On a mostly industrial block lined with auto body shops and a handful of homes in Bensonhurst, little remains of the roaring music scene that once filled an old warehouse at 1546 62nd St.

But Chuck Kaye remembers.

The former DJ of L’amour — the legendary Brooklyn club once known as the “Rock Capitol of Brooklyn” — has launched a website dedicated to preserving the venue’s history and sharing behind-the-scenes stories from its heyday in the 1980s.

What You Need To Know

Former L’amour DJ Chuck Kaye has launched TheRoarofLamour.com to preserve the club’s history

L’amour opened in 1978 as a disco before becoming a major heavy metal venue in the 1980s

Bands including Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Anthrax performed at the Brooklyn club

Kaye says music discovery has shifted from clubs like L’amour to social media and streaming platforms

“It’s just telling people what it was like,” Kaye said. “It’s looking back and saying truthfully this is not going to happen again. And it’s a shame L’amour isn’t as revered as it should be.”

L’amour opened in 1978 as a disco club, capitalizing on the popularity of “Saturday Night Fever,” which was filmed just minutes away. As disco faded, rock music took over. By the mid-1980s, heavy metal defined the space.

“In 1984 they were kind of a heavy metal club and that’s when they reached out and they hired me, because they needed somebody to be the conduit between what they were and the scene,” said Kaye, who worked at the club from 1984 to 1988.

Known as “The Roar of L’amour,” Kaye was more than a DJ. He also served as a VJ, host, MC, booker and promoter, helping introduce new bands and build the club’s reputation during a pivotal era for hard rock and metal.

Through his new site, TheRoarofLamour.com, Kaye recounts stories from those years — when major acts that would later become global stars took the stage in Brooklyn.

Among them were Guns N’ Roses, Anthrax and White Lion. Iron Maiden performed under the name Charlotte and the Harlots. And Metallica, on the brink of mainstream success, played what Kaye calls a legendary weekend at the club.

“Metallica broke big and they came back to play a most legendary weekend, three nights in January of 1985 — Metallica, WASP and Armored Saint — and that was the last time Metallica played the club,” Kaye said. “But in 1988 I had the world premiere of their classic album ‘And Justice For All.’ Their record company executive gave it to me and said you are the first person to play this, so that was kind of cool.”

For fans of metal, hard rock and punk, L’amour was a haven. The club operated in various forms until the early 2000s, but Kaye said the music industry has changed dramatically since then.

One major shift, he said, is how audiences discover music. In the 1980s, clubs like L’amour introduced fans to new bands. Today, social media and streaming platforms often fill that role.

Kaye was 22 years old when he started at L’amour.

“I began on my 22nd birthday in 1984, which says two things. One, I’m old. And the other one, man, I was just a kid, and they gave me the keys to the L’amour car. And for 49 months I ran it the best I could,” he said.

Eventually, he left, burned out from nightclub life. Decades later, he has returned to the club in a different way — digitally — ensuring that the stories of L’amour live on, even if the music no longer echoes down 62nd Street.