Sludge

January 28, 2022

MORC 2022 … Monsters of Rock welcomes Vandenberg, Buckcherry, Resist & Bite, Tuff and Geoff Tate as recent additions to Alice Cooper headlined cruise Feb. 9-14th 2022

Metal Sludge — Well it’s almost here, and it appears that the fans are ready rock the boat when the 2022 edition of the Monsters of Rock Cruise sets sail in February. This cruise is the first since 2020, as the 2021 event was docked because of Covid, but fear not, the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2022 is setting sail February 9th -14th from Miami Florida, through CocoCay The Bahamas and over to Cozumel Mexico.[…]

January 27, 2022

MONKEY SICKNESS … Ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach blasts David Draiman of Disturbed over Neil Young versus Joe Rogan Spotify drama

Blabbermouth — Sebastian Bach has thrown shade at DISTURBED singer David Draiman for praising Spotify‘s announcement that it would remove Neil Young‘s music two days after Young demanded that his catalog be taken off in response to “fake information about vaccines” being “spread” on the platform via Joe Rogan‘s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience”. In a now-deleted post on his web site, Young said the music and podcast platform is “spreading fake information about vaccines[…]

January 27, 2022

POD STARS … Meet 6 Rock N’ Roll Podcasters who cover your favorite 80’s Heavy Metal & Hairband Heroes!

Metal Sludge — There are roughly 60 million Podcasters in the U.S. and millions more around the globe. Thanks to a recent article on Sleazeroxx, they have spotlighted a 6-pack of those Podcasters that you might be interested in. Below are 6 guys who were recently interview by Rueben Mosqueda for Sleazeroxx and they give their two-cents on a variation of related topics. These 6 guys and their Podcast have interviewed the who’s-who of Hard[…]

January 25, 2022

STILL BANGIN’ HEADS … Quiet Riot announce 2022 tour dates celebrating the legacy of “Metal Health”

Metal Sludge — 80’s rock and heavy metal heroes Quiet Riot announce a string of 2022 tour dates to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the recording of their debut album “Metal Health.“ Quiet Riot remain busy with their classic era bassist Rudy Sarzo, lead guitarist and 18 year veteran of the group Alex Grossi, lead vocalist Jizzy Pearl (Love/Hate) and Banali’s hand-picked replacement Johnny Kelly (Type O’ Negative). Even after the tragic loss of legendary[…]

January 24, 2022

GUNS N’ CHICKEN … DJ Ashba talks Buckethead: “To me, that (Chicken Bucket on his head) took the coolness out of the band.”

Blabbermouth — DJ Ashba, who joined GUNS N’ ROSES in March 2009 following the departure of Robin Finck, spoke about his time with the Axl Rose-fronted outfit in a new interview with Mark Dean of Antihero Magazine. The guitarist said: “I didn’t know what to expect. I was hoping that one day Slash would come back, and the reason I took the gig is that, honestly, I was — no disrespect to Buckethead [former GUNS[…]

January 21, 2022

RIP … Meat Loaf Dead at 74 from Covid

Updated: 1/21/2022 – 8:30AM (PST) Meat Loaf Dead at 74 from COVID. TMZ has confirmed the legendary rock singer has died from Covid. Meat Loaf — the singer with some monstrous hits — has died at the age of 74. The singer’s manager, Michael Greene, confirmed Meat Loaf died Thursday night. Sources with knowledge tell TMZ … he was supposed to attend a business dinner earlier this week for a show he’s working on —[…]

January 20, 2022

L.A. FEUD … The L.A. Guns feud continues, Phil Lewis takes a shot at Scott Griffin, and the guitarist retorts

Metal Sludge — Well, it’s 2022 and the L.A. Guns drama continues. Even a simple birthday wish turns into drama with these guys. So let’s set the scene here… Today is Tracii Guns‘ birthday and L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis decided to wish his band-mate and axe master a Happy Birthday. But Lewis took the funny route by posting a picture of Riley’s L.A. Guns guitarist Scott Griffin, with the words Happy Birthday across the[…]

January 19, 2022

OUT OF JAIL … Rock Promoter Gabe Reed has been released early from his 57 month Federal prison sentence

Metal Sludge — Rock Promoter Gabe Reed has been released early from his 57 month Federal prison sentence. Reed took to his official Facebook earlier today (January 19th 2022) and shared a message with friends and followers. “It has been a long difficult road but by the pure grace of God I was very blessed to be granted early release by the powers that be at the Department of Justice over the weekend. I am[…]

January 18, 2022

BARFBOOK … Johnny Monaco is back on Facebook after being gone for over a year, watch his return video here!

Metal Sludge — Everyone has faced the dreaded Facebook jail sentence. But most of us get the 2 days, or a week or the “OMG what am I going to do?” full 30 day banning. However, it seems that Johnny Monaco was completely kicked to the curb at a level that only the worst of the worst get… the “You’re dead to us” and “Please go away forever” boot. Monaco suffered so much he considered[…]

January 16, 2022

TUFF DIARIES #19 … Michael Resigns, River Phoenix, Thirsty Whale, He’s Got a Gun, Stolen Van and Danny Quits

Metal Sludge — We’re now pushing forward, and into the 1990’s. The band was faced with obstacle after obstacle, but I was still as committed and determined as ever. Regardless of the future showing little to no hope for a glam band from the Sunset Strip, I didn’t want to accept the fact that the odds were stacked against us, or… I was blind as a bat. It’s now 1993 and the band started off[…]