Music Legend Prince Dead at 57 TMZ — The artist known as Prince has died … TMZ has learned. He was 57. Prince’s body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed. We’ve obtained the emergency dispatch call for a “male down, not breathing.” The singer — full name Prince Rogers Nelson — had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his[…]
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RIP Legendary Hollywood club owner Filthy McNasty of FM Station Hollywood, CA — The Southern California club scene has lost another legend as Filthy McNasty has passed away. According to a posting on the former club owner’s Facebook earlier today, it appears he passed away on April 13th. The update notes he had been battling cancer. McNasty was the owner of FM Station which closed it’s doors at the North Hollywood location in 1997. The[…]
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GLOBAL GUNS L.A. Guns announce 2016 World Tour Hollywood, CA — Hot on the heels of their performance at the annual “Rainbow Bar & Grill” show over the weekend, L.A. Guns have just issued an extensive tour schedule. The band will begin their jaunt later this week on the East Coast and will perform throughout the summer into the fall. Headed up by original members Phil Lewis (vocals) and Steve Riley (drums) the Hollywood based group will[…]
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW Anniversary party in parking lot puts exclamation point on retro-rock weekend HOLLYWOO, Calif., USA — An action-packed weekend of retro rock was capped Sunday in grand fashion with the 44th annual Rainbow Bar & Grill Anniversary party, where about 1,000 revelers packed not just the legendary restaurant/club but the parking lot, too, as L.A. Guns, Autograph, Junkyard, Tuff, Circus of Power and others performed in succession beginning in the early afternoon. It[…]
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Hair Nation Festival Announces 20 Band Lineup for So. Calif. on Sept. 17th 2016 Sirius XM — Sunset Strip in the 1980s – was there ever a more debaucherous time and place? Rock and roll was larger than life and every show was a party. Now — for one night only — you can travel back in time to that land of excess at SiriusXM’s Hair Nation Festival with performances by Vince Neil, Bret Michaels, Yngwie[…]
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FLY HIGH MONACO Enuff Z’Nuff and vocalist Johnny Monaco part ways METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: In what appears to be a mutual decision, Monaco said he has no plans to return, as founding bassist Chip Z’Nuff has taken over lead vocals LOS ANGELES — Johnny Monaco, lead singer and guitarist for Enuff Z’Nuff, has announced he is out of the band in the wake of Enuff Z’Nuff playing in New York this past[…]
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AXL/DC IS A REALITY Axl Rose Is New Lead Singer for AC/DC Tour “We are dedicated to fulfilling the remainder of our touring commitments to everyone that has supported us over the years, and are fortunate that Axl Rose has kindly offered his support to help us fulfill this commitment,” band says in statement Rolling Stone — The rumors have been confirmed: Just hours before Guns N’ Roses are scheduled to take the stage for their triumphant reunion[…]
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ROUND N’ ROUND Judge isn’t convinced either party owns the (Ratt) trademarks Hollywood Docket: ’80s Rockers RATT Out Ex-Bandmate for Trademark Infringement Hollywood Reporter — The original bassist from RATT is using his ex-band’s trademark without permission, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a corporation owned by two of the ’80s metal band’s founding members. RATT’s heyday was decades ago but the band is still rocking and ex-RATT Juan Croucier is confusing fans by playing[…]
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GUNS N’ ROSES N’ BACH Axl Rose and Sebastian Bach sing ‘My Michelle’ Rolling Stone — At Guns N’ Roses‘ second of two Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena concerts, and the second official date on their Not in This Lifetime tour, the band’s “classic” lineup reunited with another old friend: Sebastian Bach. As the former Skid Row singer has done with the Axl Rose-led GN’R lineups over the past decade, Bach joined the band to share[…]
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I QUIT WildSide’s former guitarist Benny Rhynedance posts Part 5 in ‘The History of WildSide series Hollywood, CALIFORNIA — Over the last few months we’ve been posting ‘The History of WildSide’ series. The long, detailed accounts from the band’s former guitarist Benny Rhynedance are an amazing look at the inner workings of a hopeful hairband 5-pack of heroes. But, like many similar stories they fell short. Even though they seemingly had the world, or at the very least – endless[…]
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