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SOAP ON A ROW … Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan and his Dirty Rocker Soap Company help battle COVID-19

Metal Sludge — Are you a filthy dirty rocker who needs to clean up your act? Or maybe just in need of a quality cleaning to keep the COVID 19 out of your life. Well then nevermind the coffee or hot sauce products that many rockers have released, Rachel Bolan is offering to help get you clean. That’s correct, the Skid Row co-founder, song-writer and bassist Rachel Bolan is doing his part with his company[…]

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RAM IT DOWN … Rob Halford admits to trying to seduce a famous 80’s Rock Singer in his Hotel Room

Blabbermouth — Rob Halford says that he once tried to seduce former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di’Anno. The JUDAS PRIEST singer made the revelation in his upcoming autobiography, “Confess”, which has already been described by the U.K.’s The Telegraph as “one of the most candid and surprising memoirs of the year.” In the book, Halford recalls inviting Di’Anno back to his hotel room when MAIDEN supported PRIEST on a 1980 tour. Just prior to the trek, Di’Anno was quoted in a music paper as saying that that MAIDEN was going to “blow the bollocks off PRIEST” on[…]

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DON’T WANNA LET YOU GO … Alex Grossi talks about Quiet Riot going forward per Frankie Banali’s wishes

Metal Sludge — After the recent passing of Frankie Banali on August 20th, the Quiet Riot band have started to talk about what the future holds. Guitarist Alex Grossi recently posted on social media with a message to the fans: “So great to see the outpouring of support from all over the world with regard to Quiet Riot‘s anouncement to continue. “Since meeting Kevin DuBrow, Frankie Banali and Chuck Wright when I joined the band in 2004, I have experienced both[…]

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MESSAGE TO FANS … Don Dokken is unhappy with recent criticism of his live shows: “They can Kiss my @ss!”

Blabbermouth — DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken has pushed back against criticism of his band’s live performances, saying that people “don’t know” what he went through during his various health battles. In recent years, Don has been ruthlessly lambasted by fans after radiation treatments from a bout with stomach cancer and eventual vocal-cord surgery hurt his singing ability. The negative reviews were seemingly amplified after he underwent neck and spine surgery last November, leaving him unable to play guitar. Asked in[…]

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JOURNEY GONE WILD … Sebastian Bach sings “Oh Sherrie” Steve Perry quarantine cover

Blabbermouth — Sebastian Bach has recorded a quarantine cover version of former JOURNEY singer Steve Perry‘s 1984 solo hit “Oh Sherrie”. Bach uploaded the video to his social media, saying: “Bored in my house after seven months, decided to put on a record and sing a song for you. “For all you audiophiles out there, what you are hearing right here is my voice panned either to the left or the right or both of Steve Perry‘s voice which is in the[…]

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WELL WRITTEN … Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. writes a Touching Tribute about his friend Frankie Banali

Metal Sludge — In the hours following the passing of the great Frankie Banali a host of musicians have paid tribute. A man of few words, especially via social media, W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawess has written about his 45 year friendship with Banali. Lawless paints an awesome story for the reader, and gives a glimpse into his friendship with the Quiet Riot drummer that dates back to 1975. The following was posted on the offical[…]

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RIP … Quiet Riot’s Frankie Banali loses Pancreatic Cancer Battle, Dead at 68

Metal Sludge — Sadly we are reporting that Frankie Banali has died. Banali passed away last night (Thursday, August 20) at 7:18 p.m. in Los Angeles surrounded by his wife and daughter.  Banali has been battling pancreatic cancer since being diagnosed in the spring of 2019. Banali, 68, has been the foundation of Quiet Riot since their breakthrough ‘Metal Health’ record in 1983, and has given countless contributions to the music world for more than[…]

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MOTLEY DID WHAT? … “They lifted a song title from me…”Til Death Do Us Part”. That’s my title” says Stephen Shareaux of Kik Tracee

Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview with former Kik Tracee frontman Stephen Shareaux the singer says Motley Crue lifted a song title from him. Shareaux recently spoke at length with the 80’s Glam Metalcast Podcast and talked about all kinds of interesting stuff. As reported by Sleazeroxx: “Shareaux was asked about his audition with Mötley Crüe to which he stated (as transcribed by the 80’s Glam Metalcast podcast with slight edits): “Nikki [Sixx] called me one day and said Vince [Neil][…]

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NEXT YEAR … M3 Rock Festival have scrapped their 2020 weekend event and rescheduled for Spring 2021

Metal Sludge — M3 Rock Festival have officially pulled the plug on their 2020 annual weekend event. Originally scheduled for the spring (May 1-3, 2020) and then postponed to the fall (September 4-6th 2020) it has become clear this year isn’t going to work. COVID-19 is clearly the reason that so many shows, tours and awesome events like the M3 Rock Festival have had to throw in the towel on 2020. The official statement from[…]

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TUFF DIARIES #16 … Lita Ford, Jason Flom, 75+ Shows, Cocaine, a Lawsuit, Sweet F.A. & the Big Freeway Fight

— It’s the 4th quarter of 1991 and we had just got back from a long U.S. tour. We also went to England for the American Dream concert series in London. After flying back into Florida from our overseas trip we met back up with our roadies. Our budget didn’t allow for us to bring our full road-crew so we put them up in a cheap motel in Orlando for a week. You see our[…]

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