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Stacey Blades – Photo Courtesy Facebook “Very excited to announce i’ll be joining Rikki Rocket’s solo band Rockett Mafia. This is gonna be an awesome experience and will be great to share stage with these fine gentlemen!!“” — Stacey Blades LOS ANGELES, California — The Rockett Mafia have just announced a new member adding Stacey Blades on guitar after Mick
”Phil and I used to be very close friends, and because of that history, some of my recent remarks were colored by old hurt feelings and personal opinions from years ago. Looking back, I realized I was speaking more from a place of past pain than who I am today.” — Brent Muscat on Phil Lewis of L.A. Guns LAS
UPDATE: January 29th 2026 LOS ANGELES, California — RLS Records is stoked to announce that the Jim Gillette “Proud To Be Loud” Vinyl remaster will ship next week, in early February 2026. Gillette is best known for fronting the band NITRO who dropped their debut “O.F.R.” back in 1989 with his side-kick Michael Angelo-Batio. But before NITRO, the pair teamed
Riki Rachtman of Cathouse & MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball / Photo By: Jeff Coggins “The reason I’m busting my ass on this #ofitg tour is I fuckin love it. Tomorrow I’ll add another date in March.” — Riki Rachtman ON THE ROAD AGAIN — Who needs a guitar, a bass or a whole damn drum set when all you really need
“Mars was ordered to repay more than $750,000 in unrecouped tour advances.” — Loudwire LOS ANGELES, California — In a huge win, the band Mötley Crüe have come out on top in their on-going lawsuit with former guitarist Mick Mars. The band have been in the press with all kinds of mud slinging in the recent few years when Mars
‘The Roxy’ & ‘The Rainbow Bar & Grill’ on Sunset Strip share a parking lot and made for an amazing ‘Metal Hall of Fame’ Awards Show in Hollywood – January 21st 2026 / Photo By: Jeff Coggins HOLLYWOOD, California — Last week the Metal Hall of Fame awards show hit the Sunset Strip for their event and it was a
“Phil (Lewis) is fine and does not conduct business and never has conducted any business with members of the (L.A. Guns) band. So that’s a big bologna sandwich about he and Riley being Cheap.” — Tracii Guns LOS ANGELES, California — After a recent Brent Muscat interview hit the wire, the heads were turning for sure as the former Faster
“He did some phenomenal records. You know, Cheap Trick… is the gold standard still to this day to me. Ah, ‘Heaven Tonight’ is one of the best records of all time, as far as I am concerned. But um, of course Tom was involved with that, (he did) Motley, he did a Poison album – poor guy – um, he
“We had a good time and did a few things, but he kept pulling little moves, like I said—slitting your throat for an extra twenty-five dollars. It would be things like this: if there was a band member who started getting popular, or getting attention, or getting girls—basically outshining Phil—he didn’t want that. Phil wanted them out of the band.”
“We played the gig and Steven Tyler showed up. He called; “I’m down the street man, what are you guys doing, I’m coming up”. Sh!t blew up, the club was packed! It was just one of those feelings you get, when you’re in a room, and you’re like, ‘Holy Sh!t!’, (the) F#@king room was exploding.” — Matt Sorum on Steven
