Seattle’s only over-water hotel is rich in rock ’n’ roll history. They even offer complimentary guitars, sheet music, and record players to experience the music vibe at The Edge. 
It is known as the location where one of Kurt Cobain’s final interviews was filmed by the Canadian TV channel MuchMusic on a guestroom balcony in August 1993. 
In 1973, a band was banned from the hotel after an infamous fishing incident. What was the name of the band?
Did you know that guests used to frequently fish out of their guestroom windows?
Well, Rock ‘n’ Roll bands, … often catch shark and squid and octopus and usually we… it lands up either in the bath tub or dribbled on the floor on the way to the bath tub.
The Mudshark Interview, Frank Zappa (transcript)
We have a shop in the hotel that does rent the fishing equipment as well as bait.
… there’s not much you can do with the shark after you’ve caught him, you know. Some of these things are pretty big.
The Edgewater Hotel was built for the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. Although it wasn’t completed on time for the World’s Fair, a famous visit by the Beatles launched it as a favorite Seattle destination among musicians.
The Beatles
In 1964, at the height of Beatlemania, The Edgewater was the only hotel in Seattle that accepted the risk of hosting the Fab Four.
After their concert, the Beatles were rushed back in an ambulance, using decoy taxi cabs. The hotel installed a cyclone fence, yet some fans still attempted to swim across Elliott Bay.
The Beatles Suite, still features Beatles-inspired decor for hotel guests.
Led Zeppelin
In 1973, the band was officially banned from staying at the hotel after they were discovered catching roughly 30 mud sharks from their guest room window and leaving them scattered under beds, in closets, elevators, hallways, bathtubs, and throughout their rooms. They also threw items like beds, TVs, and glassware into Elliott Bay. Despite this, Led Zeppelin has been welcomed back to the Edgewater since then. The mud shark incident remains one of the most infamous rock stories from the 1970s.
A Long List of Legends
The hotel has a rich history of hosting legendary bands and artists, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, The Monkees, Black Sabbath, The Mamas and the Papas, Ray Charles, The Supremes, Willie Nelson, Blondie, Jethro Tull, Lou Rawls, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, The Who, Vanilla Fudge, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Chris Cornell, Iggy Pop, and Alice Cooper, among others.
