Party In Hollywood/Blackboard Jungle reunion 6/1/18

Just having a good time. Blackboard Jungle giving Hollywood rockers a reason to reminisce and party on the Sunset Strip like it was 1989. The band conducted its annual show at Viper Room on Friday, June 1st, 2018.  Swingin' Thing did the opening honors and performed all the faves you'd expect, "Groove Of Love," "Let's Do It With The Lights On."
Blackboard took stage with its finest gem, Kenny raising the question of what he might've found - if he went to Chicago. The answer, it doesn't matter, you found it in Hollywood man - friends that have your back and a band that people support and love. Some LA scenesters made guests appearances, Dazzle from Stars From Mars joined the band on stage. Later in the night, Charlie Overbey who you all know from BBB did a country-esque version of Bon Jovi's "Bed Of Roses," that only Charlie can pull off.

A stellar night, two great bands continuing the tradition, and keeping Sunset Strip alive.
























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GB FEB 2016 - Interview w/KK of TAZ

Practically every musician we’ve interviewed on Glambone has remained being a musician in some form.  But what happened to all the Sunset Strip bands that reigned supreme that never went on to great heights beyond a local level?  Do they still yearn for that time, is there bitterness about not making it, how many have gotten out of music completely?  Taz seemed poised to contend with any major label act at the time.  But after the band called it quits, for their singer KK, that was basically the end of the pursuit.  He says “Taz was it for me, those guys were my brothers, we went to battle.  Taz was there for a short amount of time, in an era that was awesome to be part of.  When I left, I couldn’t see again being on stage with anyone else, it wouldn’t have been in my heart, I just couldn’t do it.”  And while he can own those words now, he’s ok with that.  Life has taken him on another journey.  Listen on to hear his story.  It’s a Glambone episode about the good times before and after.  Download it here.

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GB-STEVIE2015

Stevie Rachelle got his share of flak back in the day, “oh he’s just a Bret-wannabe” they would say, or that Tuff were a bunch of Poison clones.  But he always put his fist first, and never gave up.  His story is about finding a way to make what you do work.  When his style of rock wasn’t in vogue and magazines didn’t want to give him press anymore, what did he do...he thought of a way to generate his own public soundboard, and invented Metal Sludge, a website that became a community long before social media became the norm.  We discuss that and more in this interview.  When I think back, the band was always savvy in presenting themselves, whether it be hiring the best photographers of the time, or being entertaining with their telephone hotline messages, Tuff stood out among the rest.  They were dedicated.  Stevie tells us about the days of flyering the streets of L.A. from 3am til the sun came up.  The infamous Tuff Muff Mansion.  Organizing their own tours, all before the label deal came along.  He also voices out on his contemporaries or competition from the Sunset Strip era.  It’s all here in this podcast episode.


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GB FEB 2015 episode

First time becoming aware of Salty Dog was seeing Bret Michaels sport a button on his shirt,  yellow with black face Courier type.  In this interview, former Salty bassist Michael Hannon talks briefly about his days signing with Geffen, but we backtrack before that and continue the Kery Doll saga as Hannon reflects on memories about playing with the shock rocker in the band Doll.  It’s a no-frills/no nonsense conversation.  Get it here.