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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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FireHouse officially name Nate Peck as their new full-time frontman and lead vocalist

Metal Sludge — News from the FireHouse camp as they announce their new lead vocalist. Fans of FireHouse and our readers here at Metal Sludge are all aware of the unfortunate news of CJ Snare‘s sad passing back in April and now the band have named his replacement. The band had been performing with fill-in vocalist Nate Peck since 2023 when Snare had to take a leave to deal with medical issues and surgery. Now[…]

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LAWSUIT SETTLED … AUTOGRAPH family feud has finally ended with the two sides settling their differences (Read their statements here)

“I am pleased to confirm that I will have all rights to the AUTOGRAPH name, trademarks, and logo.” — Steve Lynch Metal Sludge — After a back n’ forth legal battle, the Autograph family feud has finally come to an end. In short, the band who have been performing as Autograph in recent years, will now be called Autograph Beyond. On the other side of this, former and founding guitarist Steve Lynch will retain all[…]

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RUNAWAY TO EUROPE – Cherie Currie of THE RUNAWAYS will Tour Europe this Summer with SHAMELESS Feat: Stevie Rachelle of TUFF

Metal Sludge — Better late than never… and that pertains to Cherie Currie of The Runaways hitting select countries in Europe this summer, for the very first time ever! Currie is the classic voice and front-woman from the ground-breaking all female pop punk group The Runaways. This summer Currie will hit European soil for 2 weeks worth of dates that include shows in Germany, Belgium, Holland and Czech Republic. This will be The Runaways singer’s[…]

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ROCK N’ ROLL HOTTIE … Heather Leather visits The Waste Some Time with Jason Green Show

Metal Sludge — On the latest LIVE edition of The Waste Some Time with Jason Green Show, the guest and co-host is none other than Heather Leather, the VintageVixen80s internet star. Leather, 24, is a huge fan of the 80’s and loves to dress like it’s 1989… and she shares her world with upwards of 400,000 followers with nearly 5 million views on her official Tik-Tok. She also has a rather large following on other[…]

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