Vicky Hamilton was born on April 1,1958 and is an American record executive, personal manager, promoter and club booker, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and artist.
24 Facts About Vicky Hamilton
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Vicky Hamilton is noted for managing the early careers of Guns N' Roses, Poison and Faster Pussycat, as well as working as a management consultant for Motley Crue and Stryper, and credited for developing their careers.
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Vicky Hamilton's sisters are Sharon Lee Hamilton and Brenda Ann Hamilton.
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Vicky Hamilton's father was a coal miner, a sailor and then an engineer for BF Goodrich.
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Vicky Hamilton graduated from New Haven High School, New Haven, Indiana in 1976, and attended Fort Wayne Art Institute before dropping out to work in the music industry.
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Vicky Hamilton booked and promoted many glam and metal bands throughout the 1980s.
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An art school dropout, Vicky Hamilton began to manage bands in 1979.
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Vicky Hamilton did display merchandising all over Los Angeles for the Greenworld-distributed "Too Fast For Love" record, and helped promote Motley Crue to the record labels.
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Once they were signed to Elektra Records the band got new management, and Vicky Hamilton was out of a job.
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Early in 1984, Vicky Hamilton got a call from Axl Rose while she was working as an agent for rock acts at Silverlining Entertainment.
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Vicky Hamilton was booking Slash's band, Black Sheep, and she introduced Slash to Axl when Hollywood Rose opened for Black Sheep and Stryper at the Music Machine, in West LA.
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Vicky Hamilton took on a management role as the band moved into a rehearsal space near Howie Hubberman's guitar shop, Guitars R Us.
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Vicky Hamilton booked many live shows for the band, got them a lawyer and took many meeting with major record companies.
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Vicky Hamilton convinced Howie Hubberman to invest $25,000 in gear, clothes and rehearsals for the band.
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Vicky Hamilton went on to manage Darling Cruel, Faster Pussycat, The Lostboys, and Salty Dog, securing them all major record deals.
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Vicky Hamilton took an interest in painters and developed a relationship with lowbrow artist Ron English, representing him for special projects and album jackets.
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Vicky Hamilton represented graffiti artist Street Phantom, whom she bailed out of jail.
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Vicky Hamilton went on to do the album jackets for Rage Against the Machine, and The Battle of Los Angeles.
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Backstage after the show in 1996, Vicky Hamilton told label president Rick Rubin and artist Tom Petty how much she enjoyed Johnny's performance and particularly Johnny's sidekick and wife, June Carter Cash.
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Vicky Hamilton started her own management company, Aesthetic V in 2001.
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Vicky Hamilton manages, consults and represents several musical acts and visual artists.
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Vicky Hamilton started her own record label, Small Hairy Dog, in 1997, a joint venture with Risk Records in 1998.
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Vicky Hamilton taught at the Musician's Institute from 2007 to 2009.
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Vicky Hamilton is making a documentary about the music business called "Until The Music Ends" with partner Bill Watson.