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Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco
🇺🇸Los Angeles, United States
Created by KROQ DJ and publicist Rodney Bingenheimer ("The Mayor of the Sunset Strip") with encouragement from David Bowie to bring British Glam Rock to Los Angeles. This mirrored, kitschy storefront served as a clubhouse for Led Zeppelin, The Stooges, T. Rex, and The New York Dolls.
Empire Rock Club
🇺🇸Philadelphia, United States
A northeast Philly venue that became a key spot for heavy metal and glam rock in the 1980s—a rarity in a city where punk and indie dominated.
Gazzarri's
🇺🇸Los Angeles, United States
Strip landmark that broke The Doors in the 60s and hair-metal titans (Poison, Warrant) in the 80s.
Gossips
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom
Gossips (formerly Billys) was a basement club at 69 Dean Street known for its influential goth nights, most famously The Batcave, which opened in July 1982. The Batcave was the "birthplace of the Southern English goth subculture". It featured a dark, cobweb-strewn decor, a coffin-shaped entrance, and played new wave, glam rock, and then increasingly gothic rock. The club operated seven nights a week with different subcultures each night.
The Starwood
🇺🇸Los Angeles, United States
A notorious nightclub and live rock venue on Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood. The Starwood was active in the mid-to-late 1970s and was a key venue bridging the glam, hard rock, and early punk scenes in L.A. It was known for wild nights and for the criminal exploits of its owner, Eddie Nash, as much as for the music.
The Coventry
🇺🇸New York, United States
Originally the Popcorn Pub, The Coventry in Sunnyside is hallowed ground for rock historians. One of the few clubs in early 1970s that nurtured original bands rather than cover acts.
Max's Kansas City
🇺🇸New York, United States
A combined restaurant, bar, and music club. Max's Kansas City was the hangout for the glam rock and art crowd in the late '60s and early '70s. Famed for its back-room scene of artists (Warhol's Factory regulars) and rock stars, Max's also had an upstairs music venue where numerous pivotal shows took place.