The Roxy

MAN ABOUT TOWN DAVE DAVIES AND STAR WARS’ MARK HAMILL

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Dave Davies appeared at The Roxy this week and his Kinks fans turned up in screaming droves. Among them was longtime admirer Mark Hamill. The Star Wars icon and Dave have been friends for decades – they met back in the 70’s and stayed in touch. Mark’s own fans tried to pry secrets out of him about the new Star Wars movie, but he wouldn’t reveal a thing. Backstage Dave and Mark reminisced while Rodney Bingenheimer appropriately looked over their shoulders. Dave is just finishing up his American tour promoting his new album Rippin’ Up New York City. We LOVE those Kinks – together OR separately…

Photo credit: Rebecca G Wilson

THE SEX PISTOLS ROCK THE SUNSET STRIP

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The Roxy was jampacked with hundreds of humid fans last night as the Sex Pistols proved they’ve still got it. (The only flaw was Johnny Rotten’s peculiar Indian shirt and vest.) Young punks, old punks, people of all types and ages spilled out into the street. Hundreds of Pistols fans who couldn’t get in, blocked the sidewalk in front of the club, holding signs, screaming, jumping, and singing along with the music they could hear drifting outside. A row of fierce looking cops stood in the left turn lane in the middle of the street, poised for trouble that didn’t happen. After the awesome show, the band and their mates got roaring drunk upstairs at On the Rox with Johnny standing on a table alternately guzzling vodka and Jack Daniels. They poured liquor over each other’s heads and when the band left they staggered down the stairs followed by several very young pretty girls.

A SEX PISTOLS RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP TONIGHT?

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The Roxy on Sunset Strip is bracing itself for some serious action tonight when The Sex Pistols perform. They’ve hired plenty of security and set aside On The Rox upstairs for the VIP room. A lot of the band’s fans are outraged because they couldn’t get tickets at ANY price. In fact, we’ve heard of die hard grizzled old punk fans flying in from the UK on the slim chance they might get lucky. It’s the first time the band has played at a club venue in LA. Back together are lead singer John Lydon, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and their original bass player Glen Matlock. Yeah, we’ll miss Sid Vicious, but we and a LOT of other people are dying to see this show. So watch for some fireworks on the strip tonight.