Hair Nation announces set times for Irvine Meadows festival 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 Malmsteen Kix, Slaughter, Lita[…]
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OH SNAP! Izzy Stradlin on GNR reunion; “Bullsh?t… best online pharmacy with fast delivery zudena for sale with the lowest prices today in the USA They didn’t want to split the loot equally.” Twitter — Izzy Stradlin has shot back at Guns N’ Roses with a few choice words. The former guitarist appears to be reacting to a recent Tv interview Axl Rose and Duff McKagan did. The interview aired on Brazil TV Fantástico Globo on Sunday night[…]
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HANG ON LUCY! The Triumphant Return of WILDSIDE at ‘Wolf Fest’ Decibel Geek — They say that timing is everything. In May of 1992, I had just moved back to my hometown of Denver and attending college for Music & Video Business because, at the ripe old age of 23, I may have still not known the direction I wanted to go in life but I did know the two things I had a passion[…]
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Axl Rose & Duff McKagan talk openly in Brazilian Tv interview Brazil — Axl Rose and Duff McKagan talk openly about how the band began communicating again. Below is a (partial) transcript and related youtube clip below. ——————————————– Here’s a summary of (part of) what they said… It started with them introducing TB. They’ve asked what Beta’s role was and she said “Axl’s mom”. They said Vanesse is his secretary and Fernando has the highest position[…]
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA Bret Michaels dressing room hit by thieves during New Hampshire show HAMPTON, New Hampshire (CBS) — Singer Bret Michaels says he had items stolen from his dressing room at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. Michaels performed at the venue on Thursday. His team said surveillance video shows two people taking electronics that no one else will ever be able to use because they are “locked and blacklisted.” These 2 men are thought[…]
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Crybabies of Rock: Rokken With Dokken… for the money! Ranter In Shades — In this installment of a series that existed for 2 years and nobody knew it, we’re discussing Don Dokken of Dokken and his views on reunion tours, money and his continued bitterness towards his former bandmate George Lynch. And he also contradicts himself later on in this video. I also give a little rundown of the history of the band. purchase clomiphene online[…]
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BITTER PILL Michael Sweet on Bret Michaels doing country single; “A little harder pill for me to swallow” Totally Driven Radio — Totally Driven Radio, the weekly radio podcast heard live every Thursday night from 8 – 11 pm Est time on the Totally Driven Entertainment Radio Network, hosted by Bay Ragni and Nick Wilkinson covers the world of sports and entertainment each week, as well as bringing you celebrity guests interviews, This week we[…]
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YES OR NO? Top 15 Glam Metal Bands You’ve Never Heard Of Ranter In Shades — There are always obscure bands within any genre of music that put out albums with great deals of potential. These are some of my favorite glam metal bands that came out between 1989 and 1992 that put out some pretty awesome albums that ended up being overlooked thanks to bad timing, lack of promotion and the music scene changing.[…]
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WILDSIDE SET FOR COMEBACK CONCERT Metal Sludge exclusive: Singer Drew Hannah and drummer Jimmy Darby weigh in LOS ANGELES — Once considered pop-metal’s brightest prospect to chase down the success of fellow Sunset Strip grads Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue and Poison before eventually fizzling out, WildSide is back for the first time since 2010 and only the second time in more than a decade. The Hollywood band performs on Saturday, Sept. 3 in Golden[…]
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SMACK UP IN YA Mick Sweda takes a shot at BulletBoys singer Marq Torien Facebook — In a recent social media post former BulletBoys guitarist Mick Sweda has posted an image of an old demo tape. With the image he appears to call his former singer (Marq Torien) ‘dopey’. He also notes the singer had nothing to do with the songs that Sweda alleges he formulated and demo’d as far back as mid 1986. The[…]
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