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Hot Shots (West Hollywood Gay Club/70's and 80's) sex pistols vive le rock shirt Kids hit like a culturalHot Shots West Hollywood, California Hot Shots was part of the crowded, fast changing gay nightlife scene that made West Hollywood a destination during the 1970s and 1980s. At a time when Santa Monica Boulevard was lined with bars, discos, restaurants, shops, and gathering places created for gay men, clubs like Hot Shots offered something still difficult to find elsewhere: a room where no explanation was required. These venues were built around music,