Metal Sludge

Metal Sludge

May2024

DEAR DAD … “I Miss You Dad and Have Missed You Terribly Growing Up Without You!” – Stevie Rachelle

“I think about my Father, and Brother every day… and it’s never stopped.” — Stevie Rachelle Metal Sludge — No… this is not about music, or rock n’ roll… but it is about me and here it is. I want this message to reach far and wide… to as many people as possible, and give any parent, any couple, any relationship that have produced Children, to think long and hard before you act. Your actions[…]

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DOUCHE GONE WILD … Sebastian Bach on Chris Jericho: “I’m As Much Of A Wrestler As He Is A Singer”

“The better question would be, will he do a wrestle-off with Sebastian Bach? Because I’m as much of a wrestler as he is a singer.” — Sebastian Bach on Chris Jericho Metal Sludge — Sebastian Bach has officially went on record with more diarrhea of the mouth. In a new interview with Metal Hammer magazine Bach has once again taken a swipe at Chris Jericho and this time, he’s suggested a physical competition, a “wrestle-off”[…]

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FLASHBACK … 20 Questions with Jan Kuehnemund of VIXEN – November 9th 2004

“I distinctly remember working on it with Richard Marx in this Van Nuys rehearsal place.” — Jan Kuehnemund on writing “Edge Of A Broken Heart” Metal Sludge — In another one of our Metal Sludge Flashback articles, we give you our original 20 Questions with Vixen founder and guitarist Jan Kuehnemund. We first posted this interview below with Jan back on November 9th 2004. It’s hard to believe this interview is coming up on 20[…]

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DON’T GIVE ‘EM NO LIP … Lypswitch are former Sunset Strip Soldiers who are pushing new release ‘World Of Sin’ on Eonian Records

“MCA Records passed on us because of the poor product we produced for them. Not because of grunge.” — Mick O’Brien of Lypswitch LOS ANGELES –Of all the former Sunset Strip headliners who came this-close to making it big before Grunge rose its ugly head, Lypswitch is among the handful that stood out. They had the usual glammed-up image that predecessors Poison, Ratt and Warrant all had, but Lypswitch’s music was more experimental and varied.[…]

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VIXEN MUSICAL CHAIRS … Lorraine Lewis: “The band has taken a different direction, and as much as I will miss you please know that more Rock & Roll from me is on the way!”

“The band has taken a different direction, and as much as I will miss you please know that more Rock & Roll from me is on the way!” — Lorraine Lewis former VIXEN singer Metal Sludge — The band VIXEN appear to be in the market for a new lead singer as Lorraine Lewis has just posted a message implying their run together is over. Lewis took to social media on Sunday May 26th telling[…]

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SKID NO … DAVE SABO answers the million dollar question on the chances SKID ROW reunites with SEBASTIAN BACH: “It’s Not Gonna Happen.”

“First of all, I do need to say something too, is that the reason that this isn’t happening is because there’s three of us — myself, Scotti and Rachel — who’ve had conversations about this, and we’ve all been on the same page that we don’t wanna go down that road again. We just — we don’t.” — Dave ‘Snake’ Sabo on Skid Row reuniting with Sebastian Bach Metal Sludge — It’s safe to say[…]

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TUFF TOUR NEWS … Stevie Rachelle announces European Summer Tour with SHAMELESS and TUFF hits “Whisky” in Hollywood on August 23rd

Metal Sludge — The wait is over… SHAMELESS will hit the road in Europe this summer with Stevie Rachelle fronting the band. SHAMELESS last toured with Rachelle back in the summer of 2017, and while there were some tentative plans since, the Covid years put a kibosh on that. Now it’s 2024, and SHAMELESS will play several dates in their homeland of Germany, along with appearances in Belgium, The Netherlands and Czech Republic. SHAMELESS will[…]

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FLASHBACK … 20 Questions with C.J. Snare lead singer of FireHouse from December 19th 2000

“Rikki Rockett has consistently been very friendly… it was a pleasure touring with Poison.” — C.J. Snare of FireHouse Metal Sludge — In another one of our Metal Sludge Flashback articles, we give you our original 20 Questions with FireHouse singer C.J. Snare. We first posted this interview with C.J. below back on December 19th 2000. It’s hard to believe this was almost a quarter century ago, and it’s even harder to believe that C.J.[…]

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MOTOR MOUTH … Sebastian Bach goes on Rant Insinuating Skid Row’s Replacement Singers just might be “P#ssies”

“We got 4 cities in 4 nights. It’s not for the f#@king p#ssies out there, I’ll tell ya that. Ask anybody who ever tried to f#@king replace me.”  — Sebastian Bach Metal Sludge — Just when we all thought Sebastian Bach was going to play nice in trying to make his reunion dream with Skid Row come true, the motor mouth frontman has stuck his foot in his mouth once again. Or maybe, he’s stuck[…]

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CHICK ROW … Watch Lzzy Hale sing her guts out with Skid Row during their first show together

Metal Sludge — Chick Row has officially kicked off with last night’s debut show featuring Lzzy Hale of Halestorm fronting Skid Row. Last night Skid Row played ‘Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort‘ in Carterville, Illinois for their 1st of 4 shows with Hale handling vocal duties. Hale has stepped forward to fill-in for the band after Erik Grönwall has stepped down to concentrate on his health challenges. Hale is scheduled to front Skid Row with a[…]

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