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CRUISE NEWS PT. 1,2&3 – The Waste Some Time with Jason Green show has Documented both The 80’s Cruise and The Monsters of Rock Cruise

LAST UPDATED: Friday March 21st 2025 (10:00PM PST) UPDATE: #2We have updated this article with, ‘My Life on the Road, 80s Cruise: Day 3 – Sheila E., Warrant, Honeymoon Suite, Tiffany’ from the Waste Some Time with Jason Green show. (Watch Below) The latest Vlog is shared below along with ‘THE 80S CRUISE 2025: DAY ONE‘, ‘My Life on The Road, 80s Cruise Day 2 Warrant, Information Society, Visiting Bahamas’ and the ‘WASTE SOME TIME[…]

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UPDATE … New report at TMZ says Police Have Video Showing Taime Downe’s Fiancée Going Overboard on The 80’s Cruise

“Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office in Florida is in possession of video that shows Kimberly climbing the ship’s rail and taking a step off.” — TMZ March 10th 2025 — In a brand new report at TMZ, the word is that Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office have video of the tragic incident that took place last Sunday on The 80’s Cruise involving Faster Pussycat‘s singer Taime Downe‘s fiancée Kimberly Burch. The[…]

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IN-FLUX … Faster Pussycat still on board The 80’s Cruise and a source close to the band says; “He (Taime Downe) has been Exonerated by Bahamian Authorities”

“I guess I’d like to believe that she (Kimberly Burch) was wearing funky shoes, and slipped on a wet deck and went flying or something, after one too many beverages.” — Share Ross-Pederson former Vixen bassist to Inside Edition The 80’s Cruise — Faster Pussycat are still on the Explorer of the Seas a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that is currently out to sea, so the band remains in-flux until it returns to a port[…]

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DEVELOPING … The 80’s Cruise has had a Passenger Jump Overboard, Initial Reports are Alleging it was a Band Member’s Fiancee’

The Caribbean — Unfortunate news to report here as we’ve been receiving incoming over-night and early today that a Passenger on The 80’s Cruise has jumped overboard. The 80’s Cruise is currently out on a Royal Caribbean ship named The Explorer of the Seas and it left Miami Florida on Sunday March 2nd and is scheduled to sail through March 9th 2025. Late last night, just after 10:30pm (EST) reports are saying that the ship[…]

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SUNSET STRIP REVIEW … The Whisky hosted an epic 80’s week to close out 2024 with Quiet Riot, Faster Pussycat, Stephen Pearcy and L.A. Guns

“This is my 21st year in the band, and it’s lucky 21, I first met (late original singer) Kevin DuBrow in 2003 or 2004, and now it’s gonna be 2025, so look at that.” — Alex Grossi / Quiet Riot “I think everyone is coming in to drink the free booze. That’s how popular we are.” — Chad Stewart / Faster Pussycat LOS ANGELES — What a Christmas week filled with top classic rock bands[…]

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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[…]

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Michael Monroe, Faster Pussycat and Odin to perform at Annual Rainbow Parking Lot Bash, April 13th 2025

Metal Sludge — The annual Rainbow Bar & Grill Parking Lot Party lineup and date have been announced. The yearly events happen in the spring and the fall, and the spring 2025 date has been set for Sunday April 13th 2025. The lineup will celebrate the venue’s 53rd Anniversary and be headlined by Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks) with direct support coming from Faster Pussycat. Also appearing are Hollywood legends ODIN, along with Black Oak Arkansas[…]

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

“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 into his future as well. Rachtman and the Idiots In Bars hosts Chris and Rayen[…]

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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[…]

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FALLEN PUSSYCAT … Danny Nordahl of Faster Pussycat falls out of Tour Bus and Suffers a Broken Arm, his replacement is L.A. Guns bassist Johnny Martin >Updated with Video<

UPDATE: Thursday May 2nd 2024 (4:00PM EST) The band have now shared a video on their social media showing Danny Nordahl in a sling explaining the situation and Johnny Martin of L.A. Guns also appears in the updated video. (watch video below) The band have also posted the following message confirming our original Metal Sludge report. “Danny broke his arm and thumb. Johnny Martin of @laguns is saving the day (and the tour). We love[…]

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