Tommy Thayer

April 12, 2023

DETROIT REST CITY … Gene Simmons struggles in the Heat, decides to Sit on a Chair for his performance at KISS show in Manaus Brazil

Metal Sludge — Joining a list of rock stars who have fallen ill, or had to alter their performance in recent years is Kiss bassist Gene Simmons. Simmons seemingly fell ill in the heat during the band’s show in Manaus Brazil on Wednesday night April 12th. Simmons started the show standing but at some point the show was stopped and The Demon asked for a chair from their road crew. Online reports are noting the[…]

December 28, 2022

TUFF DIARIES #21 … Fist First Tour, Making F#@%ing Videos, Building Bunk Beds, O.J. Simpson and Rock Club + Strip Club = Awesome

Metal Sludge — It’s the summer of 1994 and we have decided along with our new record label and up coming tour, we will also need videos to promote the new Tuff record. In-between processing and shipping both CD and Cassette orders for the “Fist First” release, we were all pretty much multi-tasking like crazy. Remember, this was all pre computer too. At least the computers or cell-phones that would later become common devices that[…]

May 16, 2022

ROCK AND ROBE ALL NIGHT … KISS bassist Gene Simmons sports his Bathrobe for Sound Check and Fan Interactive Q&A at Hartford show

Metal Sludge — In a brand new video uploaded to Youtube the band Kiss knock out sound check with some VIP fans in attendance. Sounds like a good time right? Well the fans got their sound check and some general exchanges from the stage with both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. Not to forget Tommy Thayer on lead guitar and Eric Singer back behind the drum kit. It seems this is normal as Kiss do[…]

May 10, 2022

FISH TANK … The KISS Meet n’ Greet includes Photo with KISS as the band stands in Fish Tank / Zoo enclosure

Metal Sludge — Ever take the kids to the Zoo, and stare at the monkeys and the gorillas behind the glass? Well, if you pay for a meet n’ greet with the rock band KISS, it might bring back some memories of your trip to a Zoo. Or perhaps, the local pet store, where they keep lizards, mice, hamsters and other animals in a glass like tank or aquarium. The difference is, there are not[…]

October 30, 2021

OOPS … Sebastian Bach was Denied Entry onto Kiss Kruise, Rumors range from an Expired Passport to Covid-19

Metal Sludge — The Kiss Kruise is underway and the Kiss Army has showed up in mass to attend the annual event. But according to multiple inside sources, one of the band’s biggest fans – who is also one of the entertainers for the weekend – was turned away when he tried to clear customs to board the ship. That person is Sebastian Bach according to the word on the street. The rumors floating around[…]

October 29, 2021

SKANDAL … Kiss crew claim some had Fake Vax Cards: “The (Kiss) tour didn’t take strict enough safety measures… which potentially cost (Roadie) Fran Stueber his life.”

‘Couldn’t Believe How Unsafe It Was’: Kiss’ Roadies Blame Lax Covid Protocols for Guitar Tech’s Death The band, meanwhile, claims that some crew members concealed sickness and faked vaccine cards Rolling Stone — It was many a roadie’s worst nightmare: On Oct. 17, 53-year-old Francis Stueber died in his hotel room, nearly 2,300 miles from home, according to Kiss and his fellow backstage crew. The longtime guitar tech had been with the band for more[…]

October 6, 2021

END OF THE ROAD … Kiss frontman Paul Stanley says: “I believe strongly by the beginning of 2023 we will be finished.”

Ultimate Classic Rock — Kiss lost a year of their End of the Road farewell tour due to the pandemic, but Paul Stanley says a new End is in sight. “I believe strongly by the beginning of 2023 we will be finished,” he tells UCR. And he’s adamant there will be no reconsideration, even for fans asking for more. “It’s a different time than we had pondered in the past,” Stanley contends. While some of those previous pseudo goodbyes reflected[…]

September 27, 2021

PANTHER MONSTER … Lexxi Foxx of Steel Panther teams with Diggity Dave of ‘Pimp My Ride’ to form new band Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters

Metal Sludge — Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters has arrived. A new project has been birthed from a few names that our readers might find familiar. Diggity Dave Aragon who once fronted the Los Angeles based rock band Shake The Faith with Tommy Thayer (Kiss, ex-Black N’ Blue) back in the 1990’s has teamed up with former Steel Panther bassist Lexxi Foxx to form Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters or HGNM. Foxx aka Travis Haley parted ways[…]

August 27, 2021

SPIT IT UP … Paul Stanley filmed as he Spits multiple Guitar Picks into the Crowd at recent Kiss show (video)

Metal Sludge — Fan filmed footage recently uploaded to Youtube shows Kiss frontman Paul Stanley spitting guitar picks into the crowd. The clip clearly shows Stanley putting several guitar picks in his mouth and then leaning forward and launching them with his mouth into the front rows of a recent Kiss concert. This is a bit ironic as the band has been standing behind clear plexiglass for their recent paid meet n’ greets with fans.[…]

August 26, 2021

STAR CHILD … Paul Stanley Tests Positive For COVID-19, KISS Concert Canceled

TMZ — Paul Stanley has tested positive for COVID-19, and now KISS won’t be taking the stage for a scheduled concert in Pennsylvania … TMZ has learned. Sources close to Paul tell TMZ … the KISS lead singer is fully vaccinated and feeling fine despite testing positive. But, nonetheless, the band still had to call it quits on their show at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, PA. There were rumblings on Twitter Paul[…]