“This is my story, but in truth, anyone who set out to chase the rock n’ roll dream can relate to it.” — Stevie Rachelle on his new “Summer Of ’89” song Metal Sludge — How old were you and where were you in life during the summer of 1989? If you are old enough to remember, chances are you have some very fond memories from the final year of one of the most decorated[…]
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Metal Sludge — The wait is over… SHAMELESS will hit the road in Europe this summer with Stevie Rachelle fronting the band. SHAMELESS last toured with Rachelle back in the summer of 2017, and while there were some tentative plans since, the Covid years put a kibosh on that. Now it’s 2024, and SHAMELESS will play several dates in their homeland of Germany, along with appearances in Belgium, The Netherlands and Czech Republic. SHAMELESS will[…]
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LOS ANGELES, California — Just in time for you to mark your calendars for 2024… ready, set, go! Hey everyone, Stevie Rachelle here with an update from sunny Southern California on a beautiful December morning. I have all kinds of exciting news to tell you about and I will start with some solo shows that I have starting this coming week in Peru! For the first time ever, I will be appearing in Lima Peru[…]
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“John 5 was the first player that got me excited about country pickin’ stuff.” — Dougie Manross LOS ANGELES – Meet Dougie “Lixx” Manross, a 23-year-old wunderkind guitarist from Cleveland who started years ago as Tuff’s roadie. Now Manross is actually playing live for Tuff as a temporary replacement for Billy Morris for a run of gigs, and the guitarist who started just a few seasons ago with a tennis racket could not be happier. […]
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“Billy (Morris) is double booked for part of the summer, and cannot be in 2 places at once… so, Dougie (Manross) is the new guy.” — Todd Chase Metal Sludge — Please welcome the newest member of Tuff, on lead guitar Dougie “Lixx” Manross. Tuff are excited to add some new blood to their touring line-up and Manross is the guy. Tuff are lead by classic era members frontman Stevie Rachelle along with co-founder and[…]
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Metal Sludge — The vinyl craze continues and TUFF along with the band’s own indy print RLS Records have just released a reissue remaster of “The Glam Years 1985-1989” on 12″ black purple vinyl. Back in 2021 TUFF announced their signing of an official licensing deal with Rhino Entertainment Warner Music Group to secure the rights to remaster and reissue their Atlantic Records debut “What Comes Around Goes Around.” Now to kick off 2023, the[…]
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Metal Sludge — Tuff frontman Stevie Rachelle announces fall shows in Brazil and Tuff will hit Ohio in December. Just in time for the fall Holidays, the Tuff singer will head to South America for a few shows and a few more in the Midwest. Rachelle has performed in Brazil with Tuff and with the locally based Tales From The Porn but these shows will be billed as Stevie Rachelle the Voice of Tuff. On[…]
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Metal Sludge — In a new episode of the Straight To Video Podcast with Rob Lane, the guest is Tuff bassist Todd ‘Chase’ Chaisson. Lane talks to Chaisson about everything from his life growing up in Arizona in a house full of bassists to his food truck business in Ohio. Chaisson who early on adapted the shortened nickname of Chase, also talks about the band’s early days which included opening for some hot shot band[…]
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Metal Sludge — Todd “Chase” Chaisson and Billy Morris give Facebook followers an update about the 2022 Food Truck season for Cleveland Ohio. Tuff bassist Chaisson and lead guitarist Morris started their own Food Truck operation back in 2015 branding it Smokin’ Rock n’ Roll. The guys have since launched a second and third vehicle, to promote their ever growing popularity and award winning BBQ. Metal Sludge have covered SRn’R before, with our 2015 story[…]
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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[…]
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