LOS ANGELES — He is such a nice guy who has been through so much that it’s hard to say anything bad about Steven Adler, the famous — and infamous — original drummer for legendary Guns N’ Roses. It’s been 25 years since Adler left the band, and in the interim he has endured a series of stutter steps in trying to get his own thing going. On Friday, July 10 he stopped in at[…]
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Inappropriate Earl — Join me as I talk about the legendary Sunset Strip days of the 1980’s with someone who was in the THICK of it Adam Gifford lead singer of Paradise!! Paradise ruled the Strip and Valley in the late 80’s and were one of the last few bands to sneak in before The Grunge Pac Man swallowed up all the Aqua Net and Pink Guitars it could find!! Adam has more projects going on[…]
Read More »JUST LIKE PARADISE Paradise return to the Sunset Strip along with the Wild and Red Dragon Cartel get their redemption By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD — More than 20 years since last playing the Sunset Strip, Paradise and The Wild made their grand return on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Viper Room, and results proved spell-binding, as a capacity crowd roared its approval. Paradise particularly was really on, or[…]
Read More »PARADISE LOSTParadise was among the biggest glam acts on the Sunset Strip during the post-Poison boom, and the band is joining forces with similarly popular The Wild on Saturday at the Viper Room. Here is an exclusive with Paradise founding singer Adam Gifford, who is not afraid to sling some sludge after all these years. Part two with The Wild’s Johnny X is coming soon.By Gerry GittelsonMetal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD — Paradise and[…]
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FORMER BIG BANG BABIES FOUNDER IS ALL GROWN UP Metal Sludge exclusive: Once a Sunset Strip sensation in the post-Poison glam era, Charlie Overbey, formerly known as Kit Ashley, is set to make his grand return with his new band Broken Arrows at the Viper Room By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large HOLLYWOOD –Big Bang Babies might have been the most popular band on the Sunset Strip never to sign a major[…]
Read More »House of Blues on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood out, new hotels West Hollywood, CA – (FOX 11) The sights and sounds of the Sunset Strip are set to change as plans are in motion for the famed House Of Blues to be torn down and new luxury hotelsto rise in its’ place. Hotel investors AECOM Capitol, CIM Group and the famed hotelier Ian Schrager have started projects to develop along a mile-and-a-half stretch of[…]
Read More »METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Rock documentary “Inside L.A. Metal” premieres in Hollywood in a rousing success By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large LOS ANGELES — The heavily anticipated rock documentary film “Inside L.A Metal” celebrated its screen opening on Tuesday, June 3 at the Beverly Theatre, and oh what a star-studded spectacle the event was. Produced and written by California freelance journalist Bob Nalbandian, the movie is primed to be a huge[…]
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