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CHECK OUT ….. The Hair Metal Guru recent interviews w/ Jaime St. James, Brian Forsythe, Jeff Scott Soto, Alex Grossi, Bobbie Brown, Chris Slade, Zinny Zan and Stevie Rachelle

October 14, 2025

THE HAIR METAL GURU — The internet has a ton of podcasts and video shows, but here at Metal Sludge we look to turn you onto some of the better options out there. One of those, is our friend Anthony Bryant and his The Hair Metal Guru YouTube channel. Bryant, a former military veteran served duty in the Middle East

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40 YEARS LATER … Autograph classic voice Steve Plunkett has just released “Turn Up The Radio – 2025”

August 19, 2025

“Now, for the 40th anniversary, I wanted to ‘Sign In Again’ with all-new recordings and a 2025 sonic take.“ — Steve Plunkett on re-recording the Autograph debut as a solo release NEW MUSIC NEWS — The classic Autograph voice and frontman Steve Plunkett has just released a brand new 2025 version of the band’s signature song “Turn Up The Radio.”

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LAWSUIT SETTLED … AUTOGRAPH family feud has finally ended with the two sides settling their differences (Read their statements here)

May 17, 2024

“I am pleased to confirm that I will have all rights to the AUTOGRAPH name, trademarks, and logo.” — Steve Lynch Metal Sludge — After a back n’ forth legal battle, the Autograph family feud has finally come to an end. In short, the band who have been performing as Autograph in recent years, will now be called Autograph Beyond.

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Autograph Founding Guitarist Steve Lynch Update To Fans: “Daniel Simoni and Marc Weiland have Now Sued the Beloved Widow of Randy Rand”

January 4, 2023

Metal Sludge — In the latest saga involving the 80’s band Autograph it appears there are some new developments. According to founding guitarist Steve Lynch, the current singer Simon Daniels (real name Daniel Simoni) and drummer Marc Weiland have now filed a lawsuit against Randy Rand‘s widow, Regina Rand. Lynch took to his Facebook earlier today (January 4th 2023) with

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TURN UP THE LAWSUIT … Original Guitarist and Co-Founder Steve Lynch: “The legal process is fully engaged” against his Former group Autograph, Hints at New (real) Version

November 14, 2022

Metal Sludge — Autograph original guitarist and co-founder Steve Lynch has spoken out on the current state of his former band. Lynch, 67, left Autograph back in 2019 writing to fans on his official Facebook page (July 28th 2019): “I am officially leaving Autograph. I am on a new journey musically and I want to explore new musical ideas with

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BAY AREA GLAM … Michael Raphael former Jailhouse guitarist takes Fans Back to his Glam Roots with ‘You Talk We Talk’ from 1986

October 10, 2022

LOS ANGELES – Michael Raphael’s glam roots run deep. The guitarist is now a successful music producer for TV shows, but Raphael is best known in rock circles as a founding member of Jailhouse, probably the most popular Los Angeles band in the late 1980s to never sign a full-scale recording deal. The curly-haired Californian, now in his 50s, is

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NOT ROKKEN … Watch Don Dokken Destroy the Dokken Classic “Tooth and Nail” on Youtube from the York State Fair in Pennsylvania

July 27, 2022

Metal Sludge — Wow! We’re not sure there is much more to add here. buy celexa online in the best USA pharmacy https://eyecaremarshfield.com/therapy-for-ptsd/html/buy-celexa.html no prescription with fast delivery drugstore But the best part of the video is after the song finishes Don Dokken asks the crowd: “Are you happy?” Some cheers, and random crowd noise is heard when Dokken replies:

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RIP … Autograph bassist Randy Rand, Dead at 71

April 26, 2022

Metal Sludge — Sad news from the world of rock n’ roll. Randy Rand has died. Rand, 71, was the bassist of the band Autograph. A statement from the band was released today that reads in part: “It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts to announce the unexpected passing of our cherished friend and founding member of Autograph, Randy

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AUTOMETH … Steve Lynch says ex-Autograph drummer Keni Richards was Addicted to Heroin, possibly Meth, involved with people who “Killed him”

March 9, 2021

Sleazeroxx — Former Autograph guitarist Steve Lynch was recently interviewed by Jason Green (Sin City Rejects bassist, Sin City Sinners manager, ex-Ratt (Bobby Blotzer version) manager) for the Waste Some Time With Jason Green podcast. Lynch was one of the founding members of Autograph back in 1983 and played on all of their best known albums including Sign In Please (1984), That’s The

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