Jar Music Live has entered into a tour and promotion partnership with the Viper Rooms in LA, which will add to our existing 16 venues the company is a key promoter for.
This partnership will allow the company to increase the exposure and profile of its artist in the lucrative west coast of America.
Right: Smashing Pumpkins play Hummer live at the Viper Room July 30th 2010.
The world-famous Viper Rooms, since its stellar opening in 1993, has hosted the likes of Smashing Pumpkins, Matchbox 20, Oasis, Green Day, Billy Idol, Sheryl Crow, The Kult, The Knack, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Everclear, Run-D.M.C., Deus, The Black Crowes, Iggy Pop, Lenny Kravitz, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Pearl Jam, Iggy Pop, Porno For Pyros, Sandra Bernhardt, Dennis Rodman and Hunter S. Thompson, as well as an array of other internationally-established artists and the cult favorites of America's underground. But often big name acts aren't even advertised, they just show up.
This intimate nightclub, once owned by Johnny Depp, is styled in the fashion of Harlem's great 1920's jazz clubs. To those who have never visited the Viper Room, you will find it surprisingly cozy, holding only 350 people. Giving fans the opportunity to see national headlining artists that sell out arenas performing for them in such a private and personal environment has become one of the club's trademarks.
Another tradition that the Viper Room has consistently upheld is to treat unsuspecting patrons to outstanding surprise performances and special guest appearances. The Pussycat Dolls event in 2001 had No Doubt's Gwen Stefani on stage and Cameron Diaz, Christina Aguilera, and Alicia Silverstone in the crowd.
The night Johnny Cash played at the club, the audience included Sean Penn, Tom Petty, Juliette Lewis, Dwight Yokum, and Johnny Depp. Mick Fleetwood ("Fleetwood Mac") has been spotted here several times. Christina Applegate tended bar one night (and was there the night River Phoenix died). When Joan Osbourne played the club, Michael Keaton did the announcing. Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche were caught smoking in the club while watching a performance of the band Live. Members of Counting Crows and Rage Against the Machine were also in the audience for that show. Tom Arnold met his wife, Julie, here.
In September of 1995, Bruce Springsteen dropped by for an impromtu concert.
In March of '99, the Stone Temple Pilots performed together for the first time in two years, to an audience that included Chris Rock and Marilyn Manson.
The club is divided into two floors. In the upstairs main room, you will find live performances, a live DJ, an open dance floor, booth seating and a bar. The downstairs lounge opens to the public around 10:30 pm nightly and is designed like an intimate parlor.
