M3 2017 Ratt w/ Pearcy, DeMartini & Croucier, Kix, Dokken, Loverboy, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Vain & more M3 MUSIC FEST — Here it is, the premiere rock festival has announced their lineup for April 28th and 29th 2017. M3 has become a huge draw every spring and this coming year will be no different. The M3 Rock Fest is always a favorite of music fans and this year brings you a great list of bands.[…]
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ALL TWISTED Superstar band Twisted Sister headlines Riki Rachtman’s Cathouse anniversary at soldout Roxy LOS ANGELES, Calif., USA — Based on his reputation for being among the best in the world at what he does, rock impresario Riki Rachtman was able to sell out the Roxy and Whisky on successive nights to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his iconic club, The Cathouse — without letting anyone know which surprise bands would be performing. As Spiderman[…]
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‘I don’t want to do another rock festival. I can do better’ METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Cathouse founder Riki Rachtman speaks out LOS ANGELES — After his successful and utterly ambitious Cathouse Live event last summer in California that featured top performers like Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach and Kiss’ Ace Frehley, everyone is openly wondering what the great rock and roll entrepreneur Riki Rachtman is going to do next.[…]
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Hair Nation Festival Announces 20 Band Lineup for So. Calif. on Sept. 17th 2016 Sirius XM — Sunset Strip in the 1980s – was there ever a more debaucherous time and place? Rock and roll was larger than life and every show was a party. Now — for one night only — you can travel back in time to that land of excess at SiriusXM’s Hair Nation Festival with performances by Vince Neil, Bret Michaels, Yngwie[…]
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VIPER ROOM Blackboard Jungle, Swingin’ Thing and The Image Nation set for annual reunion show Facebook — Hollywood California will once again play host to the annual Blackboard Jungle reunion show. This year the event will be at the “Viper Room” on Saturday May 28th 2016. Blackboard Jungle bassist and co-founder Britt Pennella recently appeared on The Joe Howard Show podcast. The interview is a fun listen HERE as Pennella catches up with long time friend[…]
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FORGIVE US FOR WE HAVE SINNED METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Faster Pussycat apologize (kind of) for Stryper attack Hollywood, CALIFORNIA — From the gutters of Hollywood our inbox has received an exclusive message from Faster Pussycat today. After last weeks verbal onslaught of the band Stryper the dirt bags of rock found themselves tangling with Jesus’s favorite rock band. Now after some minor backlash it appears they may have done some soul searching. It looks like they are[…]
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Michael Sweet calls Faster Pussycat’s hateful verbal assault on Stryper ‘disturbing’ Facebook — Michael Sweet has responded to recent comments directed at his band Stryper from members of Faster Pussycat. The comments were made by Danny Nordahl (bassist) and Chad Stewart (drums) who appeared on the popular Another FN’ Podcast show hosted by Izzy Presley. That Metal Show co-host Don Jamieson was also present on the show which can be found in our related story right[…]
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FASTER JESUSCAT! Stryper receives verbal beat down from Faster Pussycat members Another FN’ Podcast — During the live recording of Another FN Podcast With Izzy Presley on the Monsters Of Rock Cruise “Shredders From The Deep”, Faster Pussycat members Danny Nordahl and Chad Stewart talked about their distain for the band Stryper. While picking on their friend Eddie Trunk along with his That Metal Show cohost and comedian Don Jamieson, they unleashed on Stryper. Chad Stewart[…]
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M3 adds Queensryche and Stephen Pearcy the voice of Ratt to annual show Maryland — Now in its eighth year, M3 Rock Festival has grown from an up-and-comer to the definitive way to party like it’s 1989. Starting with the annual Kix-Off Party on Friday and heading straight into the festival on Saturday, M3 features enough hard rock and hair metal bands to make your head spin (although, let’s be honest… that’s probably from the two[…]
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FASTER GUNS L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat kick off the New Year at “The Whisky” Hollywood, CALIFORNA — 2016 kicked off with a bang at the world famous Whisky A Go Go as Faster Pussycat and LA Guns put on a killer sold out show. When I say sold out, I mean elbow to assholes and opening bands trying to sell their tickets for upwards of $200 sold out. Both bands played killer sets as you[…]
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