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THE SUNSET STRIP … Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp announces next event with Tommy Lee & John 5 (Mötley Crüe), Buckcherry singer Josh Todd & Reb Beach (Winger)

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NEW SITE – Update: We just relaunched the Metal Sludge website to bring you a Brighter, Cleaner and Slicker look going forward in 2026, this included several upgrades and we hope you like it. If you would like to help out… Please do so by clicking one of the Donate Banners. Thank You for your Support! HOLLYWOOD, California — The

THE ROXY … METAL HALL of FAME Awards Show hits the Sunset Strip with Inductees DeMartini, Rockett, Guns, Clarke and Holmes

January 28, 2026

‘The Roxy’ & ‘The Rainbow Bar & Grill’ on Sunset Strip share a parking lot and made for an amazing ‘Metal Hall of Fame’ Awards Show in Hollywood – January 21st 2026 / Photo By: Jeff Coggins HOLLYWOOD, California — Last week the Metal Hall of Fame awards show hit the Sunset Strip for their event and it was a

VIPER ROOM … Blackboard Jungle celebrates annual reunion on June 7th feat: Glamour Punks, Fizzy Bangers and Special Guest Stevie Rachelle

June 2, 2025

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California — The annual Blackboard Jungle reunion show hits the Sunset Strip this coming weekend on Saturday June 7th 2025 at The Viper Room. The show has been happening each and every year around the 1st week of June for more than 20 years. This year the lineup will feature other Sunset Strip bands from the same era

DIRTY DOZEN … Metal Sludge’s Top 12 Most Ridiculous Rock & Roll Arrests

September 22, 2024

Here we are with another throwback list from Metal Sludge! These lists are always a hoot, and we bring this to you from a true Hollywood veteran journalist… but we’d rather call him a friend… Gerry Gittelson was there for the height and the heyday of all that was the Sunset Strip. With that… we give you this cool list

LIVE on SUNSET … Blackboard Jungle jam with BulletBoys singer at their final Viper Room show while Zebra fills the Whisky-A-Go-Go to capacity

June 7, 2023

“Our manager, the late Kim Fowley, told us we needed to sing about our generation that moved out after GNR.” — Blackboard Jungle bassist Britt Pennella “I can’t even believe that the band is still alive. I’m the youngest, and I’m 68” — Randy Jackson of Zebra “‘I order buspar online in the best USA pharmacy https://coffee.net/generated/code/Infortis/wiki/wiki-buspar.html no prescription with fast

TWO FOR ONE, TWICE THE FUN … Blackboard Jungle celebrates 17th rock reunion weekend at Viper Room

June 4, 2019

TWO FOR ONE, TWICE THE FUN Blackboard Jungle celebrates 17th rock reunion weekend at Viper Room HOLLYWOOD — Let the good times roll in Los Angeles, as almost-famous Blackboard Jungle celebrated its 17th annual rock and roll reunion weekend in grand style. Stretched for the first time to two nights of rock at the famed Viper Room on

SUNSET STRIPPED … Reports are The Viper Room has been sold, possibly closing for good… who’s next?

May 9, 2019

SUNSET STRIPPED Reports are The Viper Room has been sold, possibly closing for good… who’s next? NME — The Viper Room, a legendary Los Angeles rock club, has been sold and could be closing its doors for good. The club, which is located on the city’s Sunset Strip, was once owned by Johnny Depp and was where River Phoenix died in 1993. According

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

May 5, 2019

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

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

May 30, 2016

‘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

STREET OF DREAMS … Joe Lynn Turner at Whisky and LA Rock Review party at Viper Room

May 29, 2016

STREET OF DREAMS Joe Lynn Turner at Whisky and LA Rock Review party at Viper Room HOLLYWOOD, Calif., USA — It was a big Friday night on the Sunset Strip, as Joe Lynn Turner headlined at the Whisky on May 28, while across the street at the Viper Room, old fanzine L.A. Rock Review magazine was celebrating its first-ever reunion as

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THE SUNSET STRIP … Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp announces next event with Tommy Lee & John 5 (Mötley Crüe), Buckcherry singer Josh Todd & Reb Beach (Winger)

THE ROXY … METAL HALL of FAME Awards Show hits the Sunset Strip with Inductees DeMartini, Rockett, Guns, Clarke and Holmes

VIPER ROOM … Blackboard Jungle celebrates annual reunion on June 7th feat: Glamour Punks, Fizzy Bangers and Special Guest Stevie Rachelle

DIRTY DOZEN … Metal Sludge’s Top 12 Most Ridiculous Rock & Roll Arrests

LIVE on SUNSET … Blackboard Jungle jam with BulletBoys singer at their final Viper Room show while Zebra fills the Whisky-A-Go-Go to capacity

TWO FOR ONE, TWICE THE FUN … Blackboard Jungle celebrates 17th rock reunion weekend at Viper Room

SUNSET STRIPPED … Reports are The Viper Room has been sold, possibly closing for good… who’s next?

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

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

STREET OF DREAMS … Joe Lynn Turner at Whisky and LA Rock Review party at Viper Room

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