Talk:Whisky a Go Go
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[edit] Opening year
I think you'll find that The Whisky actually opened in 1964. Check with the Whisky's own site, which has a link at the bottom of this page.
[edit] Metallica
Metallica, to the best of my knowledge met Cliff Burton after seeing him play with his band Trauma in San Francisco at the Troubador club. Metallica Italic textwereItalic text playing in L.A. at the time, but after meeting Burton in San Francisco moved there so that he would join the band. I'm going to remove the reference; by all means put it back and slap me around if you have a primary source that contradicts my information. My source admittedly is secondary, a book entitled The Frayed Ends of Metal (researched from many interviews with Metallica; no interviews were conducted for the writing of said book).
TJSwoboda 05:50, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] City of Los Angeles and the Whisky?
The Whisky has never been within the city limits of Los Angeles, and so the city government would not have had jurisdiction there. Prior to the incorporation of West Hollywood in 1982, the stretch of Sunset Boulevard where the Whisky is located was under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, so the county government - not the city government - would have been responsible for applying the pressure. In 1966, there was vocal displeasure on the part of county government and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (the police agency with jurisdiction over the Whisky) owing to the Whisky featuring African-American acts. The change in the sign may have had something to do with this.
