The Metal Sludge Interview
Part II
Stevie Rachelle
FIBMUSIC:
What's the most disgusting thing you ever did to a groupie besides bang her?
Stevie: Ummmmmmmm. I would say......as I man up here......I am ashamed to say that I once had a groupie give me her phone card and I said that I needed to make a phone call. Then I wrote down all the numbers. When I left on tour, I used the phone card and ran her phone bill up. I look back on that....of course that's what you do when you're a dumb, young
rock guy on the road......But I look back at that and think ok, that's pretty disgusting. I'm ashamed of that.
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Tuff Vocalist / Metal Sludge CEO Stevie Rachelle
Part I
FIB Music: Do you remember the day you signed your first record contract?
Stevie: Yes. I was actually working for Load, Lock and Roll Moving & Storage. I was on a moving truck in Hollywood and Michael somehow got in touch with me. I think he called the office and they called the ladies house and said that I had some important documents to sign that needed to be FedEx'd back. So Michael showed up with a video camera and had an Atlantic Records recording contract that I had to sign. I took a ten minute break, from lifting furniture, in the
back of a truck. I signed the contract, he filmed it and then I went back to work.
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Grim Reaper Vocalist
Steve Grimmett
FIBMUSIC:
Do you remember what the budget was for the Grim Reaper album, "See You in Hell"?
Steve: I don't, because from the day we signed our deal, we were being ripped off. I have no idea what the
album cost. The whole thing was recorded in four days. We were well rehearsed. It was pretty much recorded
live with a few overdubs, then the vocals were redone and that was it. It was a pretty easy thing to do, but
there was no real budget. Really, we didn't have a real budget until we did the third and final album with
RCA, "Rock You to Hell". We had originally recorded that one with Ebony Records but the recording was so
bad that RCA refused to release it. Then we got into the legal battle with Ebony Records and eventually
signed over to RCA. That was when we recorded with Max Norman and that album cost well over $50,000, which
wasn't really a huge amount in the 80's, but it was more than we had ever spent.
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Zebra Vocalist / Guitarist Randy Jackson
FIB Music: Before Zebra even signed a deal, the band had toured with such heavyweights as Aerosmith, KISS, and Molly Hatchet. Anything stand out from that period?
RJ: Before our 1st record, we opened for ZZ Top in Florida and we actually got an encore. When we went back on stage I started the encore song with a guitar solo and someone threw an M-80 on stage and blew me sideways. As stunned as I was, I somehow kept playing and went into the song (Wait Until The Summer's Gone). During the song I saw something coming at me from my left and I dodged it. Turned out it was just a Frisbee!
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Accept "Blood of the Nations" Interview w/
Wolf Hoffmann
DT:
Tell us about the new album. It comes out in September?
Wolf: Yes. September 14th in the States and August 20th in Europe. It's called
"Blood of the Nations" and it's all brand new stuff. Twelve new songs; thirteen songs on a limited edition release. I think it's some of the best stuff we have ever done. I feel really
strong about it. Most people who have heard it are giving rave reviews. It's totally old school 80's metal.
DT:
Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Soulfly, Cradle of Filth & guitarist in Sabbat) is quite the accomplished producer these days. What was it like working with him?
Wolf: h man, it was a dream come true. It's funny because we have met all these people
lately, by pure luck and it's just another example of that......
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Malice Vocalist James Neal
FIB MUSIC:
How about the European tour with death metal legends
Slayer? Any cool stories from your first tour across the pond?
James: Yeah, Amsterdam was a blast! They had these chocolate balls called "Space Balls" that you could munch on while drinking. Two nights later we played a show and I must have been still feeling them, because doing the show was like being on the moon. Scotland and Germany were great too, because I remember the fans really being excited to see us. London was a good show as well. There is a pretty wild story about when we played in West Berlin. We took the autobahn to Berlin overnight. At some point in the early morning I woke up because there was a major discussion going on. Turns out that whoever was driving at the time missed the exit to West Berlin. So, we had to take the exit to East Berlin to the Wall, which was still up at that time. It was like a scene out of Hogan's Heroes. When we got to the gate, I could see the American flag on the other side. On our side the guards were wearing those long coats and sporting machine guns. They went through our stuff and then laughed at us and finally let us through. We could have ended up in interrogation or something worse. We were fortunate, I guess. I was chanting under my breath the whole time. The gig in West Berlin was great, though. So I
guess that sort of made up for the fiasco. Once we got out of Berlin, I made them pull the car over, got out and promptly kissed the ground.
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KEEL Reunion Interview
w/ Ron, Marc, Bryan & Dwain
FIB MUSIC:
Any cool moments stand out from the "Final Frontier" recording sessions?
Bryan Jay: Having Eddie Van Halen coming down to the studio to hang out with us a couple of times. None of us wanting to play guitar in front of him. So we tried to get him to play something but he wouldn't. It was cool to hangout with one of my guitar heroes.
FIB MUSIC:
Tell us one good Gene Simmons story.
Dwain Miller: We were recording and Cherokee I think, and within two or three days, Eddie Van Halen, Greg Giuffria, Joan Jett, Michael Des Barres, all came down. Shannon Tweed used to make soup and bring it to us to eat on break. I was totally star struck, when Eddie Van Halen offered me and Kenny one of his Shlitz talls. He had one left, and we fought over it.
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VH1 Reality Star Brandi M.
FIB MUSIC:
How did you get involved with "Rock of Love"?
Brandi: I was at a night club in Vegas with some friends in town from Buffalo and I got approached by a casting agent and she said I would be perfect for this new show coming up. At first I didn't believe her but I am so glad I went to the interview and they loved me as I loved them and that's how my crazy tv life started.
FIB MUSIC:
How gay is Riki Rachtman to be around?
Brandi: He is NO WAY near gay. He rocks and him and I have always gotten along cuz we are both very honest people. You may think he could've been a dick to some of the girls but it's becuase they probably deserved it. I get along great with him and his beautiful wife. They are such an amazing couple.
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LAAZ ROCKIT Vocalist
Michael Coons
FIB MUSIC:
In '84 the band's debut, "City's Gonna Burn" was released. What do you remember about your time in the studio?
Michael: We came to L.A. to do the record, so that was our first experience on "The Strip". Only Willy was legal drinking age, so we wore him out always getting booze for us. Funny thing, we were in the same studio as REO Speedwagon and Marvin Gaye at the time. I remember meeting Marvin Gaye shortly before his father killed him. It was so tragic. Everything was new and exciting, and our introduction to the er,.."ladies" of L.A. was more than a little enlightening. This was the original "Cougarville", lemme tell you. We even went to a party at Burt Bacharach's mansion where our manager jumped off the roof into the pool in full leathers. Good times!
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