Gerry Gittelson

September 28, 2016

EXCLUSIVE: COREY FELDMAN’S guitarist BRITTANY PAIGE speaks

METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: COREY FELDMAN GIRL GUITARIST FIRST INTERVIEW Brittany Paige speaks out after Feldman’s maligned TV performance and ensuing comments go viral LOS ANGELES — Corey Feldman is all over the news after performing on TV last week with his new all-girl backing band Corey’s Angels. Good, right? Well, that depends. The movie star-turned-pop singer sang his new song on the Today Show called “Go 4 It” with some wacky dance[…]

September 28, 2016

HIT ME BABYS ONE MORE TIME … Rock band The Babys crank up comeback with California concert

HIT ME BABYS ONE MORE TIME Rock band The Babys crank up comeback with California concert REDONDO BEACH, Calif., USA — It’s been another great rock and roll summer in California, and classic-rock band The Babys celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 25 with a stirring outdoor concert performance on the beach. With originals Wally Stocker (guitar) and Tony Brock (drums), The Babys are trying to recapture their glory from the 1970s, when the band[…]

August 21, 2016

‘TAKE ME DOWN TO PARADISE CITY’ Axl, Slash, Duff and Steven together again at Dodger Stadium show

‘TAKE ME DOWN TO PARADISE CITY’ With Axl, Slash and Duff together again, Guns N’ Roses wows massive crowd in two-night concert stand at Dodger Stadium LOS ANGELES — Guns N’ Roses celebrated its return to hometown Los Angeles in grand style with a two-night stand at Dodger Stadium that proved utterly triumphant. Thursdaynight was good, we heard, but Friday, Aug. 19 was even better, as a near-capacity crowd of more than 50,000 cheered Guns N’[…]

July 23, 2016

A to Z … Tony West shares thoughts on Guns N’ Roses, killing around the world & sex

‘THE WORLD NEEDS ROCK AND ROLL RIGHT NOW’ TONY WEST A to Z — Here is our latest Metal Sludge innovation, the first in our A to Z series and everything in-between. We start with Tony West, singer for Los Angeles buzz band Blacklist Union. Blacklist Union will appear this week at “Cruefest” on Saturday July 30th. Like years previous, the annual event is held at the world famous “Whisky” on the Sunset Strip. Now let’s[…]

July 17, 2016

Sweet Savage singer Joey C. Jones takes us down memory lane

THOSE WERE THE DAYS Sweet Savage singer Joey C. Jones takes us on a trip down memory lane LOS ANGELES — If you’re getting old, perhaps you’ve heard of Sweet Savage, the infamous Hollywood glam band that courted a lot of attention during the early pre-Poison era but never quite won the hearts of millions. The ol’ “one break from stardom” syndrome. Murphy’s Law. Whatever you want to call it. But give Sweet Savage[…]

July 15, 2016

AND THE HITS KEPT COMING … Boston and Dennis DeYoung join forces in Greek concert

AND THE HITS KEPT COMING Boston and Dennis DeYoung join forces in Greek concert LOS ANGELES — There is nothing better than beautiful rock music on a hot summer night, and that’s just what we got from Boston and Dennis DeYoung on Thursday before a near-capacity crowd of about 6,000 under the stars at the famed Greek Theatre. Boston’s anthems like “More Than a Feeling” and “Peace of Mind” fill the radio airwaves more than[…]

July 3, 2016

‘The list of rock stars that have begged me to go home with them is extremely long’ Rachael Rine

HARD HITTING ‘The list of rock stars that have begged me to go home with them is extremely long’ Getting down with lady drummer Rachael Rine LOS ANGELES — There is something about girl drummers that’s a big turn-on. But don’t just take our word for it — one look at femme percussionist Rachael Rine, and you can understand the attraction. Rine can hold her own with anyone — in any gender[…]

June 3, 2016

THIS CD IS ONE HOT MESS … Official Metal Sludge review: “The Chris Mess EP”

THIS CD IS ONE HOT MESS Official Metal Sludge review: “The Chris Mess EP” Among the brightest new rock hopefuls is Chris Mess, who has a put out a self-titled CD that leans toward 70s-era glam with a hint of British glitter a la The Darkness and early Queen. It’s available in all the usual places — no, not Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard ’cause those days are history — and perhaps[…]

May 29, 2016

STREET OF DREAMS … Joe Lynn Turner at Whisky and LA Rock Review party at Viper Room

STREET OF DREAMS Joe Lynn Turner at Whisky and LA Rock Review party at Viper Room HOLLYWOOD, Calif., USA — It was a big Friday night on the Sunset Strip, as Joe Lynn Turner headlined at the Whisky on May 28, while across the street at the Viper Room, old fanzine L.A. Rock Review magazine was celebrating its first-ever reunion as Inger Lorre of the Nymphs, Motorcycle Boy, the Hangmen and Knucklehead all performed. Turner is[…]

May 22, 2016

THIS TRUMPS ‘EM ALL! Ex-Warrant wife thrust into spotlight as Donald Trump’s former girlfriend

THIS TRUMPS ‘EM ALL! Ex-Warrant wife thrust into spotlight as Donald Trump’s former girlfriend LOS ANGELES — Metal Sludge fans might remember Rowanne Brewer Lane for her 10-year marriage to Jani Lane — always a prime source for the sludgiest of Sludge until the great Warrant singer’s untimely death in 2011 — but now Ms. Lane’s popularity (and notoriety) has skyrocketed because she used to date presidential candidate Donald Trump in 1990. You can’t[…]