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HEADBANGERS BALD is HERE … Hair Metal Chaos with The Hair Metal Guru and Stevie Rachelle LIVE on YouTube Tue. June 2nd @5:PM (PST) for Show #3

June 1, 2026

“How can you possibly go wrong watching HAIR METAL CHAOS with The Guru & Rachelle… you can’t but in all honesty we should have called it Headbangers Bald!” — Stevie Rachelle June 1st 2026 — The summer months are here and we’re going to be bringing you HAIR METAL CHAOS with The Guru and Rachelle each and every week… whether

HAIR METAL CHAOS | Show #2 … The Hair Metal Guru and Stevie Rachelle of Tuff hit YouTube on Tue. May 26th @ 5:PM (PST) for Round Two

May 26, 2026

“Last week was a blast! And this week we’re bringing even more Chaos… and, we’re going to be talking POISON too.” — The Hair Metal Guru MS NEWS / May 26th 2026 — Just in time for the summer we’re going to be bringing you HAIR METAL CHAOS with The Guru and Rachelle once again. So… who is ready for

DRUMS N’ BAGELS … Michael Lean discusses joining Tuff at age 17 to founding the Old New York Deli restaurant chain in California with the Hair Metal Guru

May 11, 2026

“There’s never been a Plan B. There was never a Plan B for the band. There’s never been a Plan B for our business so, it was like, it’s sink or swim you know… if you want it, go earn it, go get it. I still live by that today. I’m just as passionate today with my businesses, with music,

AUSTRALIA ….. Dear Danny Bazzi of Silverback Touring: “I Am So Very Disappointed In You, As Are Several Others and Here is Why!” – Stevie Rachelle

March 26, 2026

NEW SITE – Update: We just relaunched the Metal Sludge website to bring you a Brighter, Cleaner and Slicker look going forward in 2026, this included several upgrades and we hope you like it. If you would like to help out… Please do so by clicking one of the Donate Banners. Thank You for your Support! Stevie Rachelle of Tuff

TUFF NEWS 2026 … Stevie Rachelle shares dates for Wisconsin, Ohio, Australia, California, Monsters of Rock Cruise, along with the return of Michael Lean on drums

March 4, 2026

SHIPPING … Jim Gillette “Proud To Be Loud” LP Remaster from RLS Records

January 29, 2026

UPDATE: January 29th 2026 LOS ANGELES, California — RLS Records is stoked to announce that the Jim Gillette “Proud To Be Loud” Vinyl remaster will ship next week, in early February 2026. Gillette is best known for fronting the band NITRO who dropped their debut “O.F.R.” back in 1989 with his side-kick Michael Angelo-Batio. But before NITRO, the pair teamed

THE HAIR METAL GURU’s GUESTS … Ray West of Spread Eagle, Jeff Duncan of ODIN / Armored Saint, ex-Warrant guitarist Billy Morris and Anthony Esposito ex-Lynch Mob

December 29, 2025

“There’s a period of time where we were doing a lot of drugs!” — Jeff Duncan on the Hollywood based band ODIN “I just released a new CD and I wanted to give it to you… he looked at me, threw it in the trash and slammed the door in my face” — Billy Morris on giving Jerry Dixon his

ATTN: GREEN BAY ….. Riki Rachtman and Stevie Rachelle will together host unique viewing of ‘Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years’ at EPIC Event Center on Friday March 6th

December 3, 2025

Stevie Rachelle the voice of Tuff & Riki Rachtman from MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball come to Green Bay March 6th 2026 GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The winter has just started in Wisconsin but never fear, your favorite spot in Green Bay, the ‘EPIC Event Center‘ will be hosting tons of killer shows all year round and into the new year. EPIC

DOWN UNDER … Trixter, Tuff singer Stevie Rachelle and Femme Fatale’s Lorraine Lewis hit Australia in 2026

November 10, 2025

DOWN UNDER — Attention rock n’ roll fans of Australia, another set of American 80’s rock artists are slated to appear Down Under in 2026. The mighty Trixter from Paramus New Jersey U.S.A. will tour Australia for the first time ever along with Stevie Rachelle the voice of Tuff, and Lorraine Lewis of Femme Fatale. Silverback Touring has brought many

OLD AGE SUCKS ….. Stevie Rachelle shares Medical Emergency details that landed him in the Hospital for nearly a week: “I am humbled and grateful”

October 19, 2025

“I was a beaten, broken and defeated man… as I laid in a hospital bed for almost a week, talk about humbling.” — Stevie Rachelle URGENT CARE, California – Well, while I don’t always share every detail of my silly little life, today I will be doing just that, and it’s not a fun story to tell. Over the last

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HEADBANGERS BALD is HERE … Hair Metal Chaos with The Hair Metal Guru and Stevie Rachelle LIVE on YouTube Tue. June 2nd @5:PM (PST) for Show #3

HAIR METAL CHAOS | Show #2 … The Hair Metal Guru and Stevie Rachelle of Tuff hit YouTube on Tue. May 26th @ 5:PM (PST) for Round Two

DRUMS N’ BAGELS … Michael Lean discusses joining Tuff at age 17 to founding the Old New York Deli restaurant chain in California with the Hair Metal Guru

AUSTRALIA ….. Dear Danny Bazzi of Silverback Touring: “I Am So Very Disappointed In You, As Are Several Others and Here is Why!” – Stevie Rachelle

TUFF NEWS 2026 … Stevie Rachelle shares dates for Wisconsin, Ohio, Australia, California, Monsters of Rock Cruise, along with the return of Michael Lean on drums

SHIPPING … Jim Gillette “Proud To Be Loud” LP Remaster from RLS Records

THE HAIR METAL GURU’s GUESTS … Ray West of Spread Eagle, Jeff Duncan of ODIN / Armored Saint, ex-Warrant guitarist Billy Morris and Anthony Esposito ex-Lynch Mob

ATTN: GREEN BAY ….. Riki Rachtman and Stevie Rachelle will together host unique viewing of ‘Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years’ at EPIC Event Center on Friday March 6th

DOWN UNDER … Trixter, Tuff singer Stevie Rachelle and Femme Fatale’s Lorraine Lewis hit Australia in 2026

OLD AGE SUCKS ….. Stevie Rachelle shares Medical Emergency details that landed him in the Hospital for nearly a week: “I am humbled and grateful”

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