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What are customers saying about us? Well have a look! Below you will find
testimonials and feedback from different Amoeba Customers.
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Matt Giarrizzo - 11/11/2010
Three equally memorable Amoeba SF in-stores for me were John Cale, John Waters & Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens.
Mr. Cale & band played a superb unplugged set, then signed for fans. An honor to meet the founder & soul of the Velvet Underground.
John Waters visited during winter holidays, signing & posing with fans for a Polaroid photo-op under the Amoeba Xmas tree. Like the wacky uncle you always wished you had.
And Pee-Wee's Haight Street in-store, well now, THAT was a packed & surreal Fellini-like happening indeed. Playhouse & Big Adventure costumes abounded. So. Much. Fun. (I love that story...) Do I think that The Secret Word that day was "Amoeba"?? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!moeba!!!!!!!
To paraphrase Method Actor Ringo Starr: "Yes. Yes I do." ;)
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Alfredo Garcia - 11/11/2010
Hey!!! Well my story goes like this. I come from South America. When I first moved to L.A. back in 2001 I had no friends and did nothin' but work all the time. When ever I had some time off I had very few options since I didn't really know my way around. I headed to Hollywood where I ended up ether going to party at night or heading to that one interesting record store I found on Sunset Boulevard.
I loved it from the start, the place looked funky (dope), huge and warehouse like from the outside and sort of theatrically huge retro 80's from the inside. Lots of activity going on left and right, posters, flyers, records, colors, people. Once you find your north and get integrated into the picture, you start looking around for what ever it is you're looking for and find not only so many selections you haven't seen for a while anywhere else, but the employees look and act like some one you'd be hangin' around with anyway. It's like a community from start to finish, I love the place, couldn't say enough about it, thank you guys... never change for the love of freedom and sanity. ;)
Alfredo.
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Cesar Orozco - 11/11/2010
Amoeba has always been very dear to me for MANY years. As a young punk music lover who thought he knew SO much about the real important and influential music out there, Amoeba opened up my eyes to the non-commercial side of music. I fell in love with vinyls, and my collection is one of the things I'm most proud of, many of which were found at bargain prices! Why, just last week I picked up an Oasis album for $2.99!!! I have come along way since that naive kid walking through the aisles, and I actually have a kid of my own now. I've attached a photo of her first day at Amoeba Hollywood, and she's already going through the used CD's! Amoeba is a landmark ALL music lovers should cherish. My transition from youth to adulthood ran through Amoeba, my favorite artists going from Van Halen and Guns n' Roses to Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys. I can only hope my daughter shares the same life-changing experiences in your store. VIVA AMOEBA!
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Benjamin Axt - 11/11/2010
Amoeba Records in Hollywood is a magical place. It's better than Disneyland. The sheer variety and depth of music and videos makes you happy to be alive and roaming their aisles. I like all types of music and movies, so Amoeba's "everything under the sun" atmosphere really gets my mind excited with possibilities. I also respect their social responsibility to the greater community. Good products, good service and a good heart. What every business should try to be.
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Daniel Marty - 11/11/2010
I moved to L.A. to study photography and was immediately told about this incredible superstore of music. Music is a universal love that connects most everyone, so with that I was unparalleled when I received a call asking me to come and photograph the one and only Elvis Costello performing at Amoeba Records for 100.3 The Sound. The show absolutely floored me. It was amazing that I was getting to walk through the isles and visually get to see every angle of him performing from all around the store while the crowds were lined up and only allowed to hold one position. It was my first experience feeling like a VIP and after that getting to shake hands and rub elbows for a brief moment just blew my mind. Also, On-top of all that, the set he played was AMAZING. I particularly remember a Grateful Dead cover that was played and it had me at awww.... So yes, Amoeba will always be the place where I once felt involved with a music legend. Such a great place.
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Mark Langan - 11/11/2010
I thought that nothing could replace the old Park Bowl and its Rock 'n' Bowl Saturday nights, but boy was I ever wrong. Any time I'm anywhere near the Haight, I have to "lash myself to the mast" lest I be lured in yet again by the sirens of Amoeba; it's not a pity that I can't tie a good knot! If I can't find what I'm looking for at Amoeba, it must've been a hallucination.
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Aron Pinsky - 11/11/2010
My first visit to Amoeba on Haight in the late '90's ditching my future wife and and cousin and his gal to explore, had never seen anything like it before. Cut to two hours later, I hadn't made it out of the 7" section, the first stop I made.
Cut to many years later and I work right by the greatest record store on the planet, Amoeba Hollywood. Amazing, One day, off of work early (for maybe Thanksgiving weekend) and drop in, buy some tunes and then, an announcement.....please welcome unannounced JANE'S ADDICTION....there were maybe 60 people in the store at the time.No speakers, fully unplugged they jammed Sympathy for the Devil and few others and then they were gone. Amazing again!
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