Staff pin awarded for exceptional service. Pin is a gold-colored Amplifier knob with the word 'LOUD' on the top of the knob, the Hard Rock Logo sits just below the word 'LOUD'. Hard Rock Cafe logo without location name is on top of the knob.
Amplifier volume levels typically go from 0 to 10. The 11 here refers to the 1984 movie "This Is Spinal Tap," in which guitarist Nigel Tufnel proudly demonstrates an amp with volume knobs that go up to 11. "Up to 11," also phrased as "turning it up to 11," has since become an idiom in popular culture.
