DJ ASHBA quits GUNS N’ ROSES Las Vegas — DJ ASHBA quits GUNS N’ ROSES. We have just posted below the SIXX:AM guitarists letter posted to his official WebSite today. —————————————————————————— To Each and Every One Of You, 6 years ago I received a call that changed my life forever. The call was from a dear friend of mine (Katie McNeil-Diamond) who was working with Guns N’ Roses. It was an offer to[…]
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Like a live version of Headbangers Ball Rock impresario Riki Rachtman hosts Cathouse Live at Irvine Meadows Los Angeles — Meet Riki Rachtman, an ambassador of rock who has picked up where Rodney Bingenheimer left off, promoting bands he loves purely in the spirit of sharing great music. From co-founding legendary Hollywood rock club the Cathouse to his five-year run as an MTV veejay to being a disc jockey on popular Los Angeles rock stagion[…]
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THE DIRTY DOZEN Here is Metal Sludge’s list of 12 rockers arrested for domestic violence With Journey drummer Deen Castronovo in the news — make that ex-drummer, at least for now — amid reports that he not only physically assaulted his wife but allegedly RAPED her, Metal Sludge gives you the dirty dozen. These incidents are the kind of reports that do not make it to the family refrigerator wall. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Steven Adler / Original Guns[…]
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Verdammnis — In a recent interview with www.Verdammnis.com Dizzy Reed and Richard Fortrus of The Dead Daises talked in depth about their project. There are also some interesting comments regarding their other job in Guns N’ Roses. and some topics that the Sludge die-hards will find interesting. Below are some select questions and answers from that interview. ————————————————————- The new album ‘Revolución’ is the follow-up to 2013’s self-titled debut and is available since June the[…]
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LOS ANGELES — On the same night founding Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler was hosting his own art exhibit on Melrose Avenue, younger brother Jamie enjoyed a big moment of his own. Jamie, 39, is among tinsel town’s rising entertainment moguls, and one of the bands he manages, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, headlined the Forum a couple of hours later. Metal Sludge spent the day with both brothers, and each provided some interesting insights about the[…]
Read More »ALL YOU NEED IS JUST A LITTLE PATIENCE A generation later, original Guns N’ Roses manager Vicky Hamilton has completed a tell-all autobiography By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD — Vicky Hamilton was the original manager of Guns N’ Roses in the 1980s when the young band was struggling just to afford some guitar strings, to put some Top Ramen on the table and, if they were lucky, to have[…]
Read More »APPETITE FOR DEATH? Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose is not dead Twitter — Just like Jim Gillette being killed on a Jet-Ski, along with Justin Bieber, R Kelly and Brad Pitt it appears Axl Rose’s recent death was just another internet hoax. The internet grabbed a phony mock up MSNBC story that claimed the 52 year old Guns N’ Roses singer was found dead in his West Hollywood home. But like the[…]
Read More »SWEET LAWSUIT O’ MINE? Axl Rose’s legal team put kibosh on Rapidfire digital music release Facebook — And so it continues. We have covered this story before and will give you the latest on Rapidfire as we know it. Rapidfire is a band that formed over 3 decades over and shortly thereafter created and recorded some demos in March 1983. The band was just 4 young guys in Hollywood trying to make a name for[…]
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IT’S JOHNNY X – BUT NOT AS IN EX-CON A generation ago, the singer from The Wild went to prison just as the former Sunset Strip headliners were set to break into the mainstream, and now Johnny X is making a long-overdue comeback By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD — One thing about Johnny X, the singer for The Wild: Though the former buzz band once on the brink of stardom[…]
Read More »MY MICHELLE “Well, well, well, you never can tell”, an interview with Guns N’ Roses insider “My Michelle” Young By: John Parks Legendary Rock Interviews I told Michelle Young she was a “civilian”, indicating her current clean and so discrete status as a normal, everyday mom to her son placed her far away from the publicity whore status of most of the bands and entertainers we’ve interviewed over the years. That said, it[…]
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