Hollywood

April 19, 2022

DROPPIN’ BOMBS … Archie Cruz: “Chris Jericho is Not a Real Rock Star” and “Fozzy’s Crowd is Pretty much Semi-Retarded Wrestling Fans.”

Metal Sludge — Two weeks ago most of our readers had no clue who Archie Cruz was or his band Santa Cruz, but the Finnish singer is trying his hardest to make himself known. In a brand new podcast interview with the Rock and Roll Geek Show Cruz answers a plethora of questions. The singer covers subjects going back to his original band’s (classic line-up) break-up while touring with Fozzy in 2018 all the way[…]

April 17, 2022

AGENT-A-GO-GO … Jake Perry from the “Whisky” talks Hollywood on the Waste Some Time with Jason Green podcast

Metal Sludge — Sure we cover a lot of rock stars, live shows and of course the drama, but today we’re going to give you a peak behind the scenes. Today we’re talking about Jake Perry! Perry was recently a guest on the Waste Some Time with Jason Green podcast. And yes, we know what you’re saying… “Who the F#@k is Jake Perry?” Well, he’s not Joe Perry’s brother, even though Jake is from the[…]

April 10, 2022

SILLY VANILLI … Santa Cruz perform with Pre-Recorded Lead Vocals at the “Whisky-A-Go-Go”, singer Archie Cruz says Botched Show was for Publicity

Metal Sludge — To say the rock community is outraged is an understatement, but… it seems the band Santa Cruz have given some fans and critics alike a reason to unload on them. Santa Cruz performed at the world-famous “Whisky-A-Go-Go” on Sunset Strip in Hollywood last week on April 6th, and their performance has many blasting the Finnish group. In short, it’s pretty apparent that the band used samples, and or pre-recorded sounds and vocals[…]

April 2, 2022

FUN, FACT OR FICTION … W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless convinced Groupie to perform a Coca-Cola Enema onto a sleeping Nikki Sixx’s face

Metal Sludge — As is the case with the internet, you never know what you might see, hear or learn. And today will be no different as we dig into YouTube and have uncovered a mind bending shock rocker for sure. Veteran radio personality Wes Nessman has been around for more than 40 years, and he’s surely had his fair share of run-ins with rock n’ roll royalty. Most local disc-jockeys or industry types in[…]

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[…]

March 8, 2022

PACKAGE TOUR … Skid Row, Warrant, Winger and Quiet Riot team up for ‘LIVE TO ROCK’ 2022 Summer Tour

Blabbermouth — SKID ROW and WARRANT will join forces this spring and summer for the “Live To Rock” tour. The trek is scheduled to kick off on April 30 in Ashland, Kentucky and conclude on September 15 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Support on select shows will come from QUIET RIOT, WINGER and Lita Ford. SKID ROW and WARRANT “Live To Rock” 2022 tour dates: April 30 @ Paramount Arts Center – Ashland, KY (Skid Row, Warrant[…]

February 24, 2022

KISS … Gene Simmons finds Buyer for Glass Palace Home in Las Vegas and the Price Tag is a Whopping $13.5M

TMZ — Gene Simmons is one huge step closer to leaving Las Vegas, now that he’s found someone to snatch up what he thought was his dream home … until his family strongly disagreed. The KISS rocker is selling his beautiful glass palace for $13.5 million and it’s got a lot to offer. The 6-bed, 8-bath house features a koi pond, an 11-car garage and many of those glass walls are retractable! No shocker here,[…]

February 8, 2022

BACK FOR FIRSTS … Stephen Pearcy talks to Metal Edge about some of his ‘Infamous Firsts’

Metal Sludge — Thanks to our long time friends over at Metal Edge and their newly launched website and related brand, there looks to be more coverage of all things that rock! We’ll be sure to keep you informed when Metal Edge shares something that our Metal Sludge faithful will surely find worth a read. With that said, we’ll keep this short, and share a few excerpts from a brand new interview with Ratt founder,[…]

January 31, 2022

PENIS WARS … Phil Varone reflects on Sebastian Bach’s decade old Tweets Dissing the drummer for Posing Nude in Playgirl: “My Dick is Bigger than his” and “He’s in a War with himself”

Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview with Sofa King Cool, former Saigon Kick drummer and all around entertainment chameleon Phil Varone has re-addressed a decade old spat with Sebastian Bach. Varone who was also a part of Skid Row, but his tenure in the group came after Bach had been shown the door by his former band-mates. Varone has once again responded to Bach‘s claim that Varone‘s decision to pose nude for an[…]