Photograph included in the Exhibit: From Pop to the Pit, The LAPL Photo Collection Celebrates the L.A. Music Scene, 1978-1989. Cathay de Grande was located at 1600 Argyle Avenue in Hollywood. James Paul Koncek, aka Top Jimmy, of "Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs," outside the Cathay de Grande Nightclub in June 1984. Second from the left is Eldon Wayne Hoke, aka El Duce, of the Mentors.
Top Jimmy,--1954-2001 Duce,--1958-1997 Cathay de Grande (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) Rock musicians--United States Punk rock musicians--United States Nightclubs--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Argyle Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Night photographs Gary Leonard Collection photographs
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