The G-SPOT by Gerry Gittelson

DON’T GIVE ‘EM NO LIP … Lypswitch are former Sunset Strip Soldiers who are pushing new release ‘World Of Sin’ on Eonian Records

“MCA Records passed on us because of the poor product we produced for them. Not because of grunge.” — Mick O’Brien of Lypswitch LOS ANGELES –Of all the former Sunset Strip headliners who came this-close to making it big before Grunge rose its ugly head, Lypswitch is among the handful that stood out. They had the usual glammed-up image that

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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

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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.

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FALLEN PUSSYCAT … Danny Nordahl of Faster Pussycat falls out of Tour Bus and Suffers a Broken Arm, his replacement is L.A. Guns bassist Johnny Martin >Updated with Video<

UPDATE: Thursday May 2nd 2024 (4:00PM EST) The band have now shared a video on their social media showing Danny Nordahl in a sling explaining the situation and Johnny Martin of L.A. Guns also appears in the updated video. (watch video below) The band have also posted the following message confirming our original Metal Sludge report. “Danny broke his arm

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FACE THE DAY … Jack Russell says his long-awaited autobiography ‘THE TRUE TALE OF MISTA BONE: A Rock + Roll Narrative’ arrives this summer

Metal Sludge — In a new social media post. former Great White frontman Jack Russell has teased his up coming autobiography. Russell took to Facebook earlier today and has informed fans and followers that his book ‘THE TRUE TALE OF MISTA BONE: A Rock & Roll Narrative‘ will be coming this summer, with a potential date to be determined later

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BACK-PEDAL … Bobby Blotzer posts follow-up “Clarifying” his recent Juan Croucier comments

“I’m so Un affected by Juan’s touring!” — Bobby Blotzer Metal Sludge — Bobby Blotzer has posted again regarding the recent announcement of Juan Croucier‘s summer tour dates, only this time, his tune has changed. Blotzer has come out on Facebook and is now ‘clarifying’ his previous comments about his former Ratt band-mate. Readers will recall that earlier in the

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