Metal Sludge –– Rock singer Joey C. Jones has died. Jones, 59, lost his fight with cancer after battling the disease for a number of years. Jones, born Bobby Joe Crabtree passed-away earlier today surrounded by family and friends. Jones grew up in Athens Ohio and was best known as the singer and front-man of Sweet Savage during the mid 1980’s. Sweet Savage issued their debut E.P. in 1985 and it hit #1 on the[…]
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Metal Sludge — The evil glam ghoul Wednesday 13 is geared up and ready to hit the road. 13 will embark on a 6 week, 35 date tour across the U.S., his first headlining tour in 4 years. The shock rocker checked in with Metal Sludge and told us firsthand: “This is my first tour since the pandemic and it starts next Wednesday.” 13 also says: “This 1 is for Joey” and dedicates the tour[…]
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Metal Sludge — Sad news to report, legendary rock frontman Joey C. Jones is currently in a coma. Jones has been battling cancer for a few years now and has continued the fight. The following messages were posted on social media by his daughter Jade Jones late last week and this morning. “I will be taking over my dads phone for the time being. He is not able to call or text anymore and I’m[…]
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Metal Sludge — In a newly uploaded video interview, longtime RIP Magazine Editor Lonn Friend talks to 80’s Metal Recycle Bin. Friend goes into detail on a plethora of subjects ranging from his first meeting with Metallica, to Guns N’ Roses and his early start in business working for Porn publisher Larry Flynt. “Hey, you guys are Metallica?” said Friend to Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield as they stood outside the Rainbow Bar & Grill[…]
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Metal Sludge — The voice of Ratt has just dropped a bomb on the band’s fans…. Stephen Pearcy says: “Ratt will never play again. You might never see Ratt again, that would be it.” Pearcy is the founder, frontman and chief song-writer of Ratt, and has given an exclusive in-person interview with Jason Green of the Waste Some Time with Jason Green podcast. Pearcy who turns 66 this year talks about the band’s history, current[…]
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Metal Sludge — Monsters On The Mountain have started announcing the lineup for their fall 2022 weekend festival. The 3-day festival will included entertainment by a variation of both U.S. bands and Foreign rock acts who will appear at the 2nd annual event. Monsters On The Mountain takes place in Gatlinburg Tennessee in the Smoky Mountains the weekend of August 19th – 21st 2022. The first round of bands have officially been announced and include[…]
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Blabbermouth — SKID ROW and WARRANT will join forces this spring and summer for the “Live To Rock” tour. The trek is scheduled to kick off on April 30 in Ashland, Kentucky and conclude on September 15 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Support on select shows will come from QUIET RIOT, WINGER and Lita Ford. SKID ROW and WARRANT “Live To Rock” 2022 tour dates: April 30 @ Paramount Arts Center – Ashland, KY (Skid Row, Warrant[…]
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Metal Sludge — Todd “Chase” Chaisson and Billy Morris give Facebook followers an update about the 2022 Food Truck season for Cleveland Ohio. Tuff bassist Chaisson and lead guitarist Morris started their own Food Truck operation back in 2015 branding it Smokin’ Rock n’ Roll. The guys have since launched a second and third vehicle, to promote their ever growing popularity and award winning BBQ. Metal Sludge have covered SRn’R before, with our 2015 story[…]
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Metal Sludge — Rock drummer Scott Rockenfield has posted some choice words on his official Facebook today about Queensryche and the group’s current and former singer. Rockenfield who is a founding member of the group dating back to 1982, has taken to social media with a pair of rants aimed at both Todd La Torre and Geoff Tate. The first post was directed at the current frontman La Torre. Rockenfield writes: “just a little bit[…]
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Blabbermouth — Former GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell spoke to “The SDR Show” about “America’s Deadliest Concert: The Guest List”, a documentary about the infamous concert fire nearly two decades ago that killed a hundred people and injured hundreds more. The film received its premiere on Reelz on February 20. The 61-year-old singer, whose pyrotechnics ignited the deadly blaze on February 20, 2003 in Rhode Island, stated about the making of the documentary: “It was[…]
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