Founded in 1976 by proprietor Filthy McNasty, (owner of the original Filthy McNasty's which is now the Sunset Strip Viper Room) FM Station was the premier live music venue of the San Fernando Valley. Located at Victory and Lankershim in North Hollywood, FM was the favorite watering hole to many of the music industry’s shiniest of stars, and was often coveted as their ‘nasty’ little secret. On any given night, you could find the members of Motley Crue, Kiss, Guns and Roses, Great White, Metallica, Motorhead. Etc. mingling with the local hopefuls on their tails for rock and roll’s brass ring.
FM Station helped launch the careers of many local bands such as Poison, Warrant, Bullet Boys, Bang Tango, LA Guns, Femme Fatale, WWIII, and many others. Mike Inez, bassist for Alice in Chains, toasted his first gig playing for Ozzy Osbourne here. Ralph Saenz, singer for Metal Skool and Atomic Punks, actually played with original band, Long Gone, at FM. Disco empire, Boogie Nights started here until capacity crowds forced them into cloning practices. Kiss Tribute band, Cold Gin played their first gig here without make-up. LAFD often reined its authority at the Station after fans stood patiently in quarter mile lines down Victory Blvd, waiting for WWIII and Warbride to hit the stage.
For the young and single, FM was the only place (trust me on this) where you could take home the hottest of hot at 8pm on a Wed—and then arrive back at midnight to leave with someone even hotter. If you were really on fire, Filthy would ask you to stay after Friday night’s close and party with him in the VIP lounge until noon on Sat— and if you worked there the next day, oh, well—we were all young then!!
To those of you who were there, I toast you all—and to those of you who weren’t, you probably just weren’t...
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