SMALL FACES: Back to Guns N’ Roses...

SMALL FACES: Back to Guns N’ Roses for a second: Guitarist Slash has signed a deal to be a spokesman for Black Death Vodka. How ‘bout a decanter in his image, with his top hat for the spigot and hair covering his face. . . ?

Former Husker Du singer-guitarist Bob Mould, having been dropped by Virgin Records after two solo albums, will release his first for Rykodisc in August. . . . Ryko will also release a live NRBQ album in June and the first domestic CD versions of albums by the Soft Boys, which included Robyn Hitchcock. . . .

Four years after Madison, Wis.-based Old Skull’s debut album, the members may be rock veterans, but they’re still the youngest punk-rockers in the world, being just 11 and 12. A second album, “C.I.A. Drug Fest,” is due next month.