Cheap Trick

July 23, 2024

HAIR METAL SPECTACULAR: The Top 19 Sappiest — and Greatest — Power Ballads of All-Time

Metal Sludge’s Top 19 HAIR METAL SPECTACULAR: The Top 19 Sappiest — and Greatest — Power Ballads of All-Time HOLLYWOOD, California — Power ballads make the hair-metal band, not the other way around. All these iconic groups like Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crue from the MTV era spent a lifetime trying to prove they had more teeth in than their music than in their smiles, but often all it took was one slow-building love song[…]

June 13, 2024

10 QUESTIONS WITH > SALLY STEELE the VEGAS ROCKS! Publishing Queen Talks about Sin City to Metal Sludge

“Joan Jett Hung up on me when I started asking a question about Lita Ford.” — Sally Steele “He came to my Vegas Rocks! Awards in 2011. He was very nice back then but if you don’t catch him in the right moment he can be unfriendly to fans.” — Sally Steele on Sebastian Bach “Donnie Vie was pushing a grocery cart down the street here in Vegas with a brief-case many years ago yelling[…]

January 29, 2024

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

YOU ARE UNDER ARREST Metal Sludge’s Top 10 Rock Stars who wore a Service Hat ————————————————————————— Looking back at some of the coolest lists we ever published… and this is 1 of them! This was first shared on Metal Sludge way back in 2018… wow… a half dozen years ago… and it’s still an awesome read. Go check it out and share with some friends… Stay tuned to Metal Sludge, because you never know what will[…]

December 25, 2023

SIN CITY BABY … VEGAS ROCKS! AWARDS Show set for Jan. 21st 2024 with Rikki Rockett, Rick Nielsen and Kip Winger to perform live

“There will be a few more surprises, but it’s pretty jam-packed already.There are so many rock artists who were never given much credit as great musicians and performers, and we are here to show them recognition.” — Sally Steele Metal Sludge — Las Vegas rock queen Sally Steele is back, celebrating her 20th year of Vegas Rocks! magazine with her annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards event Sunday, Jan. 21 at Sam’s Town Live Hotel and[…]

September 30, 2016

CHEAP TRICK! Steel Panther covers “She’s Tight” featuring Robin Zander

CHEAP TRICK! Steel Panther covers “She’s Tight” featuring Robin Zander Blabbermouth — STEEL PANTHER, the glam rock band known for capturing the hearts of girlfriends and wives around the globe, announced today while on tour in Munich, Germany that their new album, “Lower The Bar”, will go on sale February 24, 2017. For the fans that can’t hold back their PANTHER urges, pre-orders are now available at the band’s web site, iTunes, and Amazon with deluxe bundle[…]

July 17, 2016

Sweet Savage singer Joey C. Jones takes us down memory lane

THOSE WERE THE DAYS Sweet Savage singer Joey C. Jones takes us on a trip down memory lane LOS ANGELES — If you’re getting old, perhaps you’ve heard of Sweet Savage, the infamous Hollywood glam band that courted a lot of attention during the early pre-Poison era but never quite won the hearts of millions. The ol’ “one break from stardom” syndrome. Murphy’s Law. Whatever you want to call it. But give Sweet Savage[…]

June 14, 2015

Wow! CHEAP TRICK kicks ass at Greek Theatre performance in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 25 years to the day since headlining the historic “summer blowout” before 80,000 at the L.A. Coliseum, Cheap Trick is still going strong. The Chicago rock band proved utterly mesmerizing on Friday, June 12 at the Greek Theatre, sounding pretty much as strong as ever in delivering a hit-filled, 90-minute set that included “I Want You to Want Me,” “Surrender” and all the other favorites that saw everyone standing[…]

August 5, 2014

Classic-Rock 6 pack of L.A. shows; reviews of Boston & Cheap Trick, Chicago & REO Speedwagon, Journey & Steve Miller Band

What a week with three big classic-rock shows within five days in L.A. First Boston and Cheap Trick, then Chicago and REO Speedwagon, and then Journey and Steve Miller By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large LOS ANGELES — Like a time capsule going back 25 years, I spent the past week going to three concerts featuring some of my favorite bands when I was in high school – first Boston and Cheap Trick on[…]

August 5, 2014