The truth about Metal Sludge revealed!

Sludgeaholics,
I always wondered if Metal Sludge would ever get hacked one day, since the bigger we got, the more I figured somebody would try to hack into it. Well, I guess that day has come. Who knew it would be by one of the staff though?

I greatly enjoyed Stevie Rachelle's post on Metal Sludge claiming he's the brains behind it all. I guess I'm just the "evil" webmaster that got fired. Bummer for me, I guess. However, let me ask you all you Sludgeaholics a question....why did you come to Metal Sludge? I'm assuming it was to read what was on the page, and not just to buy a T-Shirt or CD. I'm assuming you wanted to be entertained. Well.....

Jani Bon Neil, Ozzy Stillbourne, bastard boy floyd, and even Donna Anderson were written by me. One person. Perhaps I have multiple personalities. Stevie's characters? Taime Slaughter and C.C. Van Sixx. Now ask yourselves, who did you enjoy reading more? Did you come to the page to hear what Taime Slaughter had to say, or did you come to the page for Ozzy's FU Award, floyd's mailbag, Donna's dick chart, etc. Basically 98% of what was ever written on Sludge was written by me, and Stevie had no problem with it, and encouraged most of it.

Every email that came into the page, every post that went up, all that shit, I did. So over the course of 6 years, I'd get really fucking burned out. I tried to get Stevie to help out but I think over the course of the 6 years, he updated the page once! He just didn't care. I asked, and asked, and asked for help and got nothing. So within the last few years, I got tired of feeling like I was doing all the work and he wasn't holding up his fair share. It wasn't 50/50, even though we were supposed to split all money 50/50. Stevie's main job was to do the merch, which we all know he can do well. I did all the writing along with help from Dana Brittingham, Lita Love, Gerri Gargano, and all the various rock stars who had a column or did a Tour Diary for us. To all of them, I say thank you!

I wanted Stevie to write, I wanted him to contribute, but it just didn't happen. So as you can tell over the last few months, the page was slow. I had other things to do and didn't want to do it anymore. I wanted to end the page on September 1st. Let's go out with a bang!

So I wake up today and find that Stevie has "fired me" and now he's running the show. Really? Well, whatever. I feel bad for the Metal Sludge legacy now since it's just turned to shit. Everything we did, everything we accomplished, is now done. Metal Sludge is over. I like how he's even using the names I created. Jani Bon Neil, Ozzy Stillbourne, bastard boy floyd, and Donna Anderson were names I created and I wrote with, but now Stevie's using them. Kinda like Kiss having Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer play Peter Criss and Ace Frehley. I guess in a way, it's kinda fitting that Metal Sludge turns out this way. The very thing we were goofing on for years happened to us! Egos, money, and power trips.

As any of you on the Gossip Board know, Stevie Rachelle loves to promote his band. He's like Gene Simmons Jr. So now, Metal Sludge is basically going to turn into another Tuff website, as you can tell by his picture on the Main Page and his latest dates coming up. Stevie wanted to just make money, which is fine, but he didn't give 2 fucks and a piss about what went up on the page. It was all $$$$. I don't want Sludge to "never die." I don't want Sludge to be played out. I wanted Sludge to call it a day and not become a parody of ourselves. I don't want Sludge to become like the bands we used to goof on. But Stevie never wanted the page to end since it made money. Sure, that's great, but if it's not fun anymore, I didn't want to do it. And I didn't want the page to really continue on, but if it did, I told him before I didn't want my characters name used since I wrote for them. But Stevie just decided to do whatever he wants and make it sound like he's the brains behind it all. I know the Sludgeaholics and would hope that most of you are smart enough to see through all this. You guys aren't stupid. You know what's up.

So "Ozzy Stillbourne" can write on Metal Sludge TV all day long, it ain't going to be the same. Stevie can try and use those names and milk the name Metal Sludge all he wants. The truth is, the page is dead. And if you don't believe me, just keep an eye on the page for the next few weeks/months. It's over. It's not going to be the same and it never will be.

Metal Sludge 9/1/98 - 8/2/04

Fuck, you would have at least thought Stevie would have done his "take over" on 9/1! At least be consistent.

For me and my whacky characters of Jani, floyd, Donna, and Ozzy, I say thank you. It's been a fun ride. And perhaps, the real Jani Bon Neil, Ozzy Stillbourne, Donna Anderson, and Ozzy Stillbourne will ride again!

Thank you for the last 6 years! I really mean it. It was a great ride.

RIP Metal Sludge,

Jani, floyd, Ozzy & Donna

P.S. I still have control of the Gossip Board, so I have that going for me! - love bastard boy floyd

P.P.S Feel free to pass this around, send it to other rock sites, etc. Let everybody know the real deal. Thanks a lot. Also, I believe this is the end of the show on the Bonyeard too. It's all finished, so next week's show with Jericho is the last. That kinda sucks too. Blame Stevie.