RED DRAGON QUITEL Greg Chaisson leaves Jake E Lee’s RED DRAGON CARTEL Facebook — Some news out of the RED DRAGON CARTEL camp and for die hard fans of the band, it’s not good news. Yet another casualty for the band as recently recruited bassist Greg Chaisson (Ex Badlands) has opted to leave the group. Chaisson was a bandmate in Badlands with Jake E Lee and the two have had a solid long standing[…]
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GIRLS & BARS Bret Michaels gets ready to release new solo single “Girls On Bars” Twitter – Just in time for the summer tour season Bret Michaels is gearing up to release a new video for his next single “Girls On Bars.” Michaels has recently posted on his official website about the new track, “Working on this new music video to debut with a game changing partnership with a new company.” He continues, “This song is[…]
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EX GONE WILD Maria Bach in the running for The Real Housewives of New Jersey reality show New Jersey — The Real Housewives of New Jersey is looking to shake things up next season and the show is seriously considering adding a lesbian couple to the cast, RumorFix is reporting exclusively. Sources close to the production say Bravo is interested in real estate tycoon Tobi Petrocelli and her partner Rose De Jesus, who is an executive[…]
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RED DRAGON SINGERLESS Darren James Smith and RED DRAGON CARTEL part ways, ‘I resigned, Jake accepted’ says Smith Canada — Breaking news on Facebook it seems that RED DRAGON CARTEL and singer Darren James Smith have parted ways. A post from a Canadian journalist has stated the split was amicably. Metal Sludge reached out to Darren James Smith and Smith told Metal Sludge exclusively, “I resigned Jake accepted.” Smith also took to his own and[…]
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WHERE THE DOWN BOYS GO Joey Allen talks about his time in and out of the band Warrant Canada — Joey Allen (Warrant) gives us a full overview of his career. He discusses the early days of Warrant, and their heyday in the late 80’s. He also shares why he left the band after Dog Eat Dog, what he did in the years before his return, reflects on Jani Lane, and looks forward to the next[…]
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OVERDOSE: Wayne Static’s Cause of Death Revealed, Mixture of Drugs & Alcohol to Blame People — Wayne Static – the former frontman for the popular metal group Static-X – died of a fatal mixture of drugs and alcohol, the San Bernardino County Coroner Office confirmed to PEOPLE. The singer, whose real name was Wayne Richard Wells, was found dead at his home in Landers, California, on Nov.1 at the age of 48. According to the coroner,[…]
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HOT FOR GUPTA Sebastian Bach’s ex fiancee’ Minnie Gupta appears in new ‘Hot For Teacher’ video along with David Lee Roth YouTube — She’s no stranger to being a video vixen, so it seems natural that Minnie Gupta appears in a brand new video for a 2015 version of “Hot For Teacher.” But it’s not for Van Halen. It’s in fact for a plump vivacious blond named Trisha Paytas and her version just hit YouTube earlier[…]
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DEAD DOUBLE Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s doppelgänger Mathew Trippe – RIP Metal Talk — Of the all sad deaths on the rock scene of the last year, including Jack Bruce of Cream, Wayne Static of Static-X and the legendary Joe Cocker, one that went completely unreported in the rock press was that of Matthew Trippe. Matthew John Trippe was adopted at a young age and grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania. He had a[…]
Read More »COURT ORDERED Metal Sludge Exclusive: Jim Gillette Finally Breaks His Silence on Lita Ford By: Metal Sludge Los Angeles — After reading countless interviews in recent years where Lita Ford accuses her ex husband of everything short of assassinating JFK, we reached out to Jim Gillette (again) to see if we could get him to talk. To our surprise, the former poster boy for hair extensions and horribly over the top heavy metal music finally[…]
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CLASSIC SLUDGE A Really Fat Sludge Wire For October 13th 1999 Wow…what in the world were we thinking? The internet was in an infant stage and Metal Sludge was just starting out too. But during that first calendar year from September 1998 through late 1999 we uploaded several dozen Sludgewire columns. As we continue to celebrate Twenty Years (1998-2018) of Metal Sludge, we give you these crazy-ass Sludgewires from wayback. In a nutshell we would take various bits off the “news wire” from websites, press releases,[…]
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