Messed Up Things That Happened At The Viper Room

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  • Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
  • The Viper Room, one of the most notorious nightclubs in Hollywood, is located at the heart of the celebrity-filled region of Los Angeles known as the Sunset Strip. Opened in 1993 by Johnny Depp and his business partner, this popular hang-out spot redefined what debauchery meant in Hollywood. Timeless bands like Pearl Jam, Kiss, and Oasis have all played the venue, and the audiences were arguably even more famous.
    The list of crazy, almost unbelievable, things that have occurred at the club is too long to go over completely, but there are a few moments that truly stand out. Here are the messed-up things that happened at the Viper Room.
    #ViperRoom #Celebrities #Nightclub
    A tragic beginning | 0:00
    Rock 'n' roll dive | 1:21
    Grocery store to gangster paradise | 2:41
    Prohibition hangout | 3:50
    Mobsters and strip-capades | 4:33
    Melodies and Mickeys | 5:17
    Filthy McNasty's | 5:54
    Birthday party debauchery | 7:07
    Fox's unsolved disappearance | 8:03
    Hollywood's high-stakes poker den | 8:53
    Last call at the Viper Room | 10:18
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  • @GrungeHQ
    @GrungeHQ  2 года назад +73

    What did you think of the Viper Room?

    • @ryangettig274
      @ryangettig274 2 года назад +13

      Always felt great to leave that creep tank:)

    • @daleyoung87
      @daleyoung87 2 года назад

      I don't care what anybody says, it's a shithole.

    • @chrisestey7277
      @chrisestey7277 2 года назад

      It was all hype and drugs.Depp s personal playground
      it was from there to the Hollywood Diner.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 2 года назад +10

      A circus in terms of personal problems

    • @MrEnjoivolcom1
      @MrEnjoivolcom1 2 года назад +13

      I just remember the media basically putting it like this: _"Phoenix died from heroin overdose inside the club bathroom then ran/stumbled outside to collapse on the sidewalk._ Depp packed up and fled to France into it all blew over.

  • @robertlarson7538
    @robertlarson7538 2 года назад +454

    I was in recovery in the 90's in L.A . and someone at my sober living home put me on the list to go past the velvet rope at the Viper Room a few times. The partying people were doing didn't phase me at all. I went on Monday's for 80's night bands and wet shower ladies on stage! I also met Scott Ian from Anthrax and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top was there one night and the D.J. played Tush. Those were some fun times! I'm sober today, too!

    • @sciencenotstigma9534
      @sciencenotstigma9534 2 года назад +34

      I had the most fun at the clubs, sober! Then I actually did things, like dance and get to know people. I’m still in recovery ❤️‍🩹 today.

    • @JabberJawz.
      @JabberJawz. 2 года назад +23

      Congratulations on your sobriety!👏🧃🫖☕️

    • @lorenacabrejos7203
      @lorenacabrejos7203 2 года назад +12

      Congratulations Robert . God bless

    • @robertlarson7538
      @robertlarson7538 2 года назад +5

      @@lorenacabrejos7203 Thank you Lorena! I hope you are having a great weekend! Life is good!

    • @robertlarson7538
      @robertlarson7538 2 года назад +3

      @@JabberJawz. Thank you!

  • @jermaineguillory2694
    @jermaineguillory2694 2 года назад +170

    R.I.P. River Phoenix

    • @meinmann
      @meinmann 2 года назад +2

      Lol who?

    • @ryangettig274
      @ryangettig274 2 года назад +1

      @@meinmann Whothef!%K are you?

    • @notabot2928
      @notabot2928 2 года назад +13

      @@meinmann River Phoenix a popular star and rising huge star at the time (he was filming interview with a vampire at the time opposite Tom Cruise but because of his overdose Brad Pitt got the part) but his life and acting career ended in front of the viper room. Before your time I guess.

    • @adamkwalczyk
      @adamkwalczyk Год назад +6

      First a victim of Children of God cult, then of someone's friendly gesture.

    • @user-ty2xv6xw8j
      @user-ty2xv6xw8j 7 месяцев назад +2

      Oh, Tommy! @ the end is a sweetheart 💕.

  • @leesashriber5097
    @leesashriber5097 2 года назад +81

    Continue resting eternally and peacefully, River. So talented. 🙏🕊️❤️

    • @stevestites9762
      @stevestites9762 2 года назад

      So talented? You mean so stupid.

    • @reneesantiago6496
      @reneesantiago6496 2 года назад +1

      Why do you assume hes peaceful and resting eternally? Did you know him?

    • @lorenacabrejos7203
      @lorenacabrejos7203 2 года назад +4

      @@reneesantiago6496 let her assume whatever she wants. That’s called freedom of speech. But it’s your right to have it as well

    • @leesashriber5097
      @leesashriber5097 2 года назад +5

      @@reneesantiago6496 it's called kindness. Learn some.

    • @gracelynne3918
      @gracelynne3918 Год назад

      Really?

  • @supergrogg
    @supergrogg 2 года назад +141

    As a native who grew up in the Hollywood hills and played The Central many times back in the day, this is the FIRST RUclips video when talking about the history of that property that actually got it right. I don't know why other vlog channels are so lazy about doing the proper research. This one was spot on. Now they didn't mention some of the most notrious hotels and night clubs but that's not what this video was about. This video is 100 percent accurate.

    • @noelio67
      @noelio67 2 года назад +3

      Which hotels and nightclubs......and arr they still open?

    • @supergrogg
      @supergrogg 2 года назад +1

      @@noelio67 You can look them up. Sunset Strip {West Hollywood) had some crazy hot spots back in the day. That whole side of town ...from what i heard was run by the mob and the history goes way way back.

    • @noelio67
      @noelio67 2 года назад +2

      @@supergrogg Cheers 🍻

    • @redsol3629
      @redsol3629 Год назад

      Full of dogs bro so before you got there you got all the dogs then once you get in, full of dogs bro so it was easy to get the dogs.

    • @tonydiesel3444
      @tonydiesel3444 Год назад

      Them Hollywood folks are gender Pretenders FTM and MTF

  • @larrydanadavid2435
    @larrydanadavid2435 2 года назад +76

    In the late nineties I bought a membership for Monday nights. It got you free entry and two free drinks. You never knew who was going to perform and it had a cool vibe of anything could happen. I saw Ryan Adams, Steven Stills, Johnny Cash and a lot more. It was a great time and a very cool nightclub.

    • @leonabrawne200
      @leonabrawne200 2 года назад +1

      how much did the membership cost?

    • @larrydanadavid2435
      @larrydanadavid2435 2 года назад +8

      @@leonabrawne200 I don’t remember. But I do remember it have having a hootenanny type vibe. Musicians in the crowd would regularly go up on stage and play. Another legendary nightclub not too far away was Largo on Fairfax. Or The Mint on Pico Boulevard.

    • @KatharinaK117
      @KatharinaK117 4 месяца назад

      Oh really...a literal drug den...yea very cool..👎

  • @whiteorchid5412
    @whiteorchid5412 2 года назад +99

    I used to live two blocks away from the Viper Room and went inside one night. Its just a small hole in wall dive bar but every time I walked by it I would think this sidewalk is where River Phoenix's life ended and two blocks to the east is where Sal Mineo's life ended.

    • @danschulte113
      @danschulte113 Год назад +4

      When they filmed My Own Private Idaho in Portland River would get his heroin from a local dealer named Scottie. Apparently Keanu was with him when a friend of mine met them but I don't think Keanu did any.

    • @whiteorchid5412
      @whiteorchid5412 Год назад +6

      @@danschulte113 I lived in so Cal all my life grew up in a small rural town of Redlands in the middle of an orange grove and moved to L.A. after collage to work in gov't, came out of the closet and got a side gig that became a full-time career working for art and antique dealer in Beverly Hills who had many rich and famous clients. I'm retired now but its surreal when I reflect back. One of my clients was a blonde B movie actress with a studio contract who they studios used to escort gay actors like Rock Hudson to public events. She told me on the morning of the day James Dean died in a car accident he drove by the studio and asked her if she wanted to drive up north with him in his Porsche but she had another commitment and the rest is history..

    • @danschulte113
      @danschulte113 Год назад +1

      @@whiteorchid5412 WOW cool story.

    • @whiteorchid5412
      @whiteorchid5412 Год назад +5

      @@danschulte113 I agree and believe the inside stories she told me while she was working for Universal Studios 100% because even though there's no shortage of fake people in Hollywood dropping names and making up BS stories to impress people Lori wasn't one of them. You talk to her for 5 minutes and you know she's the real thing just sharing her experiences not trying to impress anyone. I haven't talked her in many years but this conversation made me Google her name Lori Nelson, unfortunately she died in August, 2020.
      Another documentary thats an absolutely amazing story is Scotty the secrets of Hollywood. I can relate to it because I came to Hollywood from a small town and somehow doors opened for me into a world of wealth and opulence I still have a hard time wrapping my head around. Despite the situations I found myself in I always remained grounded and never compromised my principles or moral integrity. In the short run that may have seemed like a mistake but in the long run it certainly paid off on many levels.

    • @sherri5470
      @sherri5470 Год назад

      So sad

  • @kevinmccaffrey2471
    @kevinmccaffrey2471 Год назад +16

    The late 80's and 90's when a bar was actually a Bar night club. Those days are gone. Never to be seen again. Thank God I was able to grow up on the best of years for drinking!

  • @sirphil13
    @sirphil13 2 года назад +164

    There are weirder clubs in Los Angeles that are opened after hours when all the clubs and bars close for the evening. Places where you can buy cocaine and ecstasy from from the bartenders as well as alcohol that famous people would go to after hours. I remember going to a place underneath the 10 freeway that was a nondescript large abandoned white building but you look in the parking lot there are Testarossa, Ferraris, Maseratis, Porsches, and Rolls Royce. It had a few open rooms and you can see people, people from the entertainment business like producers and script writers passing a glass pipe around smoking crack cocaine. These are places that people go to after the Viper Room closes for the night.

    • @suphx
      @suphx 2 года назад +24

      A buddy of mine ran an after hours spot on Alvarado St near Sunset Blvd…. Called The Alvarado House. He also ran one in China Town. It’s exactly like you said. Always a non descript looking building, but as soon as you walk through the front door and security checkpoint, it opens up into a legit club with a full bar and several djs and rooms. People openly doing drugs. The party usually ends around 7-8 in the morning.

    • @kegsofvomitspit
      @kegsofvomitspit 2 года назад +14

      A Testarossa is a Ferrari.

    • @te9591
      @te9591 2 года назад +5

      Sounds believable.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 2 года назад

      @@suphx which is normal

    • @Beeman2892
      @Beeman2892 2 года назад

      On top of drugs are there also sex happening orgy etc? Or only drugs nothing else?

  • @tod3msn
    @tod3msn 2 года назад +121

    Viper Room was a bar with alcohol served and folks consuming substances. Unfortunately, things can happen at bars where there are booze and drugs. It was historical in a lot of ways in that 90's LA scene with rockers hanging out there and playing music sometimes.

    • @kegsofvomitspit
      @kegsofvomitspit 2 года назад +16

      By definition, bars typically have alcohol and I hate to break it to you, but most of them have substance usage as well.

    • @fybromon1409
      @fybromon1409 2 года назад +13

      So it was like every single bar? Thanks for clarifying

    • @Dwendele
      @Dwendele 2 года назад +9

      Didn't you just give the definition of any bar?

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 2 года назад +8

      It was a circus of people dig in to early graves.

    • @redsol3629
      @redsol3629 Год назад

      Full of dogs bro so before you got there you got all the dogs then once you get in, full of dogs bro so it was easy to get the dogs.

  • @angiemcintyre2732
    @angiemcintyre2732 2 года назад +32

    I loved the viper room, great venue when i played there with my band

  • @andrewskrypnyk601
    @andrewskrypnyk601 2 года назад +4

    Awesome documentation and narration!

  • @leftymadrid
    @leftymadrid 2 года назад +29

    Excellent information here, and very well done by the individual who put this together!
    Love to hear historical stories and wonderful photos shown as well.

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Год назад +2

      Pretty much cherrypicked..the Viper was and is not really celeb packed most of the time and definitely not with socialite camera hogs like Kim Kardashian. Audiences varied with the genre of the band playing on a particular night.

  • @albertdehn8381
    @albertdehn8381 2 года назад +4

    Thanks for sharing 👍😀

  • @eugenaionesca
    @eugenaionesca 2 года назад +12

    Met River, his mom, and sister in 88’. I was bummed when he passed.

  • @strangebeautifulplaces
    @strangebeautifulplaces 2 года назад +66

    “Forever River”
    A peaceful river flows from the start
    Twenty-three days
    And twenty-three nights apart
    The clear water calm
    Turning into rushing rapids
    Tearing you up before you get out
    But like a phoenix from the ashes
    He will rise
    A beautiful spirit
    Haunting striking eyes
    A room full of vipers
    A venom so strong
    Taken away
    In the hollow morning songs
    This river treasure
    Like a shooting star
    Lights up the night sky
    And just for a moment
    Shines brighter than all the other stars
    Seemingly gone forever
    But never forgotten.
    R.I.P. River Phoenix

    • @crackerjacks4625
      @crackerjacks4625 2 года назад +8

      Beautiful

    • @MsSda2572
      @MsSda2572 2 года назад +7

      Beautiful!!

    • @strangebeautifulplaces
      @strangebeautifulplaces 2 года назад +4

      @@MsSda2572 ✌️💕

    • @strangebeautifulplaces
      @strangebeautifulplaces 2 года назад +3

      @@crackerjacks4625 ✌️💕

    • @c.j.3177
      @c.j.3177 2 года назад +9

      So beautiful, i love this poem about River. i love him so much, he will always be missed. Thank you for sharing this, i just ordered your poetry book so I can keep the poem always.
      rip River 🖤🤍🖤

  • @davebennett4087
    @davebennett4087 2 года назад +100

    I was working as a flight attendant in first class from Miami to San Jose Costa Rica with River Phoenix as my passenger very shortly before his tragic death. He had pre-ordered a vegetarian meal and when I delivered it to him he started grilling me about the ingredients and preservatives stating that he just couldn’t put any poison into his body. Weeks later he lay dead on the sidewalk from putting poison in his body. Go figure.

    • @lisaellis2593
      @lisaellis2593 2 года назад +13

      Sounds, like his so called friends set him up .

    • @jessegarcia2060
      @jessegarcia2060 2 года назад +2

      Everything dog has its day.

    • @jessegarcia2060
      @jessegarcia2060 2 года назад

      @@MinaStellor You we're they're??

    • @remyco5981
      @remyco5981 2 года назад +9

      @@MinaStellor River was a well known drug user.

    • @toddgaak422
      @toddgaak422 2 года назад +6

      @@MinaStellor That's not at all what happened. You don't drink coke and/or heroin. Where in the world did you get this garbage??
      Rivers drug addiction was WELL documented.

  • @raquelennis3584
    @raquelennis3584 2 года назад +23

    I was in L.A. when River Phoenix died. I can't believe I didn't know it was a club John Depp owned. Sad!

  • @sunray8136
    @sunray8136 2 года назад +10

    It's really sad how many indulge too much in the drug world where it destroys their life. My daughter's best friend ODed on heroin after going through rehab. People just want to feel good and escape their traumas but often backfires on them

    • @3243_
      @3243_ 4 месяца назад

      I'm sorry about your daughter's friend. May she rest in peace and may you and her family and friends be healed and comforted.

  • @candicecutthroat
    @candicecutthroat 2 года назад +39

    Haven't thought about the Viper Room in awhile. It was super hyped in my mind and I remember being slightly underwhelmed even though it was a cool little spot.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 2 года назад

      Was it good

    • @candicecutthroat
      @candicecutthroat 2 года назад +3

      @@lexkanyima2195 yup yup

    • @francoiselemeur7325
      @francoiselemeur7325 2 года назад +7

      Depp, ruthless .....playing poor male victim.....after hear him talk so dirty ....how can u believe he is a nice guy....

    • @candicecutthroat
      @candicecutthroat 2 года назад +2

      @@francoiselemeur7325 random, wtf?

    • @beckymerchant4678
      @beckymerchant4678 2 года назад

      @@francoiselemeur7325 Go drink another Mega Pint, Amber.

  • @elizabethstafford5773
    @elizabethstafford5773 2 года назад +39

    I was and am still huge River Phoenix fan. I have was in all his fan clubs as a kid and into my teens. I loved him and had planned as a child to marry him one day lol But after my graduation from high school I was driving and heard the news he passed away and was so upset I pulled over and cried for an hour. I have never been a super fan for anyone else since. There was something special about River. He was an amazing, unique human being who had been through a lot during his short life. I still feel as much love for him as I did when he was alive. I know Johnny was devastated when this happened. I think it began the beginning of the end of him wanting to keep the Viper Room. Johnny and River are alot alike in many ways. I would say if there is a celebrity I love as much as River it would be Johnny Depp.

    • @thisgame2
      @thisgame2 2 года назад

      No one is.

    • @elizabethstafford5773
      @elizabethstafford5773 2 года назад

      @@thisgame2 No one is what? A River Phoenix fan?

    • @suzysmith4254
      @suzysmith4254 2 года назад +13

      @@elizabethstafford5773 no johnny depp definitely had something to do with rivers death

    • @duman5596
      @duman5596 2 года назад

      @@suzysmith4254 _The Turd's fan._

    • @Iceis_Phoenix
      @Iceis_Phoenix Год назад

      Depp is a very evil man....he is responsible for Rivers murder he failed to call 911

  • @JonMonter
    @JonMonter 2 года назад +3

    I’ve played here many many times, upstairs and downstairs. Great history, but most night mostly hype…still cool and in a central Hollywood location close to the whisky and the rainbow bar and grill. ROCK

  • @GD-cr5um
    @GD-cr5um Год назад +13

    Johnny depp was also very jealous of River. I don't trust it was accidental

    • @veganbombshell
      @veganbombshell Год назад +3

      It wasn’t an accident you are correct

    • @georgefreemon2935
      @georgefreemon2935 Год назад +6

      He didn’t even know river… Joaquin has said this himself… You people need to go outside and touch grass

    • @veganbombshell
      @veganbombshell Год назад

      @@georgefreemon2935 I knew River. I’m in the industry. You should probably consider you don’t know strangers on the internet or what they do. I hope you get off the internet. There is a way to express opinions without being a mean person

    • @user-ty2xv6xw8j
      @user-ty2xv6xw8j 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@veganbombshell go to Hollywood by the Numbers........

    • @KatharinaK117
      @KatharinaK117 4 месяца назад

      ​@@veganbombshellexactly.. .. but go n also ask Kiedis!

  • @ryangettig274
    @ryangettig274 2 года назад +21

    That place should be exhumed-so much criminal activity&that's putting it mildly.:)

  • @roolenoir3183
    @roolenoir3183 2 года назад

    Nice thanks

  • @Sam-mn4ed
    @Sam-mn4ed 11 месяцев назад +3

    In Edinburgh it’s called the stand comedy club. The stuff that goes down when the doors close. It happens everywhere and I’m speaking from experience. It’s a sick world.

  • @xx7secondsxx
    @xx7secondsxx Год назад +5

    Flea from RHCP actually rode in the ambulance with River ODW to the hospital

  • @phyllispatterson312
    @phyllispatterson312 Год назад +6

    I lived one block downhill from The Viper Room. It was a scene in the 90's.

  • @johnnyw4872
    @johnnyw4872 2 года назад +9

    Played there twice in early 2000's great venue, and a great sound man, Frankie O

  • @sarahmaria6542
    @sarahmaria6542 Год назад +2

    Miss you forriver !!! Legendary xo

  • @RealBigBadJohn
    @RealBigBadJohn 2 года назад +2

    A classic!

  • @killakratoshiphopheathen
    @killakratoshiphopheathen Год назад +2

    Preformed at the viper room a few years back the vibe was good but u can definitely feel the energy there

  • @JeriScarborough
    @JeriScarborough 2 года назад +1

    I never knew the connection of its name to New Orleans jazz...cool!

  • @AdMBandLeader
    @AdMBandLeader 2 года назад +23

    I think the Viper Room was a circus arena where rockstar and other celebrities came to dig their holes faster. What a sight to see from the galleries!

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Год назад

      Few celebs actually go there. 99 percent of the time its struggling musicians, or local bands, along with tributes.

  • @EliAlexanderClark
    @EliAlexanderClark Год назад +27

    As a musician I’ve heard of tons of bands that go to perform a label showcase at this venue. It’s what makes or breaks them as a band. There’s a lot of silly shit that happens here, like an underground alternative economy. Drugs, trafficking, things like that. It makes me not want to be involved in the music industry at all. The further I’ve gone, the more I hate it.

    • @jillschryver1030
      @jillschryver1030 Год назад +1

      Pedophiles

    • @redsol3629
      @redsol3629 Год назад

      Full of dogs bro so before you got there you got all the dogs then once you get in, full of dogs bro so it was easy to get the dogs.

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Год назад +2

      No more alcohol or drugs than any bar or venue.

    • @vilsonramirez1879
      @vilsonramirez1879 Год назад

      Facts 😊

    • @KatharinaK117
      @KatharinaK117 4 месяца назад

      AMEN!

  • @JBG949
    @JBG949 Год назад +18

    Myself and D. Rodman and our Newport Beach group of friends hung out there a number of times it was a shitshow but it was the vibe then...Thinking back it was so juvenile and narcissistic. Glad that chapter in my life is permanently closed. Stay healthy surf and skate if you can. But it's the little things that count. 🙏🏿🙌🏿🌊😊

  • @graciesaccardo9363
    @graciesaccardo9363 2 года назад +9

    Sending prayers 🙏❤️🙏

  • @jessevasquez7917
    @jessevasquez7917 2 года назад +1

    Ohh I can believe all that happened plus more 💯

  • @djamo1969
    @djamo1969 3 месяца назад +1

    I once smoked a joint with two guys from Paris on the spot where River died. They knew that he died at the Viper Room, but they didn’t know the whole story, so I told them what I knew at the time. The Viper Room was slow that night, so we went to the Rainbow, which was packed. It was a pretty crazy night because one could hardly speak English and the other couldn’t really speak it at all. I couldn’t speak French, but luckily, I could speak Spanish and so could the guy who couldn’t speak any English. We were speaking three different languages and everywhere we went, people thought we were weird. Nope, just stoned! Lol

  • @mvrksalot
    @mvrksalot 5 месяцев назад

    Its on my bucket list to go to LA and take a picture in front of the viper room. Super invested in it

  • @AnAdorableWombat
    @AnAdorableWombat 2 года назад +5

    I've been to the viper room and Rainbow club on Sunset and was offered drugs both times. Boy was that a blurry night! I felt like a drugged out rock star!

  • @rocket9580
    @rocket9580 2 года назад +6

    its time has come and gone..its over

  • @markw6586
    @markw6586 2 года назад +8

    1:04 Micheal Hutchence on the right from INXS?

    • @pureone26
      @pureone26 2 года назад +2

      I gather MIchael played there in 97, then flew back to Australia for rehearsals and passed away just few days later. He was telling INXS guys what a great night he had had there on stage, I think with the ZZ Top guy.

    • @gl5978
      @gl5978 2 года назад

      Wow, good call!! 💙

    • @laowai2000
      @laowai2000 Год назад

      Yeah saw that. Another tragic loss. What a band! Michael loved to party. RIP

  • @user-lp9ou1hf4e
    @user-lp9ou1hf4e 6 месяцев назад

    tragically hip. terrific

  • @leehenderson8132
    @leehenderson8132 2 года назад +12

    Anthony Fox? JOHNNY?RIP RIVER.

  • @jgg59
    @jgg59 2 года назад +8

    Viper room.

  • @jessenorgrove1702
    @jessenorgrove1702 Год назад +4

    The movie with River phoenix and Ethan Hawke called “Explorers “ is a great movie from the 80s.If you haven’t seen it you should watch it,if you have kids watch it with them it’s a great movie for everyone.

    • @laowai2000
      @laowai2000 Год назад +2

      WIll check it out. Thanks! Stand by me left a lasting impression.

  • @wf1g
    @wf1g Год назад

    Ahh yes..The Central.
    When I worked for Mario at the Roxy. Dirty Don Daly, the lighting guy at the Whisky, and I would use that as our after hours hang out. We had some great times there.

  • @jewelzzzzzzz
    @jewelzzzzzzz 2 года назад +7

    definitely haunted

  • @shonacole2124
    @shonacole2124 Год назад +1

    Great documentary.

  • @crownandbrim9261
    @crownandbrim9261 2 года назад +45

    I’ve been there. The reality doesn’t match the hype . The cover was outrageous and once in you are met with one of the smallest clubs I’ve ever seen. The stage is about the size of a king size bed , drinks are expensive and the place is overcrowded. For some reason Ed Begley Jr. was on stage when I was there. I did however dance with one of the girls from the show “Head of the Class”, so I have that going for me.

    • @latentsea
      @latentsea 2 года назад +9

      Most of the fun after closing hours

    • @crownandbrim9261
      @crownandbrim9261 2 года назад +3

      @@latentsea that makes sense.

    • @toddgaak422
      @toddgaak422 2 года назад +4

      Yeah I was shocked when I saw the inside of that place. It is TINY.

    • @crystalbluebutterfly
      @crystalbluebutterfly Год назад +4

      Sounds like LA, in a nutshell. 😂

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Год назад +1

      It seems to be people who have only heard of rock, but not in it nor were there that write about rock history and they generally blow things out of proportion or get things wrong.

  • @ryanhale1654
    @ryanhale1654 2 года назад +1

    2:17 HA! Playyyyed! (Although perhaps unintentionally) Dude literally thought Tommy Lee was going for the fist bump.

    • @3243_
      @3243_ 4 месяца назад

      Same year another infamous scuffle took place there. No one went to jail, but a sitar got broken.

  • @davidlarson9125
    @davidlarson9125 Год назад +3

    Great story. West Hollywood was made what it is today because of the craziness that started along the unincorporated lands along the Sunset Strip.

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Год назад +2

      Weho now is unfortunately super gentrified. At least the historic venues still are in Weho, but the energy isn' t dead..but is sleeping pretty sound..unfortunately.

  • @imaneblaze
    @imaneblaze 2 года назад +29

    Poor River. he lost his life way way too young. may you rest in peace.

  • @SummersJamHD
    @SummersJamHD Год назад

    i like the background music getting 90s vibes off this lol

  • @georod5642
    @georod5642 Год назад +8

    Kind of strange he gave his share of the club to the daughter of the guy that went missing and never found

    • @veganbombshell
      @veganbombshell Год назад +2

      And how Depp took River’s place in the industry 🤔

    • @georgefreemon2935
      @georgefreemon2935 Год назад +3

      @@veganbombshell Depp was already a larger Star than river by that point… You people are so chronically online

    • @veganbombshell
      @veganbombshell Год назад +2

      @@georgefreemon2935 Um, you do realize you are online too, yes? Chronically replying to everyone? Hypocrisy I believe is the word. Now behave.

    • @veganbombshell
      @veganbombshell Год назад +1

      @@georgefreemon2935 oh also plz stop stalking my every reply to OTHER people it is beyond creepy.

    • @georgefreemon2935
      @georgefreemon2935 Год назад

      @@veganbombshell Ironic considering you try and carry this crazy conspiracy everywhere as if it’s truth, be quiet dog.

  • @leahvogelsimpson
    @leahvogelsimpson 2 года назад +5

    I miss River so much.

  • @phyllispatterson312
    @phyllispatterson312 Год назад +1

    In CA bar's and clubs close at 2 am. To get passed that closer time many lock the doors but stay open for regular's. Then we have the after hour clubs that are quite popular.

  • @johnwatson3948
    @johnwatson3948 Год назад

    One of the other blog tours shows the “River Phoenix” bathroom as a tiny cubicle that’s red with stickers all over - when I was there in 2009 it was a larger black painted bathroom that fit a few people (?)

  • @sa373372
    @sa373372 2 года назад +6

    My band NepCali played at the viper 3 times. I love that place but gotta tell ya that place got weird energy. scary for some reason.

    • @alexandrup9942
      @alexandrup9942 Год назад

      Yeah it seems like that even from pictures. It seems dark af (not literally). Something I'd like to experience once in a lifetime tho

    • @alexandrup9942
      @alexandrup9942 Год назад

      Do people there still talk about River in the club?

    • @gracelynne3918
      @gracelynne3918 Год назад

      Agreed

  • @carlmawson9038
    @carlmawson9038 2 года назад +5

    Was there New Year’s Eve 2000 , carnt remember much about it 🥴

  • @matthewjdouglas6471
    @matthewjdouglas6471 Год назад +9

    I didn't realise it was Halloween, the night they sacrificed young River, very sad and evil going on.

    • @buzz5969
      @buzz5969 10 месяцев назад

      Couldnt have picked any better night…

  • @ScarfaceRampage
    @ScarfaceRampage Год назад +16

    Crazy how River Phoenix’s death is well known but the fact he died leaving Johnny Depp’s club isn’t.

    • @variousJnames
      @variousJnames Год назад +10

      @ScarfaceRampage Don't know how old you are, but it is common knowledge that Phoenix was partying at Johnny's club, the Viper Room

    • @user-ty2xv6xw8j
      @user-ty2xv6xw8j 6 месяцев назад

      😂 it made it Notorious

    • @ScarfaceRampage
      @ScarfaceRampage 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@variousJnames knew about the viper room never knew Johnny owned it though

    • @NorceCodine
      @NorceCodine Месяц назад

      Everybody in LA knew next morning that River Phoenix died on the sidewalk in front of the Viper Club. What I found strange that (as far as I know) police never made an arrest or closed down the place, which was mandatory in a drug bust.

  • @sassykaren7587
    @sassykaren7587 2 года назад +15

    I never knew that the Viper Room was the Cotton Club at one time.

    • @hollyshouse928
      @hollyshouse928 2 года назад +3

      Different cotton club. The famous one is in New York

  • @karenjohnson2720
    @karenjohnson2720 2 года назад +4

    Do CBGBs please too

  • @llllll5982
    @llllll5982 2 года назад +6

    Holy shit 😱😂 I don’t believe in coincidences so I don’t know what this is 🤣 just watched the video , I didn’t know about this until now, then I go back to Netflix, I’m watching The Lincoln Lawyer, and I hit resume. I’m at ep.5 and the scene is the guy telling his driver that Trevor doesn’t want a jury consultant… so he’s not hiring one. The next thing … he enters the Viper Room 😱😱😱

  • @thelanguageofthebirds
    @thelanguageofthebirds 2 года назад +6

    I wish there was someplace like this now. I love the avant garde that this aesthetic conveyed.

  • @matteoluiz8666
    @matteoluiz8666 2 года назад +13

    RIP River

  • @mattbauer6304
    @mattbauer6304 Год назад

    One of the best small rock clubs I've ever played.

  • @longhorn2615
    @longhorn2615 2 года назад +7

    Went to see Helmet there in 2013. Cool, small & dark club.

  • @diredier
    @diredier Год назад +2

    Nice, but not close, the worst thing in the Viper Room is 11$ for a Bud Light

  • @friscoberce1963
    @friscoberce1963 2 года назад +4

    i just like to watch this knowing no tiktokers can relate 😂

  • @axxellein
    @axxellein 2 года назад

    TRES Cool

  • @pamhd632
    @pamhd632 Год назад +1

    Phoenix was a sacrifice.

  • @MsJoybird1
    @MsJoybird1 2 года назад +26

    These Hollywood actors live such a despicable life!

  • @imarriedabrkfsttaco3737
    @imarriedabrkfsttaco3737 2 года назад +3

    Lol Little Richard and The Duke waited for photography to be banned before they'd go party.

  • @survivor648
    @survivor648 2 года назад +13

    I had the opportunity to go to LA and made it my priority to go to Sunset Strip really because the Doors debuted at Whiskey A Go Go and I went into the bar then I walked past the Viper.

    • @interstellar618
      @interstellar618 2 года назад +2

      The Viper room was called the London fog back in the day and it was the first venue the doors ever played.

    • @survivor648
      @survivor648 2 года назад

      @@interstellar618 oh I remember that now thank you!

    • @chaiamoon8422
      @chaiamoon8422 Год назад +2

      My dad was a young adult living in LA in the 60’s and used to go to the Whiskey and see the Doors play as their house band. How’s that for being born in the right era??

    • @andynera
      @andynera 6 месяцев назад

      The Doors...OMG!🥰

  • @Ryan-gw1ob
    @Ryan-gw1ob Год назад

    70's were pretty cool too with Van Halen selling out every night!! I know they were mostly a staple at Gazzaris , but still the Strip!!

  • @lynnechurch2482
    @lynnechurch2482 2 года назад +9

    Transcending. Miss you Rio. Rip my friend. 💙

    • @ryangettig274
      @ryangettig274 2 года назад +1

      Slipped a fatal mickey by JFrusciante,transcending?I'd say manslaughter,possibly murder.

  • @fab3laundry
    @fab3laundry 2 года назад +10

    Fox might be buried there.

  • @vanadians3819
    @vanadians3819 2 года назад +6

    So they are gonna pave paradise and put up a parking lot again?

  • @tammybrown4901
    @tammybrown4901 2 года назад +9

    Forever in are hearts Phoenix r.i.p

  • @justinmanser7525
    @justinmanser7525 2 года назад +40

    I'm not sure about the official story, I'd like for people to watch the film Stretch, which has some scenes that denote the mentality of the L.A. elite. There is a great deal going on behind the scenes with these people, and I am not sure that River died in the way put forward. Corey Feldman, has been very vocal about the things that go on in Hollywood, could our lost brother have been so disgusted with the behaviour of this circle of friends that he was a target of being silenced by them? I'd ask you to look into the mindset of some of those around him, to find out why the Chilli Peppers, Henry Rollins and the Dixie Chicks were so involved in a murder case involving two young adults accurately convicted of sacrificial murder(true story). In the aforementioned film, you will see the level of craziness that these weirdos get up to, the potential of child sex rings and the 'in-crowd' practice of total hedonistic induction of their respective brains... Qanon is bullshit, but even a broken clock tells the right time twice a day.
    Take care of each other and feed the sparrows, you'll thank me later.

    • @lunakat7020
      @lunakat7020 2 года назад

      Yes 💯 why don't more people get this they are obsessed over these so called stars. They have no clue what really goes on. Also I agree about River the story told was a lie we know who was involved in that.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 2 года назад +4

      No wonder it is a circus

    • @HaleyTylertoo
      @HaleyTylertoo 2 года назад +11

      Depp was also involved with getting the Memphis 3 out of prison

    • @lunakat7020
      @lunakat7020 2 года назад +11

      @@HaleyTylertoo There's that too he has a very shady past actually it goes beyond that. I don't want to say it here but anyone can really deep dive him and find out.

    • @justinmanser7525
      @justinmanser7525 2 года назад

      I think that was what I mentioned, forgot there was three. That was a satanic ritual?
      Personally I'm not surprised about it. This is my own experience with the 1990's mainstream counter culture, it's betrayal and superficial will for change. The first Lollapalooza tour was associated with the 'Rock the Vote' campaign, which to itself in hindsight was very dodgy because of the message. Everybody was motivated to vote, yet they didn't need to mention which candidate, so they didn't. I have a story about Bill Clinton who was attending the W.E.F. in Davos, my girlfriend who was a hostess there told me that he stepped on her foot and proceeded to grind his heel in a circular fashion into it. So the sexual deviant accusations about this man are probably totally correct. Btw, she was NOT at all politically minded, had no reason to lie....she was just a party animal. Clinton also, once elected cut social programs across the board and built more prisons and started the ball rolling to privatise them, creating the mess that's here today. Perry Ferrell's intention may have been good, but I was shocked to hear him talk recently about meeting Bill and being so happy with the opportunity...🤮

  • @troyevitt2437
    @troyevitt2437 2 года назад +1

    The Rock 'n' Roll pro's knew the "Viper Room" reference, regardless of music genre'. Had the joint remained solvent, Electro-Swwwing would have brought the name full-circle.

  • @terriecooperman7232
    @terriecooperman7232 2 года назад +14

    I remember the river Phoenix bit don't forget Robert Downey Jr was part of this as well

    • @manamaria9394
      @manamaria9394 2 года назад +4

      How was RDJ involved in this?I know John Frusciante gave River that deadly drug cocktail but I never read anything about RDJ being involved in this tragedy,do you have more info about this and if yes than would you share it with us please!!!I'm very interested in this case and everything related to River's passing(God rest his soul!!!🙏).

    • @lunakat7020
      @lunakat7020 2 года назад

      @@manamaria9394 Maybe she meant the other guy that went missing.

    • @manamaria9394
      @manamaria9394 2 года назад

      @@lunakat7020 No.
      She mentioned "Robert Downey Jr" not "Anthony Fox".

    • @krazykaye8843
      @krazykaye8843 2 года назад +1

      Probably just means that RDJ was a drug head that hung out at the club during the 90s.

    • @manamaria9394
      @manamaria9394 2 года назад

      @@krazykaye8843 Yes...could be...

  • @brooksfleming7643
    @brooksfleming7643 2 года назад +4

    Who was the owner again? Yeah.

  • @dbaby1446
    @dbaby1446 Год назад +2

    We’ll never have anything that cool again 😕

  • @ANGELSVEN
    @ANGELSVEN 2 года назад +25

    I didnt know that about Fox, the co-owner, that he went missing. And AH was the cause of death of her friend in a car accident a long time ago.

    • @codyandjessisalazar3429
      @codyandjessisalazar3429 2 года назад +1

      First off, this is way before Amber heard so I didn’t even know why you’re talking about her. But since you brought that up, she was just a kid at that time and that was a pure accident That can happen to anyone at any time! But… JD has been linked to missing people and murdered people like RIVER since the 90s… He’s always made horrible decisions and had people clean up after him. And all you naïve people thinking he’s so sweet, well all I can tell you is that he’s got you fooled big time!! He is not innocent and never has been… He’s had the most shadiest past of any actor I’ve ever known and like I said this is way before Amber heard ever came along.

    • @shivanihr5879
      @shivanihr5879 2 года назад +3

      Made for each other 👫

    • @tinamariamoore6786
      @tinamariamoore6786 Год назад

      Amber Heard was in no way responsible for her friends death in an auto accident. She was 16 yrs old at the time and was no where near the accident when it occurred. That is a viscious lie Depp tried to use against her. But there is strong circumstantial evidence linking Depp to the disappearance of his business partner, Anthony Fox, who accused the Depp
      of fraud and hiding millions of dollars from him through “shady accounting.” In 2001, Fox was meant to testify in court in front of Depp but went missing before the court date on December 19, 2001.
      Also Johnny Depp made the drink John Fruciente gave to River Phoenix that killed him. Depp couldn't stand River. He was jealous that River was about to do a movie with Wynona Ryder.
      .

  • @Industrialist2015ofUk
    @Industrialist2015ofUk Год назад

    At 5:15 i see DJ Starscream, dj Sid of SlipknoT...
    Do i win a prize now!? 😆

  • @annetterobinson6439
    @annetterobinson6439 8 месяцев назад +1

    SPEED BALL....WOW 😮😮😮😮..RIP. PHONIEX...XOXOX ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️💖

  • @kimsherlock8969
    @kimsherlock8969 2 года назад +2

    The happenings of death
    Were most often outside the building
    On the sidewalk ?

  • @mikey-bz4it
    @mikey-bz4it Год назад +3

    Lol Hunter S Thompson taught him how to hide that body

  • @maggyaranda6223
    @maggyaranda6223 Год назад

    So sad. 😥

  • @reneesantiago6496
    @reneesantiago6496 2 года назад +2

    This is a hit on JD

  • @lauraleecreations3217
    @lauraleecreations3217 Год назад +1

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @allenhansford6872
    @allenhansford6872 Год назад +2

    Rip river phoxly

  • @andrearenee7845
    @andrearenee7845 Год назад

    A place where people can be themselves... NYC has the Vangard and Blue Note...

  • @3243_
    @3243_ 4 месяца назад

    Looks like you forgot another infamous fight that happened there in 1996, during an industry showcase for a band. No one went to jail this time, but a sitar did get broken. And it's on video.

  • @StellaAdler_
    @StellaAdler_ 2 месяца назад +1

    Depp told River u wont play with Flea tonite & Depp KNEW this would send River over the egde especiqlly after being sober for the entire movie he just finished . Depp finished him off & walked about side toSEE RIVER ON THE FLOOR, went in & WENT THROUGH THE BACK DOOR!!

  • @519MaLoNeY
    @519MaLoNeY 2 года назад +6

    Anyone else notice that Phoenix looks like Cobain in that thumbnail? Crazy.