Doug Aldrich

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THE ROXY … METAL HALL of FAME Awards Show hits the Sunset Strip with Inductees DeMartini, Rockett, Guns, Clarke and Holmes

‘The Roxy’ & ‘The Rainbow Bar & Grill’ on Sunset Strip share a parking lot and made for an amazing ‘Metal Hall of Fame’ Awards Show in Hollywood – January 21st 2026 / Photo By: Jeff Coggins HOLLYWOOD, California — Last week the Metal Hall of Fame awards show hit the Sunset Strip for their event and it was a who’s-who on stage as well as in the crowd. The Metal Hall of Fame celebrated[…]

January 18, 2017

MONTROSE REMEMBERED AT NAMM … Keith St. John talks 10 Questions with Metal Sludge

MONTROSE REMEMBERED AT NAMM Keith St. John talks 10 Questions with Metal Sludge IRVINE, Calif., USA — It’s that time of year again, as the annual NAMM convention comes to the Anaheim Convention Center this coming week beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 17 and picking up steam for the weekend. Among the highlights — and there figure to be a lot of them — is a live concert Saturday at Yost Theatre organized by ex-Montrose singer[…]

April 9, 2016

KISS announce summer 2016 tour with The Dead Daisies

KISS announce summer 2016 tour with The Dead Daisies Rolling Stone — Kiss have announced their Freedom to Rock summer tour that will find the Destroyer crew performing in over 25 cities that they haven’t visited in over a decade, as well as concerts in four cities they’ve never played before. The 35-date trek kicks off July 7th in Boise, Idaho and wraps two months later in Huntington, West Virginia. Caleb Johnson serves as opening act for the[…]

January 6, 2016

JACKPOT! Metal Sludge does Las Vegas for New Years Weekend By: Gerry Gittelson

JACKPOT! METAL SLUDGE DOES LAS VEGAS FOR NEW YEARS WEEKEND LAS VEGAS, Nev., USA — They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — but not in our case. Metal Sludge took in a long, rockin’ weekend to the city that never sleeps (that part is true) for an official road report. No surprise, it has taken us a few days to recover, but alas we have all the gory details and[…]

December 16, 2014

ALL YOU NEED IS JUST A LITTLE PATIENCE A generation later, original Guns N’ Roses manager Vicky Hamilton has completed a tell-all

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[…]

August 13, 2014

Jack Blades, Doug Aldrich & Deen Castronovo in studio recording album now for new super group

Jack Blades, Doug Aldrich & Deen Castronovo in studio recording album Melodic Rock — Just what is Deen Castronovo (Journey, Ozzy Osbourne, Bad English, Hardline), Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees, Shaw/Blades) and Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake/David Coverdale, Ronnie James Dio, Burning Rain) doing pictured together? More than just striking a pose – the trio is in the studio right now recording an album under a new band name with producer Alessandro Del Vecchio at the helm!Thanks for this project can go[…]