Triple CobraWe are big fans of supporting new artists and we hope you are too. We have worked with a lot of artists over the years that we have discovered, resurrected, swooned over and most importantly shared with other fans. Please go see any other these great acts if you ever have the opportunity, you will thank us! Keep in mind that this is rock and roll and some bands may have broken up or traveled heavenward.
Abby Travis
Acetone
Andy Prieboy (Of Wall Of Voodoo)
Adam Carroll
A.J. Croce
Al Kooper
American Dreamer
Amy Cook
Angie Aparo
The Art
Barbara K
Beaver Nelson
Berkley Hart
The Bike Zoo
Bill Kirchen
Billy Harvey
The Blackwatch
The Bluebonnets
The Bongos
Buddy Miller
Charlie Terrell
Chris Cacavas
Chris Stamey
Cotton Mather
Cowboy And Indian
The Customers
The d.B.’S
Dan Stuart
Daniel Johnston
Danny Malone
Dash Rip Rock
Dave Gonzalez
The Delphines
The Dream Syndicate
Duane Jarvis
Edison Chair
The Visual Art Of Federico Archuleta
The Fleshtones
Giant Sand
Green On Red
Gary Myrick And Havana 3am
Glenn Clark
Grey Delisle
The Hacienda Brothers
The Hollisters
Howe Gelb
Ian Mclagan
Ian Moore
Ivan Julian
Jeff Black
The Jellydots
Jesse Dayton
Jim White
Joe Ely
Jon Dee Graham
Julie Christensen
Kathy Valentine
Katrina
The Kennedys
K-Tel Hit Machine
The Living Room Project
The Lonesome Strangers
The Lost Soul Revue
Louise Goffin
The Lucky Tomblin Band
Math And Science
Matt Hubbard
Mario Matteoli
Mclemore Avenue
Michael des Barres
Miles Zuniga (Fastball)
The Minstrels
Miranda Lee Richards
Moot Davis
The Mother Truckers
Murry Hammond (Old 97’s)
Nakia
The Painted Redstarts
Papa Mali
Patrice Pike
Paul Collins (The Beat, The Nerves, The Breakaways)
Pete Anderson
Peter Case (The Nerves, The Plimsouls)
Pleasant Gehman
Phil Roy
Portable
Randy Jacobs And The Boneshakers
Randall Bramblett
The Resentments
Richard Barone
Rosie Flores
Rufus Wainwright
The Rugburns
Sara Hickman
Sarah Borges
Scrappy Jud Newcomb
Skyrocket!
Smile Smile
The Split Squad
Stephen Bruton
Steve Poltz
Steve Wynn
The Stone River Boys
Suzanna Choffel
Tarnation
Teddy Thompson
Tom Freund
Tony Scalzo (Fastball)
Triple Cobra
The Violet Burning
Warren Pash
Water
Wayne “The Train” Hancock
Will Taylor and Strings Attached
William Graham
RajiWorld was named in 1991 to honor a great club and keep the name alive. I was booking many of the same acts at UA in Tucson and everyone just assumed my name was spelled the same way as the club.
Raji’s was a rock and roll nightclub in central Hollywood, in the 1980s and early 1990s: one of the great affectionate sweaty smoke filled ‘dives’ of rock, which featured among others performances by bands such as Guns N’ Roses, Redd Kross, Jane’s Addiction, The Dream Syndicate, Tex and the Horseheads, Mary’s Danish, The Miracle Workers, Social Distortion, the Mentors, GG Allin, The Nymphs, and Los Lobos, as well as out-of-town acts like Nirvana, Hole, The Pink Fairies, Pussy Galore and Kyuss. Top-draw local acts like Thelonious Monster, The Muffs, the Red Aunts, The Lazy Cowgirls, Beck, TrashCan School, Oiler, Butt Trumpet, Kill Buddha, the Sacred Hearts, Baby Girl English and many others found enthusiastic crowds as well.
The space had previously been a Greek restaurant called The King’s Palace, which had hosted punk rock shows booked by Brendan Mullen briefly in 1979 after the closing of The Masque. A common gripe about the venue was the large column which rose from the floor just in front of the stage.
Raji’s started to decline after 1991, when the owners of the building decided to take over the booking and operation of the club, and the quality of acts booked there slowly declined. Raji’s closed in late 1993, by which time only bands just starting out played there, and attendance became increasingly sparse. Shortly afterwards, the Hastings Hotel building in which Raji’s was located was severely damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. There were attempts to preserve the structure based on historical and architectural significance, and attempts to get the club going again (to the extent of booking bands for shows which never occurred), which came to naught when the city of Los Angeles denied landmark status to the building. It was torn down by the city of Los Angeles to build a parking lot.
A bar called Raji’s existed a few blocks away from the club’s former location, run by the same family which ran the club in its last two years, until 2007, when it closed due to the gentrification of central Hollywood.
Pigmy Love Circus and The Dream Syndicate both released live albums recorded from shows at Raji’s.