The Hard Rock Cafes

Frequently Asked Quesitons

No - not at all. This is a Webpage of a big HRC fan - but I have never been in any kind connected to the HRC Company - never worked at a HRC or for the company at all. I just visit the HRCs from time to time. So the opinion you find on this webpage is the opinion of JB - and has nothing to do with the opinion of the HRC Company. The offical HRC Website is at www.hardrock.com.

I want to open my own Hard Rock Cafe. Can you help me ?

Well, as said above I have nothing to do with the company. So if you want to find out about opening a HRC franchise go to the official HRC Website at www.hardrock.com 

Why do the Opening Dates of HRCs change so often ?

HRC announces from time to time Opening Dates for new Hard Rock Cafes - some dates sharp some dates just with the month when an Opening shall take place. But these dates can change totally - even for month. There are various reasons for it like problems with the restaurant itself which might not get ready in time, problems with the local authorities (remember: HRCs opened in almost every corner of the globe). So whatever you read here on my website: It's the best I can tell you - but it might change. So check here again in the news section to make sure you find out about the latest on upcoming Openings.

I saw a great pin on your traders list but want to buy it - is that possible ?

Yes, of course that is possible. Just E-Mail me with the pin you want to buy and I will contact you as soon as possible. Payment is easy as you can by me by Paypal ( www.paypal.com ).

Also make sure to check my small HRC Shop where I often have HRC pins at great prices for sale.

I heard a lot about DEAD ROCKER Pins and also of DEAD ROCKER Clones. What are these pins ?

HRC released a set of 14 Pins some years ago to commemorate some of the greatest Rockers of all time. This series was soon to be known as the Dead Rocker Pins. They were released by 14 different Hard Rock Cafes - 13 of the them in the USA and just one from Australia. They were released in two different series:

1st Memorial Series:

• HRC Chicago: Black Gibson Acoustic w/ "ELVIS PRESLEY"
• HRC Honolulu: Gibson Super CES400 w/ "BILL HAILEY"
• HRC Houston: Black Gibson ES w/ "ROY ORBISON"
• HRC Los Angeles: Brown Acoustic w/ "BUDDY HOLLY"
• HRC New Orleans: Brown & Gold Gibson Acoustic w/ "RICK NELSON"
• HRC San Francisco: Red Gretsch w/ "EDDIE COCHRAN"

2nd Memorial Series:

• HRC Aspen: Red Gibson ES w/ "DUANE ALLMAN"
• HRC Hollywood: Black Rickenbacker w/ "JOHN LENNON"
• HRC Las Vegas: Green left-handed Stratocaster w/ "KURT COBAIN"
• HRC Maui: White Fender Bass w/ "SID VICIOUS"
• HRC Newport Beach: White Vox w/ "BRIAN JONES"
• HRC Phoenix: Brown Stratocaster w/ "STEVIE RAY VAUGHN"
• HRC San Diego: Red & White Flying V w/ "JIMMI HENDRIX"
• HRC Sydney: Silver Veleno Guitar w/ "MARC BOLAN"

These pins are really hot and a great part of every HRC Pin Collection - but they are hard to get as there were only 1500 to 3000 pins released of each Original Dead Rocker Pin. The pins were sold out very fast (I am proud to say that I have every single Dead Rocker in my collection) .

In 1998 HRC Company decided to release new pins at almost every location and they thought it would be a good idea to use the design of the old Dead Rocker Pins. These pins became known as Dead Rocker Clones.

You can easily see which pin is a Dead Rocker and which pin is a Dead Rocker Clone. The Original Dead Rocker Pins all had the name of the Dead Rocker on them - and the Dead Rocker Clones have there just the name of the city on it.

What are Staff Pins - or Opening Staff Pins ?

Staff Pins are pins that are usually not available over the counter of a HRC. These Pins are made just for the Staff of a HRC. Some pins are given to Staff-Members at special events, some pins are given to them if they did something special (Employee of the Month; special sale at the Merchendise Counter) and some pins are given to them for their anniversarys at the HRC (for example if you work for a HRC for one year you get a special pin). These pins are usually pretty rare - and so the prices for these pins are high.

Opening Staffs usually are the rarest and most expensive pins there are. These kind of pins are given only to the few Staff-Members who opened up a Hard Rock Cafe.