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{{Infobox location
| name          = The Viper Room
| image         = Super-Chrono-19920709-c.jpg
| caption       = [[Weezer concert: 07/09/1992]]
| alt           =
| type          = Venue
| address       = 8852 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 [[Image:WP-KarlQ&A-attachment-27.jpg|25px|link=https://www.google.com/maps/place/8852+Sunset+Blvd,+West+Hollywood,+CA+90069/@34.0904374,-118.4034078,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2bea3a2d8da79:0x5daf93ec8ec3b112!8m2!3d34.090421!4d-118.3849537!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3xg35m?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D]]
| country       = United States {{flag|usa}}
| years_active  = 1980's-present
| tenants       =
| former_names  = The Central (1980's-1993)
| current_name = The Viper Room (1993-present)
| website       = [https://www.viperroom.com/ https://www.viperroom.com/]
}}
'''8852 Sunset Blvd.''' (currently '''The Viper Room''', formerly '''The Central''') is a music venue in West Hollywood, CA. The location is one block away from the [[Whisky a Go Go]].
==Overview==
[[Weezer]] played 10 shows at this location while it was called The Central. From [[1992]] to [[1993]], they regularly booked the weekly show entitled "Club Dump." They commemorated this with the promotion around [[Weezer concert: 03/15/2024|a show in March 2024]] to mark the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Blue Album]]''.
{{Main|Historic event: 05/07/1992}}
{{Karl Koch quote 2|Club- Dump was held Thursday nights at the Central, a Sunset Strip club in Hollywood that much later was bought, re-modeled, and reopened as the Viper Room. Way back then it was anything but glamorous, in fact it was pretty skanky! But it was one of the very few clubs that had a booking policy that made any sense, and who actually sort of catered to non-glam/metal bands. The club was run by a curious guy whose name was Yowsah! [including the "!"]. Yowsah! used to be roomates with some members of Wax, and he was originally from Hawaii. He led a sort of dirgy punk band called "Methadone Cocktail", and part of playing his Club Dump shows was often sharing the bill with his band.}}

In November of [[2001]], Weezer played three shows at the Viper Room under the name [[Goat Punishment]].
==Weezer concerts==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:.8em; text-align:center; width:80%"
! style="background: #7ad;" width=15%|Tour
! style="background: #7ad;" width=10%|Date
! style="background: #7ad;" width=5%|Country
! style="background: #7ad;" width=15%|City
! style="background: #7ad;" width=15%|Venue
! style="background: #7ad;" width=15%|Opening act(s)
! style="background: #7ad;" width=9%|Bootleg(s)
! style="background: #7ad;" width=16%|Concert
! style="background: #7ad;" width=9%|Source
|-
| |
| |[[May 7]], [[1992]]
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |[[Wax]], [[Joyride]], [[Black Market Flowers]], Crash Course
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 05/07/1992]]
| |<ref>[[Historic event: 05/07/1992]] by [[Karl Koch]]. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209203943/http://www.weezer.com/karlscorner/chrono.asp?NEWSID=9228].</ref> <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/579002765 Newspapers.com] archive of ''LA Weekly'', Thursday, May 7, 1992, Page 96.</ref>
|-
| |
| |[[July 9]], 1992
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |[[Loungefly]], [[Wayne]], [[Crux]], [[12 and Counting]]
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 07/09/1992]]
| |<ref>[[Historic event: 07/09/1992]] by [[Karl Koch]]. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209212827/http://www.weezer.com/karlscorner/chrono.asp?NEWSID=9325].</ref> <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/579263472 Newspapers.com] archive of ''LA Weekly'', Thursday, July 9, 1992, Page 84.</ref>
|-
| |
| |[[August 20]], 1992
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |[[Black Market Flowers]], [[El Magnifico]], Further, and Swirl, God's Gift to God
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 08/20/1992]]
| |<ref>[[Historic event: 08/20/1992]] by [[Karl Koch]]. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209214038/http://www.weezer.com/karlscorner/chrono.asp?NEWSID=9871].</ref> <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/579007209] archive of ''LA Weekly'', Thursday, August 20, 1992, Page 71.</ref>
|-
| |
| |[[October 15]], 1992
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |[[Black Market Flowers]], Spade Ghetto Destruction, [[Crank]], [[Borax]], Psychedelicatessen
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 10/15/1992]]
| |<ref>[[Historic event: 10/15/1992]] by [[Karl Koch]]. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209213614/http://www.weezer.com/karlscorner/chrono.asp?NEWSID=10178].</ref> <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/579205852 Newspapers.com] archive of ''LA Weekly'', Thursday, October 15, 1992, Page 90.</ref>
|-
| |
| |[[November 12]], 1992
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |[[El Magnifico]], Monkey Paw, [[Joyride]], and Silvertrain
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 11/12/1992]]
| |<ref>[[Historic event: 11/12/1992]] by [[Karl Koch]]. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209213943/http://www.weezer.com/karlscorner/chrono.asp?NEWSID=10189]</ref>
|-
| |
| |[[December 10]], 1992
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |Four, It, [[Borax]], and Crank
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 12/10/1992]]
| |<ref>[[Historic event: 12/10/1992]] by [[Karl Koch]]. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050208192818/http://www.weezer.com/karlscorner/chrono.asp?NEWSID=10193]</ref>
|-
| |
| |[[January 21]], [[1993]]
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |Los Angeles, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |99, Sylvia Dreams of Angels, [[12 and Counting]]
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 01/21/1993]]
| |
|-
| |
| |[[March 25]], 1993
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |Los Angeles, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |[[El Magnifico]], Slide, M80, [[Annapurna]]
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 03/25/1993]]
| |
|-
| |
| |[[April 29]], 1993
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |Los Angeles, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |El Magnifico, Methadone Cocktail, [[12 and Counting]], [[That Dog]]
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 04/29/1993]]
| |
|-
| |
| |[[May 20]], 1993
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |Los Angeles, CA
| |The Central (Club Dump)
| |[[Joyride]], [[12 and Counting]], Nine Iron
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 05/20/1993]]
| |
|-
| |(as [[Goat Punishment]])
| |[[November 6]], [[2001]]
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Viper Room
| |[[The Special Goodness]], [[AM Radio]]
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 11/06/2001]]
| |
|-
| |(as [[Goat Punishment]])
| |[[November 7]], 2001
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Viper Room
| |[[The Special Goodness]], [[AM Radio]]
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 11/07/2001]]
| |
|-
| |(as [[Goat Punishment]])
| |[[November 8]], 2001
| |{{flag|usa}}
| |West Hollywood, CA
| |The Viper Room
| |[[The Special Goodness]], [[AM Radio]]
| |
| |[[Weezer concert: 11/08/2001]]
| |
|-
|}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Super-Chrono-19920709-a.jpg|Poster for [[Weezer concert: 07/09/1992]]
Super-Chrono-19920709-b.jpg|Poster for [[Weezer concert: 07/09/1992]]
Super-Chrono-19920709-c.jpg|[[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Jason Cropper]], July 9, 1992
Super-Chrono-19921015-c.jpg|Posters for [[Weezer concert: 10/15/1992]]
Super-Chrono-19921112-c.jpg|Poster for [[Weezer concert: 11/12/1992]]
Super-Chrono-19920121-b.jpg|Poster for [[Weezer concert: 01/21/1993]]
Image:Karlscorner-20011106-e.jpg|[[Weezer concert: 11/06/2001]]
Image:Karlscorner-20011106-f.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/06/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011106-g.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/06/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011106-h.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/06/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-a.jpg|[[Weezer concert: 11/07/2001]]
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-b.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-c.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-d.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-e.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-f.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-g.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011107-h.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011108-a.jpg|[[Weezer concert: 11/08/2001]]
Image:Karlscorner-20011108-b.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/08/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011108-c.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/08/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011108-d.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/08/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011108-e.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/08/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011108-f.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/08/2001
Image:Karlscorner-20011108-g.jpg|Weezer concert: 11/08/2001
Poster-20240315.jpg|[[Weezer concert: 03/15/2024]] (not held at this location)
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[List of Weezer concerts]]

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