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6 denmark terrace
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Ray and Dave Davies (of British rock band The Kinks) grew up in this North London home. Their parents used to throw parties in the front room, and the Davies brothers grew an appreciation for music, drinking and sing-alongs.
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The band Marcy Playground is named after the playground of the Marcy Open School where lead singer and guitarist John Wozniak attended as a youth.
the village gate
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The premiere after-party for the film National Lampoon's Animal House was held at the Village Gate on July 27, 1978.
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from led zeppelin, john belushi posted in music by donkeyoti
The Rainbow Bar and Grill opened on the Sunset Strip on April 16, 1972 with a party for Elton John. Since then, it has been a fixture of the L.A. rock scene.
Led Zeppelin made this restaurant their L.A. hangout. Anthony Kiedis recounted in his book Scar Tissue about being at the bar with his father while members of the Led Zeppelin were there.
Upstairs from the Rainbow Bar and Grill is the exclusive club, "Over the Rainbow".
John Belushi ate his last meal here (lentil soup) in booth #16.
Before it became the Rainbow, the place was called the Villa Nova restaurant. The Villa Nova was owned by film director Vincente Minnelli (married to Judy Garland). Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe met at the Villa Nova in 1952 on a blind date.
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Located in a building built in 1898 as a flophouse for transient men, the Village Gate nightclub opened at the corner of Bleeker and Thompson in 1958.
The Village Gate was a popular jazz club for many years. John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, and many more played here. Aretha Franklin had her NYC debut at the Village Gate.
From 1971 to 1973, a musical comedy revue called National Lampoon's Lemmings had a successful run at the Gate. Starring John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest, the show lampooned the 1969 Woodstock Festival, calling it Woodchuck.
In 2001, the off-Broadway theater in the basement, the Village Theater, hosted a play based on Janis Joplin called Love, Janis.
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