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METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Jetboy’s Billy Rowe and Blackboard Jungle’s Britt Pennella preview annual reunion

METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Jetboy’s Billy Rowe and Blackboard Jungle’s Britt Pennella preview annual reunion weekend with Swingin’ Thing, The Fizzy Bangers and more       HOLLYWOOD, California — My how time flies when you’re having fun. That’s the plan once again for the 17th annual Blackboard Jungle reunion scheduled for Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 at the Viper

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Former Sunset Strip local standouts Blackboard Jungle, Swingin’ Thing and others pack the Viper Room

  ‘THERE IS NOTHING BUT LOVE’ Former Sunset Strip local standouts Blackboard Jungle, Swingin’ Thing and others pack the  Viper Room in Hollywood      HOLLYWOOD, Calif., USA — It was just like old times on the Sunset Strip on Saturday for the annual Blackboard Jungle reunion fest at Viper Room, as a packed house celebrated with an attractive rock bill that

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VIPER ROOM … Blackboard Jungle, Swingin’ Thing and The Image Nation set for annual reunion show

VIPER ROOM Blackboard Jungle, Swingin’ Thing and The Image Nation set for annual reunion show   Facebook — Hollywood California will once again play host to the annual Blackboard Jungle reunion show. This year the event will be at the “Viper Room” on Saturday May 28th 2016. Blackboard Jungle bassist and co-founder Britt Pennella recently appeared on The Joe Howard Show

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TRYX WERE FOR KIDS … Sunset Strip glam faves Tryx fizzled out in ’90s, but founding guitarist Brian DeVeau forges comeback with The Image Nation

TRYX WERE FOR KIDS Sunset Strip glam faves Tryx fizzled out in ’90s, but founding guitarist Brian DeVeau forges comeback with The Image Nation   LOS ANGELES — With a colorful candy-glam image, excellent musicianship and unbelievably catchy songs like “Only For The Summer” and “You’ve Got a Lot to Learn About Love,” Tryx was like a shooting star on the

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