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Line 13: == Notable acts == [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] performed their very first show under that band name at the Cathay after going by the name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem for their two previous performances at another Hollywood club.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Weidman \|first=Rich \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUWWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=red+hot+chili+peppers+%22cathay+de+grande%22&source=bl&ots=zDsD9tw1Wz&sig=ACfU3U3qzSl0UInYY95rI6V9bTcpaYiY7w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyhNeNgM78AhUZBEQIHUiSCH04HhDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=red%20hot%20chili%20peppers%20%22cathay%20de%20grande%22&f=false \|title=Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond \|date=2023-01-15 \|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield \|isbn=978-1-4930-6241-6 \|language=en}}</ref> They would play the Cathay a few times during their first tour in 1983 and once in 1984. Other bands who frequently played the Cathay included The [[Minutemen (band)\|Minutemen]], [[Bad Religion]], [[Tex and the Horseheads]], [[Geza X]] and the Mommymen, Dr. Know, The WILD, Entropy,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.fakeart.net/more/Entropy/index.html\|title=Los Angeles Entropy ARCHIVE\|author=David M. Hinnebusch\|publisher=\|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref> along with regulars from Orange County [[Social Distortion]], [[T.S.O.L.]], The Vandals, Agent Orange and Love Canal. [[The Knitters]] played their first gig at the Cathay.<ref name=":0" /> [[The Replacements (band)\|The Replacements]] were among the national touring bands who came through the venue.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Locey \|first=Bill \|date=1991-10-10 \|title=MUSIC THELONIOUS MONSTER : Frantic Front Man : The band plays its brand of blues, funk, punk and always loud rock 'n' roll Saturday night at the Anaconda Theatre in Isla Vista. \|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-10-vl-314-story.html \|access-date=2023-01-17 \|website=Los Angeles Times \|language=en-US}}</ref> == Closure and legacy == Due to problems with neighbors, violence caused in part by punk gangs ~~such as [[the LADS]] gang~~, [[Suicidal Tendencies]], FFF and HRP, and legal problems related to business conflicts, proprietor Michael Brennan closed the Cathay de Grande ~~closed~~ in 1985, with Violent Psychosis, [[The Mentors]] with [[El Duce]], and [[Circle Jerks]] performing the farewell show.<ref name=":0" /> Shortly before, Danny "Dobbs" Wilson, a booker at the Cathay de Grande, started [[Raji's]] a block to the north on [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=September 19, 1991 \|title=Dobbs' Landing \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/578630613/ \|access-date=2023-01-17 \|website=LA Weekly via Newspapers.com \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Everett \|first=Todd \|date=August 26, 1990 \|title=Raji's Is Downscale, But Not Out, Among Hollywood Boulevard Nightclubs \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/176058203/ \|access-date=2023-01-17 \|website=The Los Angeles Times via Newspapers.com \|language=en}}</ref> The nightclub space later became home to the more upscale China Club.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=December 26, 1991 \|title=Calendar \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/579115158/ \|access-date=2023-01-17 \|website=LA Weekly via Newspapers.com \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=LA Weekly 07 Dec 1989, page 150 \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/578584766/ \|access-date=2023-01-17 \|website=Newspapers.com \|language=en}}</ref>

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