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Raji's, Hollywood, CA

Another historical gem of a dive bar - I vaguely remember this place as a tiny, smelly, cramped hole in the wall with not much more than a stage and a concession stand - the show was otherwise not memorable.

Here's some historical info about the place I found, though:

"Raji's was a rock and roll nightclub in central Hollywood, in the 1980s and early 1990s: one of the great affectionate sweaty smoke filled 'dives' of rock, which featured among others performances by bands such as Guns N' Roses, Redd Kross, Jane's Addiction, The Dream Syndicate, Tex and the Horseheads, The Miracle Workers, Social Distortion, the Mentors, The Nymphs, and Los Lobos, as well as out-of-town acts like Nirvana, The Pink Fairies, Pussy Galore and Kyuss. Top-draw local acts like The Muffs, the Red Aunts, The Lazy Cowgirls, TrashCan School, Oiler, Butt Trumpet, the Sacred Hearts and many others found enthusiastic crowds as well.

The space had previously been a Greek restaurant called The King's Palace, which had hosted punk rock shows booked by Brendan Mullen briefly in 1979 after the closing of The Masque.
Some say Raji's started to decline after 1991, when the Pakistani owners of the building decided to take over the booking and operation of the club. The building was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, but still continued to book acts until the middle of the year when the Los Angeles MTA demolished the building to make way for a subway station.

A bar called Raji's exists a few blocks away from the club's former location, run by the same Pakistani family which ran the club in its last two years." From wiki-pedia