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Contemporary gay guides described it as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecruisy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, leather-oriented and simply \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A Man’s Bar.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne Way wasn't polished West Hollywood nightlife. The room was famously stripped down, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblack walls, galvanized chain-link fencing, loud music and a wild back patio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In 1980 it was described as a “new wave men’s bar,” playing everything from Marianne Faithfull to the B-52s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat combination of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleather and underground music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e made One Way especially interesting. Beginning in 1982, its Sunday afternoon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe-o-ret-i-cal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e parties brought together leather men, punks, goths and artists, with performances by people and bands including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNervous Gender, Christian Death, Red Wedding, Ron Athey and Vaginal Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was also very much a cruise bar. Photographer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRick Castro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who frequented One Way in the 1980s, later remembered it as the best leather bar in Los Angeles—a tiny, dark room where meeting somebody was practically part of the admission price. It was also where Castro first met Tom of Finland Foundation co-founder \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDurk Dehner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flaunt.com\/blog\/rick-castro?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"\u003eFlaunt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1987\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, One Way made the news when police and fire officials cleared the bar over overcrowding. 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