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October 2009

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Friday, October 2, 2009 – The Music Scene 66

The Sunset Strip is where rock starts, and if you're stuck elsewhere, you might as well be dead. This is what's happening. Here's your dose of the scene, a Friday afternoon on the Sunset Strip, starting with these four guys floating above the famous Whisky a Go Go – The Byrds, Alice Cooper, Buffalo Springfield were regulars, and The Doors were the house band for a while. Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention got their record contract based on a performance at the Whisky. In the seventies it was Quiet Riot, Renegade, X, Mötley Crüe and Van Halen, and even those guys that got together at the Rhode Island School of Design, Talking Heads. The Whiskey is the epicenter of something or other.

Rock billboard above the Whisky on the Sunset Strip

Across the street is The Viper Room, and yes, River Phoenix is still dead –

Marquee at the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip - Dirty Lounge

Out back, in the parking lot, the new bands post their stickers –

Rock sticker behind the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip
Rock sticker behind the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip
Rock sticker behind the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip
Rock sticker behind the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip
Rock sticker behind the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip

Above the parking lot, a babe –

Billboard on the Sunset Strip - Wet
Billboard on the Sunset Strip - Wet
Marquee at the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip
Rock billboard above the Whisky on the Sunset Strip

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto.  The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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