I went to the Sunset strip last week for a press event that was taking place in the penthouse of the West LA Hyatt hotel.
FYI this place used to be known in the music circles as the Riot House. This is the hotel where
Led Zeppelin often stayed at (or at the Chateau Marmont). Legend has it that this is the place where Bonham took a shit in a girl’s shoe one night he was pissed off that she was moaning loudly while screwing their road manager Richard Cole. Same place where TV sets were thrown out the windows, motorcycles ridden through the reception area and so on.
I read that Zep used to reserve the whole 9th floor for themselves so I took the elevator and stopped there on my way to the penthouse. I took a picture, but there was no trace of Page or Plant, no TV sets being tossed out onto the sidewalk, no smell of cold cigarettes and day-old beer stains in the carpet. No sign either of the famous plaster casters with their penile celebrity memorabilia in tow.
Well, what the heck I can say that I was there too… ony 30-some years too late for the party.
Hybrid Mode
