Gold Room’s VIP too cool, even for Tommy Lee

• Christina Lee

Some guy in VIP jumped up and down, pumping his right fist three times, only to sit back down on the black leather couch next to his date. He looked straight ahead, past the main bar to his right, toward a thickening crowd on the opposite side of the floor. Ryan Purcell, one half of production duo Street Lurkin and lead photographer of Oh Snap Kid, stared in the same direction - not from the club’s balcony, where headlining DJs could spin and clearly be seen, but in a hallway that ran from one second-floor lounge to the other. “If you can’t see us, then we’re right here,” he said into his mic, waving.

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As former residents of Le Castle Vania’s Fuck Yesss parties, Street Lurkin has also warmed up crowds for Kid Sister, A-Trak, and Steve Aoki. They can command casually-dressed crowds with synchronized spirit fingers and severe bass drops. But last Friday night, in their attempts to open for Tommy Lee (yup, that one) and DJ Aero at Gold Room, Street Lurkin got stuck with a sparse and mostly sober Buckhead crowd that seemed slow to hit the dance floor.