Metal Sludge

Metal Sludge

All posts by Metal Sludge

SOBER SINGER … Jizzy Pearl Tells Metal Sludge why he Stopped Drinking, Stopped Smoking Weed and Stopped Other Things too

“Growing up in the Valley was pretty cool—head shops, pinball arcades, being in local cover bands—It was like Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” — Jizzy Pearl EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — We are digging in today with an old friend of the site, Mr. Jizzy Pearl. Pearl as most know is the singer of Love/Hate, but he has also worn some other singer hats, including his dual-stint with Quiet Riot, who he has been fronting again since[…]

Read More »

NEXT YEAR ….. The Monsters of Rock Cruise announce ‘Rock The Nations’ April 12th-17th 2026 with more than Three Dozen Acts set to appear

MIAMI, Florida — The Monsters of Rock Cruise have officially announced the dates for their next floating festival that will take place April 12th – 17th 2026. The adventure will set sail from Miami Florida, with stops at Puerto Plata Dominican Republic and Great Stirrup Cay in The Bahamas. The 2026 cruise will be number 16 for the world’s most popular rock music festival on water which first sailed in 2012. The cruise like every[…]

Read More »

MIDDLE FINGER ….. Wednesday 13 drops Video for Single “No Apologies” feat: Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe

“We whipped up a nasty little middle finger salute to ourselves on this one, and the result is ‘No Apologies’.” — Wednesday 13 on his new single that features Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat YOUTUBE — Wednesday 13 has just dropped a brand new single from his latest record and it features Sunset Strip legend Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat. The new single is titled “No Apologies” and Downe is on the audio track sharing[…]

Read More »

DOWN BOYS … Ex-Warrant Drummer Bobby Borg once said to Jani Lane: “You’re Going To Be Dead In 10 Years, If You Keep This Sh*t Up”

“We used to call Jerry (Dixon) Mr. Bill… short for belligerent. — Bobby Borg “So, a lot of the drinking nights… weren’t just like laughing and fun. It was also like… a lot of times some ugly, evil, hurtful sh!t that like happened on the bus.” — Bobby Borg on touring with Warrant “I don’t know, you know again I apologize if I am pissing anyone off, but he drank like a fish, and he[…]

Read More »

SLUDGE FLASHBACK … 20 Questions with Ex-Warrant drummer Bobby Borg – Dated: September 30th 2003

“Thank God model Bobbie Brown was in the video, or I’m not sure that I (or most guys, for that matter) would have even been able to get through more than few seconds of the clip [Laughing.]” — Bobby Borg on Warrant‘s “Cherry Pie” video CLASSIC SLUDGE — Today we share a flashback 20 Questions with former Warrant drummer Bobby Borg. This interview takes us way back to the fall of 2003, more than 20[…]

Read More »

QUEENY BLAST POP … Metal Sludge talks with Sunset Strip veteran Lesli Sanders from Prophets of Addiction

“I used to show up at his apartment at 2 a.m. or later after I would be at a party in the same building. He was always happy to see me.” — Lesli Sanders on the late Kim Fowley LOS ANGELES – Riding the momentum of a stylish new album called “Face The Music,” Prophets of Addiction is on the brink of breakthrough success. Prophets of Addiction is led by glam rocker Lesli Sanders, a[…]

Read More »

STAY IN YOUR LANE … Rachel Bolan reacts to Tracii Guns rant about Skid Row not reuniting with Sebastian Bach: “Tracii has his own career. He should worry about that and not about Skid Row.”

“Why doesn’t Tracii (Guns) just stay in his own yard?’ You know what I mean?” — Rachel Bolan / Skid Row ROCK NEWS — After a recent interview hit the wire with Tracii Guns boldly telling the world about the millions of dollars Skid Row could make if they reunited with Sebastian Bach, the band’s bassist Rachel Bolan has now answered the L.A. Guns guitarist’s unfounded claims. The subject of a Skid Row reunion with[…]

Read More »

P-P-P-P-PUSSYCAT … Faster Pussycat announce a 30 Date U.S. Summer Tour with Supersuckers, The Rumours and The Lonely Ones

ON THE ROAD AGAIN — The Los Angeles based self-proclaimed Kings of Sleaze Rock Faster Pussycat have just announced a summer tour with Supersuckers. The tour will kick-off on May 30th in Las Vegas and wind its way through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, then up into the Midwest, over to the East Coast with a return headed homeward in July. Faster Pussycat will also appear this weekend Sunday May 13th at the annual spring[…]

Read More »

SAY IT ISN’T SO … Weezer Bassist’s Wife Shot by Cops in Bizarre L.A. Manhunt for Hit-And-Run Suspects, now Booked for Attempted Murder

LOS ANGELES – California — Only in Southern California does something this crazy and bizarre happen! What started out as a hit-and-run traffic accident (possibly preceded by a high-speed chase) with 3 suspects crashing their car on a Los Angeles area freeway… lead to the threesome making a run for it. Authorities arrived on the scene and started their ground-search for the 3 at-large suspects, but this is where it took a crazy turn. The[…]

Read More »

RATT N’ ROLL … Stephen Pearcy lets it all hang out for a full hour on the Waste Some Time with Jason Green Podcast >Live Video Interview<

“Well, it just happened to be the right timing for Warren (DeMartini) too, to go, ‘Hey, why not? Let’s play again.’ And here we are.” — Stephen Pearcy of Ratt THE INTERNET — The Waste Some Time with Jason Green show has become a go-to podcast in recent years for hairband die-hards, music lovers and 80’s enthusiasts in general. The show is hosted by Jason Green, who usually has a side-kick or two and often[…]

Read More »