Paradise

July 5, 2018

TUFF DIARIES #3 … My Tuff audition, Jim Gillette screams, a near fist fight and our debut show with Warrant. By Stevie Rachelle

TUFF DIARIES (Entry #3) My Tuff audition, Jim Gillette screams, a near fist fight and our debut show with Warrant. AXL ROSE, W.A.S.P., PAIR-A-DICE, PARADISE, TAZ AND SEX WITH AN OLDER WOMAN. — It was July 7th 1987 and I woke up in Van Nuys California. I had been hanging out with Todd Chaisson (Tuff bassist) for the last several days, and tonight was going to be my first Tuff rehearsal. This is weird, because I went to the rehearsal[…]

June 30, 2017

SUNSET STRIP REMEMBERED … METAL SLUDGE dives in with former Pair-A-Dice drummer Daz Bash

SUNSET STRIP REMEMBERED METAL SLUDGE dives in with former Pair-A-Dice drummer Daz Bash LOS ANGELES — In our ever-lasting rock and roll thirst for all things Sunset Strip, we bring you an official interview with drummer Daz Bash from former Hollywood hopefuls Pair-A-Dice from the old scene. Everyone thought Pair-A-Dice would be the next Warrant. Didn’t happen. The band looked great in photographs, yet Pair-A-Dice has just as many teeth in their music as[…]

May 28, 2015

PARADISE singer ADAM GIFFORD talkin’ loud about the SUNSET STRIP with INAPPROPRIATE EARL – Bands Beware, it’s No Holds Barred!

Inappropriate Earl — Join me as I talk about the legendary Sunset Strip days of the 1980’s with someone who was in the THICK of it Adam Gifford lead singer of Paradise!! Paradise ruled the Strip and Valley in the late 80’s and were one of the last few bands to sneak in before The Grunge Pac Man swallowed up all the Aqua Net and Pink Guitars it could find!! Adam has more projects going on[…]

November 23, 2014

JUST LIKE PARADISE: Paradise return to the Sunset Strip along with The Wild; Red Dragon Cartel get some redemption

JUST LIKE PARADISE Paradise return to the Sunset Strip along with the Wild and Red Dragon Cartel get their redemption By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD — More than 20 years since last playing the Sunset Strip, Paradise and The Wild made their grand return on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Viper Room, and results proved spell-binding, as a capacity crowd roared its approval. Paradise particularly was really on, or[…]

November 17, 2014

PARADISE LOST Paradise was among the biggest glam acts on the Sunset Strip during the post-Poison boom. Here is an exclusive with Paradise founding singer Adam Gifford, who is not afraid to sling some sludge after all these years

PARADISE LOSTParadise was among the biggest glam acts on the Sunset Strip during the post-Poison boom, and the band is joining forces with similarly popular The Wild on Saturday at the Viper Room. Here is an exclusive with Paradise founding singer Adam Gifford, who is not afraid to sling some sludge after all these years. Part two with The Wild’s Johnny X is coming soon.By Gerry GittelsonMetal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD — Paradise and[…]