Ask Stevie Rachelle: What’s Your Favorite Album and Why Does it Kick Your Ass?

By Metal Dave Glessner We’ve launched a new semi-whenever feature at 2Fast2Die called, “Ask.” Why? Because we needed a reason to pester your favorite rock stars and scenesters without wrestling them to the ground (or bribing them) for a full-blown interview. After all, they’re too busy tackling groupies and brushing their teeth with Jack Daniels … and 2Fast2Die…

TUFF: Back and Ready to Rumble

By Metal Dave Glessner My pal Stevie Rachelle is on the road and ready to rock. Go say hello and feed him some Sludge. TUFF formed in the desert of Phoenix Arizona in 1985, but it took relocating to California and a half dozen years to reach that elusive record deal. After taking over the…

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…