Metal Sludge — Sad news from the rock world today as we report the unfortunate passing of James Kottak. A source close to the Kottak camp has confirmed the news that the drummer died early this morning in his hometown of Louisville Kentucky. It is believed that Kottak died of an apparent cardiac arrest. Kottak was best known as the drummer from Kingdom Come who made an impact in the late 80’s with their Led[…]
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“Mine’s 163” — Ace Frehley talking about his IQ Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley talks about his latest single “10,000 Volts” and how his collaboration with producer Steve Brown (Trixter, Def Leppard, Tokyo Motor Fist) came about. Frehley also talks about AI (artificial intelligence) and how it has come into play with writing music among other things. At some point the former KISS axe-man references his IQ[…]
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“Stephen Pearcy is one of the Best Frontmen to emerge from The Decade of Decadence” — The New York Times Metal Sludge — Great news from the Ratt camp as the band’s founder and frontman has announced a string of tour dates for 2024. Stephen Pearcy has announced his “Back In The Cellar” tour which will see the singer perform the entire Ratt “Out Of The Cellar” record in its entirety. Pearcy, 67, will take[…]
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“I would say about 98 percent were written and done, for sure.” — Rachel Bolan on the debut Skid Row album being written before Sebastian Bach joined Blabbermouth — In a recent interview with the “Radio Forrest” podcast, SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan was asked if it’s true that the band’s debut album, 1989’s “Skid Row”, was “completely written and done” before singer Sebastian Bach came into the group and laid down his vocals on[…]
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“There will be a few more surprises, but it’s pretty jam-packed already.There are so many rock artists who were never given much credit as great musicians and performers, and we are here to show them recognition.” — Sally Steele Metal Sludge — Las Vegas rock queen Sally Steele is back, celebrating her 20th year of Vegas Rocks! magazine with her annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards event Sunday, Jan. 21 at Sam’s Town Live Hotel and[…]
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LOS ANGELES, California — Just in time for you to mark your calendars for 2024… ready, set, go! Hey everyone, Stevie Rachelle here with an update from sunny Southern California on a beautiful December morning. I have all kinds of exciting news to tell you about and I will start with some solo shows that I have starting this coming week in Peru! For the first time ever, I will be appearing in Lima Peru[…]
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“There’s nothing wrong with Jerry (Dixon). There’s nothing wrong with the band (Warrant).“ — Joey Allen Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview with the Tulsa Music Stream podcast, Warrant guitarist Joey Allen is the guest. Allen talks about a mix of past, present and future, including the band’s classic era vocalist, frontman and primary song-writer Jani Lane who passed away in 2011 and the group’s bassist Jerry Dixon. As most readers know, Dixon[…]
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LOS ANGELES, California — The 7th Annual Metal Hall of Fame Gala have just announced their 2024 inductees. The list includes bands, rock stars, music venues, record labels, and a radio host. We have shared the official press release as found below. ————————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDDIE TRUNK, MICK MARS, SEBASTIAN BACH, TIM “RIPPER” OWENS, CARLOS CAVAZO, PENELOPE SPHEERIS, BIOHAZARD, WHISKY a Go Go TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE 2024 METAL HALL OF FAME The[…]
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Metal Sludge — In their continuing series, the 80’s Metal Recycle Bin has dropped another awesome interview. The latest installment, is with guitar monster Kane Roberts! Roberts recently came of out of his cave, and did a nice run of shows with his former boss Alice Cooper after Nita Strauss took a leave to do shows with Demi Lovato. As our readers will recall, Metal Sludge was first to drop the news, that Roberts was[…]
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FESTIVAL NEWS — The annual M3 Music Festival announced their lineup celebrating year number 15. The event will be held the weekend of Saturday & Sunday May 4th & 5th 2024 at the Meriweather Post Pavilion. The year has a solid lineup including headliners Queensryche who will top the bill for Saturday night’s show, and Sunday will feature Bret Michaels (of Poison) with his special guest Dee Snider (of Twisted Sister) as the weekend’s closer.[…]
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