THE DEMON IS A GOOD GUY Gene Simmons with local rockstar Rockin’ Johnny Rubinski CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gene Simmons is currently out doing a few select shows with his solo band. Simmons and band performed March 18th at the “Cleveland Agora” to a packed house. The event is being billed as “An Evening With Gene Simons And His Band” and they will appear in 5 cites. Along with the Cleveland show, shows are booked for St.[…]
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BANG YOUR IDOL Quiet Riot perform debut show with American Idol star James Durbin WICHITA, Kansas — It’s been a crazy whirlwind month for Quiet Riot after replacing vocalist Seann Nicols after just 5 live shows. The group performed with new frontman James Durbin for the first time on March 18th. Quiet Riot appeared Saturday night at the “Cotillion Ballroom” in Wichita, Kansas. The 80’s iconic band has went through a fistful of singers in as many[…]
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BACK FOR LESS Bobby Blotzer’s Ratt perform debut show with new singer Seann Nicols FORT YATES, North Dakota — After admitting to ignoring a cease and desist, Bobby Blotzer’s version of the band Ratt played their first gig of 2017 last night. Blotzer’s Ratt performed at “Prairie Knights Casino” in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Firehouse were support. (see review below) The drummer took to his group’s official Facebook page in the last 72[…]
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GLAM MEETS GRUNGE: Members of ALICE IN CHAINS and GODSMACK join STEEL PANTHER live at THE ROXY LOS ANGELES — Who says Glam and Grunge remain blood enemies? Steel Panther’s very own version of the “Hell Freezes Over” tour happened Monday at famed Roxy Theatre on Sunset Boulevard when grunge kings Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains and Sully Erna from Godsmack jumped on stage to join in on a rousing version of “Man in[…]
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WE CALL BULL?HIT Justin Murr; “NO ONE at RNS has contacted anyone about ‘options or pulling out’” Facebook — Metal Sludge reached out to Rock N’ Skull promoter Justin Murr yesterday evening about our story. Murr replied and we’re open to sharing his response. We have screen captured it below, along with his statement as posted on their official Facebook page. Metal Sludge will not retract our story. We are sticking to it 100%, with[…]
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YOU DON’T SAY SouthGang’s Jesse Harte on Rock N’ Skull promoter Justin Murr; ‘flaky’ and ‘he never sent the deposit’ From The Inside — Metal Sludge is here to shed a little light on our recent Rock N’ Skull story. In short Jesse Harte of the band SouthGang offered up information that we have screen captured below. Why the screen capture? Why not. Mr. Harte felt the need to screen capture and share my[…]
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ANGEL’S PUNKY MEADOWS RETURNS IN WHISKY SHOW And yes, at 67 Meadows is still a glam god LOS ANGELES — Thirty-seven years later, the guitarist often thought of as the world’s coolest-looking rock star returned to Los Angeles — and god damn it, Punky Meadows still looks darn good. It was 1980 when Angel was last heard from in Southern California, headlining Long Beach Arena. The glam band that also featured the great keyboardist[…]
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DROP N’ SKULL Rock N’ Skull rumored to be dropping more bands from 2017 event PEKIN, Illinois — According to sources Rock N’ Skull will soon announce dropping more bands off their 2017 event. A band member close to the event, alleges that the promoter is approaching select acts with an offer or option to ‘pull out’. One of our sources also alleges some of the groups are resistant to do so. The source noted these groups have[…]
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RE-RIOT Quiet Riot will re-record their almost released “Road Rage” with James Durbin BREAKING NEWS: QUIET RIOT To Re-Record New Album “Road Rage” With New Lead Vocalist James Durbin Frontiers Music srl — Following the departure of singer Seann Nicols from Quiet Riot, both Frontiers Music Srl and band leader Frankie Banali have made the joint decision to delay the release of the new Quiet Riot album, “Road Rage” until later this summer. Both the[…]
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METAL SLUDGE PRESENTS … WORLD-PREMIERE VIDEO: Budderside ‘Genocide’ from UDR/Motorhead Music LOS ANGELES, California — In our ever-lasting quest to find the world’s next greatest rock and roll band — no easy task, which explains why we keep harking back to the hair-band days — Metal Sludge is proud to unleash the world premiere video “Genocide” from Budderside, a buzz band signed by the late, great Lemmy from Motorhed and led by ex-Adler’s Appetite[…]
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