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BACK IN WHITE … Lorraine Lewis set to drop new Femme Fatale video for “Living Like There’s No Tomorrow” via Cleopatra Records

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“Look, we can’t go back to the ’80s — I don’t wanna do that — but I do want to be the front person, the leader of the pack that has these great rocking guys in back of me.” — Lorraine Lewis – Femme Fatale LOS ANGELES, California — Lorraine Lewis is back with her revamped Femme Fatale band and

Monsters of Rock Cruise announce 2017 ‘Gathering Of Titans’

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NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOEL Metal Sludge visits with Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra

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NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOEL Metal Sludge visits with Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra LOS ANGELES — He has been the guitarist for Whitesnake for a year, and with the band on a two-month break before resuming a world tour, Joel Hoekstra has put out a solo CD called “13,” a project that takes on a harder, less commercial edge. Any

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THE SUNSET STRIP … Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp announces next event with Tommy Lee & John 5 (Mötley Crüe), Buckcherry singer Josh Todd & Reb Beach (Winger)

BACK IN WHITE … Lorraine Lewis set to drop new Femme Fatale video for “Living Like There’s No Tomorrow” via Cleopatra Records

Monsters of Rock Cruise announce 2017 ‘Gathering Of Titans’

NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOEL Metal Sludge visits with Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra

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