Vegas Rocks! Magazine


VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine is a rock music magazine founded in August 2004 by Sally Steele. It covers rock music currently on showcase in the Las Vegas, NV area especially '80s rock music artists. Vegas Rocks! Magazine is a bi-monthly publication available in print in the Las Vegas, NV area and also in select areas of California and Arizona, and online. Beginning in 2010, the magazine began hosting its yearly "Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Awards" event in order to honor rock musicians.
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History

Vegas Rocks! Magazine started in August 2004. Its first issue covered the Van's Warped Tour and was a 14-page newspaper originally titled Las Vegas Rock City News. The title was later changed to Vegas Rocks! Magazine in January 2005 Steele founded Vegas Rocks Media, LLC. Vegas Rocks! Magazine has gone from a 16-page black and white 'zine to a glossy, full-color, 50-page bimonthly publication. It features calendars of club dates and concerts, ads for local bands, record labels, recording studios and music venues.

VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine Music Awards

VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine produces and hosts the VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine Music Awards.
AwardDateVenueNotesRef.
1st Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music AwardsAugust 22, 2010Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, NevadaGuests honored included: Lemmy Kilmister, Lita Ford, Dee Snider, Glenn Hughes, James Kottak, Flavor Flav, Vinnie Appice, Paul Shortino, Nick Oshiro, and others.
2nd Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music AwardsAugust 21, 2011Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, NevadaGuests honored included: Vince Neil, Sebastian Bach, Wayne Static, Slim Jim Phantom, John 5, Steve Stevens, Josie Stevens, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke & Steven Adler, Carmine Appice, Levi Benton, and others.
3rd Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music AwardsAugust 26, 2012The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, NevadaGuests honored included: Sammy Hagar, David Coverdale, Geoff Tate, Mark Kendall, Michael Schenker, Blas Elias, Vinnie Paul, Kip Winger, Marq Torien, Eddie Trunk, Dead Sara, and others.
Broadcast internationally to a live audience on AXS TV.
4th Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music AwardsAugust 25, 2013The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, NevadaGuests honored included: Carl Palmer, Jon Anderson, Zakk Wylde, Chris Holmes, DJ Ashba, Tracii Guns & Stacey Blades of LA Guns, Rudy Sarzo, Jordan Rudess, Danny Koker of The History Channel's Counting Cars, Ron Keel, Ron Jeremy, and others.
5th Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music AwardsNovember 23, 2014Pearl Concert Theater, Palms Casino Resort, Paradise, NevadaGuests honored included: Nicolas Cage, Wes Cage, Steve Lukather & David Paich, Michael Anthony, Stephen Pearcy, Orianthi, Rikki Rockett, Robert Sarzo, and others.
Vegas Rocks! Magazine Hair Metal AwardsMay 15, 2016Eastside Cannery, Sunrise Manor, NevadaGuests honored and attending included: Scorpions, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Winger, Doro Pesch, Rudy Sarzo, BulletBoys, Criss Angel, Angel, Brian Tichy, Pretty Boy Floyd.
Hosted by Nick Hawk and Sally Steele.
7th Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music AwardsJanuary 21, 2024Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las VegasHonored guests included: Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom of Blue Öyster Cult, Kip Winger, Orianthi, Rikki Rockett of Poison, Five Finger Death Punch, Count’s 77 featuring Danny Koker, Blas Elias of Slaughter, Lizzy Borden, Simon Wright of AC/DC, Marco Mendoza, Tim Owens of Judas Priest and many others.