Punk Rock Royalty? Hardcore Heros? - Beyond Tiki

NN2 Nui Nui 2 Member Newport Beach Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 65	NN2 Nui Nui 2 Posted posted on Thu, Jan 2, 2003 11:35 AM Hey shipwreckjoey, I was at the Fleetwood every weekend during it's heyday, including the filming of the Decline (that's me in the movie down in the pit with the spiked hair and leather jacket) remember the Germs show that broke out into a riot with the riot police and Darby onstage chanting "kill the pigs" I literally crawled out of there on my hands and knees to avoid the billy clubs and beer bottles. The Fleetwood was a great place for a naive teenager from Newport Beach to hang out and learn about the "real world" especially the bathrooms and parking lot.
BB bamboo ben Member Tiki Joined: Jun 02, 2002 Posts: 454	BB bamboo ben Posted posted on Thu, Jan 2, 2003 9:48 PM Do you guys remember where the Fleetwood was? Is it a Home Depot/Staples/etc. now? Would be cool to re-visit some time...those were the daze! Riener Ale quarts! Hey Nui Nui, my brother has a zillion pics of all the "good ol daze" and I'm sure there are some of you and Civil. I'll send you his e-mail and maybe you could get some to show your wife and kids. He's actually photo-ing bands again. Mid life crisis!!!
DZ Doctor Z Tiki Socialite Jasper's Reef, Torrance, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2002 Posts: 1620	DZ Doctor Z Posted posted on Thu, Jan 2, 2003 9:55 PM Was the Fleetwood in Redondo? There used to be two clubs right by the water in King Harbor, way back when. One of them was the Sweetwater and I'm pretty sure the other one was called the Fleetwood. I don't know if it's the same Fleetwood, but in any case they are both long gone, having been replaced by a Crowne Plaza hotel and a Gold's Gym in the 80s...

NN2

Nui Nui 2 Posted posted on Thu, Jan 2, 2003 11:35 AM

Hey shipwreckjoey, I was at the Fleetwood every weekend during it's heyday, including the filming of the Decline (that's me in the movie down in the pit with the spiked hair and leather jacket) remember the Germs show that broke out into a riot with the riot police and Darby onstage chanting "kill the pigs" I literally crawled out of there on my hands and knees to avoid the billy clubs and beer bottles. The Fleetwood was a great place for a naive teenager from Newport Beach to hang out and learn about the "real world" especially the bathrooms and parking lot.

BB

bamboo ben Posted posted on Thu, Jan 2, 2003 9:48 PM

Do you guys remember where the Fleetwood was? Is it a Home Depot/Staples/etc. now? Would be cool to re-visit some time...those were the daze! Riener Ale quarts! Hey Nui Nui, my brother has a zillion pics of all the "good ol daze" and I'm sure there are some of you and Civil. I'll send you his e-mail and maybe you could get some to show your wife and kids. He's actually photo-ing bands again. Mid life crisis!!!

DZ

Doctor Z Posted posted on Thu, Jan 2, 2003 9:55 PM

Was the Fleetwood in Redondo? There used to be two clubs right by the water in King Harbor, way back when. One of them was the Sweetwater and I'm pretty sure the other one was called the Fleetwood. I don't know if it's the same Fleetwood, but in any case they are both long gone, having been replaced by a Crowne Plaza hotel and a Gold's Gym in the 80s...