THE BIG BALL STARS, featuring vocalist ROBIN McAULEY, of McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP, GRAND PRIX and SURVIVOR, vocalist / guitarist John Corabi, of MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION and RATT, drummer Chris Slade, of URIAH HEEP and AC/DC, keyboard player Teddy Zig-Zag, of GUNS 'N ROSES, plus the RATT credited Robbie Crane on bass and Brent Woods from the VINCE NEIL band, performed a one off live set on January 27th 2007 at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California.

Chris Slade joined ECOTONIC, a band unit featuring Jason Ebs, former member of the PETER CRISS band, and vocalist Janea Chadwick.

BILLY IDOL guested with the band for their Saturday 28th March 2009 concert at the Knitting Factory, performing VAN HALEN's 'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love', THE WHO's 'The Real Me' and his own 'Rebel Yell'.