Rip Magazine

March 12, 2022

GUNS N’ PORN … RIP Magazine’s Lonn Friend talks about the Sunset Strip, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and starting out as a Porn Journalist

Metal Sludge — In a newly uploaded video interview, longtime RIP Magazine Editor Lonn Friend talks to 80’s Metal Recycle Bin. Friend goes into detail on a plethora of subjects ranging from his first meeting with Metallica, to Guns N’ Roses and his early start in business working for Porn publisher Larry Flynt. “Hey, you guys are Metallica?” said Friend to Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield as they stood outside the Rainbow Bar & Grill[…]

July 12, 2021

HIGH PRAISE … Jim Gillette of Nitro comments on Tim “Ripper” Owens voice: “He’s a phenomenal singer!”

Metal Sludge — In a brand new installment of the Waste Some Time with Jason Green Podcast, Nitro’s vocalist Jim Gillette is the guest. Gillette talks about his early years singing in local Phoenix area bands, and eventually releasing the Vocal Power voice instructional lessons in 1986 as a teenager. Green touches on a variety of subjects with the semi-retired singer including those popular vocal tapes, the singers who emulate his famous screams on Youtube[…]

June 28, 2018

TUFF DIARIES #2 … My first meeting with Tuff, “Is That All Your Real Hair?” By Stevie Rachelle

TUFF DIARIES #2 My first meeting with Tuff, “Is That All Your Real Hair?” By Stevie Rachelle STEVE MEETS TODD, JORGE AND MICHAEL…THE TUFF BAND! July 1st 1987 — It’s Saturday monring June 27th 1987. I wake up after my first night out in Hollywood. I had went to see ANGORA at Troubadour with my new apartment neighbors Fredy and Greg. At some point over the weekend, we all had a cookout if memory is correct. You know the balcony[…]

August 1, 2016

BACK FOR MORE … Original RATT members PEARCY, DeMARTINI and CROUCIER make a statement

BACK FOR MORE Original RATT members PEARCY, DeMARTINI and CROUCIER make a statement LOS ANGELES, California — Sources close to the Ratt camp have been hinting around for months that something was going to happen. Now it appears something has happened. Over the weekend 3 of the original surviving Ratt members made a public appearance together in Los Angeles. Not only did they make an appearance, but they did so with guitarist Carlos Cavazo and[…]

July 10, 2016

EMS ON SCENE! Joe Perry collapses on stage at Hollywood Vampires show

EMS ON SCENE! Joe Perry collapses on stage at Hollywood Vampires show Facebook — Joe Perry health scare? Former RIP magazine writer Katherine Turman has just posted on her facebook wall that EMS is on scene at tonight’s Hollywood Vampires show in Brooklyn New York. It is being rumored they are tending to guitarist Joe Perry. Turman claims that the Aerosmith guitarist left the stage, but the Hollywood Vampires band has not stopped. Turman wrote; “Joe Perry left[…]