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Sally Steele (born Sally Craig) was born on May 8, 1959, in Indianapolis and is the founder, CEO and Editor-In-Chief [http://www.vegasrocks.com Vegas Rocks! Magazine]. She also handles a bulk of the publishing, editing and photography duties. Sally began her early career in photography and later spent time in various music projects and acting positions.

Early life
She was born and raised in Indiana. At age 14, Sally started taking pictures of celebrities and rock bands such as Kiss, Aerosmith and Black Sabbath. At age 16, Sally started singing in local rock bands. After high school, she moved to Japan and played in a Cover band for a brief tour. After one year of select performances, Sally decided to relocate to the vibrant rock scene which was taking place on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California during the early 1980's.

Career
While in Hollywood, Sally pursed a career in music and acting. She did several bit parts in movies and television and also starred in several Music videos. She also had her own music video featured on MTV. In the early 1990s, when the hair metal music genre was in decline, Sally moved to Nashville for a short while before relocating again to Las Vegas. Steele attempted stand-up comedy, played guitar when she could and worked as a cocktail waitress before becoming a chauffeur.

"I picked up Alice Cooper one day, and I was driving 100 miles an hour, looking in the back seat, asking him 10 million questions about every song he did. And he answered, you know? It really put the thought in my head, 'Well, I should do something with these questions.' "

Vegas Rocks! Magazine
In 2004, Sally started VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine with no experience as a publisher and no start up money. She gathered content for her first issue at the Van's Warped Tour with a camera and a tape recorder she purchased the night before. Sally interviewed the artists, wrote all the articles and took all the photos for the first issue. which was released in August of 2004 and was a 14 page newspaper originally titled; “Las Vegas Rock City News”. The title was later changed to VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine in Jan of 2005 when she founded Vegas Rocks Media, LLC. Sally has continued to publish VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine for the past 10 years with over 100 consecutive issues of her magazine being published. VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine has grown from a 16-page black and white 'zine to a glossy, full-color, 50-page monthly publication. It features calendars of club dates and concerts, ads for local bands, record labels, recording studios and music venues such as House of Blues and The Hard Rock Cafe

Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards
In 2010 Sally hosted, created and produced the 1st Annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards. With the help from her friends including Dee Snider, Lita Ford, James Kottak, Lemmy Kilmister, Glen Hughes and many others, it was the first of her yearly Vegas Rocks! Magazine awards shows in Las Vegas.