in Los Angeles. For his kids? That had to be incredible!
In 1997 I went to California with some friends of mine that were in a local band in Jacksonville Fl. The guitar and bass players were both from California. I was 19 and was lucky enough to get to go into bars like The Rainbow , Viper Room, The Whiskey A Go Go, and Troubadour. Then in 1998, we went on a 30 tour through the Midwest. They played a show called Pigstock in Clinton Iowa. It was an off date of Ozfest. We got there around 9am and Lemmy was playing the video game thing on top of the bar (we always called them crack machines). He actually invited me to play the game with him. I spent an hour just playing that game and talking to a Rock n Roll legend. After, I got coffee with Dez from Coal Chamber, hung out with everyone from Coal Chamber, and got in an argument with Whitfield Crane. After watching this documentary a year or so ago, it all made sense since Lemmy would just sit there and play that game all night
Mario was amazing, spoiled me in infinite ways, gave me my first club gig on Sundays at On the rocks! Miss him, love him grateful for all the amazing minutes he gave me. He had a magic to make everyone feel important! ❤😅 I am sorry to hear that Michael passed last week😢😢. I will support the whiskey and the rainbow until I go!
Wait, did he also own On the Rocks? Wasn't that in Woodland hills or Reseda or something? I used to go there regularly in the '90s when I lived in SoCal.
I am from Boston,flew out to Hollywood to see the last Van Halen show! Went to the Rainbow afterward and heard Ain't Talkin Bout Love blaring as soon as I walked in!! What a great Night!
Played the Whisky with my band back in June, and we all hung out at the Rainbow after the show. It's a mystical place for sure, there's an aura in there that cant be matched. Food was good too and service was great. You can get away with murder in there, especially if you are in a band. Rock and Roll forever, thanks Rainbow!!
They certainly should idolize him. The money he spent in that bar in his life would have paid cash for 2 clubs the size of the Rainbow. Lemmy's own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I LOVE it.
I was an 80's east coast kid and used to read every rock magazine there was (you know the ones) to learn more about my favorite bands. The Rainbow and The Whisky were these mythical places that I dreamed to see one day, but never really thought I'd see. I've been to CA many times, and I ALWAYS find a way to hit them both. Last summer, I took my son out there. There's something absolutely magical about The Rainbow and The Whisky. I can't wait to go again.
I work as FOH at a Club in NW Iowa.. I grew up with *this* being on the edge my my Formative years... and with That being said..'m a ROCKER, and my Love for music was developed from what came out of the Sun Set Strip. That will stay with me FOREVER!!
amazing thanks for this. am 51 since am 13 into listening buying music good one above all metal punk hc old school one. but also good indipendent rock noise reggae dub etc. i ve passed this to my daughter who at 111 plays guitar and loves most of the bands i love. and hope rock n roll will stay with her forever as it is for us, and or good music in general. peace to all.
I was born in 1988 and for me all the good music was from the 60’s 70’s and 80’s for sure. Best years for music I appreciated the true artistry that these artists put out for all of us to feel and create long lasting memories, listening to their music. It’s kind of heartbreaking that music has changed so much but at least we can still go back and listen and grab up some of those old feelings, long live the whiskey ago!!
My bucket list is to have a nice lunch and dinner at the Rainbow and get pics of all that history, it's a rock-n-roll shrine and without question very hallowed ground.
God bless the Maglieri legacy. Long live Rock n Roll! So nostalgic I cried. We all grew up there & lived through these changes. Everyone has a book of personal stories about it living inside of them. I am so happy to be a part of the Rainbow & Sunset Strip Family. Love to you all! xoxo
The 80's and early 90's what a great time to be a teenager.
I was there… right smack in the middle.
Feel blessed!
Hell yeah
100% agree, It honestly must suck now, although teenagers today will never know how great it was not having every moment of your life on film. If that was the case, they would have locked a large portion of GenX up a long time ago.
Damn true statement. I was born in 83 and grew up in the 90's. That was the last great decade.
@@adamhale2526 Born '77 raised in the 80's , Partying in the 90's and then.... The end of the World as we knew it!. The last decade that something interesting happened. Greetings from Argentina.
I was the bass player of the Band Prowler late 80S / early 90s and we headlined the Whisky A Go Go many times. We would hang out at the Rainbow before the show and have beer and pizza. It was a great time to be alive and in the music industry, also I have played above the Rainbow for a private party and Lemmy of Moterhead stopped by, also played the Viper room, Gazzaris, Key Club. Troubadour , Cat Club
Congratulations 🎉
How much did a band like yours make nightly on the strip then?
You have met the minimum requirements to reach level 1 of Rainbow Bar and Grill patron status 🤝🤘
@@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yxWait , no one told him to charge, just pay to play. Break it to him gently jeez
@@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx They probably made nothing. In Los Angeles It was easy for nightclubs to exploit musicians because there were so many of them, a lot of really good ones.
Can't they make the Rainbow and Whiskey a national monument so it can never be torn down or changed. LOVED THE 70's and 80's. Wonderful Documentary
I 100% agree with you. Funniest thing is I’ve never even been to California lol. I’m born and raised in Ohio but I’ve fantasized about hanging out there since I was a teen in the 80’s. I even watch videos on UA-cam that show the insides of the places lol I know it sounds so goofy but I’ve always been fascinated with those places along with old Hollywood
Hollywood is dead as a doornail. Do tt waste your time
To me that makes sense 😲 but I'm England we lose historical venues associated with music sadly ☹️💔🌍 it's not preserved eXcept in memory
😂 yeah he does suck!!!! So where was he drinking instead then?!?
@Jayhawk9 sadly, there is nothing to see anymore.
I got to play here one time with my old band. I worked my ass off to get us a gig there, as it was a dream of mine. Being from LA, once I heard we got the opening slot at 9 PM, I knew no one would be at the Rainbow except for one person. We sound checked at 7 PM and I went downstairs, in the corner, was a shadowy figure playing an arcade machine. I dared not to bother him. So my band and I sat in one of the booths until we went on. There were about three people there for our set. After we were done, I went downstairs again and people just started coming in, across the bar, Lemmy was still in the same spot. I smiled, knowing that our music would never go anywhere or change the world, but we got to play for Lemmy, even if it was just as background music for his night. RIP Lemmy.
Damn son, you've been living the dream of many of us small musicians. Respect!
Wow cool story @ZombieThirteen that must be a really great feeling to know you got to play there which was a dream come true and you played for Lemmy and I’m sure , even though he may not have acted like it , but I’m sure he heard you guys play ….Good Luck to you in whatever you’re doing these days no matter what it is ❤
@@valanibalroman Thank you very much! It was worth it just to be there and watch him play on his video poker machine lol
Went there in 2004 on my honeymoon. Yup he was there.
Went there in 2004 on my honeymoon. Yup he was there ✨🖤✨😆💀
Im a 64 yr old woman. I had my 21st birthday party at the Rainbow. I dont remember most of it except I do remember receiving a ceramic box shaped like a Quaalude as a gift. The 80s. It was the best of times and the worst of times. Im clean and sober now but i wouldnt wanna change a thing about that era....
Omg ME TOO but the 90s I'm 50 and spent my high school years living there lol. I was lucky enough to have been there while you COULDN'T walk down the strip cuz it was packed with people. I also have a piece GAZZARIS after they knocked it down. Then grunge came and then the sidewalks cleared and all you could do is go to the Rainbow if there wasn't anything happening. I remember when the Bow would be so full it was busting at the seams. It would take all night just to make your way around all the booths. Those were days wait no THE NIGHTS lol sooooo many nights. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
What year was Gazzaris demo’d
@@saintfan9lb shit I'm guessing 1993 maybe or 95.
Was the box full of Qualudes
@kevinsmith9502 , no, I got those elsewhere. But I wish I would still have the ceramic box,- it's probably a collectible now! Btw, I think someone stole it from me. Ah, the company you keep when you're a drug addict.....
Went there for lunch with my wife and teenaged kids when we went to LA on vacation from North Dakota. We had tourist written all over us, our midwestern pallor burnt by the southern CA sun. Had no idea what to expect. The staff was so nice! Manager took us around, showing us the highlights, told us stories. The waitress was as sweet as any Midwestern farm girl. Probably the highlight of the trip. We are going back at the end of the month as will definitely be going back.
Music unites us, greater than politics or regional stuff could ever be. Music bonds all of us. 👍
Yeah, you didn't go there at night. I used to go there all of the time but now, I'm not going anywhere near that area of LA.
I am from Berlin and was there in 1992. I went to the Rainbow every night for 6 weeks. Lemmy was there almost every night. I've met Slash there and Black Sabbath and more. What a time to be in your prime!
You mean Slash?
I still live in LA. From Berlin as well. I spent the 90s there, mostly as a non rocker really but it was always fun. Lenny once said to me "i look like Elvis with red hair". True story. (when i had my quiff hair). :)
Just 6 weeks in a row. Congrats!
60s,70s & 80s rock bands will forever shine like a Rainbow..'drugs,sex and rock&roll' ..what a documentary..I felt like teenage again..now I m 59yrs old..hell yeah❤
Im 51 and I wish I got to see those times. At least the beginning of metal.. I was like two.,born in 71..
Mario: "You gotta treat everybody good.....except Manson, fuck that guy!" Lol.
I always say give people a hand up not a hand out. This man did exactly what I mean. He helped people reach a goal
I used to frequent this place watching Guns and Roses play before they signed. I fucking love this!
You can't duplicate it. It's rather sad. But at the same time, we could be thankful for being alive for it. It's how you look at it. Thank you to all the rock legends, you'll never die.
As the son said that is "the real Hard Rock Cafe"
same with the rock n roll hall of fame@@annalisavajda252 🙄
Could some of the night clubs be reopened under new management ?
Amen 😢
🎉❤ 😊 🌈 🎶
🔊 🎸 🎤 👩🎤 👨🎤 🎶 💃🕺 💕 🙏 😊
started playing hair guitar in 1985. I was 15. I cannot begin to tell you, or over state, how incredible it was to be a teen and a new guitar player at the beginning of Mtv and the landslide election of hair metal to the throne of rock n roll. It was fantastic. If I had a Delorean, I would definitely go back to the 80s. 👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
Well said. We're the same age and started playing at the same time. Keep the faith!
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Also started in 85’at 15.then graduated to the real deal soon after hearing slayer.
Going back to the 80s with today's wisdom 😋🤟🖤
And I'd be hitching a ride back there with you.
Life before smartphones was awesome!
They hav certainly ruined the world😭😤😡😡😡
@@MickButterfield Seriously? LoL YOu think it's smart phones that, "ruined the world"??? Not the wars, famines, climate change?
You need to get out more mate. Fwiw, youtube is not a substitute for a university education.
@@MickButterfield Especially for serial killers.
I gotta say how awesome it is that you spotlighted miguel the chef. You rarely hear about the guys in the background that literally dedicate their lives to making great memories for others 🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes,
Agree!!
the pizza was great there . i remember meeting ron jeremy the porn dude there , he was sitting at a table in the kitchen with two hot blonde ladies on each side of him . and back in the late 90s i met bill maher at dublins bar right down the street from the rainbow .
AGREED.
Phenomenal pizza and chicken parm. I would go there on a weekday afternoon by myself just for the food.
I'm so jealous of the stuff he had to have seen. All the music acts from the 60's, 70's, and 80's rolling through there. A kid would be in heaven!
I love Slash's story about dressing in DRAG to get in. Awesome!
I grew up in the 70's, it really was the best period!!
Mario was one of the nicest/coolest people I've ever met. I remember him smoking cigars in his back office with friends. Going to the rainbow and making it my home bar for years was one of the best things ever. RIP Mario. We all love you brother
As a Chicagoan, Mario never lost his Chicago accent or attitude. Would have loved to met him
His comment about Manson is epic... "I'm God MFer!"❤😂
I lived in Vancouver so I never made it out that way. I've often wondered though with it being such a small venue Kevin if the average Joe was able to get inside. I hate to think it was a Studio 54 trip where only the coolest and best looking people were let in.
@@dixierae6063 it was the same as any local bar. It was very easy to get into. I used to go around 7pm and would get in without paying cover charge. But even when they started charging around 8pm it was only $5 and you got a free drink. It was/is a very chill bar.
@@lisadodsley2801Me too, I had a good laugh about that. Too bad Manson didn’t pick a fight and come to an early demise.
The greatest documentary I've seen in a long time.❤
Glad the rabbit hole led me to the Rainbow on this Friday the 13th!
For a 50 Yr old who grew up in the wheelhouse of the 80s, this was Excellent!
Can’t stand music today… Miss the good old days. The small dingy clubs, smell of sweat, liquor, and pot in the air… Crowd surfing… No cell phones. Just Rocking out. What a great time to have been young and alive. I fear it’s never coming back.
Im twenty and the music scene in my smaller midwest town is awesome. Free- $10 shows in DIY spaces such as storage units or local record shops, plus a ton of new experimental music. There's tons of different things to listen and get into, and its so accessible... I think that is awesome! Cell phones are relevant in the mainstream because cell phones are such a big part of our current time, but in smaller crowd, I barely see people on their phones. Every generation thinks their time was the prime
There is good music out there you just have to dig greater and avoid the radio
@@elizabethsapphirerose Glad to hear it’s still out there,… Keep it alive! Preserve it for future generations. 👍🏻
Sounds a lot like the modern underground metal scene. This feeling isnt dead, it's just hiding much better nowadays.
@elizabethsapphirerose your scene is nothing like the old la one don't kid yourself
Hats off to Mario, his family and the staff for basically being kind, especially to young guys chasing their dreams and providing a haven for stars to just chill and be themselves.
I was just there. It hasn't changed - I'm so glad LA hasn't torn it down yet....Keep on rockin'
So glad to have been a part of that rock scene from 1983-93. Great times.
I used to go there in 1974 to 1975 with my band. Saw all the guys in Les Zeppelin. Met Simon Kirk and Mick Ralph’s of Bad Company. Met Killer Kane of New York Dolls and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. Great memories there for sure. Long live the Rainbow!
Great to see Micky Dolenz!!!!
rock n roll never die legends never die the spirit of rock n roll will never die.
I love they give the grandson such credit its an awesome thing to hear and see !! 🩵🩶🩵🩶💫🌼
I played at the Whisky and the Roxy back in the early 90's. I also remember going into the Rainbow one random weekday night and we saw Jack Nicholson bellied up at the bar. That whole stretch of the Strip from the Whisky to the Rainbow will always be so magical!
Liar
Guns N’ Roses suck
God Bless The Rainbow!! I’m so grateful these Creatives found a HOME and I pray it will always be a HOME for whom needs it!!! ❤
-cheers !-
You better pray to The Devil, this is Rock 'N Roll! 🤘🏿🤟🏿🤘🏿😈
We got kicked out of Bar Maramont, not because we were 17, but because the bartender said we weren’t dressed right. So we went across the road to the Whiskey and then further down to the Rainbow and got hammered and listened to great music. It was a night to remember.
I was there when it first opened in '64. I was there when Johnny Rivers got hired, when the Doors were hired, and was there when both were fired. I was there when Gene Autry broke the Champaign bottle at the opening of his hotel that later became the Continental Hyatt House. I was friends with the general manager, Mr. Griffith and the manager, Dennis Rizzo. I knew Mario very well, my first name is Mario too. I hung out at the Whisky and had an apartment right up above it. Rodney Bingenheimer was and still is a friend of mine. Those were some good days.
You are one lucky individual!!!
The real Hard Rock Cafe!! Such a true comment!! :)
Back when rock was rock and the clubs were hot as hell that time is gone sad
Man! What an EXCELLENT documentary! I remember when I first heard Welcome to the Jungle and knew that I had never heard anything like it. Good times! The BEST! Miss those days. Nothing like them since.🎸🎸🎸
Nothing like the 70s and 80s people and music 👍👍👍
YOu said it. The PEOPLE.
I was lucky to meet Mario and Miguel. I still have the shirt Mario gave me. What an amazing iconic place. Rock & Rock will never Die long live the Whiskey and the Rainbow!
***** Great Documentay. Respects to the MAGLIERI FAMILIY .
In May of 1980 stopped in Hollywood on trip from Dallas to visit a friend who lived in the San Francisco Bay area. We went to The Rainbow the first night I was there. I saw a born in Denmark, but raised in L.A. blonde and said, "I have to know you!" Well, there went two years of my life. Man, I had some fun with her! Thank you Mario for examining the $100 bill I had an deeming that it was legal tender. BTW... I only bought one drink that night. I had the Over the Rainbow bartender matching shots with me within a short time. We were rock stars from Texas!
All kinds of music will never die because new kids find it and listen to it get inspired and write their own master pieces keeping the groove alive music will always live on
After reading your comment I urge you to check out the band The Warning, they are fantastic!
Music is dead
This was amazing!
What an emotional journey and one that I’d begun to think was just my imagination- I was hanging in LA in ‘82 and a friend said ‘hey, there’s a friend of mine playing at The Rainbow tonight and I promised I would at least swing by, we will just make an appearance. 15 minutes, I swear!’ So we took the bus down and walk in while they’re (of course) on a break. So she walks up to their table and they’re all dressed in these ragged clothes, wearing makeup. A lot of it. Her friend gets up and introduces himself as Nick, and goes around the table, points out everyone else. Gives her a hug, then me, thanks us for coming, and back to the stage they went. We stayed for a song about yelling at the devil or something, but it was a decent song. The guitar player was pretty damn good. We are just standing there watching by the table they had just vacated and there’s still a few guys sitting there, who said ‘you can sit down if you want, they won’t be back for a while.’ So we did.
I had been a fan of metal music back then, but I listened. I didn’t really care what anyone looked like, didn’t pay much attention to the albums or sleeves unless the artwork was cool, so I had zero clue who we were sitting with. Turns out it was Joe Perry from Aerosmith, no clue who the two others were. Really nice guy, smoked A LOT, and kept doing bumps behind his shoulder. And the band we’d come to see was Motley Crue, before anyone outside of LA had ever heard of them. Shout At The Devil was the song I’d heard.
It’s always been my little ‘brush’ with stardom, and I would always hear these stories about the Whiskey, Roxy, some of the other bars, but every time I heard someone talk about the Rainbow, it was never about a show. So I always thought maybe I’d been remembering incorrectly and this wasn’t the place. Until I watched this, that is. Now I know for sure my memory is still spot on and it’s about time this place had its time to shine.
Great place, great time, great memory made.
What an incredible story..I love hearing things like that ❤. Thank u for sharing 🤗🤗
Awesome
That's so cool!! Thanks for sharing this WOWSER of a story with all of us. 😏👍🤩👍
Trust me, by the time 'Shout At The Devil' came out in 1983, you would not see Motley perfrom in any L:A. club - they were headining bigger places by then and everybody knew who they were.
@@michaelschmidt9708 I heard the song well before the album came out- I remember hearing the song on the radio back home on 97X in the quad cities and thinking it sounded familiar. We also saw them perform at the KitKat Club the next week.
God bless ☠️ ROCK AND ROLL ✨️🎸🥁🎼🎵🤟 RIP our lost legends 🙏
Amazing documentary! Thank you so much to everyone involved who help create this. I don't live in America but I went to LA recently and I went to the Rainbow just because of the history.
When I lived in Hollywood 1990 - '96, the Rainbow was my home away from home. So many good times... I have enough stories I could write a book. Every now and again I'll reminisce and share some of these stories with my friends up here in Northern California. And sometimes somebody will say they don't believe me?
At first I would take great offense to this, because I am telling the truth. But after a while I changed my perspective, now I look at it as a compliment. Because to this person my life has been unbelievable!
Those days I could,ve met a lot of people and places there but I was so strung out I only left Pomona and Ontario to L A a few times. Big mistake
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Cheers!
Looks like you were about 10 years late...you should have been living in Seattle like I was during then. 😂
@@realasadoughnut
Sunset strip still happening big time in those years I was there.. Then the Seattle music invasion happened. And we couldn't argue with that, because it was better music.
I don't know if they had better cocaine? Lol
Perhaps you could fill in the blanks for me on that one?
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It was around 1994 - 95 when the Sunset Strip started to diminish. Everybody started going to Seattle or Las Vegas.
Las Vegas did not have a prominent music scene but they did have a party scene.
Cant help but agreeing with every word at the end of this....
People used to love the thrill of making real music and the danger of embarrassment and such.
Nowadays everything has to be perfect.
I love imperfect music
A Truly great documentary about the 2 most iconic rock spots on the West Coast, that I didn't know were related. This needs to be forwarded and viewed by all who love rock!🍾🍷🍸🍹🍺🍻🥂🥃
Great, great documentary. As a fledgling classical music pianist in my youth, I first turned to rock and roll when I heard the Motown sound emanating from my crappy am radio in the late 60's. Then, I came into this understanding of what rock really meant when my sister gave me a copy of Black Sabbath's paranoid, because she "didn't like it." I was hooked and then I found Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy, Rory Ghalagher, UFO and many more bands - and I could never get enough. The 80's, however, turned out to be the most insane part of my rock awakening. Living in San Diego, I met and worked (in the restaurant industry) with the original singer for Iron Butterfly. It was a transformational time for me and I'm sure many others and the stories...
What a great little film about a great little bar that was planted by a great soul passed down to another 2 generations of family working together creating a space for merriment quenching thirst, hunger & entertainment. I want to go here enjoy a burger 🍔 consume some whiskey 🥃 and see a great band!
Rock will never die only those of us who stop seeking out great music do.
1:10:07 -The continuing closing of some of Rock's Greatest Venues is a tragedy. The Warehouse, sometimes called the "Fillmore South" opened it's doors in Jan. 1970 and closed it's doors after The Talking Heads did the Warehouse's final show and was demolished in 1989. "Everybody who was anybody" played there, Doors, Zeppelin,Sabbath, Bowie, the Who, Pink Floyd, the Allman Brothers, just to name a small few of the artists. There is a dedicated memorial to the Warehouse located in the general vicinity where it stood. The Warehouse is a legend in itself and I had some of the greatest times of my life there.
Don't let this happen to the Rainbow, we're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy. 🎸🌈🌈🌈🎸
The greatest memories of my life. I lived across the street from the Whiskey in the 80’s. The Rainbow was our hangout. I love that place..they make the best pizza ever.
RIP Lemmy and Mario. Motorhead were huge pioneers for hard rock. One of the best bands ever even at his old age I saw him Phil and mickey kill it on stage.
I saw Motorhead play at a local bar here in Ontario - no advertising, zero public knowledge, nobody knew and we just walked into a bar for a bev with the "house band". Just wow when they walked on and I wasn't really a Motorhead fan until that night. Wow; a night to remember and a new fan was born out of the live music; not the albums. Wow.
I was supposed to see them in Toronto when I was about 17, I was working and bought 2 tickets from ticket master, well my boyfriend got to take a friend because after purchasing the tickets I was informed it was 18+ ! So I missed my chance but I tried!
I saw motorhead's 10th anniversary tour... that was probably the loudest concert I ever saw.
@@royronnie259 So you saw them in the 80s or?
@kevinamymurphy7126 That's the thing about motorhead. There's a reason they were loved around the world. Seeing lemmys old ass with a dew rag on in August in oklahoma is a testament to how tough him and the other guys were. Oklahoma summers are no joke. He kept complaining about the heat but played thru.
I used to play guitar in the death metal band Suffocation and every time we played on the sunset strip, we would always go to the rainbow. I love that place and I’ve met a lot of crazy people there.
I see Dying Fetus 54:00😂😂
this documentary was OMG. loved it. im from sweden and ever since i knew this place existed i wanted to go there. hope i can some day
jag me haha
Rock & Roll will never die and I pray God for these amazing legendary places to never shut down!! You need respect, protection and support as much as any museum in the city does! Much love and gratitude. keep rocking strong!!
I am literally shedding a tear for these places and others like it. The loss of these venues is a tragedy.
Musicians are like salmon, and they need these tributaries in order to thrive.
Only one thing.... it's not anything like it was in late 70's and early 80's.
I've seen more bands than I can remember.
Started in 75 in the Philadelphia area at the age of 15. Shortly after, I was obsessed with the whole rock&Roll community.
I couldn't get out to California fast enough to live amongst all the starving artists.
Finally made It there in 85... most of these groups I've seen but I missed the flood of ( the celebrities in vast quantities to mingle with. ) But I visited all these venues mentioned . But wasn't like back to back main named bands listed on all billboards.. Damn, I missed that wave by 5 yrs. Same as Woodstock... parents laughed... no way in hell your going there. Your older brother you been pleading with... hasn't our permission. So get it out of your head.
The difference today is, having places like this to play unfortunately wouldn't matter. They wouldn't be the tooth cutting stepping stone they once were because everything now is manufactured. Corporate garbage. Having true talent and paying your dues no longer matter. The industry just molds and creates what they think will sell. And with autotune you don't even have to have to be able to sing anymore, you just have look good.
@@maidenthe80sla For me too. Grew up in SoCal in the 70's and 80's. Just so sad to witness how much things have changed into fakes, flash and fluff. Thank goodness for old concert clips to take us back for a few moments to the days of just a real band on a stage playing music live. No base or backing tracks, no auto tune, no massive flashing LED screens or a bunch of useless "dancers".
Oh my god... I've officially turned into one of those crotchety old people, "talkin bout the good ole days". Fck!!!
the internet killed all of these clubs . it took all the money out of the music business and killed the club/bar dating scene at the same time . if nobody is trying to form a band anymore because there is no money in it anymore and if people are now using social media to meet other people to date and hang with then there is no more use for clubs and bars like there used to be . but this younger generation has no idea what they missed out on because if they did then they would all be still doing this .
@@MattyExtrordinairIndeed-rp1mk but in the 90s it was still really fun , going to sunset strip anytime before the year 2001 was still a great time .
I came to both Rainbow and Whisky last summer from Paris France to feel those rock'n'roll vibes and celebrate being there. I still remember the goosebumps I had the first time I was there couple of years ago, wondering if that was true after years and years of dreaming of that place. The Sunset Strip and those places are history, rock'n'roll history and many rock'n'roll fans from anywhere in the world know it.
I remember going there to visit my friend who moved to Hollywood in 1986. We went to those places and it was wild. 😊
I met Lemmy in the Embassy club in London in 86. Needless to say he was playing the slot machine. Had a chat for about 15 minutes. Great guy. RIP man.
Fortunate enough to play as an opening band at a number of these legendary clubs. The load-ins were always very easy, which can sometimes be a hassle. People were easy and nice to deal with… the 70s gave me a start to a very good and continuing career. 🙏
Tears of joy and happiness... this is my era this is what rock n roll was and means and why it'll never die .. we've lost too many legends so let's hope and pray to the rock gods that these kids boys and girls pick up guitars and drum sticks again stop acting like mamas boys and daddy's girls AND TURN THE MUSIC DIAL BACK AND TURN IT THE FUCK UP....
THANK YOU TO THE MAGLIERI FAMILY AND FLY HIGH AND REST EASY ALL YOU LEGENDS ❤
The late 80's were the best, I played the Whisky and hung out at the Rainbow back then. Met a lot of famous rockers, but most memorable is meeting Chris Squire (YES) and having a 4 hr conversation about everything at the Rainbow! RIP Chris and thank you!
the 90s stil had alot of famous people at the rainbow and on the strip too . alot of the 90s grunge bands were there and i met famous porn stars and even bill maher on the strip too , all in the 90s .
60s waaay better!
I styled Chris Squires hair in 96 when YES came to San Luis Obispo to do a concert. The whole band came to our salon🎉❤😊
What a great documentary. loved this so much!!! long live rock and roll!!!
WOW! This is such a Great and Well put together documentary!
From the Monkees to being a main member of those musical legends and misfits, I am astounded by Mickey Dolenz's life.
Best present from L.A.? A matchbook from the Rainbow my buddy West got for me! Thanks West!
It's impossible for me to think about a band and front man that sounded amazing live without thinking of Jani. It always amazed me that he sounded the same if not better live. Bless his heart
He was such a a kind wounded soul.
One of the best concerts I ever been to. Danger Daner opened, it was in our local arena but it wasn't promoted so there was only maybe 3000 people at the most. Caught a couple picks from the fellas. They played like it was their last gig ever. Riding on top of eachothers shoulders. Janie ripping handfuls of chest hair out of Joey's chest lol. Used every inch of that stage. And DD put on one hell of a show too. Never heard of them until that night but went out and got the cd the next day. Ahhh... to be 14 again lol.
Yep, I saw Warrant in a bar called “Rocky’s” in San Antonio in ‘94, and they blew the roof off the place. I was stationed at Ft Sam Houston and a buddy of mine and I hung out with Jani afterwards. He was very humble and was VERY supportive of the military.
R.I.P Jani ❤️
Such an awesome documentary, I really enjoyed going back for awhile. RIP Mr. Mario 🙏 and much respect to the family. Rock n Roll Forever! ❤️✌️
This was an absolutely amazing documentary about these iconic places. The owner of the Rainbow treated everyone with respect. His employees, his patrons, and the bands. Everyone was treated with respect or respectfully. Now if you disrespected him or his place, watch out. He didn't seem like a person who would back down from anyone. Star or not, if you acted like a *ss you were treated as such. But he always seemed to be willing to forgive. Help out people, and give them a chance. This was such a great opportunity to see the inner world of this place in the 70's and 80's. I was born in 67 so I don't have much experience with the late 60's and early 70's music, but I got into it much more in the later part of the 70's and especially the early 80's. I was given a cassette tape, Maxell/TDK and on side A was Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry. On side B was Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil. I first got really into side A. I was always a fan of crazy looking bands and Dee Snider was definitely crazy looking. KISS was one of my first bands/albums I got during the 70's. Mainly because of the look, the fire, the blood, etc. When I played the record? Um..... I wasn't that into it. But as I said once I got that cassette. The song We're Not Going to Take It, Stay Hungry, etc really got to me. I loved it. I listened to it for weeks. Then I finally flipped the cassette tape over. Mötley Crüe. In the Beginning started. It had a creepy feel, then 💥💥BOOM💥💥 Shout at the Devil started. Then She's Got Looks to Kill, and it never let up. Every song was so good. I had found my favorite band! I went to Mainstream Records and Tapes. A music store with a "head shop" in the back. I bought Shout at the Devil on cassette and the Album. I also grabbed their first album. From there I got more and more into the Heavy Metal scene. I saw my first Concert, Twisted Sister opened for Iron Maiden at the Mecca Arena and it was insane!! I got to see so many incredibly talented bands. Mötley Crüe over 15+ times, Metallica over 8-10 times, Iron Maiden at least 5 times. Ronnie James Dio(3-4x's), Ozzy Osborne(4-6x's), The Scorpions, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, AC⚡DC, Megadeath, RATT, Dokken, Whitesnake, Guns n` Roses, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Boston, WASP, Armored Saint, Anthrax, Def Leppard, Van Halen(w/ both singers), ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Krokus, Tesla, Great White, Queensryche, KISS, LA Guns, Heart, Twisted Sister, Nazareth, the Kinks, Metal Church, Stryper, Y & T, Lita Ford, and Loudness, the Japanese Heavy Metal band who was really good, and a few others that I missed. One early concert stands out, WASP, Metallica, and Armored Saint at the Eagles Club, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Growing up in Milwaukee during the 70's through the early 2000's we were able to see a lot of great bands at Summerfest and some other summer festivals. Plus Alpine Valley, but the one concert that still to this day was the most incredible, was PINK FLOYD at Milwaukee County🏟Stadium🏟!! I can't exactly remember the attendance, but it had to be over 30,000. Our seats were in the upper grandstand/box on the 3rd base/left field side. We could see everything! Mötley Crüe is my all-time favorite band, and I rank their concerts at the very top for every one I saw, but the Pink Floyd concert? 💗 Nothing has ever or will ever top that experience! Now these are experiences that happened 2,500 miles east. I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like to have been at the Whiskey A Go-Go or the Rainbow back in those early days. Either the early 70's or into the early 80's it had to be an incredible experience/opportunity. Thank you for sharing this with us. This was a amazing time to be in Los Angeles. For his kids? That had to be incredible!
Badass rockumentary, representing everything I know and love!!!!! Thank you so very much for this!!!! Long live rock and roll 🎸 baby!!!!!!
In 1997 I went to California with some friends of mine that were in a local band in Jacksonville Fl. The guitar and bass players were both from California. I was 19 and was lucky enough to get to go into bars like The Rainbow , Viper Room, The Whiskey A Go Go, and Troubadour. Then in 1998, we went on a 30 tour through the Midwest. They played a show called Pigstock in Clinton Iowa. It was an off date of Ozfest. We got there around 9am and Lemmy was playing the video game thing on top of the bar (we always called them crack machines). He actually invited me to play the game with him. I spent an hour just playing that game and talking to a Rock n Roll legend. After, I got coffee with Dez from Coal Chamber, hung out with everyone from Coal Chamber, and got in an argument with Whitfield Crane.
After watching this documentary a year or so ago, it all made sense since Lemmy would just sit there and play that game all night
Mario was amazing, spoiled me in infinite ways, gave me my first club gig on Sundays at On the rocks! Miss him, love him grateful for all the amazing minutes he gave me. He had a magic to make everyone feel important! ❤😅 I am sorry to hear that Michael passed last week😢😢. I will support the whiskey and the rainbow until I go!
Wait, did he also own On the Rocks? Wasn't that in Woodland hills or Reseda or something? I used to go there regularly in the '90s when I lived in SoCal.
Steven Riley my favorite drummer from my favorite band La Guns gets a shout out. RIP brother you will be missed
My very first concert ever !
Never been to the Rainbow, Hell ive never even been to America but sitting on my sofa here in the UK, for the last hour i feel like i'm there 👌
I am from Boston,flew out to Hollywood to see the last Van Halen show!
Went to the Rainbow afterward and heard Ain't Talkin Bout Love blaring as soon as I walked in!! What a great Night!
This is the second time I've watched this in the last year and it was definitely worth seeing again.
Played the Whisky with my band back in June, and we all hung out at the Rainbow after the show. It's a mystical place for sure, there's an aura in there that cant be matched. Food was good too and service was great. You can get away with murder in there, especially if you are in a band. Rock and Roll forever, thanks Rainbow!!
I love how the owner dealt with Charlie Manson😅
Lived in LA from around 86-92 and could regularly be found roaming the Strip. What an amazing time that was.
They certainly should idolize him. The money he spent in that bar in his life would have paid cash for 2 clubs the size of the Rainbow. Lemmy's own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I LOVE it.
I’m in love with this video. My favourite thing I’ve ever seen on you tube. Ever! 🙏🙏🔥🔥🌈🌈
Blackberry Smoke is the best band I've heard come out since the 2000's began...imo
Rival Sons, too, imo
Can't understand Ozzie. Mumble mumble
I was an 80's east coast kid and used to read every rock magazine there was (you know the ones) to learn more about my favorite bands. The Rainbow and The Whisky were these mythical places that I dreamed to see one day, but never really thought I'd see. I've been to CA many times, and I ALWAYS find a way to hit them both. Last summer, I took my son out there. There's something absolutely magical about The Rainbow and The Whisky. I can't wait to go again.
Such a great documentary! Times were so good not that long ago. Born and raised in SoCal. Miss those days!
WOW! That was a freaking wonderful ride down...Rock N Roll memory lane. And man it took me back...to the good Ole days!
Thanks for a good time
rip mario!!!!! dopeness incarnate. an absolute sweetheart u too lemmie
Que Historia legal, o Sr. Mario era um Homem bom demais. Saudades dos anos 80. Gratidao por compartilhar esse documentario!
I really appreciate Gravitas putting these documentaries on UA-cam. I just wish UA-cam would scale back on their constant commercials!
Get UA-cam premium! It's worth it. No commercials.
I work as FOH at a Club in NW Iowa.. I grew up with *this* being on the edge my my Formative years... and with That being said..'m a ROCKER, and my Love for music was developed from what came out of the Sun Set Strip. That will stay with me FOREVER!!
We didn't know how much we had until the 80s ended.
amazing thanks for this. am 51 since am 13 into listening buying music good one above all metal punk hc old school one. but also good indipendent rock noise reggae dub etc. i ve passed this to my daughter who at 111 plays guitar and loves most of the bands i love. and hope rock n roll will stay with her forever as it is for us, and or good music in general. peace to all.
Great documentary. Minus queen Simmons. Leave him out of all future docs. Please
I was born in 1988 and for me all the good music was from the 60’s 70’s and 80’s for sure. Best years for music I appreciated the true artistry that these artists put out for all of us to feel and create long lasting memories, listening to their music. It’s kind of heartbreaking that music has changed so much but at least we can still go back and listen and grab up some of those old feelings, long live the whiskey ago!!
My bucket list is to have a nice lunch and dinner at the Rainbow and get pics of all that history, it's a rock-n-roll shrine and without question very hallowed ground.
Excellent documentary! Thank you! Love everyone in this video. Born in 86 I missed all the greats but respect rock and roll so much! 💕💞
God bless the Maglieri legacy. Long live Rock n Roll! So nostalgic I cried. We all grew up there & lived through these changes. Everyone has a book of personal stories about it living inside of them. I am so happy to be a part of the Rainbow & Sunset Strip Family. Love to you all! xoxo
The Whiskey 🥃 is another great institution.
That was my hangout between 1973-1976. Many stories to tell.
You father, grandfather and “family” (all of us too) are proud of you young man !!
I always wish I could go back One Night from the Best Times of Our Rocker Lives! Oh the memories!! ❤❤❤ Great video. ❤❤❤