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“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
“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,
“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
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
Metal Sludge — After several days of crazy weather and horribly tragic fires in Southern California, the Jack Russell ‘Celebration of Music and Life‘ concert has been postponed. The event was scheduled for Tuesday January 14th 2025 at the world-famous “Whisky-A-Go-Go” on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, and according to sources, is already Sold Out. However, due to the recent
Metal Sludge — Hollywood rockers Wildside have seen their debut “Under The Influence” be reissued on colored vinyl courtesy of Experience Vinyl. Wildside signed to Capitol Records at the tail-end of the Sunset Strip‘s 80’s explosion but unfortunately by the time it was released in 1992, the music landscape had changed drastically. While the band’s debut from Capitol Records was
Metal Sludge — After our recent post about the BulletBoys welcoming back original bassist and co-founder Lonnie Vencent, we’ve received incoming via email from the band’s new management team. The band’s leader Marq Torien first informed us via his official Instagram account that our recent article included information that was according to the frontman… ‘false‘. In our Metal Sludge article
Metal Sludge — The annual Rainbow Bar & Grill Parking Lot Party lineup and date have been announced. The yearly events happen in the spring and the fall, and the spring 2025 date has been set for Sunday April 13th 2025. The lineup will celebrate the venue’s 53rd Anniversary and be headlined by Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks) with direct support
“It was awesome… it was very dangerous, and yeah we lost a lot of friends but it was great.” — Riki Rachtman talking about the scene in Hollywood in the 80’s Metal Sludge — Riki Rachtman was recently a guest on the Idiots In Bars podcast and covered a lot of bases on his past, the present, and a peak
Here we are with another throwback list from Metal Sludge! These lists are always a hoot, and we bring this to you from a true Hollywood veteran journalist… but we’d rather call him a friend… Gerry Gittelson was there for the height and the heyday of all that was the Sunset Strip. With that… we give you this cool list
