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STILL BANGIN’ HEADS … Quiet Riot announce 2022 tour dates celebrating the legacy of “Metal Health”

Metal Sludge — 80’s rock and heavy metal heroes Quiet Riot announce a string of 2022 tour dates to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the recording of their debut album “Metal Health.“ Quiet Riot remain busy with their classic era bassist Rudy Sarzo, lead guitarist and 18 year veteran of the group Alex Grossi, lead vocalist Jizzy Pearl (Love/Hate) and Banali’s hand-picked replacement Johnny Kelly (Type O’ Negative). Even after the tragic loss of legendary[…]

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GUNS N’ CHICKEN … DJ Ashba talks Buckethead: “To me, that (Chicken Bucket on his head) took the coolness out of the band.”

Blabbermouth — DJ Ashba, who joined GUNS N’ ROSES in March 2009 following the departure of Robin Finck, spoke about his time with the Axl Rose-fronted outfit in a new interview with Mark Dean of Antihero Magazine. The guitarist said: “I didn’t know what to expect. I was hoping that one day Slash would come back, and the reason I took the gig is that, honestly, I was — no disrespect to Buckethead [former GUNS[…]

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RIP … Meat Loaf Dead at 74 from Covid

Updated: 1/21/2022 – 8:30AM (PST) Meat Loaf Dead at 74 from COVID. TMZ has confirmed the legendary rock singer has died from Covid. Meat Loaf — the singer with some monstrous hits — has died at the age of 74. The singer’s manager, Michael Greene, confirmed Meat Loaf died Thursday night. Sources with knowledge tell TMZ … he was supposed to attend a business dinner earlier this week for a show he’s working on —[…]

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L.A. FEUD … The L.A. Guns feud continues, Phil Lewis takes a shot at Scott Griffin, and the guitarist retorts

Metal Sludge — Well, it’s 2022 and the L.A. Guns drama continues. Even a simple birthday wish turns into drama with these guys. So let’s set the scene here… Today is Tracii Guns‘ birthday and L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis decided to wish his band-mate and axe master a Happy Birthday. But Lewis took the funny route by posting a picture of Riley’s L.A. Guns guitarist Scott Griffin, with the words Happy Birthday across the[…]

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OUT OF JAIL … Rock Promoter Gabe Reed has been released early from his 57 month Federal prison sentence

Metal Sludge — Rock Promoter Gabe Reed has been released early from his 57 month Federal prison sentence. Reed took to his official Facebook earlier today (January 19th 2022) and shared a message with friends and followers. “It has been a long difficult road but by the pure grace of God I was very blessed to be granted early release by the powers that be at the Department of Justice over the weekend. I am[…]

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BARFBOOK … Johnny Monaco is back on Facebook after being gone for over a year, watch his return video here!

Metal Sludge — Everyone has faced the dreaded Facebook jail sentence. But most of us get the 2 days, or a week or the “OMG what am I going to do?” full 30 day banning. However, it seems that Johnny Monaco was completely kicked to the curb at a level that only the worst of the worst get… the “You’re dead to us” and “Please go away forever” boot. Monaco suffered so much he considered[…]

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TUFF DIARIES #19 … Michael Resigns, River Phoenix, Thirsty Whale, He’s Got a Gun, Stolen Van and Danny Quits

Metal Sludge — We’re now pushing forward, and into the 1990’s. The band was faced with obstacle after obstacle, but I was still as committed and determined as ever. Regardless of the future showing little to no hope for a glam band from the Sunset Strip, I didn’t want to accept the fact that the odds were stacked against us, or… I was blind as a bat. It’s now 1993 and the band started off[…]

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TRIBUTE BOYS … BulletBoys newest lineup arrives in Key West Florida for their gig at Rokisland Fest

Metal Sludge — It’s official, the newest lineup of BulletBoys have arrived at their debut gig together in Key West Florida. BulletBoys are part of the lineup at Rokisland Fest, which is a 4-day event scheduled for January 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th 2022. BulletBoys featuring original lead vocalist Marq Torien is now joined by Ira Black on lead guitar, Brad Lang (bass) and Fred Aching (drums). BulletBoys had an all original reunion going for[…]

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DONE FOR A WHILE … Tracii Guns says: “No more (L.A. Guns) shows for awhile” due to fans not wearing masks

Metal Sludge — In a new Tweet, L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns says the band will be holding off on shows for a while. Guns took to his official Twitter stating: “On news years Eve people at our show elected in some instances (ok a lot) to not wear their masks in the audience. 3 people in our bubble got Covid that night.” Guns continued: “No more shows for awhile. Love ya and I don’t[…]

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SLIM TO THE GRIND … Ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach goes on crash diet and loses 35 pounds

Metal Sludge — In a brand new Instagram post, former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach has taken his shirt off. Bach shared a shirtless photo of himself and a message that reads as follows. “In the spirit of Ms @britneyspears , here is a picture of me just waking up today looking in the mirror. Why am I posting this? For one simple reason: I have lost around 35 pounds since August 2021.” Bach continued[…]

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