Yakking with … Stevie Rachelle of Tuff

By Metal Dave The going was rough for TUFF during Hollywood’s 1980’s hair-metal heyday. Admittedly obsessed with Motley Crue, the band did the whole big-hair/skintight/bandanna thing, but never gained the nationwide audience of second-tier peers like L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat and Dangerous Toys. Best-known for the novelty song, “American Hair Band,” in which singer Stevie…

Poppin’ Off with Buckcherry

By Metal Dave Was prepping for tomorrow’s interview with Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd when I unearthed these gems from a Houston Press interview I did with guitarist Keith Nelson in Dec. 2008 When I met you ten years ago, you had a gnarly broken nose from hitting yourself in the face with your guitar. Nelson: That…