The Roxy Theatre (often just The Roxy) is a famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: WeHo Location of Los Angeles County in California and West Hollywood within Los Angeles County Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated 1984  - City Council John Heilman (mayor) Sal Guarriello John J. Duran Abbe Land Jeffrey Prang Area    - City  1. ...

It was founded in the early 1970s by Elmer Valentine and Mario Maglieri, who later brought in partner and manager Lou Adler, in a building previously occupied by a strip club owned by Jerry Lewis. (Adler was actually responsible for bringing the stage play Rocky Horror Show to the United States, and it opened its first American run at The Roxy Theatre in 1974, before it was made into the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show the next year.) 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record producer, manager, and director. ... For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Rocky Horror Show was a long running stage musical (in London initially, on June 16, 1973) which inspired the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ... The Rocky Horror Picture Show (first released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 1975) is a comedy-horror musical film directed by Jim Sharman from a screenplay by Sharman and Richard OBrien, who also composed the songs. ...

Hundreds of famous and yet-to-be-famous acts such as Tori Amos, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, Al Stewart, Jane's Addiction and David Bowie have played this highly prestigious venue. Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... Foo Fighters are a alternative rock group formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995. ... Guns N Roses are an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Alastair Ian Stewart, commonly known as Al Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on September 5, 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and musician. ... Janes Addiction was an American rock band featuring of Perry Farrell (vocalist), Dave Navarro (guitarist), Eric Avery (bassist}, and Stephen Perkins (percussionist). ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans five decades. ...

The small On The Rox bar above the club has hosted a wide variety of debauchery in its history; it was a regular hangout for John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper and Keith Moon during Lennon's "lost weekend" in 1975, and in the 1980s hosted parties arranged by "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born in Los Feliz, California on December 30, 1965), known as the Hollywood Madam, is an American pimp and prostitute. ...

According to LA.com, On The Rox "may be forever known as the club where John Belushi partied before fatally ODing. That may sound like a sordid reason for the club's fame, but it only underscores the hard-partying reputation that befits a room equipped with two stripper poles. Recently, it has hosted private DJ nights as well as after-parties following the shows downstairs; on a Tuesday night not long ago, all three members of buzz band Kings of Leon were spotted heading upstairs to rock out with the Mooney Suzuki after their Roxy show."

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention recorded most of their celebrated Roxy and Elsewhere album during December 1973 at The Roxy. Cover of Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) Roxy & Elsewhere is a live Frank Zappa album which was released in 1974. ...

References

• The Roxy's Official site
• The Roxy Concert Calendar