History
Metal Sludge was founded in 1998 by Stevie Rachelle, front man of glam metal band Tuff, and his friend Shawn Card. For much of its early years, and the years which it gained most attention, the two of them were anonymously writing on the website via pseudonyms. The pseudonyms used most prominently were "Jani Bon Neil" (made up of the names Jani Lane, Jon Bon Jovi and Vince Neil), "Bastard Boy Floyd" (a play on the band Pretty Boy Floyd's name), "Taime 'Sex' Slaughter" (made up of the names Taime Downe, Steve "Sex" Summers and Mark Slaughter, "Donna Anderson" (made up of the names Donna D'Errico and Pamela Anderson, both ex-wives of Mötley Crüe members Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee), and "Ozzy Stillbourne" (a play on the name Ozzy Osbourne).
Metal Sludge's approach was antagonistic, utilizing humour, but at the same time it was in a tongue-in-cheek manner as the website did support the bands it covered. Their first large rivalry was with Gerri Miller of the now-defunct Metal Edge magazine; a magazine which once covered glam metal, heavy metal music and hard rock. After 6 years, in August 2004, the pressure on Stevie Rachelle got too intense, and he came forward as running the site. This simultaneously led to a falling out between Rachelle and Card which ended in a lengthy lawsuit.
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