Ground Kontrol is often visited by game designers, bands playing at the Roseland Theater, actors filming in Portland, and other persons of note. Here are some of our more famous visitors:
Gaming
Steve Ritchie
Music
Lemmy (Motörhead)
Chris Randall (Sister Machine Gun)
Film and Television
Wil Wheaton
Other
Shepard Fairey
If you see someone you recognize at Ground Kontrol, remember to be polite – sometimes they’re just here to relax and blow off some steam, and they may not want to take a photo or chat! If you do snag a cool photo with someone and you’d like us to add it to our gallery, drop us a line!
Seanbaby gets ready for his close-up while filming MTV's Videogame Countdown at Ground Kontrol's original location.The Minibosses perform at Ground Kontrol's original location in 2004.Troy Sanders, Mastodon bassist/vocalist and fan of The Simpsons arcade game.?uestlove and Captain Kirk of The Roots at ?uest's favorite game, 720º.DJ Quik and a member of his entourage stopped in to play some Galaga. The verdict: "This place tight, man."Henry Owings of "Chunklet" infamy and Brian Posehn show their true feelings for each other in our vintage photo booth (which is now at Backspace.)Patton And Henry With Curtain.Lemmy Kilmister of Mötorhead knows his classic videogames, and plays Tempest whenever he's in town.Renowned pinball table designer Mark Ritchie with one of his own creations here at GK!Governor John Kitzhaber stopped by today for some gaming! Here he is playing 1987 Sega classic After Burner!Portland Timbers player Vytautas Andriuskevicius with his favorite game at Ground Kontrol, Mortal Kombat II!Swedish metal giants In Flames and progressive metal band Source (Boulder, CO) stopped by Ground Kontrol a few weeks ago after their show across the street at the Roseland Theater! Thank you LIM SANG Photography for the photo!Doug Benson and Graham Elwood on AM Northwest, Thursday 8/8/13! Doug and Graham both stop by GK whenever they're in town.Graham Elwood on AM Northwest, Thursday 8/8/13! The master of the Palm Strike also has serious Tempest skills!Check out the video online: http://www.katu.com/amnw - and if you're in Salem, they've got a show tonight! https://www.boxofficetickets.com/bot/wa/event?id=229125Craig Mabbitt, lead singer of Escape The Fate, shows love for Turtles in Time.
