8852 Sunset Blvd.

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The Viper Room
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Type Venue
Address 8852 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Country United States usausa
Years active 1993 - present (as "Viper Room")
1980's - 1993 (as "The Central")
Former name(s) The Central
URL 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.

Overview

Weezer played 10 shows at this location while it was called The Central. From 1992 to 1993, they regularly booked the weekly show entitled "Club Dump." They commemorated this with the promotion around a show in March 2024 to mark the 30th anniversary of The Blue Album.

See Historic event: 05/07/1992
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


In November of 2001, Weezer played three shows at the Viper Room under the name Goat Punishment.

Weezer concerts

Tour Date Country City Venue Opening act(s) Bootleg(s) Concert Source
May 7, 1992 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Central (Club Dump) Wax, Joyride, Black Market Flowers, Crash Course Weezer concert: 05/07/1992 [1] [2]
July 9, 1992 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Central (Club Dump) Loungefly, Wayne, Crux, 12 and Counting Weezer concert: 07/09/1992 [3] [4]
August 20, 1992 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Central (Club Dump) Black Market Flowers, El Magnifico, Further, and Swirl, God's Gift to God Weezer concert: 08/20/1992 [5] [6]
October 15, 1992 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Central (Club Dump) Black Market Flowers, Spade Ghetto Destruction, Crank, Borax, Psychedelicatessen Weezer concert: 10/15/1992 [7] [8]
November 12, 1992 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Central (Club Dump) El Magnifico, Monkey Paw, Joyride, and Silvertrain Weezer concert: 11/12/1992 [9]
December 10, 1992 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Central (Club Dump) Four, It, Borax, and Crank Weezer concert: 12/10/1992 [10]
January 21, 1993 usausa Los Angeles, CA The Central (Club Dump) 99, Sylvia Dreams of Angels, 12 and Counting Weezer concert: 01/21/1993
March 25, 1993 usausa Los Angeles, CA The Central (Club Dump) El Magnifico, Slide, M80, Annapurna Weezer concert: 03/25/1993
April 29, 1993 usausa Los Angeles, CA The Central (Club Dump) El Magnifico, Methadone Cocktail, 12 and Counting, That Dog Weezer concert: 04/29/1993
May 20, 1993 usausa Los Angeles, CA The Central (Club Dump) Joyride, 12 and Counting, Nine Iron Weezer concert: 05/20/1993
(as Goat Punishment) November 6, 2001 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Viper Room The Special Goodness, AM Radio Weezer concert: 11/06/2001
(as Goat Punishment) November 7, 2001 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Viper Room The Special Goodness, AM Radio Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
(as Goat Punishment) November 8, 2001 usausa West Hollywood, CA The Viper Room The Special Goodness, AM Radio Weezer concert: 11/08/2001

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic event: 05/07/1992 by Karl Koch. Archived version: [1].
  2. ↑ Newspapers.com archive of LA Weekly, Thursday, May 7, 1992, Page 96.
  3. ↑ Historic event: 07/09/1992 by Karl Koch. Archived version: [2].
  4. ↑ Newspapers.com archive of LA Weekly, Thursday, July 9, 1992, Page 84.
  5. ↑ Historic event: 08/20/1992 by Karl Koch. Archived version: [3].
  6. ↑ [4] archive of LA Weekly, Thursday, August 20, 1992, Page 71.
  7. ↑ Historic event: 10/15/1992 by Karl Koch. Archived version: [5].
  8. ↑ Newspapers.com archive of LA Weekly, Thursday, October 15, 1992, Page 90.
  9. ↑ Historic event: 11/12/1992 by Karl Koch. Archived version: [6]
  10. ↑ Historic event: 12/10/1992 by Karl Koch. Archived version: [7]
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