Big Bang Babies

December 19, 2022

TEEN EDITOR … Looking back on Sunset Strip with former Rockstar Magazine publisher Kenward Cooper

“The Hollywood scene in the 80s wasn’t just a scene, it was a movement.” – Kenward Cooper LOS ANGELES – He never wore lipstick nor played in the most popular local hair-bands but make no mistake – Kenward Cooper is pure glam, and he always will be. Cooper published the classy fanzine Rockstar magazine beginning in the late 1980s when Rock was its height on the Sunset Strip. Yet unlike a lot of glam bands[…]

June 4, 2019

TWO FOR ONE, TWICE THE FUN … Blackboard Jungle celebrates 17th rock reunion weekend at Viper Room

TWO FOR ONE, TWICE THE FUN Blackboard Jungle celebrates 17th rock reunion weekend at Viper Room HOLLYWOOD — Let the good times roll in Los Angeles, as almost-famous Blackboard Jungle celebrated its 17th annual rock and roll reunion weekend in grand style. Stretched for the first time to two nights of rock at the famed Viper Room on Sunset Strip, Blackboard Jungle capped the festivities with a stirring performance Saturday, June 1 before[…]

February 14, 2016

TRYX WERE FOR KIDS … Sunset Strip glam faves Tryx fizzled out in ’90s, but founding guitarist Brian DeVeau forges comeback with The Image Nation

TRYX WERE FOR KIDS Sunset Strip glam faves Tryx fizzled out in ’90s, but founding guitarist Brian DeVeau forges comeback with The Image Nation LOS ANGELES — With a colorful candy-glam image, excellent musicianship and unbelievably catchy songs like “Only For The Summer” and “You’ve Got a Lot to Learn About Love,” Tryx was like a shooting star on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood back during the post-Poison explosion. Fans loved Tryx, who headlined clubs[…]

November 5, 2014

Charlie Overbey, formerly known as Kit Ashley of BIG BANG BABIES returns to VIPER ROOM

FORMER BIG BANG BABIES FOUNDER IS ALL GROWN UP Metal Sludge exclusive: Once a Sunset Strip sensation in the post-Poison glam era, Charlie Overbey, formerly known as Kit Ashley, is set to make his grand return with his new band Broken Arrows at the Viper Room By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD –Big Bang Babies might have been the most popular band on the Sunset Strip never to sign a major[…]