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, Corey Taylor) solo project. In 2013, Michael Ellis returned to play bass and sing, with Zach Throne taking the front man spot while Todd Kerns was on tour with

. In July 2014, Zach Throne left the band and with Todd Kerns out on tour again with Slash, they recruited Joshua Alan to take the frontman position. In September 2014, Scott Griffin (formerly of L.A. Guns) was added to the group as bass player. On February 19, 2016, Joshua announced his departure from the Sin City Sinners in order to work full-time with Ratt.

Awards and honors

Two years in a row (2009 and 2010) the Sin City Sinners won 'Best of Vegas' in the Las Vegas Review Journal reader's poll, In 2010, their music video "Going to Vegas" received the 32nd annual Telly Award. In 2014, the band won the Best of Las Vegas award for best local band, as voted by people across the Vegas Valley. Likewise, that same year, Las Vegas mayor Carolyn G. Goodman proclaimed August 27, 2014 (the band's 7th anniversary) to be Sin City Sinners day, in response to the band's charitable efforts over the years which have generated nearly a million dollars to go towards numerous worthy causes

In 2015, the band won ''Las Vegas Weekly''s "Best of Vegas" Readers Choice Award.

Guests

Sebastian Bach Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian-American singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and ha ...

Vinny Appice Vincent Samson Appice (born September 13, 1957) is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell. Of Italian descent, he is the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice. Career Appic ...

Kip Winger Charles Frederick Kip Winger (born June 21, 1961) is an American bass guitarist and singer, active as a member of the rock band Winger and as a solo artist. He initially gained notability as a member of Alice Cooper's band, contributing bass an ...

Tony Kanal Tony Ashwin Kanal (born 27 August 1970) is a British-American musician, record producer, songwriter, and animal rights activist. Kanal is the bassist and co-writer for the American rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. His musical work outside of t ...

* A. Jay Popoff *

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* Kevin Baldes *Nathan Walker * Stephen Bradley *

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* Jeff Watson *

Kathy Valentine Kathryn Valentine (born January 7, 1959) is an American musician who is the bassist for the pop punk band the Go-Go's. She has maintained a career in music through songwriting, recording, performing and touring as well as additional academic and ...

Joey Belladonna Joey Belladonna (born Joseph Bellardini; October 13, 1960) is an American singer, best known as the vocalist for thrash metal band Anthrax. He is also the vocalist and drummer of the cover band Chief Big Way. Belladonna has six Grammy Award no ...

Dizzy Reed Darren Arthur Reed (born June 18, 1963), better known by his stage name Dizzy Reed, is an American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the keyboardist for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has played, toured, and recor ...

* Carrot Top * Eddie Ojeda *

Annabella Lwin Annabella Lwin (born Myant Myant Aye, , 31 October 1966) is an Anglo-Burmese singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead singer of Bow Wow Wow. Early life, family and education Lwin was born in Rangoon, Burma to a Burmese fat ...

* Chuck Billy *

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Slim Jim Phantom James McDonnell (born March 21, 1961), known by the stage name Slim Jim Phantom, is the drummer for Stray Cats. Alongside bandmates Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker, he spearheaded the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 1980s. Phantom currentl ...

* Chris Holmes *

Clint Lowery Clint Lowery (born December 15, 1971) is an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Sevendust. He has also played in Dark New Day and Still Rain, and served as the touri ...

Riki Rachtman David Alan "Riki" Rachtman (born June 15, 1962) is an American television and radio personality. He is best known for his association with the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s hard rock and heavy metal scene, hosting MTV's ''Headbangers Ball'' f ...

Rob Affuso Robert James Affuso (born March 1, 1963, in Newburgh, New York) is an American heavy metal drummer best known as a member of the band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. Affuso is currently the band leader and drummer for Soulsystem, a band he forme ...

Doug Aldrich Doug Aldrich (born February 19, 1964) is an American hard rock guitarist. He founded the band Burning Rain with Keith St. John in 1998 and has played with Whitesnake, Dio, Lion, Hurricane, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising and Revolution Saints. ...

* Jeff Pilson *

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* Gilby Clarke *

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* George Lynch *

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* Tiffany * Bruce Kulick * Phil Lewis *

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* Jeff LaBar *

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*Mark Kendall *

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* Jerry Dixon *

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* Simon Wright * Carey Hart * Stacey Q *

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* Ian Mitchell *

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* Donnie Vie *Terry Ilous *Michael Olivieri *

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* Steve Riley *

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* Randy Piper *

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* Steve Summers *Louie Merlino & Ron Mancuso *

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*Lez Warner *Mickey Finn *Kyle Kyle *

Stacey Blades Stacey David Blades is a guitarist originally from Toronto Canada, who has played with such bands as Fraidy Katt, Roxx Gang, Supercool, L.A. Guns, and Electric Radio Kings. He has played on the L.A. Guns studio albums ''Rips the Covers Off'', ...

*Chas West *Frank Dimino *

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* Chuck Wright *

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* Alex Mitchell *Brent Woods *Brooke St. James *Pete Reveen *Tommy Paris *Dario Lorina *Sammy Serious *Frankie Muriel *Derrick Pontier *Steve Unger *

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*Yasuki Tamiguchi

Discography

* ''Exile on Fremont St.'' (2010): The band's first full-length album. Features a mixture of new songs, songs Todd Kerns did originally as a solo artist/Static In Stereo, and one other cover song (" Ah! Leah!", originally by

Donnie Iris Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace, February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers. He wrote the ...

.) * ''Broken Record'' (2010): An acoustic EP of 6 songs. 4 songs are acoustic versions of ones from Exile, 2 are newly recorded for this disc. * ''A Sinner's Christmas'' (2011): The band's collection of covers of holiday classics. Includes many special guests, and a spoken word intro from porn legend

Ron Jeremy Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former pornographic actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list. Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic m ...

. Features guest stars, including

and

. * ''Divebar Days Revisited'' (2013): A collection of assorted cover songs the band played during their earlier years together. Guests include Chris Holmes and Phil Lewis. * ''A Sinner's Christmas 2'' (2013): The second Christmas CD from the band. Guests include Tiffany and

. * ''Let It Burn'' (2016): A full-length CD with original songs written by previous band members, and the current band members at that time.

Venues

Previous venues played by the band have included the Divebar,

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, and Sunset Station. Other common venues include the Rio Hotel and Casino, Favorites Bar and Grill (now the Dive Bar), the Zebra Lounge, and the Fremont Street Experience. The band has also played at Girls Girls Girls, a new strip club owned by Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil. Other venues have included the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and Count's Vamp'd, owned by Danny "The Count" Koker, from the

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. In earlier shows, the band would typically walk onto stage with the recorded version of

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by Ennio Morricone playing over the speakers.

References

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External links

Official website
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;Interviews

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