Monsters of Rock Cruise

March 12, 2025

DEVELOPING NOW … Ted Poley’s drummer Paul ‘Paulie’ del Boccio suffers a Heart-Attack while on Stage on the Monsters Of Rock Cruise

“We didn’t know exactly what was going on. Show ended, people were waiting for the group photo. Suddenly, parts of the drum kit were being thrown aside. Then everyone was “told” to get out. Looking back it looked like they were doing CPR, we thought he had fallen backwards. After getting out of the theater, and into another floor, we heard a ‘Alpha Emergency’ being broadcast, and crew running toward the stairs.” — A Fan[…]

August 7, 2024

TIMES/DATES … The Mountain Music Festival have just announced their Schedule for August 23rd-25th 2024

Metal Sludge — Time to get out your daily planner if you are attending this year’s The Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg Tennessee. The annual event will take place the weekend of Friday thru Sunday August 23rd, 24th and 25th 2024. The Mountain Music Festival will be held in Gatlinburg Tennessee and the 3-day event sits roughly 220 miles East of Nashville, and about an hour’s drive, South East of Knoxville. This year’s lineup consists[…]

February 12, 2024

MARCH 2-7th 2024 – Monsters Of Rock Cruise Publish Schedules for All 5 Days; Live Shows, Q&A Sessions, Meet & Greets and more

UPDATED: February 12th 2024 The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise have started to list official schedules for their 2024 cruise. The 5 day festival on water, have listed all releated events, live shows, appearances and more for both Day #1 (Saturday March 2nd), Day #2 (Sunday March 3rd), Day #3 (Monday March 4th) and Day #4 (Tuesday March 5th). This year’s floating festival features more than 3 dozen musical acts that will perform a minimum[…]

May 7, 2023

RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT – ‘KIX… The Final Show’ will be this Fall, KIX are officially Retiring

Metal Sludge — KIX are calling it quits. After more than 40 years the Baltimore based KIX have decided to throw in the towel. KIX first formed in the late 1970’s and a few years later signed with Atlantic Records releasing their self-titled debut in 1981. The band have remained a crowd favorite with a die-hard underground following that has helped them tour throughout the United States and beyond for decades. As of tonight May[…]

September 8, 2022

GREAT NEWS … Monsters of Rock Cruise says: “Guests Who Are Not Vaccinated Can Now Sail On The Monsters of Rock Cruise!”

Metal Sludge — Great news from the fine folks over at the Monsters of Rock Cruise! The news is…. Monsters Of Rock Cruise says: “Guests Who Are Not Vaccinated Can Now Sail On The MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE! The annual Cruise has become the “go to” floating music festival drawing both artists and fans from all over the globe for more than a decade and counting. Now that Covid appears to be in the rear-view mirror,[…]

January 28, 2022

MORC 2022 … Monsters of Rock welcomes Vandenberg, Buckcherry, Resist & Bite, Tuff and Geoff Tate as recent additions to Alice Cooper headlined cruise Feb. 9-14th 2022

Metal Sludge — Well it’s almost here, and it appears that the fans are ready rock the boat when the 2022 edition of the Monsters of Rock Cruise sets sail in February. This cruise is the first since 2020, as the 2021 event was docked because of Covid, but fear not, the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2022 is setting sail February 9th -14th from Miami Florida, through CocoCay The Bahamas and over to Cozumel Mexico.[…]

December 3, 2021

MANGLED TANGO … Mark Knight on why Bang Tango canceled M3 Rock Festival: “There were some ego issues with other bands” and said “No” to the Monsters of Rock Cruise

Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview on the Waste Some Time With Jason Green podcast, the guest is Mark Knight of Bang Tango. Knight talks in depth about the recent news that Bang Tango and their all original members reunion is officially over. All the hype, the plans, the work, phone calls, rehearsals and they did 1 show back in January 2020, and now it’s finished. Knight admits the band collectively agreed to[…]

January 6, 2019

Mike Tramp the Voice of White Lion announces U.S. Tour supporting new “Stray From The Flock” release

Mike Tramp the Voice of White Lion announces U.S. Tour supporting new “Stray From The Flock” release Facebook — “Stray From The Flock” is the new studio album from Mike Tramp. Released on the 1st of March on CD, double gatefold LP on black 140G vinyl, LTD double gatefold LP on orange colour LP 180G (500 copies only) digital and cassette. All formats can be pre-ordered at the official Trampshop www.targetshop.dk/miketramp– and all orders placed before[…]

February 7, 2018

DO NOT PASS GO … Loudness denied entry into the U.S. again, band will miss Monsters Of Rock Cruise

DO NOT PASS GO Loudness denied entry into the U.S. again, band will miss Monsters Of Rock Cruise United States Of America — Word is that Japanese rockers Loudness have been denied entry into the United States. Loudness were scheduled to appear on the up coming Monsters Of Rock Cruise Feb. 11th-16th 2018. Ironically the band had the same problem, and were also denied entry in April of 2017 as reported by Metal Sludge.[…]

July 14, 2017

FOOTLONG DONG … Smokin’ Rock N’ Roll launch new food truck and Tommy Lee named hotdog

FOOTLONG DONG Smokin’ Rock N’ Roll launch new food truck and Tommy Lee named hotdog CLEVELAND, Ohio — We have 2 questions for you, are you hungry and how big is your mouth? Smokin’ Rock N’ Roll has officially launched their latest food vehicle, Mac Truck and a brand new menu item that will leave girls salivating all over the Midwest. The Cleveland based food truck service has announced they’re adding The Tommy Lee to their[…]