In response to a recent tweet from Wallpaper*regarding “a boutique hotel with a rocker’s soul”, the writer seems to be acutely unaware of Keith Richard’s interior design skills: televisions lobbed from balconies; Or is it that the omnipresence of aspirational designer lifestyles trumpeted by glossies has meant that even today’s rock ‘n rollers are more concerned about plush furnishings and an ergonomic mattress rather than destroying a hotel room.
Maintaining the increasingly risk adverse, Health and Safety soft rock ‘ n roll chic has it’s natural conclusion: the American Gladiator Bandstand has a ‘Battle of The Bands’ whereby the competition is not musical, rather architectural: hotel room thrashing.