Quick update on some stuff as I need to run into NYC for tonight’s live radio show. Join me 6-10P ET on SiriusXM channel 39 TRUNKNation LIVE with Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister in studio and more.
Added a new book signing to the next leg of my tour that kicks off a week from tonight at Trees in Dallas. I will now also be in McKinney Texas 11/19 at The Guitar Sanctuary from 7-9 selling and signing both books and also doing a Q&A in their events center. Please see the home page for all dates as I prepare to hit TX and OK next week! More details there. Hope you all come out!
Thrilled to announce the official return of THAT METAL SHOW for 2014! Season 13 will premiere 1/18 on VH1 Classic. The show is moving its production back to NYC. We are also changing the way we do the shows for the first time. Instead of doing a bunch in a few days and then they roll out over time, we will now be doing a new show in NYC every Tuesday that you will see that Saturday. Also we will do more new episodes in a row per season. Instead of 8, we are now scheduled for 12 in a row once we start up again. So more new ones in a row, and much fresher and quicker to air. The reason we did TMS in LA last few years was because a HUGE amount of the artists were based there. That fact had not changed. But the hope is that with a regular tape schedule and the growth in popularity in the show (THANKS TO YOU!) they will come to NYC to be a part of it. Doing it back home saves us budget and allows for more new episodes. So its yet another phase in this shows amazing story and we will see how it goes. No guest announcements yet, and ticket info will be announced when we get closer here and on my Twitter and FB as always. I’ve now been on VH1 Classic since 2002, and I am honored and thrilled to continue working with them as well as my TMS partners Don & Jim. It’s amazing what this show has become and I am grateful. On to season 13! Much more to be announced soon. (Don’t forget the annual Dingbatz TMS Christmas party is 12/14 in Clifton this year).
Kiss R&R Over came out 37 years ago today. Crazy! That means 37 years ago I got my first Kiss album and my life was changed and set on this course of rock obsession. At 12 I purchased Destroyer today. Since R&R Over was new my friend suggested the album before as the introduction to Kiss. Hugely pivotal moment in my life for sure. And taking all the silly Kiss arguing out of it, thanks to Gene, Paul, Ace & Peter for my first taste of hard rock music and setting me on this path. Now on to the R&R Hall let’s hope FINALLY!
Last but certainly not least, THANK YOU VETERANS!
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ARMY VETERAN TOURED WITH KISS I was a Soldier in the U.S. Army for 21 years. I have been in the KISS Army for 38 years. I served in both. I was an Infantryman, answering my country’s call on tours around the world. I was a roadie, helping to put on the greatest rock and roll show on earth on tour around North America. I dreamed about doing both ever since I was a kid. I have since fulfilled those dreams . A year later, I find myself pushing toward fulfilling other dreams and goals. After I decided that it was time to hang up my boots and retire from the military, I had to figure out what path to take next. For the next year and a half, I struggled in the job market. I didn’t have a college education and, after spending all of my adult life in the military, I didn’t really know how to market myself to potential employers. Life had become very frustrating until one day I got a Facebook message from a friend in Virginia that would change my life. Last year, KISS got together with Hiring Our Heroes, part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to hire a veteran as a roadie for the summer North American tour. After submitting my resume, I started to think about how I could get mine noticed over other applicants. So I started a Facebook event to ask all who joined to send an email recommending me for the job. Over a hundred of my friends sent letters of recommendation, including some written by active and retired Army Officers which could have gotten me into Harvard. After being interviewed over the phone, I was flown to New York City to appear on NBC’s Today Show. After joining Gene Simmons and the hosts of the show, Gene revealed that out of over 2000 applicants, I was chosen . Needless to say, my excitement was almost overwhelming. It would become the greatest summer of my life.
Kiss has always been very supportive of the troops which I think is great. Thank you for your service.
Eddie. I’m right there with you. I vividly recall living in The Bronx, walking down the block and some kid had a Cream magazine with Kiss in it, around 1974, or 1975 right around when Alive was breaking. They weren’t that big yet, but they were getting there, and I had no idea who they were…yet. Then, we moved to Westchester, and I also vividly recall going to Korvettes (aging myself a bit?), and buying The Originals (1st 3 albums, still have it), and Rock and Roll Over, while my older sisters played Alive I to death, and later got sick of Kiss (how dare they?), I never did. I also had Destroyer, 1 copy of which melted in the sun (bad idea to leave an album in the car when you go to the beach), and another a friend sat on. Needless to say, I purchased it again at least twice. Overall, my favorite Kiss album of all is Rock and Roll Over as it’s album cuts are as good as the hits. Mr. Speed is no drop off from Dr. Love in my book. In either case, my obsession started at around the same time, and I hope they get in the Hall as well! They’re overdue, not that I had to tell you that!!! – Dave from Westchester, NY
I cannot wait for TMS this is such great news. Eddie you are such a great ambassador to Metal.
Great to hear about the new season of TMS, one of the best shows on television that actually supports hard rock and metal. I also like the fact that it is going to be taped around the time of the air dates so that there is not a time lapse on what the artists are doing and talking about on the show. Thanks Eddie
Thanks!
Would it kill you to come to Georgia? 🙂
We actually LOVE your show here….though we think you have a funny accent. 🙂
Would LOVE to, just time, schedule and opportunity