GOODBYE to the Legendary Viper Room 1986 - 2023

Dearly Departed Tours with Scott Michaels

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My LAST walk-around. The soon to be DEMOLISHED VIPER ROOM. The entire block of the Sunset Strip is to be DESTROYED for a new Hotel project
See also the Whisky-a-go-go The London Fog
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Scott Michaels - the owner of Dearly Departed Tours in Hollywood and the original "Celebrity Death Guy." Originally behind the helm of the infamous Grave Line Tours, I owned and operated Dearly Departed Tours on the streets of Hollywood for 16 years.
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@masonmurry8413 Год назад

I can't comprehend how they are going to give people the opportunity to "experience" West Hollywood if they are tearing all of it down. Being surrounded by a bunch of brand new hotels is not a reason people go to visit there. You cannot enjoy history if you remove what makes it historic. Anyways, thanks you Scott for being a badass like always.

@k2sworld Год назад

100%!

@melissamarie5947 Год назад

Exactly I feel the same

@melissamarie5947 Год назад

It’s such a shame

@joejones9520 Год назад

The homogenization of the nation is an abomination.

@paulvon2378 Год назад

times change ...

@GLK-London Год назад

It's sad how Hollywood never seems to want to preserve any history. Another wonderful video, thank you.

@charrua59 Год назад

Hollywood is dying like music industry already done. Like many US city's

@dorothyblack8904 Год назад

New York is like that, too.

@richardmorris7063 Год назад

We have a rock n roll hof & put rappers & country music artists in it..

@brianpinion5844 Год назад

Hollywood just worries about lining there pockets, which who dont I know but you would think they would want to preserve it , But money talks

@jonise2524 Год назад

Neither NYC ,we are going down the toilet, Manhattan looks the same, the majic is gone in the big American cities

@paulahartsock4041 Год назад

I guess they call it progress. I call it getting rid of history 😢

@octavius8562 Год назад

I guess they called it progress too when they took down buildings from the 20s and 30s, to replaced them with night clubs and liqueur stores you now want to preserve so badly. 😉

@sevend1398 Год назад

Period

@jackswing-ep7cf Год назад

Right

@showguyer Год назад

Sad

@davidtaylor6663 Год назад

sad, but inevitable

@sidecar7714 Год назад

I recall Johnny Rotten commenting on this new style of development. He observed that the message of such designs is that you don’t matter.☮️

@itkapatanka Год назад

LA (or should I say West Hollywood) doesn't give a s**t about it's history. Thank you #dearlydepartedtours for trying to educate the people of LA.

@blurpledragon2779 Год назад

This makes me sick , they don't care about anything Scott !! All that wonderful old Hollywood history and nostalgia.

@maripeti4036 Год назад

My son is in the Music Industry I am so glad he got to gigs in the Whiskey & The Viper!!!! This is beyond SAD I cannot believe this iconic buildings will be gone- it's beyond sad!!!! ;( Thank you for sharing this vlog with us!

@hairycrocs5038 Год назад

The whiskey is staying at least

@Debra-k1f 10 месяцев назад

@hairycrocs5038 One bright spot, atleast.

@saramorris5738 Год назад

Typical LA. Tear down actual history to replace it with some overpriced multi-use monstrosity that will be a vandalized, gutted abomination in 2 years. Thanks again, Scott, for documenting these important landmarks that don't seem to be important anymore.

@misspitters2766 Год назад

Word

@Blueskys1972 Год назад

It's really sad to see that they're knocking so many historic places down 😢 these historic places are one of the reasons a lot of people like to come and live here or come and visit. Seems like they're trying to erase our history or something. I'm one of the last very few people left here, I think most people have moved away already. Sometimes change is not always better. I guess change is okay for people who just care about making money and having control. This is so hard to watch. I was actually crying during this video😢 thank you for documenting this ❤ I would like to go over there and take some photos. I've done this in my city Culver City, because they keep knocking things down here and building those buildings that I call stack and packs. They always seem to do it in places where people own small businesses.

@leesashriber5097 Год назад

Why don't they leave the iconic parts of Hollywood alone. Sad day. I was in there the first year it opened. It's really sad.😢 Thank you for one more look.

@elbestia106 Год назад

"Let's do a little documentation of this block"~Scott Michaels You are a Hollywood historian treasure!

@kakauling Год назад

So sad to see this area go. 😥 I remember Filthy McNasty's. I was glad when the Viper Room took over the space and kept things going. No new version could ever be the same.

@Debra-k1f 10 месяцев назад

Soo true....❤

@Mszahnclass95 Год назад

i enjoyed these Hollywood history tour vlogs . i watched jordan the lions an your dearly departed tours the old vlogs . i so glad that you and people like jordan preserve the history . i wonder would you and Troy open up a museum in Palm springs a history of old Hollywood . thank you Scott for taking all of us with you . much appreciated 👍👍

@kplante7881 Год назад

End of an era…. Thanks for sharing!

@doofdoofparanormal Год назад

Thanks Scottt, it is so sad that this is happening, as you said to me, 'no one cares anymore' So sad.

@dolcevitausa6448 Год назад

Sad that so much of the storied past vanishes with little to no thought...San Francisco is another prime example.

@latentsea Год назад

Chyna joe at work

@Hitcharoo Год назад

This is absolutely heartbreaking

@rongenung Год назад

When Suset Boulevard (I think that's the street) is "modernized." and made to mimic most other big cities' glass and steel sterility, it will lose its character, its charm and its fascinating history. Sad.

@voiceofreason7856 Год назад

" Widened sidewalks and central location encourages walking, not driving". Indeed - getting everyone prepared for the day when private cars will NO longer be allowed - only to the uber rich....'15 minute cities' and all that....

@chriscourson2824 Год назад

Hate to see such a landmark go!

@noelleleto4700 Год назад

This is so cool Scott thank you for taking us along this journey documenting the last of these historic buildings! The one of Bing Crosby was really cool- you're the best Scott love love love your videos 🙏❤️

@WhatsYourGhostStory Год назад

Thanks for this last stroll through an iconic area. In Madison (where I'm living these days), we've got an iconic restaurant with a long, interesting crime history called The Wonderbar. Naturally, progress is coming with an initial plan to demolish the building and build a huge condo on the site. After local outcry, the design was altered to leave the Wonderbar untouched, but build the new structure completely around and over it. Better than losing it entirely and the original structure would remain fully in-tact (overall, its future is still not safe). I hope they can find a way to do something similar with the Viper Room. Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that building with the outdoor-wall-garden at 5:31 the former site of Mickey Cohen's haberdashery? It's been a while since I looked into that, but I've never really locked down the location.

@MistyLake Год назад

I spent 10 years in Los Angeles and a lot of time at the Viper Room. Shot and interviewed a ton of bands there. Really bummed someone is doing this to the Viper Room. It'll never be the same now. And whatever happened to the spot where HOB was? I remember they made them shut down in 2 months cause they wanted to demolish it but then it sat vacant for years. Such bullsh**! They could have allowed them to continue to run HOB until they actually were going to. I think they had just demolished it a year or so before I left LA.

@Lizablue0608 Год назад

Sad! When I heard Scott giggle and say “uh uh” I was screaming “grab a brick 🧱 Scott grab it!”…😂

@marl0nbrand01 Год назад

Middle aged L.A native and current WeHo resident here. I’ve got fond memories of that block from childhood in the late 80s to teen years in the 90s. Sadly, it all has run its course much like the 20th century. The spirit of the 50s, 60s and 70s that electrified WeHo all these years is already dead or dying and there’s no ‘preservation society’ to help any of it stay the same.

@bucklebunny6661 Год назад

Thank You Scott for sharing all these nostalgic buildings with us, hate to see them go 😢. Your the go to guy All Things Hollywood . R.I.P. Viper Room .

@karentarr8930 Год назад

Ty Scott for the wonderful tour and explanation of the history of that block, so sad that money talks and history is destroyed, hope that someone saves the canopy of the viper room and some of its art😿💔😿😎

@psychcorp4449 Год назад

Every video Scott Michaels produces is supremely legitimate, moving from strength to strength, and always with a creamy texture that informs, excites, and intrigues. I am thankful for having Scott in this world as should we all. Stay safe and be well.

@lkylaurenkay Год назад

100 100 100 !!!!!

@jrockwv8658 Год назад

been a fan for 20 years your dearly departed websites introduced me to the grim side... im not worthy..lol thank you

@valmor1073 Год назад

Heartbreaking.Hate to see this happen.

@fozzir Год назад

Scott your videos always kick ass, keep up the great work!

@janetrasmussen2583 Год назад

Hi Scott. Long time subscriber, 1st time commenting. First off you are a beautiful person with a beautiful soul. I'm 56, I just wish people would leave these historic places alone. I just wish that I could have made the trek out there to see all these places before they are gone. But, thank you Scott for the glimpse. Again, leave the good historic shit alone!! Damn. Peace Scott.

@movieedge7370 Год назад

Now when they put that hotel in there, do you think it’s gonna be haunted like the viper room is ?

@demcadman Год назад

That's what I was thinking! All those people and all those events/emotions = a lot of psychic energy.

@cynd7675 Год назад

Yes for sure

@webdznr1 Год назад

If anything it's going to get them more stirred up. :)

@jamesedward2470 3 месяца назад

Lived in Hollywood though the 80’s been to all those places several times, sad to see so much history be demolished

@jaredmehrlich6683 Год назад

0:51 The Bing Crosby building has interesting architecture. Something feels mysterious about it. It's quite beautiful.

@TheSeanm102 11 месяцев назад

so glad i went to a show in the viper room in the 90s while on vacation in LA

@movieedge7370 Год назад

I didn’t even know Jerry Lewis had a restaurant. What didn’t Jerry Lewis try he was a jack of all trades

@LouisRusso2005 Год назад

What about The Starwood ? I'm 63 and used to run the streets and clubs all over Hollywood 1975-80. I'm not saying new may not be better, but it hurts to see old die !!! Troubadour, Starwood, Whiskey A Go Go, Viper Room, Rainbow, The Roxy , I saw soo many legends start in those clubs... so many stories you would not believe unless you were there. 😮‍💨

@michaelkrisko1014 10 месяцев назад

So sad lots of history there.lots of good times..😢

@ericwoodard1401 Год назад

The rustic wooden building with the yellow and red logo in the middle of the block, I believe was the address of Earl Moran's studio. Moran did a ton of calendar illustrations, some of which featured Norma Jeane Baker aka Marilyn Monroe.

@DearlyDepartedTours Год назад

"who's he?"

@ericwoodard1401 Год назад

A famous pin-up artist just as talented as Vargas from the golden age of imagery, the 1930s-60s. He took the first topless photos of Marilyn, way before Tom Kelley.

@NianioNostimos Год назад

Thanks for the info Eric.

@gymrachel 3 месяца назад

I'm glad that I saw it while it was there. Bit of rocknroll history.

@raygreen5926 Год назад

Hi, from Ireland 🇮🇪, just confirm please that they are not going to touch the Whiskey ? I was there in 1994 and marvelled that The Doors played there during their heyday 🌕

@chrisstephens5310 Год назад

thank you for the great video I'm so sad....

@windowgirl7300 Год назад

I can smell the nastiness of the area when watching this. Been there many times.

@MICHELLE-gu2qc Год назад

Great video Scott. Presented wonderfully and very informative. I hope you can get the Liquor signs. It will be interesting to see if the developers find the body of the missing business partner Anthony Fox under the Viper Room floor or any bodies from the mob days. Anyway the building look horrible

@cliffjenke3661 Год назад

Thank you for your time and efforts Scott. CJ from Texas out…..

@dennisrockbottomskelly7948 Год назад

WoW! WHAT a loss of so much history in such a small area. I've never even been there and it's still really sad & upsetting. And I can already predict what's going to happen with the '8850 Sunset' project...it will end up as a half full building that no one will care about very quickly...We'll see.

@jessicablum4096 Год назад

Wow. I remember when it opened. I moved to Hollywood in 1986 and remember this route, Rainbow Room and Cock n Bull

@7389 Год назад

Very sad indeed. Michael Hutchence sang in the Viper Room with other musicians just a couple of days before he died.

@SilosRene Год назад

I believe in the late 80's early 90's, the VIPER ROOM was called THE CENTRAL! I seen some trippie bands there at the time.

@rb5078 Год назад

This is sad. So much history gone.

@Jordans__Adventures Год назад

Glad I was able to hit the Viper Room my last time in LA/WeHo, they were having punk rock karaoke night.. I remember going into Terners as well for a drink. Sad they cannot preserve the history as they should.

@DanBellFilmIt Год назад

So depressing. LA is so generic now. Very few of the iconic old school buildings are left. New York is the same. It’s boring. Damn shame.

@MsEdgely Год назад

I read online that it was going to be demolished back in '22, so I booked a flight straight away and saw a live gig there. A bit impulsive but at least I got to see what it was like.

@LuannOsbourne Год назад

my heart is broken

@bigdaddy7862 Год назад

I use to go there a lot back in 1987 when it was called The Central

@TinCupChalice40 Год назад

I vaguely remember The Brown Derby. But I do. lol

@alex2980 Год назад

Depressing and awful that they get to remove history. Soon everything will be replaced by hotels and apartments.

@8309barbie Год назад

Man this is really sad to see..i remember back in 2002 standing at that gas station when it was an ampm and waitin for the line to see weezer at the whiskey died down. I partied at so many of those places back then i really hope they dont tear down the rainbow or roxy anytime soon

@cristoburn4778 Год назад

Many fun nights at the Viper Room. Bums me the fuck out man. 😔

@davidkulczyk678 Год назад

37 years is a long time for any club

@lorimueller6780 Год назад

Thank you for sharing all these sites. I enjoy your perspective on LA - old and new. You should definitely get a gimbal - it would make it easier to view.

@AlPal-yc5lr 5 месяцев назад

Tears my heart out.

@PamSchwetz Год назад

It's sad they don't have some kind of historical society out there protecting historical places. It's not like it is run down or anything....everything looks well maintained and would be places tourists might like to see...but no ...developers come in and knock it all down oblivious to their significance...it's a shame. Thanks for sharing a last look at those soon to be gone forever historical places...

@vamprealla Год назад

The Spirits of the Strip aren’t gonna be happy about this either.

@podcastfan2544 Год назад

They say Change Is The Only Thing That Never Changes. The Viper & so many Historic & Sentimental Memories that these locations mean to us were built on top of other Clubs which were torn down going as far back as the 20's 30's 40's 50's etc. Those too held memories and importance for those whom enjoyed them back then. For those in the future shall have their hip spots etc & will consider them just as important & memorable. Ahhh it's funny to realize this .Pleased to know some places are still Historical Landmark Status yet if not well Change Is The Only Thing That Never Changes.

@rontuttyjr6333 Год назад

They should make the viper room a historical landmark

@knock4banquetmeals Год назад

Honestly good because towards the end it started to become a hangout for lovers sort of a shadow of its former glory

@barneybreau7515 Год назад

Used to be called the central chuck e weiss used to play there all the time 6 bands a night we used to walk up there in the mid eighties

@candlesbyalexandria Год назад

Every pipe and wire was routed on that building sheesh!

@ChristinaLynn420 4 месяца назад

Lara FM was just there performing at beginning of May 2025 It is a LEGENDARY Venue 🌟

@ricorios9476 Год назад

SMFH say goodbye to Sunset Strip and hello to Sunset Stripped.

@NickyDunn Год назад

Just makes me think of River Phoenix

@dannyhood4007 6 месяцев назад

The building with lights flashing on it Gazzaries.. Thank you! I would’ve never known that in million years. I used to hang out gazzaries,, they were less likely to ID, card you for drinks. Years later we played gazzaries. The best backstage rooms that was cool..By that time it was already on its way out. Bill gazzarie had passed. I remember seeing bill gazzarie holding hands with young high school girl, while she arguing with‘ bill gazzarie’ (Bill was probably in his 60s or 70s at that time, during late 1980s) Arguing as if they were married. Total Hollywood. She didn’t hold back either ,was personal’.. I had seen this few occasions, walking down the strip, bill gazzarie passing by, more than once. Different young girls. There was a girl with gazzarie, I remember thinking, an improvement, he finally decided to go with one thats 20 years. Lmao!

@jimmybacas8003 Год назад

Wow. And here I am watching this from my apartment in Richmond, VA in a building built in 1901. What is being built in place?

@swimlaps1 Год назад

Walked in the Viper Room 2007 during the day..to see it. Smaller than expected, dark, low stage. Interestng

@drtonyhaworth5711 Год назад

When the viper comes down they might find the partner that went missing while Johnny Depp was part owner ?..

@HC-cb4yp Год назад

Johnny... has a lot of secrets.

@webdznr1 Год назад

@@HC-cb4yp From what I understand the man that disappeared had a lot of secrets and a lot of dealings with shady characters outside of the Viper Room. Who knows.

@vmackey11 Год назад

Next to the old Fog Jim bought Pam a boutique named Themis

@roknrolbilly Год назад

💔🎼🎸sad but, nothing is forever.

@garywdeffenbaugh9829 Год назад

Imagine if the front doors of the Viper room had eye's and a mouth and they could tell you of all the famous people that made entry into the building during its prime years would be amazing. Sorry to see it go but it's all about the money hungry developers who could give a rats ass about the history of these buildings.

@christinaduncavage8498 Год назад

A very very knowledgeable source told me that the Viper Room is going to be redone in the basement or lower area of the new high rise, so the Viper Room will return in a sense.

@stargazer4625 Год назад

Dang. Well that sucks. But great video.

@johngrepo9976 Год назад

How do I buy the signage? I'd restore and respect it as it's meant to be

@vmackey11 Год назад

Getting rid of history to put up a hotel, California is truly the game Monopoly.

@license2kilttheplaidlad640 Год назад

I really don't understand the complete lack of care given to history in LA tourists go thinking their going to see something and only end up seeing where something was.

@hollybagshaw3138 Год назад

Sad to say the least😢

@ExploringTheWestCoast Год назад

So sad.😢

@antonchigurh3794 Год назад

Won't be too long until everything is gone. There will be absolutely no reason for me to visit anymore.

@charelder Год назад

Sad😢😢😢😢

@SheriffofRottingham Год назад

2:13 Pyramid on "Whisky a Go-Go" sign. I know who their master is.

@marshallwhitlock8591 Год назад

And the conquered shall be forgotten.

@deetz222 Год назад

It’s like knocking down the pyramids of Giza to build a hotel, who the hell is going to want to stay there if there’s nothing left to see???

@consortiumxf Год назад

Sounds like an upcoming 'Operation: Liberating" in the near future. Get a piece Scott!

@jamesmiller4184 Год назад

Hey, M J, Scott's had too many chunks taken off him already.

@cindygish9064 Год назад

As always MONEY talks..Our history is losing!!So sad. Thanks for this video

@my2angels1 Год назад

Tearing everything down, removing history, to put up another hotel that only the well off can afford while, at the same time, ignoring the homeless population. Also, as someone else said, there will be no more sight's and historical landmarks left for people to want to go visit. It's all so angering.

@DirtyShoreUG Год назад

because nobody else said it from comments i read. uncle jessie is gonna be so mad... (full house when he bought the viper room) yeah im old to.

@NinjaBooKitty Год назад

You should get to Atlanta to the Northside Tavern before they decide to tear it down. You won't understand what a dive it is until you hit the bathroom. 🤣🤣

@sneakerjockCA Год назад

Take a brick from the viper room building. Lol

@shoominati23 Год назад

It's the same thing around my area, all the cool places with history and atmosphere are being torn down and build ugly buildings with no soul and becoming too urbanised with streets full of mercs and land rovers. I wouldn't fell comfortable at that new club unless I was some property developer or investment agent..