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Autograph Singer and Drummer React To Co-Founder Steve Lynch’s Recent Social Media Blog About the Group’s On-Going Legal Dispute

Metal Sludge — In the on-going Autograph legal dispute between original guitarist/co-founder Steve Lynch and the current vocalist (Simon Daniels) and drummer (Marc Wieland) we’re bringing you the latest from the Daniels‘ side. Metal Sludge first brought you this back on November 14th 2022 with our article: “TURN UP THE LAWSUIT … Original Guitarist and Co-Founder Steve Lynch: “The legal process is fully engaged” against his Former group Autograph, Hints at New (real) Version”. Since[…]

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TUFF DIARIES #21 … Fist First Tour, Making F#@%ing Videos, Building Bunk Beds, O.J. Simpson and Rock Club + Strip Club = Awesome

Metal Sludge — It’s the summer of 1994 and we have decided along with our new record label and up coming tour, we will also need videos to promote the new Tuff record. In-between processing and shipping both CD and Cassette orders for the “Fist First” release, we were all pretty much multi-tasking like crazy. Remember, this was all pre computer too. At least the computers or cell-phones that would later become common devices that[…]

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HIRED GUNS FILE LAWSUIT … Autograph founding Guitarist Steve Lynch is being Sued by the Very Musicians he Hired into the Group

Metal Sludge — This may come as a surprise to some, but it appears to be the case. Autograph founding member, lead guitarist and song-writer Steve Lynch has been sued by two of the very musicians that he hired into the band when it relaunched in 2014. Lynch took to his official Facebook page today and wrote a long letter to his fans and friends. In a nutshell, it appears that he is being sued[…]

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TURN UP THE LAWSUIT … Original Guitarist and Co-Founder Steve Lynch: “The legal process is fully engaged” against his Former group Autograph, Hints at New (real) Version

Metal Sludge — Autograph original guitarist and co-founder Steve Lynch has spoken out on the current state of his former band. Lynch, 67, left Autograph back in 2019 writing to fans on his official Facebook page (July 28th 2019): “I am officially leaving Autograph. I am on a new journey musically and I want to explore new musical ideas with the Love Of My Life.” Since Lynch quit the group, that left just 1 classic[…]

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BAY AREA GLAM … Michael Raphael former Jailhouse guitarist takes Fans Back to his Glam Roots with ‘You Talk We Talk’ from 1986

LOS ANGELES – Michael Raphael’s glam roots run deep. The guitarist is now a successful music producer for TV shows, but Raphael is best known in rock circles as a founding member of Jailhouse, probably the most popular Los Angeles band in the late 1980s to never sign a full-scale recording deal. The curly-haired Californian, now in his 50s, is releasing an interesting package of old demo recordings for You Talk We Talk, a 1986[…]

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DRUGS, DEPRESSION & MURDER? What really happened to ex-Autograph drummer Keni Richards

  Randy Rand, Simon Daniels, Keni Richards and Steve Lynch DRUGS, DEPRESSION & MURDER? What really happened to ex-Autograph drummer Keni Richards   SAN BERNARDINO, California — It’s been a little over a month since news broke that former Autograph drummer Keni Richards had died. Richards, 60,  played drums for the Southern California based band during their peak years. He was also slated to be on board for their 2013 comeback but not before things[…]

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TURN UP THE ALCOHOL … Autograph’s Randy Rand a drunken mess to kick-off Holiday tour run

  TURN UP THE ALCOHOL  Autograph’s Randy Rand a drunken mess to kick-off Holiday tour run   SAVAGE, Minnesota — The band Autograph just hit the road to kick-off the holiday weekend with their first run of tour dates for the summer. Early last week the band wrote on their official Facebook; “Here we go! Hitting the road tomorrow! Check the list and we’ll see you on the road!” It appears the band’s bassist Randy Rand didn’t just hit the road,[…]

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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW Anniversary party in parking lot puts exclamation point on retro-rock weekend

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW Anniversary party in parking lot puts exclamation point on retro-rock weekend   HOLLYWOO, Calif., USA — An action-packed weekend of retro rock was capped Sunday in grand fashion with the 44th annual Rainbow Bar & Grill Anniversary party, where about 1,000 revelers packed not just the legendary restaurant/club but the parking lot, too, as L.A. Guns, Autograph, Junkyard, Tuff, Circus of Power and others performed in succession beginning in the early afternoon. It[…]

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