Gazzarri’s

April 21, 2022

KEEPING HIS DISTANCE … Wolfgang responds to Van Halen rumors with: “Dumbass reunion isn’t happening” and “Just leave me the F#@k out of it!”

Metal Sludge — After a week of news and rumors about a new Van Halen tour and lineup, the silence has officially been broken from the Wolfgang camp. As most know, Jason Newsted shocked the music world back on April 13th when he told a Florida area news-outlet that he had been in talks to play bass in a new Van Halen lineup. Newsted stated the band was to feature Alex Van Halen, David Lee[…]

March 15, 2022

RIP … Joey C. Jones of Sweet Savage loses Cancer battle

Metal Sludge –– Rock singer Joey C. Jones has died. Jones, 59, lost his fight with cancer after battling the disease for a number of years. Jones, born Bobby Joe Crabtree passed-away earlier today surrounded by family and friends. Jones grew up in Athens Ohio and was best known as the singer and front-man of Sweet Savage during the mid 1980’s. Sweet Savage issued their debut E.P. in 1985 and it hit #1 on the[…]

March 14, 2022

SAD NEWS … Joey C. Jones of Sweet Savage fame is currently in a ‘Coma’ according to family member

Metal Sludge — Sad news to report, legendary rock frontman Joey C. Jones is currently in a coma. Jones has been battling cancer for a few years now and has continued the fight. The following messages were posted on social media by his daughter Jade Jones late last week and this morning. “I will be taking over my dads phone for the time being. He is not able to call or text anymore and I’m[…]

September 7, 2021

SUNSET STRIPPED … Ron Jeremy’s victims claim he lured them into the Rainbow Bar & Grill bathroom, Raped them and then Gave them $100 after

Ron Jeremy and his Sunset Strip ‘rape tactics’: Unsealed testimonies from 21 women reveal how celebrity porn star ‘would lure star-struck fans as young as 15 into Rainbow Grill bathroom before attacking them’ Ron Jeremy, 68, has been indicted on more than 30 counts of sexual assault involving 21 women and girls across more than two decades, authorities said Jeremy, whose legal name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, pleaded not guilty in an L.A. court on[…]

June 20, 2021

SNAKE EYES … Sunset Strip Star Guitarist Billy D’Vette of Pair-a-Dice lets it all hang out on Hollywood days

LOS ANGELES — There are no sure things in rolling the dice nor playing in a rock and roll band, and Billy D’Vette has the scars to prove it. The blond guitarist with chiseled features and a knack for catchy glam songs led Pair-a-Dice to the very brink of stardom in the late 1980s. But despite headline shows, record-company interest and the scene’s hottest groupies, Pair-a-Dice crapped out. They never signed a deal, they lost[…]

September 16, 2018

TUFF DIARIES #8 … Jon Bon Jovi, Sebastian Bach, Rick Rubin, Howie Hubberman, BulletBoys and Gazzarri’s

TUFF DIARIES #8 Jon Bon Jovi, Sebastian Bach, Rick Rubin, Howie Hubberman, BulletBoys and Gazzarri’s Skid Row, Dave “Snake” Sabo, Steve Brown of Trixter, D’Molls, Jailhouse, Guitars ‘R Us & Jim Torgeson. — Welcome to 1989…. It’s early January and Tuff kick off the year with a show at The Marquee in Westminster California. This venue is only 35 miles from Hollywood, or about 50 miles from where we lived in Van Nuys. But in traffic, this[…]

August 20, 2018

TUFF DIARIES #7 … MTV’s NYE Big Bash, Riki & Taime’s Cathouse and My Girlfriend was a Poster at Spencer’s

TUFF DIARIES #7 MTV’s NYE Big Bash, Riki & Taime’s Cathouse and My Girlfriend was a Poster at Spencer’s Country Club, Jason Newsted, Cold Gin, Martika, Rock Scene Magazine & Welcome to the Julie’s Waxed Pussy. — It’s now the fall of 1988. We’re a year into our run and making progress with our plan to get signed. We just finished up the summer with a August headline show at Gazzarri’s on Sunset Strip and supporting Vinnie[…]

June 30, 2017

SUNSET STRIP REMEMBERED … METAL SLUDGE dives in with former Pair-A-Dice drummer Daz Bash

SUNSET STRIP REMEMBERED METAL SLUDGE dives in with former Pair-A-Dice drummer Daz Bash LOS ANGELES — In our ever-lasting rock and roll thirst for all things Sunset Strip, we bring you an official interview with drummer Daz Bash from former Hollywood hopefuls Pair-A-Dice from the old scene. Everyone thought Pair-A-Dice would be the next Warrant. Didn’t happen. The band looked great in photographs, yet Pair-A-Dice has just as many teeth in their music as[…]

August 9, 2016

Stryper singer Michael Sweet is cheering for the other Ratt

NOT BB’s version Stryper singer Michael Sweet is cheering for the other Ratt Facebook — Michael Sweet has officially weighed in on the Ratt saga. The voice of Stryper had a few choice words to say on his official facebook but did start his post off with the following; “I wish these guys all the best and hope they can resolve their issues”. Sweet seems to be supportive of the band as a whole but doesn’t mince[…]

October 24, 2015

Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip – Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene

Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene BY RICHARD BIENSTOCK for Rolling Stone – October 23, 2015 Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — “Livin’ in L.A. is so much-a . . . fffuuuun!” screeched Faster Pussycat’s Taime Downe in 1987. And nowhere was the party crazier, sleazier or more glam-rockin’ than the Sunset Strip, where big-haired dudes and the girls who loved them[…]