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P, P, P, P, Pussycat … Greg Steele talks Faster Pussycat, the Sunset Strip, Mötley Crüe, Guns N’ Roses, Kiss and Praises Ace Frehley: “Those (guitar) Solos were like Vocals, just Amazing!”

May 18, 2026

“The first gig we did… there was a guy there dancing in front, it was like a Battle of the Bands… very first show we ever did and this guy was dancing… I kind of thought he was making fun of us but it turned out it was Axl (Rose).” — Greg Steele / Faster Pussycat classic guitarist MS NEWS

GET ON THE BUS ….. Zakk Wylde Shares Countless Stories from his Audition with Ozzy to Jamming with Guns N’ Roses and Touring with Pantera

March 19, 2026

“Just good times… with both of them… it was comedy and hilarity.” — Zakk Wylde on Ozzy & Dimebag LOS ANGELES, California — Zakk Wylde sits down with Get On The Bus and let’s it all hang out from his Ozzy Osbourne audition at the age of 20, to jamming with Guns N’ Roses and his current position playing guitar

YOU ARE UNDER ARREST … Metal Sludge’s Top 10 Rock Stars who wore a Service Hat

February 18, 2026

NEW SITE – Update: We just relaunched the Metal Sludge website to bring you a Brighter, Cleaner and Slicker look going forward in 2026, this included several upgrades and we hope you like it.If you would like to help out… Please do so by clicking one of the Donate Banners. Thank You for your Support! YOU ARE UNDER ARRESTMetal Sludge’s

CLASSIC METAL SLUDGE circa 2002 “Axl Rose Is A Sludgeaholic!”

February 11, 2026

“I was hanging out with Axl at the GNR after party in columbus, OH and he told me he read my 20 questions and got a kick out of it.” — Deron Miller / CKY Classic Metal Sludge — Wow… check out the original post from back on November 27th 2002. Below is exactly what we posted back in late

HEAD BANG THIS ….. Riki Rachtman gets ready to hit the road with his ‘One Foot In The Gutter’ Tour 2026

January 29, 2026

Riki Rachtman of Cathouse & MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball / Photo By: Jeff Coggins “The reason I’m busting my ass on this #ofitg tour is I fuckin love it. Tomorrow I’ll add another date in March.” — Riki Rachtman ON THE ROAD AGAIN — Who needs a guitar, a bass or a whole damn drum set when all you really need

CULT N’ ROSES ….. Matt Sorum sits down with Get On The Bus and talks Guns N’ Roses, The Cult, Yungblud, Steven Tyler and Velvet Revolver

January 23, 2026

“We played the gig and Steven Tyler showed up. He called; “I’m down the street man, what are you guys doing, I’m coming up”. Sh!t blew up, the club was packed! It was just one of those feelings you get, when you’re in a room, and you’re like, ‘Holy Sh!t!’, (the) F#@king room was exploding.” — Matt Sorum on Steven

NEW MUSIC TOO … Guns N’ Roses announce World Tour for 2026 with stops in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the U.S.

November 24, 2025

LOS ANGELES, California — It’s that time of year and today we see yet another tour announcement for 2026. Guns N’ Roses have just dropped a long list of dates for next year that will see the band kick-off their year in Monterey Mexico in March and end the run in Atlanta Georgia in September. The band will take their

FLASHBACK > Metal Sludge Exclusive with Guns N’ Roses’ Former Manager Alan Niven in Tell-All Three Part Mega Interview | Date: February 12th 2012

November 10, 2025

Updated: November 11th 2025 Alan Niven has been in the press recently with a lawsuit regarding his memoir being blocked by Guns N’ Roses a band he formerly managed from 1986-1991. So we decided to re-share our Exclusive tell-all interview we did with Alan Niven more than a decade ago back in 2012. There were Three parts to the original

LAWSUIT O’ MINE > Ex-Guns N’ Roses Manager Alan Niven sues the band to Stop them from Blocking the Release of his Memoir

November 5, 2025

ALL RISE PLEASE — In a brand new lawsuit, former Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven has sued the band. Niven is suing Guns N’ Roses in relation to his forth-coming memoir ‘Sound N’ Fury: Rock N’ Roll Stories‘ which his lawsuit alleges the band are trying to block from being released. Niven worked with Guns N’ Roses from 1986-1991,

BATTER UP … Axl Rose has Meltdown during Guns N’ Roses show in Buenos Aries Argentina and Fast Pitches his Mic into the Bass Drum >Video<

October 20, 2025

BUENOS ARIES, Argentina — Guns N’ Roses took the stage for their 2nd of two shows at ‘Estadio Huracán‘ in Buenos Aires Argentina on Saturday October 18th 2025 and the night didn’t go well. The band opened with “Welcome To The Jungle” and before song #2, Axl Rose seemed to have reverted back to his old-self having an on-stage meltdown

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P, P, P, P, Pussycat … Greg Steele talks Faster Pussycat, the Sunset Strip, Mötley Crüe, Guns N’ Roses, Kiss and Praises Ace Frehley: “Those (guitar) Solos were like Vocals, just Amazing!”

GET ON THE BUS ….. Zakk Wylde Shares Countless Stories from his Audition with Ozzy to Jamming with Guns N’ Roses and Touring with Pantera

YOU ARE UNDER ARREST … Metal Sludge’s Top 10 Rock Stars who wore a Service Hat

CLASSIC METAL SLUDGE circa 2002 “Axl Rose Is A Sludgeaholic!”

HEAD BANG THIS ….. Riki Rachtman gets ready to hit the road with his ‘One Foot In The Gutter’ Tour 2026

CULT N’ ROSES ….. Matt Sorum sits down with Get On The Bus and talks Guns N’ Roses, The Cult, Yungblud, Steven Tyler and Velvet Revolver

NEW MUSIC TOO … Guns N’ Roses announce World Tour for 2026 with stops in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the U.S.

FLASHBACK > Metal Sludge Exclusive with Guns N’ Roses’ Former Manager Alan Niven in Tell-All Three Part Mega Interview | Date: February 12th 2012

LAWSUIT O’ MINE > Ex-Guns N’ Roses Manager Alan Niven sues the band to Stop them from Blocking the Release of his Memoir

BATTER UP … Axl Rose has Meltdown during Guns N’ Roses show in Buenos Aries Argentina and Fast Pitches his Mic into the Bass Drum >Video<

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