Tag: memorabilia
Crank It Up: Japan
Gene Simmons rocked the Hard Rock cafe in Hollywood, FL and donated the bass he played that night to help raise money for Japan.
Gene Simmons of KISS, one of the most recognized and influential rock bands in rock and roll history, donated his famous Punisher bass guitar to Hard Rock Cafe at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood during an intimate press conference on March 17th. The guitar will be added to the property’s legendary memorabilia collection. Simmons will perform will the donated guitar for the last time at tonight’s concert at Hard Rock Live during the band’s five encore songs. Hard Rock International in conjunction with Gene Simmons will make a donation to the Red Cross to benefit relief efforts in Japan through the company’s Crank It Up initiative.
Hard Rock Hotel Orlando Assembles New Memorabilia Case
Hard Rock CEO checks out the Britannia Row Hammond organ
From The Hard Rock Vault – Scotty Moore Guitar
Jeff Nolan, Hard Rock’s resident historian and all-around music nerd, sits down with Kip Elder, one of the best luthiers in the country, to talk about some of the pieces from Hard Rock’s memorabilia collection.
Here, Jeff and Kip are showing off Scotty Moore’s Gibson Super 400, a very cool and iconic guitar, which you can even see Elvis using in his ’68 Comeback Special.
Hard Rock Memorabilia – John Lennon’s Camera
John Lennon owned this camera in the ’60s. Can you imagine the pics he took with it? Some people even think that he might’ve used the camera to take the self-portrait of he and Yoko for the infamous “Two Virgins” album cover.
Jeff, Hard Rock’s resident historian and all-around music nerd, and Tina, Hard Rock’s resident photographer and all-around camera nerd, show off and talk about John and the camera.
