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GET ON MY LAWN … Erik Ferentinos talks about how he went from Mowing Stephen Pearcy’s Lawn and Washing his Cars to his Lead Guitarist

Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview on the Waste Some Time with Jason Green Podcast, the guest is Erik Ferentinos. If you are unfamiliar with Ferentinos, he is the lead guitarist in the Stephen Pearcy Band. Ferentinos has an interesting back-story for sure as to how he got into the group with Pearcy. As a teenager Ferentinos grew up in the upper-middle class neighborhood of Carlsbad California north of San Diego. The guitarist[…]

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CRAZY BABIES … Kelly Osbourne is Preggers and Having a Baby with Sid from Slipknot

TMZ — Kelly Osbourne just shared some really big news … announcing she’s pregnant, and will be a mom for the first time. Kelly made the announcement on Thursday via Instagram … posting a selfie and holding up an ultrasound, writing, “I know that I have been very quiet these past few months so I thought I would share with you all as to why… I am over the moon to announce that I am[…]

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NO MORE VOICE … Zakk Wylde loses voice, postpones Black Label Society shows

Metal Sludge — The heavy metal band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY have been forced to postpone a few up coming shows from their U.S. tour. The word is that BLS frontman Zakk Wylde has lost his ability to sing. The tour also includes Nita Strauss and Jared James Nichols. The first date affected was May 9th in Lexington Kentucky which has already been rescheduled for May 23rd. And the second date was May 10th in Raleigh[…]

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FISH TANK … The KISS Meet n’ Greet includes Photo with KISS as the band stands in Fish Tank / Zoo enclosure

Metal Sludge — Ever take the kids to the Zoo, and stare at the monkeys and the gorillas behind the glass? Well, if you pay for a meet n’ greet with the rock band KISS, it might bring back some memories of your trip to a Zoo. Or perhaps, the local pet store, where they keep lizards, mice, hamsters and other animals in a glass like tank or aquarium. The difference is, there are not[…]

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NEW BASTARD … Stephen Pearcy adding Johnny Monaco to The Rat Bastards says Chris Akin of CMS

Metal Sludge — As was reported here on Metal Sludge late last week, Stephen Pearcy the voice of Ratt was forced to make a few changes in his solo band. Pearcy brought in Johnny Monaco to play with his The Rat Bastards band at the M3 Rock Festival after Chris Hager suffered a very bad case of Covid. Now the word is that Monaco is being added into the group as a regular. This according[…]

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RUMOR SAYS … Stephen Pearcy band hit hard with Covid again, Johnny Monaco to sub at M3 Rock Festival

UPDATED: (11:45am – PST) One online fan with the handle neverdunnrocking writes on IG: “Was at the show last night in Draper, UT. Scot Coogan and Chris Hagar were not on stage. Still a great show nonetheless! ?? “ Metal Sludge — In a hot new tip sourced to Metal Sludge, the word is that Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy has added guitarist Johnny Monaco to his solo Rat Pack line-up for the weekend. Pearcy is[…]

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COVID STRIKES AGAIN … M3 Rock Festival announces Extreme has canceled appearance due to Covid

Metal Sludge — The dreaded Covid pandemic has hit rock n’ roll yet again. The M3 Music Festival has just announced that Extreme is pulling out of the yearly event due to multiple members of the band and crew having Covid. Extreme is listed as the main support to Tom Keifer for Saturday’s show on May 7th 2022. “Due to multiple positive Covid results within the Extreme band and crew, they will unfortunately have to[…]

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VAN NUGENT … TED NUGENT Says EDDIE VAN HALEN Was The ‘Best Guitarist’ He Has Ever Seen

Blabbermouth — During yesterday’s (Tuesday, May 3) edition of “The Nightly Nuge”, a news-style clip in which legendary rocker Ted Nugent offers his take on the news of our world every night, he was asked to name the best guitar player he has ever seen. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “There’s so many. I’m gonna go ahead and give it to Eddie Van Halen because he was so diverse in not only his histrionics[…]

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TUFF DIARIES #20 … 1994, Northridge Earthquake, Kurt Cobain, forming RLS Records and releasing “Fist First”

Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — It’s now another new year. I can’t believe it… but it’s January of 1994. Hard to believe that a decade earlier, I had never even been to a rock concert yet. But that all changed in February of 1984 when I saw Kiss on their “Lick It Up” tour. Then a few weeks later I went to another concert, this time it was to see Ozzy Osbourne promoting his “Bark At[…]

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YABBA DABBA DOO … Ted Poley says Gene Simmons bowled “Sort of like Fred Flinstone” when Danger Danger went bowling with Kiss on tour

Metal Sludge — On a new episode of the 80’s Glam Metalcast, the guest is rock n’ roll singer Ted Poley. Poley is most known for fronting Danger Danger but also sings for the super-group Tokyo Motor Fist. Poley talks about an array of subjects that covers a few choice moments in history including Danger Danger when they tour with Kiss. Poley talks about how the bands spent their days off while on the “Hot[…]

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