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	Demonstrators outside the Pandora's Box nightclub on November 12, 1966; originally published in the Los Angeles Free Press
Date	November 1966 – January 1967
Location	West Hollywood, California, United States
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The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the "hippie riots", were a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States, in 1966.^[2]

History

By the mid-1960s, The Sunset Strip had become a place dominated by young members of the hippie and rock and roll counterculture.

At the behest of business owners and residents, in 1966 the Los Angeles City Council imposed nightly curfews intended to curtail the growing "nuisance" of hippie antiwar protests.^[3] They targeted the Strip's most prominent rock club, the Whisky a Go Go, forcing its managers to change the club's name to The Whisk .^[4] Furthermore, annoyed residents and business owners in the district had encouraged the passage of strict (10 p.m.) curfew and loitering laws to reduce the traffic congestion resulting from crowds of young club patrons.^[5] This was perceived by young local rock fans as an infringement on their civil rights, and for weeks tensions and protests swelled.

On November 12, 1966, fliers were distributed along the Strip inviting people to demonstrate later that day.^[2] Hours before the protest one of L.A.'s rock 'n' roll radio stations announced there would be a rally at Pandora's Box, a club facing forced closure and demolition at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights, and cautioned people to tread carefully.^[6] That evening, as many as 1,000 youthful demonstrators, including such celebrities as Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda (who was handcuffed by police), erupted in protest against the perceived repressive enforcement of these recently invoked curfew laws.^[5]

The unrest continued the next night and off and on throughout November and December. Meanwhile, the local administration had decided to get tough, and rescinded the "youth permits" of twelve of the Strip's clubs, thereby making them off-limits to anybody under 21. In November 1966, the Los Angeles City Council voted to acquire and demolish the Pandora's Box.^[7] The club was eventually demolished in early August 1967.^[8]

According to Timeline's Matt Reimann, the riots anticipated a cultural rift that only grew in the coming years.^[4] In this light, Bob Gibson, manager of the Byrds and the Mamas and the Papas reflected: "If you had to put your finger on an event that was a barometer of the tide turning, it would probably be the Sunset Strip riots."^[9]

Cultural impact

Regarding the importance of the Sunset Strip riots, The Guardian journalist Woody Haut argues that "it was, if nothing else, an early salvo in the "culture wars", a battle which continues to this day (...)."^[10] He furthermore argues that the riot's most lasting effect had to do with the music that came out of the event.

The incident provided the basis for the 1967 low-budget teen exploitation film Riot on Sunset Strip,^[11] and inspired multiple songs:

"For What It's Worth" written by Stephen Stills and performed by Buffalo Springfield.^[2] The song is often used as an antiwar protest song despite not being originally intended as one.^[12] Regarding the events, Stills has said: "Riot is a ridiculous name, it was a funeral for Pandora's Box. But it looked like a revolution."^[13]
"Daily Nightly", written by Michael Nesmith and performed by the Monkees.^[14]
"Riot on Sunset Strip" performed by the Standells, which accompanied the eponymous film.^[15]
"Safe in My Garden" by the Mamas and the Papas.^[16]
Joni Mitchell's song "California" contains the line "I'll even kiss a Sunset pig", meaning a policeman on Sunset Strip.^[17]
The Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention song "Plastic People" from the 1967 Album Absolutely Free contains the line, "I hear the sound of marching feet down Sunset Blvd. to Crescent Heights, and there, at Pandora's Box, we are confronted with a vast quantity of plastic people" followed by a verse that says, in part, "Watch the Nazis run your town, then go home and check yourself, you think we're singing 'bout someone else."^[18]

References

^ Priore 2007, p. 11: "... across the span of three months, from November 1966 to January 1967, a series of curfews, crackdowns, and harassment by local authorities resulted in unrest, youth riots, and, ultimately, the closing of the clubs themselves."
^ ^a ^b ^c Hajek, Danny (February 20, 2019). "A Thousand People In The Street: 'For What It's Worth' Captured Youth In Revolt". Morning Edition: American Anthem. NPR. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
^ "'Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'". The Guardian. November 11, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Reimann, Matt (April 18, 2017). "During the Sunset Strip 'hippie riots,' young people and celebrities fought for the right to party". Timeline. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Rasmussen, Cecilia (August 5, 2007). "Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'". Los Angeles Times.
^ Priore, Domenic (2007). Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood. Jawbone Press. ISBN 978-1-906002-04-6.
^ Baker, Erwin (November 30, 1966). City Moves Swiftly to Condemn Teen Club: Ordinance Will Lead to Buying of Pandora's Box. Los Angeles Times
^ Felton, Dave (August 4, 1967). Hippies Pout, Politicians Cheer as Pandora's Box Is Wrecked. Los Angeles Times
^ Quisling, Erik (2003). Straight Whisky: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip. Bonus Books. ISBN 1566251974.
^ Haut, Woody (November 11, 2016). "'Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'". The Guardian. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
^ Clifford, Terry. (May 8, 1967). "'Riot' Takes Superficial Look at LSD Parties". Chicago Tribune. p. b8.
^ Gilliland, John. "Show 34 – Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. [Part 2]". Pop Chronicles. Episode 34. Pasadena, Calif.: University of North Texas Digital Library. KRLA 1110. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (August 5, 2007). "Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^ Ihnat, Gwen. "The Monkees' "Daily Nightly" introduced the rock world to the Moog".
^ "Standells, The". Nostalgia Central. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^ Greenwald, Matthew. "'Safe In My Garden': Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ Griffo, Paul. "1960s Hollywood riots and kissing a Sunset pig". Medium.com. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
^ "White Allyship and the "Sunset Strip Riots," 1966". Journal of Popular Music Studies. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

External links

Wild streets: American Graffiti versus the Cold War International Socialism Journal, Issue 91, 2001
"Stephen Stills' Song: For What It's Worth." November 3, 2009.
[1] OR FLASHBACK – War on the Sunset Strip, Daddio!"

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[1] Priore 2007, p. 11: "... across the span of three months, from November 1966 to January 1967, a series of curfews, crackdowns, and harassment by local authorities resulted in unrest, youth riots, and, ultimately, the closing of the clubs themselves."

[npr2019-2] Hajek, Danny (February 20, 2019). "A Thousand People In The Street: 'For What It's Worth' Captured Youth In Revolt". Morning Edition: American Anthem. NPR. Retrieved March 31, 2019.

[3] "'Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'". The Guardian. November 11, 2016.

[:0-4] Reimann, Matt (April 18, 2017). "During the Sunset Strip 'hippie riots,' young people and celebrities fought for the right to party". Timeline. Retrieved December 17, 2017.

[LATimes_2007-08-05-5] Rasmussen, Cecilia (August 5, 2007). "Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'". Los Angeles Times.

[Priore_2007-6] Priore, Domenic (2007). Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood. Jawbone Press. ISBN 978-1-906002-04-6.

[baker-7] Baker, Erwin (November 30, 1966). City Moves Swiftly to Condemn Teen Club: Ordinance Will Lead to Buying of Pandora's Box. Los Angeles Times

[felton-8] Felton, Dave (August 4, 1967). Hippies Pout, Politicians Cheer as Pandora's Box Is Wrecked. Los Angeles Times

[9] Quisling, Erik (2003). Straight Whisky: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip. Bonus Books. ISBN 1566251974.

[10] Haut, Woody (November 11, 2016). "'Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'". The Guardian. Retrieved December 17, 2017.

[11] Clifford, Terry. (May 8, 1967). "'Riot' Takes Superficial Look at LSD Parties". Chicago Tribune. p. b8.

[pc34-12] Gilliland, John. "Show 34 – Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. [Part 2]". Pop Chronicles. Episode 34. Pasadena, Calif.: University of North Texas Digital Library. KRLA 1110. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

[13] Rasmussen, Cecilia (August 5, 2007). "Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[14] Ihnat, Gwen. "The Monkees' "Daily Nightly" introduced the rock world to the Moog".

[15] "Standells, The". Nostalgia Central. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

[16] Greenwald, Matthew. "'Safe In My Garden': Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[17] Griffo, Paul. "1960s Hollywood riots and kissing a Sunset pig". Medium.com. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

[18] "White Allyship and the "Sunset Strip Riots," 1966". Journal of Popular Music Studies. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

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-The '''Sunset Strip curfew riots''', also known as the "[[hippie]] riots", were a series of early [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]]-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the [[Sunset Strip]] in Hollywood, California in 1966.<ref name="npr2019"/>
+The '''Sunset Strip curfew riots''', also known as the "[[hippie]] riots", were a series of early [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]]-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the [[Sunset Strip]] in [[West Hollywood]], [[California]], [[United States]], in 1966.<ref name="npr2019"/>
 == History ==
-By the mid 1960s, The Sunset Strip had become a place dominated by young members of the hippie and rock and roll [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]]. While this brought many artistic initiatives to the neighborhood, problems simultaneously arose in the form of alcohol and drug abuse and the disturbance of traffic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/what-were-the-1966-sunset-strip-riots-really-like-eyewitnesses-look-back-7587386|title=What Were the 1966 Sunset Strip Riots Really Like? Eyewitnesses Look Back|last=Whiteside|first=Jonny|date=November 11, 2016|work=LA Weekly|access-date=December 17, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>
+By the mid-1960s, The Sunset Strip had become a place dominated by young members of the hippie and rock and roll [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]].
-In 1966, the city's administration implemented a handful of measures to curtail the growing nuisance. They targeted the Strip's most prominent rock club, the [[Whisky a Go Go]], forcing its managers to change its name to the Whisk .<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timeline.com/sunset-strip-hippie-riots-4fc770b22c7a|title=During the Sunset Strip 'hippie riots,' young people and celebrities fought for the right to party|last=Reimann|first=Matt|date=April 18, 2017|website=Timeline|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=December 17, 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, annoyed residents and business owners in the district had encouraged the passage of strict (10:00&nbsp;p.m.) [[curfew]] and [[loitering]] laws to reduce the traffic congestion resulting from crowds of young club patrons.<ref name="LATimes 2007-08-05" /> This was perceived by young, local rock music fans as an infringement on their [[civil rights]], and for weeks tensions and protests swelled. On Saturday, November 12, 1966, fliers were distributed along the Strip inviting people to demonstrate later that day.<ref name="npr2019">{{cite news |last1=Hajek |first1=Danny |title=A Thousand People In The Street: 'For What It's Worth' Captured Youth In Revolt |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/02/20/693790065/buffalo-springfield-for-what-its-worth-american-anthem |accessdate=31 March 2019 |work=Morning Edition: American Anthem |publisher=NPR |date=20 February 2019}}</ref> Hours before the protest one of L.A.'s rock 'n' roll radio stations announced there would be a rally at [[Pandora's Box (nightclub)|Pandora's Box]], a club facing forced closure and demolition at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights, and cautioned people to tread carefully.<ref name="Priore 2007" /> That evening, as many as a 1,000 youthful demonstrators, including such celebrities as [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Peter Fonda]] (who was handcuffed by police), erupted in protest against the perceived repressive enforcement of these recently invoked curfew laws.<ref name="LATimes 2007-08-05" />
+At the behest of business owners and residents, in 1966 the Los Angeles City Council imposed nightly curfews intended to curtail the growing "nuisance" of hippie antiwar protests.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/11/sunset-strip-riot-hippie-los-angeles|title='Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=11 November 2016}}</ref> They targeted the Strip's most prominent rock club, the [[Whisky a Go Go]], forcing its managers to change the club's name to The Whisk .<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timeline.com/sunset-strip-hippie-riots-4fc770b22c7a|title=During the Sunset Strip 'hippie riots,' young people and celebrities fought for the right to party|last=Reimann|first=Matt|date=April 18, 2017|website=Timeline|access-date=December 17, 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, annoyed residents and business owners in the district had encouraged the passage of strict (10&nbsp;p.m.) [[curfew]] and [[loitering]] laws to reduce the traffic congestion resulting from crowds of young club patrons.<ref name="LATimes 2007-08-05" /> This was perceived by young local rock fans as an infringement on their [[civil rights]], and for weeks tensions and protests swelled.
+On November 12, 1966, fliers were distributed along the Strip inviting people to demonstrate later that day.<ref name="npr2019">{{cite news |last1=Hajek |first1=Danny |title=A Thousand People In The Street: 'For What It's Worth' Captured Youth In Revolt |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/02/20/693790065/buffalo-springfield-for-what-its-worth-american-anthem |access-date=31 March 2019 |work=Morning Edition: American Anthem |publisher=NPR |date=20 February 2019}}</ref> Hours before the protest one of L.A.'s rock 'n' roll radio stations announced there would be a rally at [[Pandora's Box (nightclub)|Pandora's Box]], a club facing forced closure and demolition at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights, and cautioned people to tread carefully.<ref name="Priore 2007" /> That evening, as many as 1,000 youthful demonstrators, including such celebrities as [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Peter Fonda]] (who was handcuffed by police), erupted in protest against the perceived repressive enforcement of these recently invoked curfew laws.<ref name="LATimes 2007-08-05" />
-The unrest continued the next night and off and on throughout November and December. Meanwhile, the local administration had decided to get tough, and [[Rescission (contract law)|rescinded]] the "youth permits" of twelve of the Strip's clubs, thereby making them off-limits to anybody under 21. In November 1966, the [[Los Angeles City Council]] voted to acquire and demolish the Pandora's Box.<ref name="baker">Baker, Erwin (November 30, 1966). [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/486331132.html?dids=486331132:486331132&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI City Moves Swiftly to Condemn Teen Club: Ordinance Will Lead to Buying of Pandora's Box.] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> The club was eventually demolished in early August 1967.<ref name="felton">Felton, Dave (August 4, 1967). [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/512045512.html?dids=512045512:512045512&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI Hippies Pout, Politicians Cheer as Pandora's Box Is Wrecked.] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>
+The unrest continued the next night and off and on throughout November and December. Meanwhile, the local administration had decided to get tough, and [[Rescission (contract law)|rescinded]] the "youth permits" of twelve of the Strip's clubs, thereby making them off-limits to anybody under 21. In November 1966, the [[Los Angeles City Council]] voted to acquire and demolish the Pandora's Box.<ref name="baker">Baker, Erwin (November 30, 1966). [https://archive.today/20130216161322/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/486331132.html?dids=486331132:486331132&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI City Moves Swiftly to Condemn Teen Club: Ordinance Will Lead to Buying of Pandora's Box.] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> The club was eventually demolished in early August 1967.<ref name="felton">Felton, Dave (August 4, 1967). [https://archive.today/20130216174640/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/512045512.html?dids=512045512:512045512&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI Hippies Pout, Politicians Cheer as Pandora's Box Is Wrecked.] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>
-According to ''Timeline''<nowiki/>'s Matt Reimann, the riots anticipated a cultural rift that only grew in the coming years.<ref name=":0" /> In this light, Bob Gibson, manager of the Byrds and the Mamas and the Papas reflected: "If you had to put your finger on an event that was a barometer of the tide turning, it would probably be the Sunset Strip riots."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Straight Whisky: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip|last=Quisling|first=Erik|publisher=Bonus Books|year=2003|isbn=1566251974|location=|pages=}}</ref>
+According to ''Timeline''<nowiki/>'s Matt Reimann, the riots anticipated a cultural rift that only grew in the coming years.<ref name=":0" /> In this light, Bob Gibson, manager of the [[The Byrds|Byrds]] and the [[Mamas and the Papas]] reflected: "If you had to put your finger on an event that was a barometer of the tide turning, it would probably be the Sunset Strip riots."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Straight Whisky: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip|last=Quisling|first=Erik|publisher=Bonus Books|year=2003|isbn=1566251974}}</ref>
 ==Cultural impact==
-Regarding the importance of the Sunset Strip riots, ''[[The Guardian]]'' journalist Woody Haut argues that "it was, if nothing else, an early salvo in ''[[Culture war|the culture wars]],'' a battle which continues to this day (...)."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/11/sunset-strip-riot-hippie-los-angeles|title='Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'|last=Haut|first=Woody|date=November 11, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 17, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> He furthermore argues that the riot's most lasting effect had to do with the music that came out of the event.
+Regarding the importance of the Sunset Strip riots, ''[[The Guardian]]'' journalist Woody Haut argues that "it was, if nothing else, an early salvo in [[Culture war|the "culture wars"]], a battle which continues to this day (...)."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/11/sunset-strip-riot-hippie-los-angeles|title='Anarchy on Sunset Strip': 50 years on from the 'hippie riots'|last=Haut|first=Woody|date=November 11, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 17, 2017}}</ref> He furthermore argues that the riot's most lasting effect had to do with the music that came out of the event.
-The incident provided the basis for the 1967 low-budget teen [[exploitation film]] ''[[Riot on Sunset Strip]]'', and inspired multiple songs:
+The incident provided the basis for the 1967 low-budget teen [[exploitation film]] ''[[Riot on Sunset Strip]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|title='Riot' Takes Superficial Look at LSD Parties|author=Clifford, Terry.|date=May 8, 1967|work=Chicago Tribune|page=b8}}</ref> and inspired multiple songs:
-* "[[For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)|For What It's Worth]]" performed by [[Buffalo Springfield]] and written by [[Stephen Stills]].<ref name="npr2019"/> The song is often used as an [[antiwar]] [[protest song]] despite not being originally intended as one.<ref name="pc34" /> Regarding the events, Stills has said: "Riot is a ridiculous name, it was a funeral for Pandora's Box. But it looked like a revolution."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/05/local/me-then5|title=Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'|last=Rasmussen|first=Cecilia|date=August 5, 2007|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=April 4, 2018}}</ref>
+* "[[For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)|For What It's Worth]]" written by [[Stephen Stills]] and performed by [[Buffalo Springfield]].<ref name="npr2019"/> The song is often used as an [[antiwar]] [[protest song]] despite not being originally intended as one.<ref name="pc34" /> Regarding the events, Stills has said: "Riot is a ridiculous name, it was a funeral for Pandora's Box. But it looked like a revolution."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-05-me-then5-story.html|title=Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'|last=Rasmussen|first=Cecilia|date=August 5, 2007|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>
+* "[[Daily Nightly]]", written by [[Michael Nesmith]] and performed by [[the Monkees]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/monkees-daily-nightly-introduced-rock-world-moog-225208|title=The Monkees' "Daily Nightly" introduced the rock world to the Moog|first=Gwen|last=Ihnat}}</ref>
-* "[[Plastic People]]" by [[Frank Zappa]] and [[The Mothers of Invention]].
+* "Riot on Sunset Strip" performed by [[the Standells]], which accompanied the [[Riot on Sunset Strip|eponymous film]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Standells, The |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/music/artists-l-to-z/artists-s/standells/ |website=Nostalgia Central |access-date=July 31, 2020}}</ref>
-* "[[Daily Nightly]]" performed by [[The Monkees]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/monkees-daily-nightly-introduced-rock-world-moog-225208|title=The Monkees' "Daily Nightly" introduced the rock world to the Moog|first=Gwen|last=Ihnat|publisher=}}</ref> The Monkees also reference the riots in one of their interviews at the end of the [[Find the Monkees|season 1 episode "Find the Monkees]]".
+* "[[Safe in My Garden]]" by [[the Mamas and the Papas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/safe-in-my-garden-mt0006050747|last=Greenwald|title='Safe In My Garden': Song Review|first=Matthew |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref>
-* "Riot on Sunset Strip" performed by [[The Standells]], which accompanied the eponymous film.
+* [[Joni Mitchell]]'s song "[[California (Joni Mitchell song)|California]]" contains the line "I'll even kiss a Sunset pig", meaning a policeman on Sunset Strip.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Griffo |first1=Paul |title=1960s Hollywood riots and kissing a Sunset pig |url=https://medium.com/@paulgriffo/1960s-hollywood-riots-and-kissing-a-sunset-pig-b4917dbe7ffd |website=Medium.com |access-date=July 9, 2020}}</ref>
-* "[[Safe in My Garden]]" by [[The Mamas and the Papas]].
+* The [[Frank Zappa]] and the [[Mothers of Invention]] song "Plastic People" from the 1967 Album [[Absolutely Free]] contains the line, "I hear the sound of marching feet down Sunset Blvd. to Crescent Heights, and there, at Pandora's Box, we are confronted with a vast quantity of plastic people" followed by a verse that says, in part, "Watch the Nazis run your town, then go home and check yourself, you think we're singing 'bout someone else."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article-abstract/34/2/51/182286/Trouble-Every-DayWhite-Allyship-and-the-Sunset | title=White Allyship and the “Sunset Strip Riots,” 1966| work=Journal of Popular Music Studies | accessdate=September 11, 2023 }}</ref>
-* "Open Up the Box Pandora" performed by The Jigsaw Seen.
-* "S.O.S." performed by Terry Randall.
-* "Scene of the Crime" performed by Sounds Unreal.
 == See also ==
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 * [[Counterculture of the 1960s]]
 * [[List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States]]
+* [[1967 Century City demonstration]]
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+| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-05-me-then5-story.html
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 ==External links==
+{{commons category|Sunset Strip curfew riots}}
 * [http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj91/davis.htm Wild streets:  American Graffiti versus the Cold War] International Socialism Journal, Issue 91, 2001
 * [http://soulsecretservice.com/tag/stephen-stills-for-what-its-worth/ "Stephen Stills' Song: For What It's Worth."] November 3, 2009.
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+[[Category:1967 in California]]
+[[Category:November 1966 events in the United States]]
+[[Category:December 1966 events in the United States]]
+[[Category:January 1967 events in the United States]]–
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History of the hippie movement	Etymology Beat Generation/Beatniks Central Park be-ins Counterculture of the 1960s Red Dog Experience San Francisco sound Drop City Sunset Strip curfew riots Love Pageant Rally Haight-Ashbury Human Be-In Mantra-Rock Dance Summer of Love Fantasy Fair Monterey Pop Festival Newport Pop Festival Sky River Rock Festival People's Park Woodstock Glastonbury Festival The Farm Piedra Roja Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro Nambassa
People and groups	Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters Acid Tests Furthur bus Electrohippies Diggers San Francisco Oracle Haight Ashbury Free Clinics Haight-Ashbury Switchboard Yippies Wavy Gravy Hog Farm The Brotherhood of Eternal Love Rainbow Family
Politics and ethics	Back-to-the-land movement Free love Anti-authoritarianism Simple living Environmentalism Pacifism Communalism Counterculture Bohemianism Make love, not war Turn on, tune in, drop out Vegetarianism Veganism
Culture and fashion	Psychedelia Flower power Hippie trail Hippie exploitation films Happening Peace symbols Bell-bottoms Love beads Long hair Tie-dye Intentional community communal living Free festival Music festival Flower child
Music	Folk music Folk rock Protest song Psychedelic music Psychedelic folk Psychedelic rock Psychedelic soul Psychedelic pop Psychedelic trance Acid rock Space rock Progressive rock Raga rock World music New-age music Jam bands List of jam band music festivals List of historic rock festivals
Psychedelics and other drugs	Cannabis DMT LSD Psilocybin mushroom Mescaline Peyote
Hippie related subcultures	Deadhead Feral Flower child Freak scene Housetrucker Jesus freak Jipitecas La Onda Lebensreform Mánička New Age New Age travellers Radical Faeries Rave UK underground Woodstock Nation Zippie
Related	List of films List of books and other publications Subculture Cannabis culture Cyberdelic Head shop Underground press press syndicate list Legend of the Rainbow Warriors Free Speech Movement Anti-war movement Civil rights movement Protests of 1968 Chicago Seven New Left New social movements Postmaterialism Neotribalism Hungry generation Sexual revolution Second Summer of Love Neo-psychedelia Baby boomers

v t e Riots and civil unrest in the history of the United States (1964–1980)
California	Watts riots (1965) Compton's Cafeteria riot (1966) Hunters Point social uprising (1966) Sunset Strip curfew riots (1966) Chicano Moratorium (1970) 1973 San Quentin State Prison riot White Night riots (1979)
Florida	1967 Tampa riots 1967 Riviera Beach riot 1968 Tallahassee riots 1968 Miami riot St. Petersburg sanitation strike of 1968 Escambia High School riots (1972–1977) 1980 Miami riots
Idaho	1971 Idaho State Penitentiary riot 1973 Idaho State Penitentiary riot
Illinois	Division Street riots (1966) 1966 Chicago West Side riots Waukegan riot of 1966 Racial unrest in Cairo, Illinois (1967–1973) 1968 Chicago riots 1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity Days of Rage (1969) Humboldt Park riot (1977) Disco Demolition Night (1979)
Maryland	Cambridge riot of 1967 Baltimore riot of 1968
Michigan	1966 Detroit riot 1966 Benton Harbor riots 1967 Detroit riot 1967 Saginaw riot 1968 Detroit riot 1970 Memorial Park riot Livernois–Fenkell riot (1975)
New Jersey	1967 Newark riots 1967 Plainfield riots Trenton Riots of 1968 1970 Asbury Park race riots Camden Riot of 1971
New York	1967 Buffalo riot 1967 New York City riot 1968 New York City riot Stonewall riots (1969) Hard Hat Riot (1970) Attica Prison riot (1971) Clifford Glover shooting riots (1973) August Rebellion (1974)
North Carolina	1969 Greensboro uprising Greensboro massacre (1979)
Ohio	Hough riots (1966) 1966 Dayton race riot 1967 Avondale riots 1968 Avondale riots Wooster Avenue riots of 1968 Glenville shootout (1968) Kent State shootings (1970)
Pennsylvania	1968 Pittsburgh riots 1969 York race riot
Texas	1974 Huntsville Prison siege Moody Park Riot (1978)
Others	Ghetto riots (1964–1969) Long, hot summer of 1967 1967 Milwaukee riot Orangeburg massacre (1968) King assassination riots (1968) 1968 Kansas City, Missouri riot 1968 Louisville riots 1968 Washington, D.C. riots Wilmington riot of 1968 Zip to Zap (1969) 1970 Augusta riot New Haven Black Panther trials (1970) Student strike of 1970 USS Kitty Hawk riot (1972) Wounded Knee incident (1973) 1973 Oklahoma State Penitentiary riot Baltimore police strike (1974) Boston busing desegregation (1974–1988) Herman Hill riot (1979) New Mexico State Penitentiary riot (1980)
Related articles	List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America Mass racial violence in the United States