What, no one from Britny Fox was around?

The latest in rocker-owned bars opened Friday night, with The Playground’s Rock Room giving way to Dead Man’s Hand. The joint, co-owned by Scott Ian and Jerry Cantrell got things started Friday with Kerry Simon and — showing up late, as always — Phil Hellmuth in the crowd to hear John Dolmayan hit the stage.

Dolmayan did a brief set on the kit with his band Indicator before Scars on Broadway guitarist Franky Perez got on stage to kick out System of a Down’s “Lonely Day” and Scars’ “They Say.”

For the second night, it was The Starf**kers with the Stray Cats’ Slim Jim Phantom and Teddy Andreadis, who played keyboards briefly for Guns ‘n Roses. Tera Patrick made the scene, as did former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, The Apprentice’s Omarosa, and poker pros Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Jeff Madsen and Casey Thompson. The full grand opening hasn’t been settled on, but it’s being targeted for later this year.

In just a few more weeks, Ian is going to take over DJ duties on Friday nights in December. This will make the average Friday night 80 percent more metal than your typical Friday evening of sitting at home catching up on How I Met Your Mother reruns.

By Jason Scavone

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