LOS ANGELES — To paraphrase the great 2Pac: much like California, the Brazzers crew knows how to party — and how to throw a party.
In what has become a spring tradition and a fixture on the industry calendar, the “ZZ” studio organized its now-annual Brazzers Industry Social on Thursday evening at one of Hollywood’s trendiest rooftop bars, Grandmaster Recorders on Cahuenga Blvd.
The MindGeek-owned brand, ubiquitous to everyone familiar with online porn — meaning literally everyone — spared no expenses to offer a contained, safe playground for pretty much every major adult performer currently in Los Angeles.
After accessing Grandmaster Recorders’ vintage-vinyl-themed lobby — the venue used to be an iconic Hollywood recording studio where No Doubt, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West and others laid tracks — the guests were whisked up to the rooftop, where a red carpet led to a full open bar, a t-shirt printing press, an area with musical instruments for photo ops and a glittering bathroom under the familiar heart-of-showbiz skyline.
To the strains of a roving saxophonist who ambled among the crowd wielding a neon-lit instrument, top performers, agents, journalists and other industry insiders enjoyed the kind of evening that only a powerhouse like Brazzers can provide as a status flex.
The likes of reigning XBIZ Performers of the Year Cherie DeVille, Vanna Bardot, Seth Gamble and Nicole Doshi, as well as Angela White, Keiran Lee, Asa Akira, Kira Noir, Alexis Fawx, Holly Randall and Ricky Johnson, provided maximum star power alongside a veritable who’s who of the industry’s boldface names.
As the evening progressed and the crowd enjoyed sophisticated hors d’oeuvres and every imaginable cocktail, the attendees could be seen networking — even after hours, Los Angeles is never not a workplace — reconnecting with old friends and colleagues, making new acquaintances, shooting Instagram-ready selfies, grooving to the Brazzers DJs and taking advantage of every inch of the Grandmaster Recorders rooftop for opportunities to make merry.
Even though many of the attendees told XBIZ they had early morning calls on set, few were about to pass up such a lavish, fully comped shindig, so the revelry lasted into the wee hours.
Attendees universally expressed gratitude to Brazzers and associated talents, crew, staff and reps for using their considerable clout to give everyone a chance to mingle in a festive environment and let their hair down outside the more usual routines of set work or content collabs.
