“It was awesome… it was very dangerous, and yeah we lost a lot of friends but it was great.” — Riki Rachtman talking about the scene in Hollywood in the 80’s Metal Sludge — Riki Rachtman was recently a guest on the Idiots In Bars podcast and covered a lot of bases on his past, the present, and a peak into his future as well. Rachtman and the Idiots In Bars hosts Chris and Rayen[…]
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Metal Sludge — Another sad day in music as we report the passing of musician, producer, manager, and record label executive Jack Ponti. According to an online New Jersey area Obituary Ponti passed away on October 7th. Ponti had a long career in music that started out with him playing in a local New Jersey band with a guy named Jon Bon Jovi. Over the last 4 plus decades the New Jersey native worked with[…]
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Metal Sludge — Here is your once in a lifetime chance to meet Ozzy Osbourne and The Osbournes. After years of on-going health battles, it is being reported that Ozzy will make a very rare appearance in Southern California at the Son of Monsterpalooza horror film convention on October 12th and 13th 2024. Son of Monsterpalooza will be held at The Marriot Burbank Convention Center in Burbank, California this month along with a host of[…]
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