PJ Farley

May 12, 2024

“‘GIVE IT TO ME GOOD’ BOUGHT ME MY HOUSE” – Metal Sludge Exclusive: 12 questions with Trixter guitarist/rock entrepreneur Steve Brown

“My first gig with them was at Wembley Stadium in front of 90,000.” — Steve Brown on playing with Def Leppard LOS ANGELES – Still a kid in 1990 when Trixter scored a big hit with “Give It To Me Good,” guitarist Steve Brown parlayed his young success like a true master. The highlight was probably subbing in with Def Leppard a couple of times through the years, but Brown never turned his back on[…]

November 19, 2023

MY FAVORITE MARTIN … Eric Martin talks new songs for a Mr. Big record on the ‘This That And The Other’ Podcast with Troy Patrick Farrell

“I wanna say, [we have] 10, 13 songs so far.“ — Eric Martin on a new Mr. Big recording Metal Sludge — In a new episode of the This That And The Other podcast, Mr. Big singer Eric Martin is sharing some news about new songs for a new studio record. Show host Troy Patrick Farrell interviewed Martin who brought his solo band’s bassist PJ Farley (Trixter, Fozzy) to the interview as well. Farrell describes[…]

September 27, 2023

NONE IN A MILLION … Steve Brown says Trixter will “Never” Reunite with their Old “Adequate at Best” Drummer Mark ‘Gus’ Scott, but Frontman Peter Loran is “Always Welcome”

“That guy was an adequate drummer at best anyway.” — Steve Brown of Trixter on Mark ‘Gus’ Scott Metal Sludge — There is news from the world of Trixter and it’s not good news for the band’s classic era drummer Mark ‘Gus’ Scott. In a brand new interview on the Uvalde Radio Rocks podcast the band’s founder, lead guitarist and primary song-writer Steve Brown has unleashed some New Jersey fury towards Scott. (listen to the[…]

June 6, 2021

CHERRY JAM … Warrant joined by Jack Russell and members of Trixter for ‘Cherry Pie’ All-Star Jam

Blabbermouth — Former GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell and TRIXTER‘s Steve Brown and P.J. Farley joined WARRANT on stage last night (Saturday, June 5) at the Live United Live Music Festival in Sunbury, Pennsylvania to perform the classic WARRANT song “Cherry Pie”. Fan-filmed video footage of their appearance can be seen below. Back in 2010, former WARRANT vocalist Jani Lane filled in for Russell at a number of GREAT WHITE shows while Jack was recovering[…]

July 15, 2020

STILL GIVING IT TO US GOOD … Trixter guitarist Steve Brown talks Kiss, Van Halen, Def Leppard and Tokyo Motor Fist

Metal Sludge — When a teenage Steve Brown got his first taste of rock and roll stardom back in the late 1980s with Trixter, sure enough the MCA band fizzled by the second record. Grunge wiped Brown and hundreds of others off the glam planet in the early 90s — but not forever. The New Jersey rocker had the fortitude to keep going, and here we are in 2020, and even the Covid-19 pandemic will[…]

May 26, 2015

TRIXTER guitarist STEVE BROWN talks about new release HUMAN ERA

New Jersey — Trixter are roaring back in 2015 with a new album Human Era which comes out on June 9, 2015. The band is back better than ever and still happy to be playing together after 30 years. Trixter came roaring into the the scene in 1990 with their self-titled debut album which spawned three hit singles “Give it to me good”, “one in a million” and “surrender”. Trixter new single Rockin’ to[…]