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Los Angeles Street Scene 1977 - 1986

Between 1978 and 1986 the city of Los Angeles put on a gigantic party downtown, something like 20 city blocks were closed off and music stages were installed at the end of each block. In 1986 there were a total of 14 stages and bands. Richard Pryor was there in 1986 as well as Guns n' Roses.

09.20.86 - L.A. Street Scene Festival, Los Angeles, CA set: Welcome To The Jungle, Out Ta Get Me, Think About You, Mr. Brownstone audio/video recording?: audio notes: 9th Annual L.A. Street Scene Festival. During the show, Axl gets hit with a bottle. Surprisingly it didn't phase him and the show continued. From GNR's security man at the time: "The show was stopped when the crowd got too excited and dumped the barricades which were big industrial drums full of water. The water had run underneath the stage and the fire marshall insisted the show stop immediately because of the risk of electrical shock. The fire marshall came to me on stage, told me they had to shut it down or someone was going to get electrocuted. I ran out onstage after a song, told Axl to listen to me, whispered in his ear. He then told the crowd something to the effect of 'Because some of you got a little crazy with the water down there, the show's over!' I also recall him looking at some guy in the crowd on the way out and shooting him the bird and telling him on the mic, '...And you... FUCK YOU!' And then we left the stage. Slash and Izzy wanted to keep playing. Duff and Adler left after some prodding. Poison followed after the water had been mopped up."