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CLEANSED … Bobbie Brown in depth on finding God, recent Life Battles with Drugs, a Stalker Stealing her Identity, Having a Seizure, Shaving her Head and her 8 Hour Divine Intervention

“Now I really feel like I have a clarity. With a whole new spin on it. This is definitely something I wasn’t looking for. I didn’t know about, and I had to go through this, to be like, you know, for God to go “Are you ready? Are you ready for this?” And it’s a powerful thing that happened, and it literally changed my life, my heart, my passion, my patience even.” — Bobbie Brown[…]

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THANK YOU … Bill Gazzarri was the Godfather of the Sunset Strip, a True Legend and an Icon of one of the Biggest Music Scenes to ever exist

Bill Gazzarri 1924-1991 Wow… just wow! Today I received a message in one of my social media inboxes that brought the BIGGEST smile to my face and I honestly got chills when I saw the attachment. Call me weird, but this photo of Bill Gazzarri and I made me so happy… I cannot tell you exactly why… but it did. Maybe it’s because I am older now and continue to reflect on how fortunate I[…]

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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[…]

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TEEN EDITOR … Looking back on Sunset Strip with former Rockstar Magazine publisher Kenward Cooper

“The Hollywood scene in the 80s wasn’t just a scene, it was a movement.” – Kenward Cooper LOS ANGELES – He never wore lipstick nor played in the most popular local hair-bands but make no mistake – Kenward Cooper is pure glam, and he always will be. Cooper published the classy fanzine Rockstar magazine beginning in the late 1980s when Rock was its height on the Sunset Strip. Yet unlike a lot of glam bands[…]

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2023 … M3 Rock Festival Announces 2-Day Event Feat; Styx, Kix, Extreme, Warrant, Winger, Great White, Lita Ford, Slaughter and Quiet Riot

Metal Sludge — The annual M3 Rock Festival have officially announced their 2023 lineup. M3 which turns 14 in 2023 will be 2 days and is set to showcase nearly 20 rock acts on Saturday and Sunday, May 6th and 7th. This year Styx will headline the Saturday May 6th, with direct support from Extreme. Also appearing on day #1 is Winger, Slaughter, Quiet Riot, Lita Ford, Britny Fox, Child’s Play and Count 77 opening[…]

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BIG TALK … Metal Sludge Exclusive: 10 Questions with Original Warrant Guitarist, Hollywood Heyday Local and Anita Squeeze Singer Josh Lewis

Metal Sludge — He is now a frontman for a promising, dynamic new band called Anita Squeeze, but Josh Lewis was also the original guitarist in Warrant, who would go on to sell millions of records and tour the world – but without Lewis, who was sacked in 1987 about six months after the late Jani Lane had joined.  As part of the in-crowd at Fairfax High in Los Angeles with future members of Guns[…]

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REMEMBER WHEN … Jizzy Pearl chats with Robbie Crane about Sunset Strip, Ratt, Warrant and the Vince Neil Band on his JPearlTV Youtube channel

Metal Sludge — In a new JIZZO CHATS episode on JPearlTv, lead singer Jizzy Pearl talks with former band-mate and long-time Ratt bassist Robbie Crane. Crane who like Pearl grew up in Southern California talk about an array of subjects including their history on the Sunset Strip. The guys talk in depth about how their time in Ratt started and ended, and what happened along the way as they were both substitutes in the group.[…]

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BASS, BBQ AND TUFF … Todd ‘Chase’ Chaisson on opening for Poison in the early days, a Family of Bassists and his Rock n’ Roll Food Truck company

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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PACKAGE TOUR … Skid Row, Warrant, Winger and Quiet Riot team up for ‘LIVE TO ROCK’ 2022 Summer Tour

Blabbermouth — SKID ROW and WARRANT will join forces this spring and summer for the “Live To Rock” tour. The trek is scheduled to kick off on April 30 in Ashland, Kentucky and conclude on September 15 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Support on select shows will come from QUIET RIOT, WINGER and Lita Ford. SKID ROW and WARRANT “Live To Rock” 2022 tour dates: April 30 @ Paramount Arts Center – Ashland, KY (Skid Row, Warrant[…]

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IN DEPTH … Bobbie Brown talks on Sexual Assault that was a ‘Hurtful’ and ‘Humiliating’ situation for Jani Lane

Metal Sludge — In a brand new audio interview Bobbie Brown speaks in-depth and at length about her late husband Jani Lane of Warrant. Brown talks to the BACKSTAGE PASS Rock News who asks about her comments on the OPPERMAN REPORT podcast as reported by Metal Sludge back on September 2nd 2021. During the interview Brown talks about the the late Warrant singer Jani Lane and he admitted to her, that he was raped. Lane[…]

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