Vicky Hamilton

Who is Vicky Hamilton?

Vicky Hamilton is an American record executive, personal manager, promoter and club booker, writer, documentary film maker, and artist.

Hamilton is noted for managing the early careers of Guns N' Roses, Poison and Faster Pussycat; for being a management consultant for Mötley Crüe and Stryper, a 1980s concert promoter on the Sunset Strip, and a club booker at Bar Sinister from 2001 to 2010.

Hamilton did A&R at Geffen Records from 1988 to 1992, worked at Lookout Management, at Vapor Records from 1994 to 1996, and as an A&R consultant at Capitol Records from 1997 to 1999. She started her own record label, Small Hairy Dog, in 1997, a joint venture with Risk Records in 1998. The only artist signed to the label was June Carter Cash whose album Press On won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in 2000.