00:00My name is Billy Bob Thornton, and I am the unofficial mayor of the Sunset Marquee.
00:05This is like the rock and roll friars club.
00:09In rock and roll, all roads lead at Sunset Marquee.
00:13I have this godlike status.
00:15The Sunset Marquee.
00:16The Sunset Marquee.
00:17The Sunset Marquee.
00:18The Sunset Marquee.
00:19The Sunset Marquee.
00:21If you wanted sex, drugs, and rock and roll, you stayed at the Sunset Marquee.
00:31It's a pretty well-kept secret.
00:32It has been for 60 years.
00:38I was having sexual relations on the stairs.
00:41Hey, what's up, you know?
00:45You didn't feel out of place.
00:47If somebody was at the party, the door was open.
00:49Are you talking about threesomes?
00:50There were eleven-somes.
00:51Every person is like...
00:56It's rock star after rock star after rock star.
01:01I'm George Rosenthal, the originator of the Sunset Marquee Hotel.
01:05Creative genius.
01:09In the early days, rockers were looked down upon.
01:12We were freaks, misfits, and outcasts.
01:15And I said, I want to build more than just a hotel.
01:18I wanted a community.
01:20At the Sunset Marquee, you could be yourself and not hit the front page of the newspapers.
01:25We'd be kicked out of everywhere, but not the Sunset Marquee.
01:30In 1991, the L.A. County sheriffs marched into the building and sued us for billions of dollars.
01:37My father could have lost my hotel.
01:39The pressure was staggering.
01:41I didn't want to lose the hotel.
01:44I wanted to involve it.
01:47It's a meeting place for the like-minded.
01:50That vibe is still there.
01:52Yeah, it can be crazy.
01:54But you can also always count on the fact that it's going to be the place that you love.
02:00We thought we were living in heaven.
02:02It was unlike any hotel I've ever been in.
02:05Richard Harris being completely naked was a sight.
02:12It's like you're in a dream all the time.
02:19God, if a bomb went off in this joint, Rock Radio would be fucking...
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