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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
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,
LOS ANGELES – Its spring 1992 and summer is on the way. A year ago Tuff were riding high on our major label debut and now we’re looking for a new home. A new home as in a new record label, and actually a new home as in a new place to live as well. Not sure what made me
LOS ANGELES, CA. — Well by now most of you understand how these work. It’s early 1992, our bass player Todd ‘Chase’ Chaisson has just quit the band, and grunge was starting to hammer the industry. Of course we all saw it happening, but truth is – in looking back, nobody was fully aware to what level it would impact
— It’s the 4th quarter of 1991 and we had just got back from a long U.S. tour. We also went to England for the American Dream concert series in London. After flying back into Florida from our overseas trip we met back up with our roadies. Our budget didn’t allow for us to bring our full road-crew so we
Tuff Diaries #14New York City, Mixing the Record, Video Shoots, Sony Publishing, Cherry St. and Tigertailz Steevi Jaimz, Sir Arthur Payson, Atlantic Records, Martha Quinn, William Hames & The Limelight in NYCDates: February, March, April, May & June 1991 — Time to mix our first ever full-length record. Seeing and hearing our major label debut get mixed was amazing. A man
TUFF DIARIES #11 Hello 1990, Texas Strippers, Hells Angels, the Britny Fox Tour and Atlantic Records signs Tuff ‘Dizzy’ Dean Davidson, Dangerous Toys, Pariah, Troubadour, Jani Lane, X-Poseur 54, Axl Rose, Marq Torien — It’s a new decade, the 90’s have officially begun and the 80’s are in the rearview mirror. Everyone was stoked for the 90’s. Little did we know what
TUFF DIARIES #2 My first meeting with Tuff, “Is That All Your Real Hair?” By Stevie Rachelle STEVE MEETS TODD, JORGE AND MICHAEL…THE TUFF BAND! July 1st 1987 — It’s Saturday monring June 27th 1987. I wake up after my first night out in Hollywood. I had went to see ANGORA at Troubadour with my new apartment neighbors Fredy and Greg. At some
DECADES LATER Tuff hits Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan and Ohio for December shows On The Road — Who likes Tuff? Surely someone visiting this whacky site likes Tuff, so here is my shameless plug! Tuff hits the road for December and visits some places we have not been in more than 20 years. Read on and I will give you
GOT VINYL? TUFF Celebrates 30 year Anniversary (1985-2015) with vinyl release “Decadation” Los Angeles — Following suit with the vinyl craze Tuff will issue a limited edition 12″ platter in November titled “Decadation” through their own RLS Records. Tuff first formed in Phoenix Arizona in 1985, but made their biggest impact in Hollywood during the late 80’s. This first ever stateside
