Vicky Hamilton (born April 1, 1958) is an American record executive, personal manager, promoter and club booker, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and artist.
She then started managing Poison soon after they moved to LA, while continuing to promote concerts at The Roxy Theatre and Whisky a Go Go.
After a falling out with Poison once they signed with Enigma Records, she began managing Guns N' Roses and Darling Cruel.
Early in 1984, Vicky got a call from Axl Rose while she was working as an agent for rock acts at Silverlining Entertainment.
Slash convinced Vicky to let Axl hide out at her apartment until his legal troubles with the police blew over.
Over the next six months, nearly all of the band (with the exception of McKagan, who lived with his girlfriend) moved into Hamilton's one-bedroom apartment at 1114 North Clark St. in West Hollywood.
Hamilton booked many live shows for the band, got them a lawyer and took many meeting with major record companies.
Hamilton took an A&R consulting job at Geffen Records soon after agreeing to let the label find the band major management.
She went on to manage Darling Cruel, Faster Pussycat, The Lostboys, and Salty Dog, securing them all major record deals.
Hamilton later took a full-time A&R job at Geffen Records, and brought in deals for Salty Dog, Rick Parker, Half Way Home, I, Napoleon, and The Graveyard Train.
She also took an interest in painters and developed a relationship with lowbrow artist Ron English, representing him for special projects and album jackets.
While managing The Freewheelers, who were label mates with Johnny Cash, they were invited to open for the man in black at the House of Blues.
Vicky shopped the idea of making a record with June to many major labels and was shocked that no one wanted to do it.
In addition to starting her own label, Hamilton followed her friend Gary Gersh to Capitol Records as an A&R consultant, where she worked until 1999.