Rock and Roll Superstars Legends of the Sunset Strip Walking Tour

This building was a nightclub before it was a comedy store. The nightclub had a pesky problem of mobsters and closed when the owner ran into financial difficulties. It reopened as the world's first all-standup comedy nightclub in 1972.(12 min)

Before the Pendry was here, this location was The House of Blues, the first one built west of the Mississippi. Before closing its doors in 2015, The House of Blues was the place where famous rapper Tupac Shakur gave his last recorded performance.(12 min)

This location opened in 1997. Before then, this spot was Ben Franks, where rock and roll legends like Frank Zappa and members of the Rolling Stones would hang out.(12 min)

This building was originally constructed as a plastic surgery practice. In the late 1980s, musician Mark Mothersbaugh purchased the building and turned it into a full-service production company, which it still is today.(12 min)

This iconic nightclub is no stranger to scandal and tragedy and is perhaps most well-known for being the site of the death of the talented River Phoenix.(12 min)

This nightclub is truly iconic. This is where go-go dancing was born, and The Doors were the house band before making it big.(12 min)

This theater prides itself on hosting up-and-coming and established bands, and has witnessed the birth of many popular acts, one of the most prominent being Paul Reuben's character "Pee Wee Herman".(12 min)

The Villa Nova in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, this location was where Vincent Minelli proposed to Judy Garland, and where Marilyn Monroe met her second husband, Joe DiMaggio.(6 min)