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| | | 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) | ||
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| 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 [[Whiskey a Go Go]]. | '''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 [[Whiskey a Go Go]]. | ||
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[[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]]''. | [[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}} | {{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.}} | {{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]]. | In November of [[2001]], Weezer played three shows at the Viper Room under the name [[Goat Punishment]]. | ||