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July 21, 2015

Metal Sludge Exclusive! Pete Evick provides a glimpse of what it’s like to play guitar for legendary Glam God Bret Michaels

“‘ROCK OF LOVE’ IS ONLY THE STUFF THEY CAN SHOW ON TV” Pete Evick provides a glimpse of what it’s like to play guitar for legendary Glam God Bret Michaels LOS ANGELES — They say road stories are better left on the road, but you gotta ask. Pete Evick is calling in, and he is the longtime guitar player for Bret Michaels, the Poison singer who is equally as famous as a solo act[…]

July 20, 2015

PRIYA PANDA and DIEMONDS release new lyric video for “Over It”

DIEMONDS RELEASE OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO FOR ‘OVER IT’ & SIGN WITH NAPALM RECORDS New Music — Toronto Canada’s Diemonds are extremely excited to announce the worldwide release of their new album ‘Never Wanna Die’ on Napalm Records. This follows the news of the Canadian release on Underground Operations/Entertainment One (eOne Music Canada) & Japanese release on Spiritual Beast Records. To celebrate, the band is proud to release the official lyric video for their debut single, ‘OVER IT’. “Stoked to be a[…]

July 20, 2015

TALK DIVORCE TO ME! Poison drummer Rikki Rockett files for divorce from wife Melanie

TMZ — Rikki Rockett knows his prenup like he knows a power ballad. The Poison drummer just filed for divorce from Melanie Rockett, his wife of nearly 7 years — and, according to the docs he wants to make sure they stick to the prenup she signed. Meaning … not a cent more in spousal support than the agreed upon amount. The Rocket’s have 2 kids together – a 2 and 6-year-old – and Rikki wants joint[…]

July 19, 2015

CELEBRATION ON THE SUNSET STRIP Riki Rachtman hosts Rainbow press party for Cathouse Live event

CELEBRATION ON THE SUNSET STRIP Riki Rachtman hosts Rainbow press party for Cathouse Live event HOLLYWOOD — Riki Rachtman and friends celebrated in grand style Wednesday, July 15 with a massive press party at the Rainbow Bar & Grill to formally announce the Cathouse Live concert, scheduled for Aug. 15 at Irvine Meadows. Among the top acts are Tom Keifer, Sebastian Bach, Extreme, Dokken, Stephen Pearcy, Faster Pussycat, Enuff Z’Nuff, Tuff and many others, including an unknwon[…]

July 19, 2015

DIRTY DEEDS! Ex-AC/DC drummer PHIL RUDD jailed again, this time with prostitutes at his home

New Zealand — Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been arrested again and is tonight behind bars. Details on the rocker’s latest alleged misdemeanour and the charges he is facing remain sketchy, but it is understood police arrested the 61-year-old at his home in Tauranga on Saturday night. Rudd’s lawyer Craig Tuck was saying little when contacted Saturday night. ——————————- “All I can say is he has been arrested and will be appearing on Monday at[…]

July 18, 2015

JACOB BUNTON frontman of ADLER & LYNAM visits IZZY PRESLEY’s podcast

Another FN Podcast with Izzy Pressley — This week’s show: Jacob Bunton swings by the show to talk about playing with Stephen Adler in Adler, his other band Lynam, Monsters Of Rock Cruise, growing up in the south, the Confederate Flag, the PC culture, being a songwriter for other artists, and much more. (interview starts around 41 minutes in). The Great Bobboo also phones in to chat his top fantasy WRs in this Stuff Dudes Like[…]

July 17, 2015

CRUEFEST comes to the “Whisky-A-Go-Go” July 25th 2015

The 14th Annual Crufest is at the world-famous ‘Whisky-A-Go-Go’ in Hollywood, California on July 25th 2015 Hollywood – The bands performing this year include Black Star Electra, Downtown Attraction, Graham Bonnet, Gutterboys, Hollywood Roses, L.A. Story, Skinmask, the Melting Sons as well as Confess from Sweden and Niterain from Norway. Since it’s inception in 2001, Cruefest Hollywood has been a musical event organized by the fans of the rock band Motley Crue to raise money in the memory of Skylar[…]

July 16, 2015

BLACK N’ BLUE singer JAIME ST. JAMES confirms Ex-guitarist JEF ‘WOOP’ WARNER is okay

Facebook — BLACK N’ BLUE frontman JAIME ST. JAMES has confirmed that the band’s former guitarist JEF ‘WOOP’ WARNER is okay. Metal Sludge first reported about WARNER missing HERE on July 13th. The singer posted on his official Facebook on July 14th confirming WARNER was “alive and okay” and was recently “in touch by phone” according to ST. JAMES. The guitarist went missing according to friends, and family about 1 week ago. The official BLACK N’ BLUE[…]

July 16, 2015

SEBASTIAN BACH refutes he’s selling tix to wedding, but the reception afterwards is $300 a tix to attend

Planet Earth — According to the former SKID ROW screamer as we like to call him, SEBASTIAN BACH has officially refuted that he is selling tickets to his wedding. And that he never was. BACH’s statement which includes: “No, nobody in the world is, or ever was, ‘selling tickers to our wedding” is a little misleading if you look at the official ticket link. We have screen captured their ticket info below. The venue and their official[…]

July 16, 2015

DRUM WARS! Metal Sludge exclusive; Vinny Appice ‘I am definitely better!’ than brother Carmine Appice

‘I never sat around for five years and got fat’ Legendary drummer Vnny Appice looks back LOS ANGELES — One of the world’s most foremost drummers, Appice has done it all — from working with John Lennon when he was just to a teenager, to playing with Derringer, Black Sabbath and Dio, to the very latest mini-tour with equally legendary drummer Carmine. The “Drum Wars” comes to the Whisky on Thursday, July 16, so[…]