Just back from my first visit to Houston this past Saturday night and really my first ever ticketed live speaking engagement. It went down at Concert Pub North and I had no idea what to expect going in. So needless to say I was BLOWN AWAY that nearly 500 people came out to hang with me, hear me tell some stories and do some Q&A. It was a GREAT audience and a true honor for sure. Still amazed to be honest and grateful for the support. After I did about 90 minutes on stage I sat and signed and took photos with everyone in the place for at least another 2 hours. Can not thank you all enough for the incredible support for what I do. Also thanks to John and JD at Concert Pub and the local bands who also played that night, including a killer UFO tribute called Lights Out. It was a great night and I hope to book more Eddie Trunk Live dates soon! Keep an eye on the home page. This Saturday I am at Starland in NJ with my TMS partners Don & Jim for a night of comedy and more. The show is almost sold out so get your tix now if you want to come out. Please note. NO live club gigs by any of us are filmed or used for TMS. They are either speaking dates or comedy shows only. TMS is only done on the set in NYC with VH1C. Thanks.
Speaking of TMS, HUGE response to the Ted Nugent show this week! I’d say 80% very positive and people loved we kept it all about music. There are some of course that are anti Ted and I respect your positions but don’t agree. From a TV/interview perspective I love people that let it fly. We are in a day and age that everyone is SO PC, so afraid to say anything the least bit different than the norm. Everyone is just ready to pounce at anything anyone says that is different from their view. So it is refreshing as heck to have a guy like Ted who just says what he thinks. Do I agree with everything he has done and said? No. But I respect his right to say it. I have said this many times; I watch Bill OReilly and Bill Maher, and love both equally. I sure don’t agree with all they both say, but I love they have the balls to say it, especially in this hyper sensitive world of social media we are in today. I also grew up loving Howard Stern, having strong opinions sure as hell didn’t hurt him. But TMS is a music show, and Ted talked and played all music, and most loved it! It also got many talking about TMS and debating his appearance and that sure doesn’t suck either. I thought it was a great show about music, which as I say in my second book in the chapter on Ted, he is often sadly overlooked for at times. This episode repeats all week on VH1C.
Back live on SiriusXM 39 TRUNKNation tonight 6-10P ET. Myles Kennedy & Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge in studio. They will also be this weeks TMS guests that we tape tomorrow night in NYC.
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Wango Tango? Please Eddie go listen to “Hey baby” and while you are at it Play the entire Weekend Warrior album. The facts are Amboy Dukes to Weekend Warrior anything after that is garbage, I was a teenager and bought the albums as they were released I was there! You also were weak on Nugent trivia. Never the less I love the show and The Houston show was cool- Peace
I agree for the most part but “Spirit of the Wild” is one of my all-time favorite Nuge albums and “Craveman” has its moments as well.
Love him or hate him Ted Nugent was epic! His high engery and knowledge was great….and he can play a mean Guitar….I think that when you have classic rockers like Ted,Sammy they have a great story to tell and their music will live forever…keep the classic rockers coming….love the show….
Eddie my awesome friend! Great show tonight as always but you ARE VERY WRONG. Creed gets NO airplay AT ALL on radio. I repeat Creed does not get any airplay at all on ANY radio station in the United States. This is what I meant by stigma when I called in tonight. They had 1 POP HIT that RUINED their career LIKE NO OTHER BAND HAD EVER EXPERIENCED before or since. Sadly it seems like Scott Stapp is not allowed another chance by anyone if you read the terrible things people continue to say about him. Creed is a HARD ROCK band. I thought you would have been the 1 guy to have seen through that stigma – you’ve done it with other bands and taught us GREAT LESSONS in the process. Scott Stapp solo album came out in November and it KILLS. He is at Irving Plaza & Starland in April. Give them an honest listen , please? EDDIE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!
Evan, you are trying to make a case about promoting a band that sold MILLIONS of albums at one point and I saw headline Rocklahoma a couple years ago. Very hard to rally around feeling bad for a band with MASSIVE success. Stigma against Creed was because they were so big and there was a backlash against Stapp. Not sure what you are looking for but they were a major band and can be again if they should become active..
Thanks so much for respondin’ Ed! – Just a final note because I think I’ve become “that Creed guy” lol (although you prob might remember me for winning a big contest of yours almost 10 years ago) –
anyway, to answer: Creed DID become active again in 2009 after an almost 10 year break up yep – Stapp, Tremonti & Co toured and released a new album that year BUT did not become a major band again – in fact, Tour/ album was moderately successful at best even though it was their HEAVIEST effort. I guess my “case” is that I admire when you advocate bands/albums/songs efforts that go unnoticed because you are the last hope for any of them. (You turned me on to EXTREME when all I thought was MORE THAN WORDS). Creed WAS very successful but now is not and prob is defunct again – even though MOST of their stuff holds up to their hard rock peers at the time (Monster Magnet etc) Anyway, I thought that is enough to at least play a few of their heaviest tracks from time to time -(or Stapp’s new solo) but ultimately its your show, obviously. Regardless, love ALL you do , hope to see you in TMS audience next hopeful season.
Thanks for coming to Houston Eddie!
Weren’t you allowed to mention the Chili Peppers by name? At one point on this Saturday’s show (Feb 8), it was obvious you were talking about the Super Bowl, but stopped short of calling out the Peppers.
Actually was not even thinking of them. Very common for TV to be lip synched. Talking about regular shows