Jani Lane

April 1, 2025

VINTAGE VIDEOS … Take a Stroll Back to the Sunset Strip in Hollywood in the 80’s and visit Cathouse, Country Club, Madame Wong’s, Spice and more

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Have you ever wished you could go back to the 80’s and experience what it was like during the peak years of the Sunset Strip? Well, you can’t… however, the videos we’re sharing below will give you a pretty good taste as to what it was really like at these clubs back-stage, on-stage, at the after-parties and so much more. There is some awesome content shot at Cathouse, Spice on Hollywood Boulevard,[…]

March 27, 2025

OUTSPOKEN … Kip Winger on Jani Lane: “We did an Acoustic Tour one time, and We Were All on a Bus, but He Was Such a Dick… We actually Kicked Him Off the Bus”

“We did an acoustic tour one time, and we were all on a bus, but he was such a dick. And like I say, when he was straight and sober, he was really, really nice.” — Kip Winger on Jani Lane of Warrant MEMORY LANE — Kip Winger has been knocking out some standard touring Q&A’s (press) for the band’s up coming Australian tour and he’s covering plenty with his interviews. Winger, 63, recently talked[…]

March 26, 2025

SLUDGE FLASHBACK … 20 Questions with Jani Lane of Warrant – Originally Published on January 2nd 2001 (Unedited Version)

“Never been on Prozac. Have thought about suicide. Only because… put yourself in my shoes, do what I do for a living. See what it’s like. There’s a lot of pressure involved. You don’t have to be U2 to feel pressure.” — Jani Lane / 2001 SLUDGE FLASHBACK — We’re continuing to dig deep into the old archives and bring you some great past interviews. This 20 Questions takes us back to 2001 with the[…]

March 25, 2025

SLUDGE FLASHBACK … 20 Questions with Bobbie Brown – Date: April 11th 2000

“Yes when I was real young, I had a threesome with my boyfriend at the time and this lesbian stripper, anyway she got pregnant by my boyfriend and had the baby… So I’m not too comfortable with it now to say the least- for myself – but I have a lot of lesbian friends. To each his own.” — Bobbie Brown on if she had ever had sex with another female SLUDGE FLASHBACK — Here[…]

March 23, 2025

SLUDGE FLASHBACK … 20 Questions with Kip Winger of Winger – Date: November 27th 2001

“Well, of the thousands of interviews I’ve done this was certainly the wierdest……..” — Kip Winger of Winger – November 2001 SLUDGE FLASHBACK — Here we are taking a look back at another classic Metal Sludge post from over the years, and today it’s one of our 20 Questions interviews. The following 20 Questions interview was posted on November 27th 2001 with Kip Winger of the band Winger. This below was the exact intro, layout,[…]

March 18, 2025

SAVED By An ANGEL – Bobbie Brown recalls how she was Addicted to Meth, Weighed 90 Pounds and Partying on New Year’s Eve back in 1994, and Shares this Chilling Photo

“It was New Year’s eve and I was addicted to Meth weighing 90 pounds.” — Bobbie Brown SOCIAL MEDIA — Bobbie Brown took to social media today writing about one of the lowest points of her life when she was abusing hard drugs and partying. Brown shared a photo of her from New Year’s Eve 1994 recalling that night, and how her life seemed to be in a downward spiral, but little did she know[…]

September 22, 2024

DIRTY DOZEN … Metal Sludge’s Top 12 Most Ridiculous Rock & Roll Arrests

Here we are with another throwback list from Metal Sludge! These lists are always a hoot, and we bring this to you from a true Hollywood veteran journalist… but we’d rather call him a friend… Gerry Gittelson was there for the height and the heyday of all that was the Sunset Strip. With that… we give you this cool list we published back in 2021… enjoy. ——————————————————————————— Metal Sludge — Rock and Roll and foolish[…]

December 22, 2023

DOWN BOYS … Joey Allen on Jerry Dixon and whether he’ll ever return to Warrant; “I don’t know. We’d love that. But if not, we’ve got a family member in Robbie Crane.”

“There’s nothing wrong with Jerry (Dixon). There’s nothing wrong with the band (Warrant).“ — Joey Allen Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview with the Tulsa Music Stream podcast, Warrant guitarist Joey Allen is the guest. Allen talks about a mix of past, present and future, including the band’s classic era vocalist, frontman and primary song-writer Jani Lane who passed away in 2011 and the group’s bassist Jerry Dixon. As most readers know, Dixon[…]

September 1, 2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY … Metal Sludge Was Born 25 Years Ago on September 1st 1998 & Here Is How It Came To Be

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Metal Sludge Launched September 1st 1998, 25 Years Ago & Here Is How It Came To Be — This was first posted in 2018 on the 20th Anniversary, and I figured it would be cool to share it again here today, on the official birthday of Metal Sludge, September 1st. As the site passes a quarter of a century on the world wide web, I want to thank you for all of your[…]

May 21, 2023

JANI LANE’S LITTLE GIRL … Maddi Lane Sings “Heaven” at Her First Ever Live Performance Honoring Her Late Father Jani Lane

“What an honor to sing tribute to my pops this weekend, in Ohio where he grew up, surrounded by close family and friends.” — Maddi Lane Cleveland, OHIO — The Jani Lane Tribute show took place at “Temple Live” over the weekend and it featured some very special guests. The show honoring the late Jani Lane was put together by former Warrant guitarist and life-long local Cleveland resident Billy Morris. Morris was also great friends[…]