It seemed like 9 out of 10 times I was there for any reason he was there at the tables. Another great memory was after the Megadeth/Amon Amarth/Suicidal Tendencies/Metal Church show getting to talk to and take pics with a few of the Amon guys, Brian Slagel from Metal Blade Records and Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Grip Inc, Suicidal Tendencies, many others).Īnother celebrity I could almost always count on being there was Vinny Paul (rip). It was the first and only time seeing Soundgarden, the first time seeing Alice in Chains, and seeing the first show from Twisted Sister (Metal Meltdown show w/ Extreme, Skid Row, Great White) after the passing of their drummer with the legendary Mike Portnoy filling in on drums. I’ve had some real notable shows and show memories from this place. The pool stage was a great setup with wonderful scenery, Vinyl was an intimate space with a capacity of 650, and the infamous Joint was the big venue which started off as a 2,000 capacity venue and doubled in size when they built the new one in 2009. The great thing about seeing shows here is it had different venues of different sizes so a whole range of bands would play here from big ones to small ones. I’ve seen tons of shows throughout the years at all the venues throughout the hotel (The Joint, Vinyl, Pool, Parking lot) and tons of memorable ones from the first Psycho Fest to my first Warped Tour (2017, the only good one for us metal-heads) and everything in between. No one wanted to go so I rolled solo and as you will see, I’ve made concerts one of main priorities of my life. I saw that Poison was playing with Cinderella and Winger (no judgement) at the Joint. It was my first trip to Vegas and I was with my friends from New York. The Hard Rock Hotel will always hold a special place in my heart for many reasons, the main one being that it was first concert I ever saw in Vegas back in 2002 (2 years before I moved here). It is the end of the era, a door closing on a great hotel with so much music history plastered around its halls making any time i spent there a value add experience. While the venue pages for Vinyl and The Joint still currently remain the same, its only a matter of time before we see changes there too. It’s a bitter sweet feeling seeing the Facebook notification that the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas changed its name to Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

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