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June 25, 2024

30 YEARS LATER … American Noize Fan Forum Artist Panel Video Surfaces feat; Slaughter, Hardline, Ted Poley, Tuff, Phantom Blue and more

Metal Sludge — June 25th 1994 the American Noize Fan Forum was held in Burbank California at The Hilton Hotel and convention center and the weekend event hosted bands, performances, industry types and was attended by fans from around the world. The event was basically a NAMM type of convention but geared more towards fans and organized by American Noiz and Michelle Siddiqi. Now a full 30 years later to the day, a 90 minute[…]

December 28, 2022

TUFF DIARIES #21 … Fist First Tour, Making F#@%ing Videos, Building Bunk Beds, O.J. Simpson and Rock Club + Strip Club = Awesome

Metal Sludge — It’s the summer of 1994 and we have decided along with our new record label and up coming tour, we will also need videos to promote the new Tuff record. In-between processing and shipping both CD and Cassette orders for the “Fist First” release, we were all pretty much multi-tasking like crazy. Remember, this was all pre computer too. At least the computers or cell-phones that would later become common devices that[…]

September 4, 2016

YES OR NO? Top 15 Glam Metal Bands You’ve Never Heard Of

YES OR NO? Top 15 Glam Metal Bands You’ve Never Heard Of Ranter In Shades — There are always obscure bands within any genre of music that put out albums with great deals of potential. These are some of my favorite glam metal bands that came out between 1989 and 1992 that put out some pretty awesome albums that ended up being overlooked thanks to bad timing, lack of promotion and the music scene changing.[…]