Latest articles by Sleazegrinder
The 20 Greatest Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time
The good-time glam-metal, LA rock bangers that defined the pop metal 1980s
Flash Metal Suicide: Bitch
Betsy Bitch introduced a new strain of feminism, involving knuckles and muscles and screaming guitars, one that resonates to this very day
Sleaze Round-up: January 2016
Not yet ratedSleazegrinder on new releases from Savage Hearts, Sabel, Razorbats, Ozone Mama and Street Clones
Flash Metal Suicide: The Babysitters
30 years ago The Babysitters were the best-worst band in the World. Perhaps they still are.
The album that brought Raven's flight to an end
Everything was all going brilliantly for Raven until they released 1985's Stay Hard album. It took them 30 years to recover.
The 10 Best New Bands in Boston
They had Aerosmith, Mission of Burma, the Pixies and...Boston. But what does Boston have to offer rock'n'roll today?
The Best Ever Bands from Boston
Aerosmith, Pixies, Mission Of Burma – The all-time greatest rock bands from Boston
Flash Metal Suicide: Foreskin 500
This week: Foreskin 500's Manpussy, one of the dirtiest, sleaziest, most low-down rock'n'roll records of the 1990s, period
Live: Ghost
Not yet ratedSwedes prove once and for all that the Devil really does have the best tunes.
Sleaze Round-up: December 2015
Not yet ratedSleazegrinder on new releases from Dirtbag Republic, Grave Rat, Bad Monster Black, Blood Knife and Psychic Wounds
Flash Metal Suicide: Vain
This week: Vain's debut album, a "sleazy little nugget of high-tension hard rock that basically does everything Faster Pussycat and LA Guns aspired to do"
Flash Metal Suicide: Icon
This week: they came from the desert, and for a moment they were the future. And then it all went wrong. They were Icon.
Flash Metal Suicide: The Coma-Tones
This week: The Coma-Tones were Guns N' Roses with Jim Morrison up front, the coolest LA band ever. But they were cursed.
The war of cool is over, and Def Leppard have won
Not yet ratedLeppard deliver a truckload of delicious pop metal candy to the Midwest
Flash Metal Suicide: Lee Aaron
This week: the doll-faced, pin-up queen of 80s metal, and her debut EP, The Lee Aaron Project
Sleaze Round-up: November 2015
Not yet ratedSleazegrinder on new releases from Turn Me On, Dead Man, Dogz Of Zeus, Burnin’ Rope, Jaw Horse and Son Of Rams
Lord Classic: the 19th century's greatest band
They dress like courtiers of Louis XIV and shot their new video in a secret psychedelic weapons compound in New Jersey. Who the hell are Lord Classic?
Flash Metal Suicide: Spellbound
This week: macho, chugging Thin Lizzy riffs with pyrotechnic Van Halen flourishes? It can only be Spellbound's 1984 debut, Breaking the Spell.
Flash Metal Suicide: Smashed Gladys
This week: Smashed Gladys' Social Intercourse, and why Gene Simmons is often best ignored
The twisted tales and cosmic horror of Luna Sol
Featuring guest spots from John Garcia, GN'R's Dizzy Reed and Nick Oliveri, the haunting debut album by Luna Sol might just be one of 2015's best
Flash Metal Suicide: Snatch
Straight outta Long Island: the one and only EP from puerile posers Snatch
Sleaze Round-up: October 2015
Not yet ratedSleazegrinder on new releases from Stereo Nasty, Deadloss Superstar, St Prostitute, Monster On Sunday and Aloha Mr. Hand
