From the early 1960s through mid-1980s, the preeminent rock ‘n’ roll club in California’s Orange Country was the Golden Bear. The intimate venue across from the Huntington Beach pier played host to artists ranging from Janis Joplin and Neil Young to Patti Smith and Steve Martin to Lone Justice and local-kids-made-good No Doubt. It was closed down for redevelopment in 1986, leaving a hole in the O.C. scene that has subsequently been filled somewhat, but not entirely, by clubs like the Coach House and the Grove of Anaheim.
Now there are plans to bring the Golden Bear back to life, not as the seaside dive it once was, but
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