An anchor on the Sunset Strip since it’s opening in 1964, the Whisky A Go-Go has played host to rock ‘n’ roll’s most important bands, from the Doors, Janis Joplin, and Led Zeppelin to today’s. meaning those under the age of 15 can go in with their parents. My father always suggested that it was because he refused to give back-handers to people."Ĭredit for this entry to: Alan Patient of . The World Famous Whisky a Go Go As long as there has been a Los Angeles rock scene, there has been the Whisky A Go-Go. Robert Pattinson has declared that the age rating given to The Batman in the U.K. Sadly the clubs went bankrupt because they lost their alcohol and gambling licences. They also owned the club in Cheetham St, Manchester. The Whisky was on the first floor and the Flamingo in the basement of 33 Wardour St. I think my grandfather opened it in ‘59/60. We haven't changed the title of this page because that would lose the amazing string of Facebook comments.Ģ023: Sam Bussey wrote to say: " My father and grandfather owned the club in the 60s. Whatever the relationship between these two similarly-names clubs may have been this does seem to be evidence that the Wardour Street Whisky-a-Go-Go existed in January 1965.Ģ021: Rob Prince wrote to say: "The Whisky A Go Go club was launched in 1959 (per London phone directory for that and subsequent years) and was always spelled 'Whisky,' without the 'e.' " Which indicates a leaning towards the Scots rather than the Irish. When closed it measures 2.5" X 3.75".Ĭonfusingly the address of a Manchester club is printed on the back but inside the Wardour Street address is printed. It is stamped Jan 1965 and has the personal info of the individual on the inside. Evidently, if the establishment was a school or associated with learning they didn't have to pay royalties to play the music on their jukeboxes in their clubs. The sales blurb includes: “From the research I have done it appears this "Passport" and the stamp inside saying "Students United Social Association" indicate that this club was attempting to get around the royalty laws in England at the time. We can’t find any site that gives a date when the Flamingo became the Whisky but on eBay we found a mock British Passport (the old blue hardback with the window for the number) for the “Kingdom of Whiskey a’GoGo”. Can anyone confirm that?Ģ017: Following a comment from Kate Cackhanded Viscardi, who remembers being in the Whiskey-a-Go-Go in the 1960s (and her husband says he was there in Feb '63), we did some digging.
We know nothing about running a music club but we'd guess that the Flamingo and Whisky shared premises, using them on different nights. The name was adapted from the 'Whiskey a Go Go' club in Hollywood. Rob Pattinson aka Spunk Ransom performed last night, what a lovely alias. It opened in the 1970s (or 1959 - see below), in the premises once occupied by the Flamingo Club.
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