Kicking off what’s guaranteed to be the best season of That Metal Show yet, Rush’s Geddy Lee has been confirmed for the debut episode of VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming. He will be making his second appearance on the acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal talk show, hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine. Geddy Lee returns to the show to promote the highly anticipated Rush R40 Live 40th Anniversary Tour that will kick off this summer. The tour will visit 34 cities throughout North America and tickets are currently on-sale for select markets. The episode will premiere on Saturday, February 21st at a new broadcast time of 9:00PM ET/PT, repeating at 11:00PM ET/PT the same evening.
“Back when TMS was first born Geddy & Alex were nice enough to fly to New York and be a guest in our very first season. I’ve always had a great relationship with the Rush guys and it meant so much to me they were willing to support something I was doing that at that point hardly anyone had seen or heard of,” states host/co-producer Eddie Trunk. “Amazingly almost seven years have passed and we’re now about to debut our 14th season of ‘That Metal Show’ and I couldn’t be more honored to welcome back Geddy to the set to celebrate 40 plus years of Rush and the return of TMS!”
Known for having the best musicians in music perform each week on That Metal Show, the Season 14 premiere will continue the trend with John Petrucci of Dream Theater making his first-ever appearance on the debut episode. The 7-string guitar virtuoso has been someone the show has hoped to have on for some time now. Dream Theater is currently working on their new album, which they hope will be out later this year.
Season 14 of That Metal Show will consist of 12 all-new episodes and will be shot at Metropolis Studios in New York City on Tuesday nights for broadcast that Saturday. Audience tickets for upcoming tapings are now available via Gotham Casting at gothamcasting.com/gothamrsvp. Upcoming guests will be announced in the near future.
Season 14 will also mark the return of some notable segments including Metal Modem, TMS Top 5 Rank, and Take It Or Leave It. The popular Stump The Trunk segment will also be returning as audience members go out of their way to test Eddie Trunk’s vast knowledge for a chance to win a prize and see everyone’s favorite Ms. Box Of Junk, Jennifer, who is also returning for the new season. Fans can watch previous episodes and other exclusive bonus clips at ThatMetalShow.VH1.com and on the new VH1 app.
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I know she isn’t Metal but Joan Jett would be an awesome guest
Personnally you can have Zakk on every episode and it would be fine with me. He`s one of the funniest down to earth rock gods out there. Having him introduce himself as queensryches new lead singer in front of Tate still cracks me up to this day when I think about it. A cool episode or podcast would be to get Zakk,Jake and Joe Holmes on at the same time that would be an interesting listen. How about a farmikos, red dragon cartel,black label society tour? Anyway keep up the good work Eddie and plant that seed for tour. 🙂
I agree. You could have him and Chris Jericho every week. Both naturally quick, clever and hysterical.
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The Eddie Trunk podcasts rule. The Monday night Eddie Trunk Xm 39 show rules. Any guests that are on will be great. Rush is on top of the world right now. Great choice. Eddie has got this down. No worries.
You are doing the Lord’s work, Eddie. You, Don and Jim are the flagbearers for our music genre. I know you book whoever is available and the effort is appreciated. Looking forward to seeing Geddy on the first show. Any chance Punky Meadows makes an appearance this year? Been too long since last season, whatever you do, it will be epic. THANK YOU EDDIE!