Rolling Stone<\/a>magazine of her many stays.<\/p>\n\u201cBut it\u2019s more than that, it\u2019s a place of serenity and beauty.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the craziness of a gig or an awards show \u2026 you know you have a place where you can relax and recharge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most disruptive and most charming guests<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re a hotel known for rock and roll guests they\u2019re going to do rock and roll things. But, said Mr Gruendyke, there are limits. One of his peskiest famous guests was the band Green Day who were banned from the Sunset Marquis on three separate occasions \u2013 a hotel record.<\/p>\n
Their first ban was for a year after they threw all their suite\u2019s furniture \u2013 naturally including the TV \u2013 into the garden below. <\/p>\n
Exactly 12 months later, the band asked if they could return, said Mr Gruendyke. This time the drummer Tre Cool was dying his hair. Mr Gruendyke said he managed to dye the room\u2019s carpets green as well and then his bandmates moved all the potted plants into the suite to make an indoor jungle. The ban for that escapade was for three months. <\/p>\n
When that ban was over, Green Day returned once more. They filled a jacuzzi with bubble bath which then filled a courtyard with bubbles. This relatively minor misdemeanour led to just a one month ban.<\/p>\n
Green Day have returned since and no further bans have been necessary. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey grew up,\u201d Mr Gruendyke said of the moderation in behaviour. <\/p>\n
\u201cPeople get older, they get more mature, they get married and have children\u201d. <\/p>\n
There is no hesitation when Mr Gruendyke is asked who is the most charming guest: actor Billy Bob Thornton. <\/p>\n
\u201cBilly Bob has always been a gentleman,\u201d he said. A star with no pretensions or airs and graces. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Billy comes in here, from day one, he\u2019ll pretend we don\u2019t know who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thornton, says Mr Gruendyke, will often stop by to chat to the staff. And he was definitely a regular \u2013 at one point staying at the Sunset Marquis for four years. <\/p>\n
Even when he moved out, after a long tiring day on set, Mr Gruendyke said Thornton would sometimes forget he had an actual home to go to. <\/p>\n
\u201cBilly would show up and say \u2018I just need my room key\u2019 and I\u2019d say \u2018Billy, you checked out two month ago\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, a room would be rustled up and he would be given a comb and a toothbrush. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d check him in and the next morning he would head back to work\u201d.<\/p>\n
Thornton\u2019s relationship with the hotel is so strong, he\u2019s earned the title the \u201cMayor of the Sunset Marquis\u201d. <\/p>\n
Indeed, Thornton has narrated a new documentary on the Sunset Marquis and its celebrity clientele called If These Walls Could Rock. It features interviews with many of the establishment\u2019s famous guests including Lauper, Slash, Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen and Ringo Starr. <\/p>\n
The film sums up the hotel as the \u201chideaway where rock stars checked in, passed out, and made history\u201d.<\/p>\n
Thornton is even immortalised on the hotel\u2019s walls. One day, says Mr Gruendyke, Thornton saw that there was large photograph of Whoopi Goldberg next to the women\u2019s toilet in the hotel\u2019s Cavatina restaurant. <\/p>\n
The image is of Goldberg in the loo looking exasperated as fans reach beneath the cubicle desperate for an autograph. It\u2019s a recreation of an incident Goldberg says actually happened at Disney World. She gifted it to the Sunset Marquis as she thought the rest room themed work would ideally suit a spot next to the ladies lavatories. <\/p>\n
\u201cBilly Bob saw her picture and said \u2018hey, why isn\u2019t my picture here?\u2019\u201d pointing to the wall by the men\u2019s, recalled Mr Gruendyke.<\/p>\n
Soon after, he came down to the Sunset Marquis with an image from the film Bad Santa with Thornton\u2019s Santa character drunk passed out by the urinals. The pictures are now toilet twins.<\/p>\n
The Sunset Marquis is about to complete a multimillion dollar renovation with existing rooms and villas refurbished and upgraded, some with their own jacuzzis, private outdoor patios and even driveways. <\/p>\n
You don\u2019t have to love the music or entertainment industries to stay at the Sunset Marquis. But it helps to understand the history of the place. <\/p>\n
\u201cPeople that are into rock and roll, the music scene, they might go to a concert on Sunset Boulevard and they want to be where there is that history of rock and roll,\u201d said Mr Gruendyke. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd they want to say they\u2019ve stayed at a place where one of their idols has stayed\u201d.<\/p>\n
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