The Rainbow - A Documentary About the Historic Rainbow Bar on Hollywood's Sunset Strip
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2023
- While the world around it has changed dramatically, The Rainbow Bar and Grill has remained as one of the last bastions of true Rock n' Roll on Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip. Legendary musicians recount their stories from the iconic venue.
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Directed By: Zak Knutson
Starring: Ron Jeremy, Gene Simmons, Micky Dolenz, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Lita Ford, Lemmy Kilmister, Wendy Dio, James Pankow, Robert Lamm + Many More!
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The 80's and early 90's what a great time to be a teenager.
I was there… right smack in the middle.
Feel blessed!
Hell yeah
100% agree, It honestly must suck now, although teenagers today will never know how great it was not having every moment of your life on film. If that was the case, they would have locked a large portion of GenX up a long time ago.
Damn true statement. I was born in 83 and grew up in the 90's. That was the last great decade.
@@adamhale2526 Born '77 raised in the 80's , Partying in the 90's and then.... The end of the World as we knew it!. The last decade that something interesting happened. Greetings from Argentina.
I was the bass player of the Band Prowler late 80S / early 90s and we headlined the Whisky A Go Go many times. We would hang out at the Rainbow before the show and have beer and pizza. It was a great time to be alive and in the music industry, also I have played above the Rainbow for a private party and Lemmy of Moterhead stopped by, also played the Viper room, Gazzaris, Key Club. Troubadour , Cat Club
Congratulations 🎉
I am from Berlin and was there in 1992. I went to the Rainbow every night for 6 weeks. Lemmy was there almost every night. I've met Slash there and Black Sabbath and more. What a time to be in your prime!
Can't they make the Rainbow and Whiskey a national monument so it can never be torn down or changed. LOVED THE 70's and 80's. Wonderful Documentary
I 100% agree with you. Funniest thing is I’ve never even been to California lol. I’m born and raised in Ohio but I’ve fantasized about hanging out there since I was a teen in the 80’s. I even watch videos on CZcams that show the insides of the places lol I know it sounds so goofy but I’ve always been fascinated with those places along with old Hollywood
Hollywood is dead as a doornail. Do tt waste your time
To me that makes sense 😲 but I'm England we lose historical venues associated with music sadly ☹️💔🌍 it's not preserved eXcept in memory
😂 yeah he does suck!!!! So where was he drinking instead then?!?
@Jayhawk9 sadly, there is nothing to see anymore.
60s,70s & 80s rock bands will forever shine like a Rainbow..'drugs,sex and rock&roll' ..what a documentary..I felt like teenage again..now I m 59yrs old..hell yeah❤
Im 51 and I wish I got to see those times. At least the beginning of metal.. I was like two.,born in 71..
Went there for lunch with my wife and teenaged kids when we went to LA on vacation from North Dakota. We had tourist written all over us, our midwestern pallor burnt by the southern CA sun. Had no idea what to expect. The staff was so nice! Manager took us around, showing us the highlights, told us stories. The waitress was as sweet as any Midwestern farm girl. Probably the highlight of the trip. We are going back at the end of the month as will definitely be going back.
I gotta say how awesome it is that you spotlighted miguel the chef. You rarely hear about the guys in the background that literally dedicate their lives to making great memories for others 🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes,
Agree!!
the pizza was great there . i remember meeting ron jeremy the porn dude there , he was sitting at a table in the kitchen with two hot blonde ladies on each side of him . and back in the late 90s i met bill maher at dublins bar right down the street from the rainbow .
AGREED.
Phenomenal pizza and chicken parm. I would go there on a weekday afternoon by myself just for the food.
Can’t stand music today… Miss the good old days. The small dingy clubs, smell of sweat, liquor, and pot in the air… Crowd surfing… No cell phones. Just Rocking out. What a great time to have been young and alive. I fear it’s never coming back.
started playing hair guitar in 1985. I was 15. I cannot begin to tell you, or over state, how incredible it was to be a teen and a new guitar player at the beginning of Mtv and the landslide election of hair metal to the throne of rock n roll. It was fantastic. If I had a Delorean, I would definitely go back to the 80s. 👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
Well said. We're the same age and started playing at the same time. Keep the faith!
@@ryanweatherman-holt4805🤘
Also started in 85’at 15.then graduated to the real deal soon after hearing slayer.
Going back to the 80s with today's wisdom 😋🤟🖤
And I'd be hitching a ride back there with you.
Mario was one of the nicest/coolest people I've ever met. I remember him smoking cigars in his back office with friends. Going to the rainbow and making it my home bar for years was one of the best things ever. RIP Mario. We all love you brother
As a Chicagoan, Mario never lost his Chicago accent or attitude. Would have loved to met him
His comment about Manson is epic... "I'm God MFer!"❤😂
I lived in Vancouver so I never made it out that way. I've often wondered though with it being such a small venue Kevin if the average Joe was able to get inside. I hate to think it was a Studio 54 trip where only the coolest and best looking people were let in.
@@dixierae6063 it was the same as any local bar. It was very easy to get into. I used to go around 7pm and would get in without paying cover charge. But even when they started charging around 8pm it was only $5 and you got a free drink. It was/is a very chill bar.
@@lisadodsley2801Me too, I had a good laugh about that. Too bad Manson didn’t pick a fight and come to an early demise.
You can't duplicate it. It's rather sad. But at the same time, we could be thankful for being alive for it. It's how you look at it. Thank you to all the rock legends, you'll never die.
As the son said that is "the real Hard Rock Cafe"
same with the rock n roll hall of fame@@annalisavajda252 🙄
Could some of the night clubs be reopened under new management ?
Amen 😢
🎉❤ 😊 🌈 🎶
🔊 🎸 🎤 👩🎤 👨🎤 🎶 💃🕺 💕 🙏 😊
Mario: "You gotta treat everybody good.....except Manson, fuck that guy!" Lol.
I love The Rainbow and the Whiskey. Been going to both 100s of times since the 80's. Mario and Tony were always nice to me and my Italian family. Mike and Mikey have always been cool to all patrons and great down to earth people to carry on the tradition on the Sunset Strip. Long live Rock and Roll!
I used to go there in 1974 to 1975 with my band. Saw all the guys in Les Zeppelin. Met Simon Kirk and Mick Ralph’s of Bad Company. Met Killer Kane of New York Dolls and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. Great memories there for sure. Long live the Rainbow!
I'm so jealous of the stuff he had to have seen. All the music acts from the 60's, 70's, and 80's rolling through there. A kid would be in heaven!
This was amazing!
What an emotional journey and one that I’d begun to think was just my imagination- I was hanging in LA in ‘82 and a friend said ‘hey, there’s a friend of mine playing at The Rainbow tonight and I promised I would at least swing by, we will just make an appearance. 15 minutes, I swear!’ So we took the bus down and walk in while they’re (of course) on a break. So she walks up to their table and they’re all dressed in these ragged clothes, wearing makeup. A lot of it. Her friend gets up and introduces himself as Nick, and goes around the table, points out everyone else. Gives her a hug, then me, thanks us for coming, and back to the stage they went. We stayed for a song about yelling at the devil or something, but it was a decent song. The guitar player was pretty damn good. We are just standing there watching by the table they had just vacated and there’s still a few guys sitting there, who said ‘you can sit down if you want, they won’t be back for a while.’ So we did.
I had been a fan of metal music back then, but I listened. I didn’t really care what anyone looked like, didn’t pay much attention to the albums or sleeves unless the artwork was cool, so I had zero clue who we were sitting with. Turns out it was Joe Perry from Aerosmith, no clue who the two others were. Really nice guy, smoked A LOT, and kept doing bumps behind his shoulder. And the band we’d come to see was Motley Crue, before anyone outside of LA had ever heard of them. Shout At The Devil was the song I’d heard.
It’s always been my little ‘brush’ with stardom, and I would always hear these stories about the Whiskey, Roxy, some of the other bars, but every time I heard someone talk about the Rainbow, it was never about a show. So I always thought maybe I’d been remembering incorrectly and this wasn’t the place. Until I watched this, that is. Now I know for sure my memory is still spot on and it’s about time this place had its time to shine.
Great place, great time, great memory made.
What an incredible story..I love hearing things like that ❤. Thank u for sharing 🤗🤗
Awesome
That's so cool!! Thanks for sharing this WOWSER of a story with all of us. 😏👍🤩👍
Trust me, by the time 'Shout At The Devil' came out in 1983, you would not see Motley perfrom in any L:A. club - they were headining bigger places by then and everybody knew who they were.
@@michaelschmidt9708 I heard the song well before the album came out- I remember hearing the song on the radio back home on 97X in the quad cities and thinking it sounded familiar. We also saw them perform at the KitKat Club the next week.
RIP Lemmy and Mario. Motorhead were huge pioneers for hard rock. One of the best bands ever even at his old age I saw him Phil and mickey kill it on stage.
I saw Motorhead play at a local bar here in Ontario - no advertising, zero public knowledge, nobody knew and we just walked into a bar for a bev with the "house band". Just wow when they walked on and I wasn't really a Motorhead fan until that night. Wow; a night to remember and a new fan was born out of the live music; not the albums. Wow.
I was supposed to see them in Toronto when I was about 17, I was working and bought 2 tickets from ticket master, well my boyfriend got to take a friend because after purchasing the tickets I was informed it was 18+ ! So I missed my chance but I tried!
I saw motorhead's 10th anniversary tour... that was probably the loudest concert I ever saw.
@@royronnie259 So you saw them in the 80s or?
@kevinamymurphy7126 That's the thing about motorhead. There's a reason they were loved around the world. Seeing lemmys old ass with a dew rag on in August in oklahoma is a testament to how tough him and the other guys were. Oklahoma summers are no joke. He kept complaining about the heat but played thru.
I am literally shedding a tear for these places and others like it. The loss of these venues is a tragedy.
Musicians are like salmon, and they need these tributaries in order to thrive.
Only one thing.... it's not anything like it was in late 70's and early 80's.
I've seen more bands than I can remember.
Started in 75 in the Philadelphia area at the age of 15. Shortly after, I was obsessed with the whole rock&Roll community.
I couldn't get out to California fast enough to live amongst all the starving artists.
Finally made It there in 85... most of these groups I've seen but I missed the flood of ( the celebrities in vast quantities to mingle with. ) But I visited all these venues mentioned . But wasn't like back to back main named bands listed on all billboards.. Damn, I missed that wave by 5 yrs. Same as Woodstock... parents laughed... no way in hell your going there. Your older brother you been pleading with... hasn't our permission. So get it out of your head.
The difference today is, having places like this to play unfortunately wouldn't matter. They wouldn't be the tooth cutting stepping stone they once were because everything now is manufactured. Corporate garbage. Having true talent and paying your dues no longer matter. The industry just molds and creates what they think will sell. And with autotune you don't even have to have to be able to sing anymore, you just have look good.
@@maidenthe80sla For me too. Grew up in SoCal in the 70's and 80's. Just so sad to witness how much things have changed into fakes, flash and fluff. Thank goodness for old concert clips to take us back for a few moments to the days of just a real band on a stage playing music live. No base or backing tracks, no auto tune, no massive flashing LED screens or a bunch of useless "dancers".
Oh my god... I've officially turned into one of those crotchety old people, "talkin bout the good ole days". Fck!!!
the internet killed all of these clubs . it took all the money out of the music business and killed the club/bar dating scene at the same time . if nobody is trying to form a band anymore because there is no money in it anymore and if people are now using social media to meet other people to date and hang with then there is no more use for clubs and bars like there used to be . but this younger generation has no idea what they missed out on because if they did then they would all be still doing this .
@@MattyExtrordinairIndeed-rp1mk but in the 90s it was still really fun , going to sunset strip anytime before the year 2001 was still a great time .
God Bless The Rainbow!! I’m so grateful these Creatives found a HOME and I pray it will always be a HOME for whom needs it!!! ❤
-cheers !-
I was there when it first opened in '64. I was there when Johnny Rivers got hired, when the Doors were hired, and was there when both were fired. I was there when Gene Autry broke the Champaign bottle at the opening of his hotel that later became the Continental Hyatt House. I was friends with the general manager, Mr. Griffith and the manager, Dennis Rizzo. I knew Mario very well, my first name is Mario too. I hung out at the Whisky and had an apartment right up above it. Rodney Bingenheimer was and still is a friend of mine. Those were some good days.
You are one lucky individual!!!
Glad the rabbit hole led me to the Rainbow on this Friday the 13th!
For a 50 Yr old who grew up in the wheelhouse of the 80s, this was Excellent!
When I lived in Hollywood 1990 - '96, the Rainbow was my home away from home. So many good times... I have enough stories I could write a book. Every now and again I'll reminisce and share some of these stories with my friends up here in Northern California. And sometimes somebody will say they don't believe me?
At first I would take great offense to this, because I am telling the truth. But after a while I changed my perspective, now I look at it as a compliment. Because to this person my life has been unbelievable!
Those days I could,ve met a lot of people and places there but I was so strung out I only left Pomona and Ontario to L A a few times. Big mistake
@@msmysticstorytime
Cheers!
Looks like you were about 10 years late...you should have been living in Seattle like I was during then. 😂
@@realasadoughnut
Sunset strip still happening big time in those years I was there.. Then the Seattle music invasion happened. And we couldn't argue with that, because it was better music.
I don't know if they had better cocaine? Lol
Perhaps you could fill in the blanks for me on that one?
@@realasadoughnut
It was around 1994 - 95 when the Sunset Strip started to diminish. Everybody started going to Seattle or Las Vegas.
Las Vegas did not have a prominent music scene but they did have a party scene.
A Truly great documentary about the 2 most iconic rock spots on the West Coast, that I didn't know were related. This needs to be forwarded and viewed by all who love rock!🍾🍷🍸🍹🍺🍻🥂🥃
I played at the Whisky and the Roxy back in the early 90's. I also remember going into the Rainbow one random weekday night and we saw Jack Nicholson bellied up at the bar. That whole stretch of the Strip from the Whisky to the Rainbow will always be so magical!
Liar
Guns N’ Roses suck
1:10:07 -The continuing closing of some of Rock's Greatest Venues is a tragedy. The Warehouse, sometimes called the "Fillmore South" opened it's doors in Jan. 1970 and closed it's doors after The Talking Heads did the Warehouse's final show and was demolished in 1989. "Everybody who was anybody" played there, Doors, Zeppelin,Sabbath, Bowie, the Who, Pink Floyd, the Allman Brothers, just to name a small few of the artists. There is a dedicated memorial to the Warehouse located in the general vicinity where it stood. The Warehouse is a legend in itself and I had some of the greatest times of my life there.
Don't let this happen to the Rainbow, we're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy. 🎸🌈🌈🌈🎸
rock n roll never die legends never die the spirit of rock n roll will never die.
I love how the owner dealt with Charlie Manson😅
It's impossible for me to think about a band and front man that sounded amazing live without thinking of Jani. It always amazed me that he sounded the same if not better live. Bless his heart
He was such a a kind wounded soul.
One of the best concerts I ever been to. Danger Daner opened, it was in our local arena but it wasn't promoted so there was only maybe 3000 people at the most. Caught a couple picks from the fellas. They played like it was their last gig ever. Riding on top of eachothers shoulders. Janie ripping handfuls of chest hair out of Joey's chest lol. Used every inch of that stage. And DD put on one hell of a show too. Never heard of them until that night but went out and got the cd the next day. Ahhh... to be 14 again lol.
Yep, I saw Warrant in a bar called “Rocky’s” in San Antonio in ‘94, and they blew the roof off the place. I was stationed at Ft Sam Houston and a buddy of mine and I hung out with Jani afterwards. He was very humble and was VERY supportive of the military.
R.I.P Jani ❤️
Fortunate enough to play as an opening band at a number of these legendary clubs. The load-ins were always very easy, which can sometimes be a hassle. People were easy and nice to deal with… the 70s gave me a start to a very good and continuing career. 🙏
Man! What an EXCELLENT documentary! I remember when I first heard Welcome to the Jungle and knew that I had never heard anything like it. Good times! The BEST! Miss those days. Nothing like them since.🎸🎸🎸
The late 80's were the best, I played the Whisky and hung out at the Rainbow back then. Met a lot of famous rockers, but most memorable is meeting Chris Squire (YES) and having a 4 hr conversation about everything at the Rainbow! RIP Chris and thank you!
the 90s stil had alot of famous people at the rainbow and on the strip too . alot of the 90s grunge bands were there and i met famous porn stars and even bill maher on the strip too , all in the 90s .
Back when people could go out and have fun. Now they gotta film everyone
Back when people could go out and have fun. Now they gotta film everyone
Back when people could go out and have fun.
60s waaay better!
Mario, from what he told me personally, served in WW2, was a combat veteran in Belgium in 1944-1945 during the Battle of the Bulge where America lost more soldiers than any other battle. Imagine what our experiences would have been if he had been KIA. One person living opened up thousands of experiences that could only be captured through the doors of the Rainbow.
WOW!!!!!!!!-HIS BIGGEST Service to US All was WWll!!!+-& Then Served Us all Again with The Rainbow & Whisky!!!-RIP DEAR MARIO❤️🙏❤️💕❤️🎶🎵🎶 AND MIGUEL AND OUR LOVELY LEMMY❤️💋💞❤🖤❤♠️❤️
And,-THAAANK YOU!!!!!!!!❤️🙏❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️🇺🇸❤️💕❤️💕❤️
You can tell he’s an old combat vet, at least I can because I’m one as well.
@@bigdaddy7119 Yes. I think he was surprised I knew about his era. Two grandfather's and two uncles served as combat vets so you learn to see it a person. The battle he was in was the greatest loss of life ever to the US Army. I remember him telling me how cold it was.
@@Doesitmatter113 definitely! I come from a military family, and my Paternal grandfather served in the Army in WW2 in the Infantry. He landed on Utah Beach on D Day and fought in the Battle of the bulge, and all the way into Germany. That being said, those of us who have served can ALWAYS tell if someone else is a vet, because of the attitude, body language, how they talk, walk, etc. That’s how we can pick up on the stolen valor idiots so well and quickly lol! Especially when their “uniforms” and “awards” don’t match up! 🤣🤣🙄🤦🏼♂️
I was lucky to meet Mario and Miguel. I still have the shirt Mario gave me. What an amazing iconic place. Rock & Rock will never Die long live the Whiskey and the Rainbow!
Amazing documentary! Thank you so much to everyone involved who help create this. I don't live in America but I went to LA recently and I went to the Rainbow just because of the history.
They certainly should idolize him. The money he spent in that bar in his life would have paid cash for 2 clubs the size of the Rainbow. Lemmy's own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I LOVE it.
I used to play guitar in the death metal band Suffocation and every time we played on the sunset strip, we would always go to the rainbow. I love that place and I’ve met a lot of crazy people there.
I see Dying Fetus 54:00😂😂
I love Slash's story about dressing in DRAG to get in. Awesome!
Tears of joy and happiness... this is my era this is what rock n roll was and means and why it'll never die .. we've lost too many legends so let's hope and pray to the rock gods that these kids boys and girls pick up guitars and drum sticks again stop acting like mamas boys and daddy's girls AND TURN THE MUSIC DIAL BACK AND TURN IT THE FUCK UP....
THANK YOU TO THE MAGLIERI FAMILY AND FLY HIGH AND REST EASY ALL YOU LEGENDS ❤
this documentary was OMG. loved it. im from sweden and ever since i knew this place existed i wanted to go there. hope i can some day
jag me haha
All kinds of music will never die because new kids find it and listen to it get inspired and write their own master pieces keeping the groove alive music will always live on
After reading your comment I urge you to check out the band The Warning, they are fantastic!
Music is dead
I came to both Rainbow and Whisky last summer from Paris France to feel those rock'n'roll vibes and celebrate being there. I still remember the goosebumps I had the first time I was there couple of years ago, wondering if that was true after years and years of dreaming of that place. The Sunset Strip and those places are history, rock'n'roll history and many rock'n'roll fans from anywhere in the world know it.
Nothing like the 70s and 80s people and music 👍👍👍
***** Great Documentay. Respects to the MAGLIERI FAMILIY .
WOW! This is such a Great and Well put together documentary!
Blackberry Smoke is the best band I've heard come out since the 2000's began...imo
Rival Sons, too, imo
Rock & Roll will never die and I pray God for these amazing legendary places to never shut down!! You need respect, protection and support as much as any museum in the city does! Much love and gratitude. keep rocking strong!!
Steven Riley my favorite drummer from my favorite band La Guns gets a shout out. RIP brother you will be missed
My very first concert ever !
In 1997 I went to California with some friends of mine that were in a local band in Jacksonville Fl. The guitar and bass players were both from California. I was 19 and was lucky enough to get to go into bars like The Rainbow , Viper Room, The Whiskey A Go Go, and Troubadour. Then in 1998, we went on a 30 tour through the Midwest. They played a show called Pigstock in Clinton Iowa. It was an off date of Ozfest. We got there around 9am and Lemmy was playing the video game thing on top of the bar (we always called them crack machines). He actually invited me to play the game with him. I spent an hour just playing that game and talking to a Rock n Roll legend. After, I got coffee with Dez from Coal Chamber, hung out with everyone from Coal Chamber, and got in an argument with Whitfield Crane.
After watching this documentary a year or so ago, it all made sense since Lemmy would just sit there and play that game all night
Chef started there 43 years ago a busboy, now he's a chef the ownner tells us, full of pride. How is such a stratospheric rise possible in such a short time?
@carpediemus...Lol, that good irony wasn't lost on me, my friend. Lol, I agree.🤣😆
Real rags to riches stories like this bring a tear to the eye.@@msaintpc
I remember going there to visit my friend who moved to Hollywood in 1986. We went to those places and it was wild. 😊
Such an awesome documentary, I really enjoyed going back for awhile. RIP Mr. Mario 🙏 and much respect to the family. Rock n Roll Forever! ❤️✌️
I used to frequent this place watching Guns and Roses play before they signed. I fucking love this!
What a great little film about a great little bar that was planted by a great soul passed down to another 2 generations of family working together creating a space for merriment quenching thirst, hunger & entertainment. I want to go here enjoy a burger 🍔 consume some whiskey 🥃 and see a great band!
Rock will never die only those of us who stop seeking out great music do.
Mario was amazing, spoiled me in infinite ways, gave me my first club gig on Sundays at On the rocks! Miss him, love him grateful for all the amazing minutes he gave me. He had a magic to make everyone feel important! ❤😅 I am sorry to hear that Michael passed last week😢😢. I will support the whiskey and the rainbow until I go!
Wait, did he also own On the Rocks? Wasn't that in Woodland hills or Reseda or something? I used to go there regularly in the '90s when I lived in SoCal.
What a great documentary. loved this so much!!! long live rock and roll!!!
Played the Whisky with my band back in June, and we all hung out at the Rainbow after the show. It's a mystical place for sure, there's an aura in there that cant be matched. Food was good too and service was great. You can get away with murder in there, especially if you are in a band. Rock and Roll forever, thanks Rainbow!!
Lived in LA from around 86-92 and could regularly be found roaming the Strip. What an amazing time that was.
I am a rare native of Los Angeles…This is where I came of age …at age 18, year 1985, my best friend and I practically lived at the Rainbow (the Bow)… awesome memories, the ones I remember 😉!
Then, in 1999, I went to university ha ha… I loved my life in those days, don’t regret a minute! I have fond memories of Lemmy standing at the downstairs bar. Santos tending bar upstairs… the golden days of my early adult life 🌈🎶🖤
ur not rare. there are many
Cari from Cali - u are a hot beautiful Cali lady , I'm sure u had to fight them off at times 😅😅😅🥃👍🎥🎥☕
@@garyny4073 yikes
@@increase9896 👍☕🚬🥃🎥🎥
rip mario!!!!! dopeness incarnate. an absolute sweetheart u too lemmie
In May of 1980 stopped in Hollywood on trip from Dallas to visit a friend who lived in the San Francisco Bay area. We went to The Rainbow the first night I was there. I saw a born in Denmark, but raised in L.A. blonde and said, "I have to know you!" Well, there went two years of my life. Man, I had some fun with her! Thank you Mario for examining the $100 bill I had an deeming that it was legal tender. BTW... I only bought one drink that night. I had the Over the Rainbow bartender matching shots with me within a short time. We were rock stars from Texas!
I was an 80's east coast kid and used to read every rock magazine there was (you know the ones) to learn more about my favorite bands. The Rainbow and The Whisky were these mythical places that I dreamed to see one day, but never really thought I'd see. I've been to CA many times, and I ALWAYS find a way to hit them both. Last summer, I took my son out there. There's something absolutely magical about The Rainbow and The Whisky. I can't wait to go again.
Badass rockumentary, representing everything I know and love!!!!! Thank you so very much for this!!!! Long live rock and roll 🎸 baby!!!!!!
I love they give the grandson such credit its an awesome thing to hear and see !! 🩵🩶🩵🩶💫🌼
Great, great documentary. As a fledgling classical music pianist in my youth, I first turned to rock and roll when I heard the Motown sound emanating from my crappy am radio in the late 60's. Then, I came into this understanding of what rock really meant when my sister gave me a copy of Black Sabbath's paranoid, because she "didn't like it." I was hooked and then I found Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy, Rory Ghalagher, UFO and many more bands - and I could never get enough. The 80's, however, turned out to be the most insane part of my rock awakening. Living in San Diego, I met and worked (in the restaurant industry) with the original singer for Iron Butterfly. It was a transformational time for me and I'm sure many others and the stories...
So iconic that people from around the world (whom have never even been to the states) know it's The cornerstone for Everything rock and the ever evolving culture within. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
the 80s are making a come back its great/the son stepping up and doing such an excellent job making his dad and grandfather super proud
This was an absolutely amazing documentary about these iconic places. The owner of the Rainbow treated everyone with respect. His employees, his patrons, and the bands. Everyone was treated with respect or respectfully. Now if you disrespected him or his place, watch out. He didn't seem like a person who would back down from anyone. Star or not, if you acted like a *ss you were treated as such. But he always seemed to be willing to forgive. Help out people, and give them a chance. This was such a great opportunity to see the inner world of this place in the 70's and 80's. I was born in 67 so I don't have much experience with the late 60's and early 70's music, but I got into it much more in the later part of the 70's and especially the early 80's. I was given a cassette tape, Maxell/TDK and on side A was Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry. On side B was Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil. I first got really into side A. I was always a fan of crazy looking bands and Dee Snider was definitely crazy looking. KISS was one of my first bands/albums I got during the 70's. Mainly because of the look, the fire, the blood, etc. When I played the record? Um..... I wasn't that into it. But as I said once I got that cassette. The song We're Not Going to Take It, Stay Hungry, etc really got to me. I loved it. I listened to it for weeks. Then I finally flipped the cassette tape over. Mötley Crüe. In the Beginning started. It had a creepy feel, then 💥💥BOOM💥💥 Shout at the Devil started. Then She's Got Looks to Kill, and it never let up. Every song was so good. I had found my favorite band! I went to Mainstream Records and Tapes. A music store with a "head shop" in the back. I bought Shout at the Devil on cassette and the Album. I also grabbed their first album. From there I got more and more into the Heavy Metal scene. I saw my first Concert, Twisted Sister opened for Iron Maiden at the Mecca Arena and it was insane!! I got to see so many incredibly talented bands. Mötley Crüe over 15+ times, Metallica over 8-10 times, Iron Maiden at least 5 times. Ronnie James Dio(3-4x's), Ozzy Osborne(4-6x's), The Scorpions, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, AC⚡DC, Megadeath, RATT, Dokken, Whitesnake, Guns n` Roses, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Boston, WASP, Armored Saint, Anthrax, Def Leppard, Van Halen(w/ both singers), ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Krokus, Tesla, Great White, Queensryche, KISS, LA Guns, Heart, Twisted Sister, Nazareth, the Kinks, Metal Church, Stryper, Y & T, Lita Ford, and Loudness, the Japanese Heavy Metal band who was really good, and a few others that I missed. One early concert stands out, WASP, Metallica, and Armored Saint at the Eagles Club, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Growing up in Milwaukee during the 70's through the early 2000's we were able to see a lot of great bands at Summerfest and some other summer festivals. Plus Alpine Valley, but the one concert that still to this day was the most incredible, was PINK FLOYD at Milwaukee County🏟Stadium🏟!! I can't exactly remember the attendance, but it had to be over 30,000. Our seats were in the upper grandstand/box on the 3rd base/left field side. We could see everything! Mötley Crüe is my all-time favorite band, and I rank their concerts at the very top for every one I saw, but the Pink Floyd concert? 💗 Nothing has ever or will ever top that experience! Now these are experiences that happened 2,500 miles east. I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like to have been at the Whiskey A Go-Go or the Rainbow back in those early days. Either the early 70's or into the early 80's it had to be an incredible experience/opportunity. Thank you for sharing this with us. This was a amazing time to be in Los Angeles. For his kids? That had to be incredible!
Hats off to Mario, his family and the staff for basically being kind, especially to young guys chasing their dreams and providing a haven for stars to just chill and be themselves.
Worked the door upstairs in the early eighties! Mario,frank,and Tony! Steady at the front door! Good times!!!
I always say give people a hand up not a hand out. This man did exactly what I mean. He helped people reach a goal
And just when you forget how F*ckin awesome your youth was there’s this☝🏼 💞👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎶🎵🙌🏻🎵🎶
I must visit the Rainbow before i die. Someday i will..
Que Historia legal, o Sr. Mario era um Homem bom demais. Saudades dos anos 80. Gratidao por compartilhar esse documentario!
The Rainbow was a LA Hollywood slice of a chunk of American Rock n'roll . 50 yr. Run on being consequential & of importance.
Never been to the Rainbow, Hell ive never even been to America but sitting on my sofa here in the UK, for the last hour i feel like i'm there 👌
The one part of this that really is important and decent is around the 47:55 mark of the video. When they are talking about how the owner of the club took them aside and told him that he was overdoing it with his
🍺🍻drinking🍻🍺. How this club owner truly cared about these "kids", or young guys, 20, 21, 22 years old. Breaking out with their first big record deal. Having big-time money for the first time. The fact that he tried to keep them from getting or going off the deep end, showed that he wasn't out for money. He cared about these guys and ladies. Lita Ford mentioned how he'd feed them a bowl of soup when they were down and out. He ALWAYS treated people the same, with RESPECT! Whether you were rich and famous or a down and out rock star looking for your big break, he would give you the same respect, and THAT IS A GREAT MAN! He sees the person. He doesn't see a person's status, bank account, race, ethnicity, gender, or lifestyle, he sees a human being and every human being deserves respect. But if that person again is disrespectful towards him or is disrespectful to his family or his business, he may lose that respect until he learns how to act respectfully and there is NOTHING WRONG with that at all! It's no wonder why this man has the loyalty he has and deserves. It really seems this man, this family, has been helping upcoming musicians for years, decades. Helping them when they were starting out, with a chance and a place to play their music, food when they needed to eat, and once they became "famous" a place that they could still come to and not be overwhelmed. Truly a great man.
Hails Lemmy!!!!🤘😄
Would have loved to go to the Rainbow in the 80s,OMFGUDDS...so many good hair metal bands
I am so glad that these clubs still exist, leaving a BIG hope for new age rockstars you are coming up soon :). Keep this place alive, we will bring it back
WHY is Gene Simmons even being interviewed? or even in this doc? Gezz
Why not?
You really just asked that question?? You weren't there, were you? Kiss was HUGE during this era.
Cuz he is a legend ! A true rockstar!
@@Persephone715Gene never went, they should've interviewed Paul, who ACTUALLY frequented the Raibow whenever he was in L.A.
As Gene stated, the music movement from 1958 - 1988 will never be duplicated again (and though he took a stab at country music, I would argue the same holds true in that genre). Coincidentally right before I watched this video, I was listening to the Love Gun album and it still gives me chills. What an incredible era of music, and what a moving tribute to the Maglieri family.
Actually if you look in the right place I think country is holding up just fine I think it's getting more popular but to be fair there's lots of subgenres in country lots of rap pop and hip hop country fusion but everyone knows the big dogs are guys like Sturgill Simpson Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton Cody Jinks Whitey Morgan and that new guy who went viral overnight with one song Oliver Anthony that's real country those guys are doing just fine writing great music with great lyrics like older country legends
Gene - the Narcissist who doesn’t drink & didn’t hang out there lol
@@KarmasAbutch and he isn't talented enough to be that arrogant (sorry kiss fans, not enough Hits to match the attitude), and I liked "rock n roll all night" (good one hit wonder btw). Gene wasn't responsible for Beth, so that popular chic ballad doesn't even count.
Gene may be a douche but every once in a while he makes some great observations. I've always liked his appreciation for and knowledge of rock music despite him not having much talent for it himself.
Please … kiss couldn’t come close to the 90’s bands that blew away most of those 80’s bands ,, never in the history of music did one generation obliterate another so as a NYC boy let me thank Seattle for putting soul and grit back in rock n roll..🤘✌️
Use to frequent the Rainbow with a friend of mine that passed awhile back. RIP Eddie Paradise.
Had some best times there in my 20’s and my lord it went by so dam fast
I heard today Steve Riley passed away. Feels great to see him here with his wild stories
I work as FOH at a Club in NW Iowa.. I grew up with *this* being on the edge my my Formative years... and with That being said..'m a ROCKER, and my Love for music was developed from what came out of the Sun Set Strip. That will stay with me FOREVER!!
Im a 64 yr old woman. I had my 21st birthday party at the Rainbow. I dont remember most of it except I do remember receiving a ceramic box shaped like a Quaalude as a gift. The 80s. It was the best of times and the worst of times. Im clean and sober now but i wouldnt wanna change a thing about that era....
You father, grandfather and “family” (all of us too) are proud of you young man !!
This is the second time I've watched this in the last year and it was definitely worth seeing again.
This documentary was thoroughly entertaining as well as educational. I grew up through the 70's and early 80's as a teen on the East Coast. How amazing it would have been to have been able to experience some of that scene! Thanks for the great Doc !
This was my go-to place in L.A. Always so much fun. And no wonder the food is still so good after all these years
Excellent documentary! Thank you! Love everyone in this video. Born in 86 I missed all the greats but respect rock and roll so much! 💕💞
Such a great documentary! Times were so good not that long ago. Born and raised in SoCal. Miss those days!
Prince being mentioned is awesome!
amazing thanks for this. am 51 since am 13 into listening buying music good one above all metal punk hc old school one. but also good indipendent rock noise reggae dub etc. i ve passed this to my daughter who at 111 plays guitar and loves most of the bands i love. and hope rock n roll will stay with her forever as it is for us, and or good music in general. peace to all.
Rock n roll forever thank you all legends
I'm a fuckin' Eastern European, but I've been to LA many times and I can say I know it quite well. I'm also a big fan of good music (the definition of good music is up to you) and the Rainbow as well as CBGB's were always THE venues that I wanted to check out. Two years after Lemmy passed I came back to LA, one day I took an Uber and went to the cemetery he rests at to pay him respect. Btw. the cemetery is a beautiful place. The only thing that’s very different is that where I am from cemeteries are always sort of secluded quiet places where people whisper in order not to “disturb the dead”. In the US, though, they look like the parks and you can drive almost to the grave you’re headed to. Anyways, so I am at Lemmy’s grave and I feel kinda sentimental. So I booked an Uber and went down to Sunset strip. As I am there I start walking west and I am passing the Roxy’s, Whiskey’s, where Black Sabbath announced their comeback in 2012 hosted by Henry Rollins, the Tower records building, etc. And all of a sudden I’m standing in front of the Rainbow bar thinking, “fuck, this is so rock’n’roll”. The place was closed at that time of day, indeed, but I took like a thousand of pictures from the outside. I especially like the one with the Lemmy’s lounge sign in it. I still believe I will go in one day and have a proper rock’n’roll fun night like all the musicians are talking about in this documentary. Btw. I’m 44 😊
Thank you for sharing. You should definitely go back and have a proper rock and roll night... then come back to this post and tell us about it. I'm from America (South Carolina) but I'll probably never get over to that side of the country. It would be amazing, though.
Rock music won’t die - it may become less mainstream as those original generations die out because young people enjoy video gaming as much as past generations spent their nights listening or learning music but as with Jazz or Classical or Folk etc it’s now become a cornerstone of western culture & folk will be moved by it . that’s what I think at least . Thankyou to everyone involved with this presentation 😁❤️
I really appreciate Gravitas putting these documentaries on CZcams. I just wish CZcams would scale back on their constant commercials!
I think the main reason bands aren’t around as much is bc it’s almost impossible for the members to get along with each other. Read any Rock bio. Whether it’s drugs, egos, creative differences, or all three. Music labels can simply sign a solo artist with a production team where members can be switched out like employees. Plus obviously music can so easily be created without drums, guitar, and bass. My only hope is that guitar and drums are so much fun to play that Rockstars and great bands will still emerge. It’s impossible to predict the future so you cannot count out Rock. I play guitar and see great teenagers playing online all the time. Rock is still alive 🤘🏻
Rock is absolutely still alive, after reading your comment I urge you to check out The Warning, a trio of sisters who are far beyond their years in songwriting and musicianship. Their live shows are as good or better than their studio work, they are fantastic!!
There are young people playing the guitar there every day and glam rock is currently having a total revival. Maybe you guys should just go some time instead of making stuff up in your mind.
The best part of this documentary is the two are still standing and in the family - great memories
The one true Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame!