Ghosts of the Sunset Strip: My Wild Night at the Rainbow Bar with Lemmy & More!

[@Paul-qo1hb]

Very nice walking trail. Beautiful.

[@badbrad]

Thank you!🙏

[@josephkerr2976]

“Penchant for accelerants”- you are a wordsmith, bro.

[@badbrad]

Like that one? lol....

[@NightFly216]

I understand what your saying, been so many people in and out of my life especially years ago, lots of crazy times and today I’m still in touch with very few, they are only memories and those memories can indeed haunt your dreams just like a ghost, not in bad ways but those memories are fleeting just like a ghost, interesting analogy.

[@badbrad]

It's a wild ride, huh?

[@GuitaristDog87]

I remember during one of your live videos, I asked if you ever encountered Lemmy and you mentioned this. Rock on!🤘🎸😎

[@badbrad]

Yeah man that was a great night!

[@citizenGman]

" There are places i remember all my life, though some have changed Some forever, not for better some are gone, and some remain....."

[@badbrad]

☝️

[@thomasmeitzner5171]

I had one crazy night at the Rainbow back in the 80's, ended up in the canyon till dawn. Crazy how many survived that lifestyle!!

[@badbrad]

Man I know exactly what you mean.....

[@gregoriyefimovichrasputin4931]

Love theese stories!

[@badbrad]

Thanks man!

[@ThomasPradzinski]

Great story, keep em comming bro, awesome stuff.

[@badbrad]

Will do!!!

[@DeadWeather4u]

I’ve had dozens of amazing characters drift through my orbit over the years, who I think about sporadically; I miss every one of them, because I love them, and feel grateful to have known them, whether it was short-lived, or friendships. When I wonder about where they are now, it breaks my heart because of the mystery that more often than not, remains a mystery. I miss them.

[@badbrad]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

[@ministerofdarkness]

Dude, if you ain't waking up with a monster, you ain't playing Rock N Roll. Rest In Power Lemmy & PLAY LOUD

[@badbrad]

Rest in power!

[@giblespaul2001]

I met Lemmy once at the 🌈. Every time I landed in LA I had to visit the 🌈. Most of the time Mario would have a card game going. On my first visit ever I was that tourist and I visited the Rainbow around lunch time it was a slow day so One of the bartenders took me on a guided tour of the 🌈 and we went upstairs and she told me all the stories. I already knew most of the stories and all the nostalgia. There were several times I ask the bartender “where’s Lemmy” and they would tell me the last time they saw him and that he was out on the road and when he would be back. I was thinking they sure know a lot about him.

[@badbrad]

Wow that is amazing!

[@markwoodhouse4284]

In my band days I was several (make that LOTS of) divisions below you and we certainly didn't have the glamour of The Sunset Strip. However like you, there's names and faces from both my band and socialising/clubbing lives that I often wonder what happened to and where they went in life. I was inseparable with some of them for several years before without explanation we left each others orbits, while others were just faces who turned up weekly in the same pubs at the same time but over the years as the 80s and early 90s changed for the worse they disappeared one by one without me realising it. It's a melancholy start to the week because I'm thinking of some specific friends that have subsequently passed. For those left I can only hope things went well for them.

[@badbrad]

Man so true.....so many have come and gone and it makes you wonder.....

[@markthespark6240]

Wow! That kicked in. Midnight here in Australia!! Frightened me!!

[@badbrad]

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

[@benallmark9671]

I couldn't make this morning but catching up now. Cheers Brad !

[@badbrad]

Thanks Ben!

[@JoeTreffiletti]

Love your stories Brad and your channel. Happy Monday to you and family and keep rocking like always! 😃🤘🤘

[@badbrad]

Thanks Joe!!!

[@KevRoweMusic]

Classic story

[@badbrad]

Thank you!

[@pattonroad6305]

Different specific locations (my stomping grounds were in and around San Diego), but your stories bring back the feelings and memories of those times. It has to be by the grace of God that some of us survived and are able to recall those crazy days and nights. Nothing else makes sense IMHO

[@badbrad]

Right on! They were wild times!

[@DonFonzarelli-uq9yx]

Man cool story. And man did you look like a rock star back then.

[@badbrad]

Thank you! Time is undefeated.

[@PaulLoughrin]

Wow. Cool story Brad! Thank you!

[@badbrad]

You bet! Dude you rock!

[@Souldoubtrocks]

Did you say entwhistle as in thunder fingers. My man. One of my favorite bass players. So underrated

[@badbrad]

oh ya! Yes the man himself.

[@Bwana6274]

In 1981 I hitchhiked from Ottawa Canada to Hollywood with my bass guitar…within a month I had crabs and was shitting blood. I ran back home shortly after lol

[@badbrad]

😱

[@Assimilator702]

I'd run back home too!

[@johngolden4468]

Thanks for the neat stories, Brother Brad! I really enjoy your tales and times. I have several from my years in Nashville and on the road. Keep up the good work! John from Tennessee

[@badbrad]

John thank you! Sure do miss Tn!

[@Souldoubtrocks]

My first car was a fiat X19 which the fiero is designed on. Very cool

[@badbrad]

Wow did not know that!

[@captainbufoalvarius4508]

Unfortunately Ur Story reminded me of when I woke up with the Bald chick. Oh well she really 🐷put out well with the Wig on .

[@badbrad]

lol

[@850mph]

Yeah... Ican think of a dozen "ghost stories" about people and places in NYC 40 years ago when there was a club, proper venue of gallery on every block. Now adays, NYC is going through a live music (really a creativity) drought. The cost of living here, especially rent, has driven the "creatives" out of the city. You can no longer pick up a PT job that pays the bills while performing or creating like you could back in the '70s or '80s. All the venues have closed. All the slightly loopy people which made the town great are gone. The city usually "refreshes" every generation, say 25 years. However... De-centralization gives the KZbin people a chance, but comparitively, there is no local "scene" for kids to flock-to in order to build generational life experiences anymore. This time around.... Its gonna be a lot harder to "re-set" the city without the creative types and the people who take financial risks on their work. The thrill is gone, baby... the thrill is gone.

[@badbrad]

You hit the nail on the head.

[@acepalacio8223]

Any ghosts haunting?😂

[@badbrad]

Just Lemmy!

[@edpetrikk2027]

I was following your story until you said four of you got into the Fiero…That’s when fact turned to fiction 🙁

[@badbrad]

It happened just as I told it……we only had to drive a couple blocks and two in passenger seat and one draped across my lap. We were all pretty skinny then.