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One of West Hollywood's top luxury hotels and a destination with a storied musical past
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Sunset Marquis is a coveted place for celebrities and travelers to stay while visiting the Los Angeles area
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Home to Nightbird Studios, one of the top recording studios in the world, where everyone from Aerosmith to U2 to Usher have recorded hits
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This resort-like sanctuary is within walking distance of the famous sunset strip
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And you never know who you might see while staying here. Clause Messner is showing me around the hotel and bar 1,200
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I've seen a lot of recognizable faces in these photos. Oh, absolutely, yeah
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This was the place, you know, where people came. They went down to the recording studio, worked down there at the same time they came up here
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The sunset was the first one with a real professional setup where you could record
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24 having a full professional top recording studio combined with the hotel was unique at that time and still seems to be unique nowadays Well I already seen a few celebrities in my short time here so I can only imagine what going to happen tonight when I come down to the bar and have a few drinks
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Who knows, I may even go cut a record. Bands can roll into the parking garage and surface inside the hotel's enclave where they can lounge pool side, grab a drink or record, away from the paparazzi
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To service the entertainment industry, we do have an underground parking option for two buses
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which try to sneak in and sneak out and being less seen
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You know, that's how I was rolling in today. I appreciated that you did that for me
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It's really... Absolutely. Absolutely great. I mean, he looked amazing on our security system
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What I think is cool is that I could actually stay here as a traveler amongst the great stars of our day and stars of the past
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Well, and as you said, you've been part of the world. of that now based on your entrance
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Yeah, that's true. Thanks for that. So you don't have to be an A-lister to feel like one
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On your trip to West Hollywood
