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Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip – Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene

Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene BY RICHARD BIENSTOCK for Rolling Stone – October 23, 2015  Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — “Livin’ in L.A. is so much-a . . . fffuuuun!” screeched Faster Pussycat’s Taime Downe in 1987. And nowhere was the party crazier, sleazier or more glam-rockin’ than the Sunset Strip, where big-haired dudes and the girls who loved them[…]

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MEAT N’ GREET Tuff bassist Chase & Ex-Warrant guitarist Morris launch BBQ on wheels

MEAT N’ GREET Tuff founding bassist Chaisson & Ex-Warrant guitarist Morris have a successful BBQ business on wheels   LOS ANGELES — Once among the most popular glam-rock acts on MTV with the hit “I Hate Kissing You Goodbye,” Tuff still plays a few select dates at rock festivals every year. In the meantime, founding bassist Todd Chaisson and noted guitar player Billy Morris have forged a successful business in Cleveland with their mobile Smokin’ Rock N’[…]

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CATHOUSE LIVE invades Southern California with 24 bands in 100 degree heat & 10,000 fans

CATHOUSE LIVE FEST A ROUSING SUCCESS Crowd of more than 10,000 braves near 100-degree temperatures as glam/sleaze shakes Irvine Meadows   IRVINE, Calif., USA — For once an all-star jam actually lived up to its name, as KISS guitarist Ace Frehley made a special appearance Saturday, Aug. 15 to put a big exclamation mark on a monumental day of rock before a crowd of about 10,000 at Riki Rachtman’s Cathouse Live festival at Irvine Meadows.[…]

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RACHELLE FROM HELL Tuff hits the road in October and December

SLINGIN’ SLUDGE! Stevie Rachelle of TUFF visits Another FN Podcast for 3 hours Another FN Podcast — Stevie Rachelle, frontman of TUFF and the Sludgemaster himself of Metal Sludge, finally comes in studio for what turned out to be a nearly 3 hour interview talking his life before rock and roll being into punk rock and skate boarding, how Mötley Crüe changed his life, his appearance in Decline Of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years,[…]

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CELEBRATION ON THE SUNSET STRIP Riki Rachtman hosts Rainbow press party for Cathouse Live event

CELEBRATION ON THE SUNSET STRIP Riki Rachtman hosts Rainbow press party for Cathouse Live event HOLLYWOOD — Riki Rachtman and friends celebrated in grand style Wednesday, July 15 with a massive press party at the Rainbow Bar & Grill to formally announce the Cathouse Live concert, scheduled for Aug. 15 at Irvine Meadows. Among the top acts are Tom Keifer, Sebastian Bach, Extreme, Dokken, Stephen Pearcy, Faster Pussycat, Enuff Z’Nuff, Tuff and many others, including an unknwon[…]

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Metal Sludge Exclusive with Ex Poison manager Howie Hubberman; ‘I took Poison to the very top’

‘I TOOK POISON TO THE VERY TOP’ Here is a Metal Sludge exclusive with former Poison manager Howie Hubberman By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large LOS ANGELES — In our everlasting journey to relive the past, Metal Sludge has tracked down legendary rock impressario Howie Hubberman, who managed Poison during the glam band’s original rise to stardom, in addition to Hubberman financing Guns N’ Roses and helping other start-up projects including Tuff (it’s[…]

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Don Dokken added to "80's in the Park" music festival in Melbourne Florida, Sept. 26-28 2014

  Don Dokken added to “80’s in the Park” music festival in Melbourne Florida, Sept. 26-28 2014   Melbourne, Florida —  Devoted to celebrating the music and lifestyle of the 1980s, the 80s in the Park outdoor music festival will be making it’s second annual appearance at Wickham Park Pavilion in Melbourne, Florida. This year’s event boasts a roster studded with veteran artists of the era predominantly focused towards hard rock and glam metal, with a few subtle[…]

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TUFF adds Buckcherry bloodline to drum throne and announces fall shows including '80's in the Park' (Florida) & 'Rock N' Skull' (Illinois)

 TUFF live @ the M3 Rock Festival with Billy Morris, Stevie Rachelle & Todd ‘Chase’ Chaisson    TUFF adds Buckcherry bloodline to drum throne and announces fall shows including ’80’s in the Park’ (Florida), ‘Rock N’ Skull’ (Illinois), Ohio & Iowa!   Los Angeles — Hello Florida TUFF is headed to the Sunshine State for the first time in over 2 decades. Thanks to an array of rock events that seem to be catering to the hairband die-hards,[…]

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