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RIP … Legendary UFO Bassist Pete Way Dead at 69

B;abbermouth — Iconic bass player Pete Way, founder of UFO, WAYSTED and, more recently, THE PETE WAY BAND, has died at the age of 69. He sustained life-threatening injuries in an accident two months ago but fought hard until finally succumbing to those injuries at 11.35 a.m. BST today (Friday, August 14). His wife, Jenny, was at his side. Way was a much-loved and highly regarded figure among rock fans, critics and fellow musicians alike. Best known for his work with UFO, Pete‘s energetic[…]

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MOTLEY CRUED … Marq Torien claims Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx called him racial slurs ‘be@ner’ and ‘wetb@ck’

Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview on the Chuck Shute Podcast, BulletBoys singer Marq Torien alleges Motley Crue members called him racial slurs when they first met. Torien who grew up in East Los Angeles says that his first ever meeting with Motley Crue was outside the Rainbow Bar & Grill. The BulletBoys singer says he saw Vince Neil standing outside the club leabing against a brick wall and told Torien: “Hey, beaner[…]

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YOUR FAVE SISTER … Dee Snider: “Sebastian Bach’s losing (his) shit. Life’s too short. I’m The Original Hair Farmer, whatever.”

Blabbernouth — In a behind-the-scenes clip from his recent appearance on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider ranted to host Eddie Trunk about the term “hair metal” and the categorization of music in general. Dee said (see video below): “The term ‘heavy metal’ — I was there, dude — was a derogatory title, assigned to hard rock of a certain type by arrogant, condescending writers and critics. Calling a band heavy metal was originally meant to be a putdown.[…]

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MOTLEY DID WHAT? … “They lifted a song title from me…”Til Death Do Us Part”. That’s my title” says Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee

Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview with former Kik Tracee frontman Stephen Shareaux the singer says Motley Crue lifted a song title from him. Shareaux recently spoke at length with the 80’s Glam Metalcast Podcast and talked about all kinds of interesting stuff. As reported by Sleazeroxx: “Shareaux was asked about his audition with Mötley Crüe to which he stated (as transcribed by the 80’s Glam Metalcast podcast with slight edits): “Nikki [Sixx] called me one day and said Vince [Neil][…]

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OBVIOUSLY … “It’s like my fucking brain, after all this time, is turning into mush” Sebastian Bach

Metal Sludge — Sebastian Bach is finding it harder and harder to deal with the current state of our world. Bach has been vocal on social media about Covid 19 for many months but now it’s reaching a new level. The singer best known for his time fronting the band Skid Row has also been very outspoken about President Trump as well. Bach, 52, has continued with his endless tirades and rants, which are usually[…]

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NEXT YEAR … M3 Rock Festival have scrapped their 2020 weekend event and rescheduled for Spring 2021

Metal Sludge — M3 Rock Festival have officially pulled the plug on their 2020 annual weekend event. Originally scheduled for the spring (May 1-3, 2020) and then postponed to the fall (September 4-6th 2020) it has become clear this year isn’t going to work. COVID-19 is clearly the reason that so many shows, tours and awesome events like the M3 Rock Festival have had to throw in the towel on 2020. The official statement from[…]

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TUFF DIARIES #16 … Lita Ford, Jason Flom, 75+ Shows, Cocaine, a Lawsuit, Sweet F.A. & the Big Freeway Fight

— It’s the 4th quarter of 1991 and we had just got back from a long U.S. tour. We also went to England for the American Dream concert series in London. After flying back into Florida from our overseas trip we met back up with our roadies. Our budget didn’t allow for us to bring our full road-crew so we put them up in a cheap motel in Orlando for a week. You see our[…]

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NO APOLOGIES … Mitch Malloy on the recent controversial Great White show: “I never apologized. And never will.”

Metal Sludge — In a brand new social media post, Great White singer Mitch Malloy has stated he never apologized for their recent gig. Malloy wrote to his readers: “Front row Great White show @first_on_first in my home town of Dickinson ND. Fake news said no masks no social distancing. I keep saying otherwise and this pic proves my point. I never apologized. And never will. It was an awesome gig at my good buddies festival for[…]

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DW? … Sebastian Bach gets “High as F?@k” on Cameo video then Drives 50+ Miles to work in Los Angeles

Metal Sludge — Still trending? One of rock n’ roll’s most dangerous singers just might be trending (again) sooner than later – especially if he doesn’t edit his behavior accordingly. Simply put, driving while impaired is not cool. Rock singer Sebastian Bach has uploaded a new Cameo to his Instagram writing: “Happy 50th Birthday to David Ross O’Hagan from Muskoka!” But the content of the entire video is a bit more disturbing than the initial[…]

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I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I? … Sebastian Bach has drunken Twitter meltdown goes after Chris Jericho for lip-syncing claims wrestling isn’t real

Metal Sludge — Is it Groundhog Day? Nope…but Sebastian Bach is in an internet fight once again. It seems Bach is drunk in bed yelling at people on Twitter. How do we know? Simple, Bach himself said so. Or Tweeted so. A Twitter user pointed out that Sebastian Bach is “trending” on the platform, Bach wrote: “I don’t know why I’m trending I’m just drunk sitting alone in my bed”. Today’s victim of the drunk former Skid Row screamer, is Chris[…]

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