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January 30, 2017

ULTIMATE SIN … “There have always been groupies. I just got caught, didn’t I?” Ozzy Osbourne

ULTIMATE SIN “There have always been groupies. I just got caught, didn’t I?” Ozzy Osbourne Express UK–– The Black Sabbath rocker – who is married to X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne – revealed that he pretended to suffer from the addiction as a cover up after he was caught cheating with hairdresser Michelle Pugh. Owning up to the wrong-doing, he told The Times: “I’m in a f**king rock band, aren’t I? There have always been groupies.[…]

January 28, 2017

NO THANKS … Frankie Banali declines offer to perform with supergroup in China

NO THANKS Frankie Banali declines offer to perform with supergroup in China Facebook — Frankie Banali declines supergroup invitation to perform in China. The Quiet Riot drummer took to his personal facebook page to explain his reasons and noted his views on animal abuse. Banali wrote; “YESTERDAY MORNING I RECEIVED A VERY GENEROUS OFFER TO PERFORM WITH A SUPERGROUP OF MUSICIANS IN CHINA IN THE FALL OF 2017. EVERYTHING OFFERED WAS FIRST CLASS FROM THE[…]

January 28, 2017

ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMIN … METAL SLUDGE A TO Z: With yesteryear Hollywood scenester Desi Benjamin

ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMIN METAL SLUDGE A TO Z: With Hollywood yesteryear promoter and scenester Desi Benjamin HOLLYWOOD, California — Once a key figure in the vibrant Post-Poison era on the Sunset Strip, Desi Benjamin is back. The former club promoter and A & R executive is promoting his new documentary called “Scenesters: Music, Mayham and Melrose Ave., 1985-1990.” “We were looking for a new sound and a new look. Bored with what we[…]

January 28, 2017

DOGGIN’ WITH THE DEVIL … David Lee Roth sued by gardener for alleged dog bite

DOGGIN’ WITH THE DEVIL David Lee Roth sued by gardener for alleged dog bite TMZ — David Lee Roth‘s dog allegedly took a bloody bite out of a landscaper, but the former Van Halen frontman claims it was, at worst, a small nip. The landscaper, Timothy Salinas, says he was doing maintenance work in Roth’s Pasadena yard when the rocker’s Australian Cattle dog suddenly attacked and took a chunk out of his lower left calf.[…]

January 26, 2017

ACE WHO? Kiss & Tommy Thayer get Punk’d by Black N’ Blue >Video<

ACE FREHLEY WHO? Kiss and Tommy Thayer get Punk’d by Black N’ Blue Monsters of Rock Cruise — Black N’ Blue has officially punk’d Kiss and their former guitarist Tommy Thayer. Black N’ Blue has released a brand new promo for the Monsters of Rock Cruise, and it’s a must see. Video is below. Especially if you’re a true diehard Kiss fan. Black N’ Blue has a long storied relationship with Kiss. As most know[…]

January 24, 2017

6 STRING WANGER … Man steals Fender guitar by shoving it down his pants! >Video<

6 STRING WANGER Man steals Fender guitar by shoving it down his pants! Daily Mail — Surveillance video shows a thief stealing a full-sized $1,700 guitar by stuffing it down his pants and walking out of the store. Police are looking for a man who stole an expensive guitar by hiding it in his tracksuit bottoms last week in Fort Worth, Texas. Security footage shows the suspect stealing the brown Sunburst Fender Guitar, worth more than[…]

January 23, 2017

JACK LIKES DONALD … “I’ll tell you what… I would take Trump over Hillary any day” Jack Russell

JACK LIKES DONALD “I’ll tell you what… I would take Trump over Hillary any day” Jack Russell Blabbermouth — Former GREAT WHITE and current JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell has weighed in on underdog Donald Trump‘s stunning upset of Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election, saying that he “would take” the real estate mogul “over Hillary any day.” Trump shocked the political establishment and the world by becoming the 45th president in one[…]

January 23, 2017

METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Tracii Guns succeeds big-time in L.A. Guns reunion with Phil Lewis at NAMM

METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Tracii Guns succeeds big-time in L.A. Guns reunion with Phil Lewis at NAMM convention ANAHEIM, Calif., USA — For years L.A. Guns has been divided, a long, sad saga that has often included two versions of the band exisiting at the same time. That all ended Friday. Tracii Guns and singer Phil Lewis are reunited again, this time for good they swear, and Guns’ nemesis, longtime drummer Steve Riley, is[…]

January 22, 2017

TEARS ARE FALLING … Eddie Trunk ranting after Kiss drummer avoids him at NAMM; “When he saw me, he bolted into a door and hid”

TEARS ARE FALLING Eddie Trunk ranting after Kiss drummer avoids him at NAMM; “When he saw me, he bolted into a door and hid” SleazeRoxx — Heavy metal radio personality Eddie Trunk recently had an interesting run in — or lack of run in — with KISS‘ drummer Eric Singer at the NAMM convention, which is being held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, USA from January 19 to 22, 2017. The following is[…]

January 18, 2017

MONTROSE REMEMBERED AT NAMM … Keith St. John talks 10 Questions with Metal Sludge

MONTROSE REMEMBERED AT NAMM Keith St. John talks 10 Questions with Metal Sludge IRVINE, Calif., USA — It’s that time of year again, as the annual NAMM convention comes to the Anaheim Convention Center this coming week beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 17 and picking up steam for the weekend. Among the highlights — and there figure to be a lot of them — is a live concert Saturday at Yost Theatre organized by ex-Montrose singer[…]