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DRINKING & SCREAMING > > > > My Face-To-Face Meet & Greet with Sebastian Bach 35 Years Later… By: Stevie Rachelle

April 23, 2026

Sebastian Bach in his garage in New Jersey 1989 – Photo: Mark ‘WEISSGUY’ Weiss Stevie Rachelle backstage at ‘The Stone’ San Francisco 1989 – Photo: Hit Parader Magazine “Sebastian… Stevie Rachelle… I heard you wanted to speak to me?” These were my words to Sebastian Bach offering the olive branch on the Monsters of Rock Cruise – 4/16/2026 Bach‘s reaction

HOLLYWOOD … Riki Rachtman has just announced a few West Coast “One Foot In The Gutter” dates in So. Cal. and Nor. Cal.

March 22, 2026

LOS ANGELES, California — Riki Rachtman is coming home to Hollywood. That’s right, the Cathouse co-founder just announced a few West Coast dates for his very popular “One Foot In The Gutter” tours. Rachtman first started his ‘OFITG’ idea with a test show back in September of 2022 and by the time 2023 rolled around, he was booking dates anywhere

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

#OFITG … Riki Rachtman announces ‘One Foot In The Gutter’ Spoken Word tour dates for 2026 with shows in Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin & Michigan

December 11, 2025

“There is nothing in my entire career that I am more proud of than #ofitg.” — Riki Rachtman on his ‘One Foot In The Gutter‘ spoken word tour dates LIVE ON STAGE, U.S.A. — Riki Rachtman is hitting the road in 2026 for another run of his popular ‘One Foot In The Gutter’ spoken word shows. Rachtman made his name

NO THANK YOU > > > Riki Rachtman: “I am Declining my Induction into the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame”

December 8, 2025

“In my opinion, I should not be in before those bands.” — Riki Rachtman LOS ANGELES, California — Riki Rachtman has come out today and is officially declining being inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame. Rachtman, 60, was born and raised in Los Angeles and was part of the prime Sunset Strip era that created much of what music

ATTN: GREEN BAY ….. Riki Rachtman and Stevie Rachelle will together host unique viewing of ‘Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years’ at EPIC Event Center on Friday March 6th

December 3, 2025

Stevie Rachelle the voice of Tuff & Riki Rachtman from MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball come to Green Bay March 6th 2026 GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The winter has just started in Wisconsin but never fear, your favorite spot in Green Bay, the ‘EPIC Event Center‘ will be hosting tons of killer shows all year round and into the new year. EPIC

VINTAGE VIDEOS … Take a Stroll Back to the Sunset Strip in Hollywood in the 80’s and visit Cathouse, Country Club, Madame Wong’s, Spice and more

April 1, 2025

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Have you ever wished you could go back to the 80’s and experience what it was like during the peak years of the Sunset Strip? Well, you can’t… however, the videos we’re sharing below will give you a pretty good taste as to what it was really like at these clubs back-stage, on-stage, at the after-parties and

Riki Rachtman Tells All in Facebook Live: “Kimberly Burch committed suicide. She jumped off the boat and unfortunately… she did it right in front of Taime”

March 7, 2025

“Kimberly Burch committed suicide. She jumped off the boat and unfortunately… she did it right in front of Taime” — Riki Rachtman March 7th 2025 — More details are starting to emerge related to the horrific tragedy that took place on The 80’s Cruise and the unfortunate incident involving Taime Downe‘s Fiancée Kimberly Burch. Today was day 5 of 7

MEMORY LANE … RIKI RACHTMAN lets it all hang out on the IDIOTS IN BARS Podcast

October 9, 2024

“It was awesome… it was very dangerous, and yeah we lost a lot of friends but it was great.” — Riki Rachtman talking about the scene in Hollywood in the 80’s Metal Sludge — Riki Rachtman was recently a guest on the Idiots In Bars podcast and covered a lot of bases on his past, the present, and a peak

GOT HAIR? – Nöthin’ But A Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ’80s Hair Metal streaming on Paramount+ starting Sept. 17th >Watch Trailer<

August 20, 2024

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DRINKING & SCREAMING > > > > My Face-To-Face Meet & Greet with Sebastian Bach 35 Years Later… By: Stevie Rachelle

HOLLYWOOD … Riki Rachtman has just announced a few West Coast “One Foot In The Gutter” dates in So. Cal. and Nor. Cal.

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

#OFITG … Riki Rachtman announces ‘One Foot In The Gutter’ Spoken Word tour dates for 2026 with shows in Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin & Michigan

NO THANK YOU > > > Riki Rachtman: “I am Declining my Induction into the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame”

ATTN: GREEN BAY ….. Riki Rachtman and Stevie Rachelle will together host unique viewing of ‘Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years’ at EPIC Event Center on Friday March 6th

VINTAGE VIDEOS … Take a Stroll Back to the Sunset Strip in Hollywood in the 80’s and visit Cathouse, Country Club, Madame Wong’s, Spice and more

Riki Rachtman Tells All in Facebook Live: “Kimberly Burch committed suicide. She jumped off the boat and unfortunately… she did it right in front of Taime”

MEMORY LANE … RIKI RACHTMAN lets it all hang out on the IDIOTS IN BARS Podcast

GOT HAIR? – Nöthin’ But A Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ’80s Hair Metal streaming on Paramount+ starting Sept. 17th >Watch Trailer<

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STARTS MAY 19th ….. LIVE ‘Hair Metal Chaos’ every Tuesday on YouTube with The Hair Metal Guru and Stevie Rachelle

MISTER TRIXTER ….. Steve Brown launches ‘ALWAYS JOVI’ a Tribute to New Jersey Rock N’ Roll Brother Jon Bon Jovi

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