“There’s something happening here”: The 10 most famous venues of Los Angeles’ counterculture
“I’d be safe and warm / If I was in LA.”
Los Angeles
“The beginning”: the 1970 album back cover that led to the Hard Rock Cafe
“I always feel like I should get a free hamburger.”
“You could relate”: The revolutionary song Guns N’ Roses wrote in a basement in 1985
Small start, big dreams.
Three icons, one street: the Los Angeles alleyway that defined Hollywood’s early years
A century of history in one street.
‘London Fog’: The dingy venue in Los Angeles that gave birth to The Doors
“Two or three customers all night…”
A Los Angeles gospel choir inspired an entire Paramore album: “I welled up with tears”
Ain’t it fun? Certainly is.
Big reputation for a small stage: the stark reality of Elton John’s Los Angeles debut
The making of a star.
How a Los Angeles riot fired up a classic Ministry video and captured political breakdown
“I’m in love with the promised land…”
