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RIP … New York Dolls frontman and co-founder David Johansen Dead at 75

New York City — Sad news to report as we learn of the passing of New York Dolls frontman and co-founder David Johansen. Johansen was instrumental in the New York city early punk rock movement along with the earliest wave of glam rock. The singer disclosed earlier this year that he was battling Stage-Four cancer and had been struggling with related health issues for nearly a decade. Johansen was the last surviving member of the[…]

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READY, SET, SAIL … Monsters Of Rock Cruise Release Schedule for World’s Greatest Floating Music Festival

Metal Sludge — The annual Monsters Of Rock Cruise have just released the schedule for their up coming cruise which sets sail from South Florida March 10th-15th 2025. The festival is easily the biggest of its kind on water, and the Monsters Of Rock Cruise has been bringing fans a must see vacation and multi-day concert festival since 2012. This year’s cruise will feature bands from all over the world, along with fans attending from[…]

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2018-2025 … Riley’s L.A. Guns have announced they are officially “Calling It Quits”

“Personally, I am not into this old rocker thing that’s happening… Not digging seeing some of my heroes fat, bald, not being able to sing or play like they did or now looking like some f**ked up Santa Clause, nope… not digging it…!!!” — Kelly Nickels of Riley’s L.A. Guns Metal News — In a brand new post on their official Facebook page, Riley’s L.A. Guns have announced they are calling it a day. The[…]

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1984 … Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns talks about his early relationship with Axl Rose back on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood

“He (Axl) had taken some ecstasy, and we didn’t see him for, like, a week and he showed up at this gig and he was just like a completely different person. I was, like, ‘Whoa. Who are you? Who’s this guy?’ And that’s when the other side of that kind of kicked in.” — Tracii Guns on Axl Rose Metal News — In a new interview Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns talks openly about his[…]

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NEW MUSIC … Wednesday 13 releases “When The Devil Commands” single from upcoming ‘Mid Death Crisis’ album on Nuclear Blast Records

Metal News — Murderdolls frontman Wednesday 13 is back with the new single/video “When The Devil Commands” from his forthcoming new record Mid Death Crisis on Nuclear Blast Records. 13 is back with his 10th solo record which has a dozen new tracks and it hits the streets April 25th 2025. We grabbed the following from Metal Sucks where 13 speaks on his youth: “Growing up in the 80s, I remember the satanic panic of[…]

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OOPS … Rachel Bolan of Skid Row on releasing ‘Slave To The Grind’ as a Single; “(It was) our biggest mistake… I disagreed with the decision”

“Our biggest mistake, and I’m saying ‘our’ — I disagreed with the decision, so I’m just putting that on record — was releasing ‘Slave To The Grind’ as a single, the song ‘Slave To The Grind’. Radio didn’t touch it.” — Rachel Bolan / Skid Row Metal News — Skid Row bassist and co-founder Rachel Bolan has recently went on record discussing what he calls, the band’s “Biggest mistake“, when they released “Slave To The[…]

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CD & VINYL … Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate returns with new album ‘Punk Rock Fiesta’ on Kenyon Records

“Rock ‘n’ roll should be dangerous, unpredictable, and make you feel something.” — Jizzy Pearl of Love/Hate Metal Sludge — Why do you think they call it Vinyl? Answer… who knows… but the craze continues and there is new Vinyl for your collection starting now. Sunset Strip veteran Jizzy Pearl has not gone the way of the dinosaur just yet, and he’s back with more new music from Mr. Pearl and his version of the[…]

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METAL SLUDGE VIDEO PREMIERE … Prophets Of Addiction release video for “Walk The World” in support of new album “Face The Music” 

“It was my idea, my direction, and I like the way it turned out.” — Lesli Sanders / Prophets Of Addiction LOS ANGELES – Prophets Of Addiction, the latest band led by glam master Lesli Sanders, has a new album, “Face The Music” which hit the streets on January 31st 2025 courtesy of F-Bomb Records distributed by The Orchard/Sony Music Group. The music was first released digitally last October via BraveWords Records. The band’s latest[…]

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UPDATED … Mötley Crüe singer’s Learjet crashes in Arizona, Vince Neil not onboard but Girlfriend Rain has been Hospitalized with Broken Ribs

Updated: Feb. 10th 2025 – 6:45PM (PST). TMZ has reported Vince Neil was not onboard the Learjet according to manager Allen Kovac, but Neil‘s girlfriend Rain was onboard with a friend and their dogs. Rain is reported to have 5 broken ribs and is currently in the Hospital. Mötley Crüe have also released an official statement. Read more below…. Metal Sludge — In a Breaking News story, a Learjet has crashed into a 2nd aircraft[…]

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READY FOR A RECORD DEAL … WildSide singer Drew Rose talks about coming up on the Sunset Strip in the 80’s with The Hair Metal Guru

Metal Sludge — In a new interview with The Hair Metal Guru Youtube channel, Drew Rose of WildSide talks about his teenage years starting out in music, and the decades that followed. Rose, now 60, talks in depth about how he grew up listening to Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and early Def Leppard to getting a major label record contract with Capitol Records off the Sunset Strip. Rose, who went by Hannah during[…]

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