2/22: TMS PREMIERE RECAP, BACK FROM PITT, TRUNKNATION MONDAY
Tremendous response to our season premiere of That Metal Show last night with Geddy Lee, John Petrucci and Joe Elliott. I just returned from gigs in Pittsburgh and haven’t watched yet but the social media feedback was great! Thanks especially to Geddy Lee. We need huge names like this to help keep this show alive and him coming to do TMS for the second time was huge and a great way to debut! Having support from these major bands and names really helps keep growing the show greatly and I appreciate it. Amazing how many people commented on us wearing collared shirts and not band shirts. Some thought there was now a VH1C dress code which is really funny. The truth is we are in NYC in the Winter and it’s often cold on the set. If it helps at all my shirt had a small Marilyn Manson logo above the pocket, but you couldn’t see it without HD, which VH1C is still not in. And speaking of that a ton of people still pound me about the HD thing. Trust me, it is as frustrating for me as it is for you in 2015 to be talking about this! But I do NOT own the network and have NO control over it. We are shot in HD but until the channel upgrades it can’t be seen that way sadly. Has nothing to do with me and is absurd to be talking about at this stage of the game but out of my hands. At times Palladia will air some shows in HD and you can also see them on the computer close to that way at www.thatmetalshow.vh1.com . Also use that link to see the show if you don’t have VH1 Classic. I do not control if you can get it outside the USA either, sorry. We shoot the next episode this Tuesday with all members of Anthrax and Alex Skolnick on guitar. Thanks again for watching.
Thanks to all who came to the Rex Theater in Pittsburgh Saturday night for two killer live shows I did with Don & Jim. My first time in Pitt and it was a blast! Yes I had a Premonti’s Brothers!
Live on SiriusXM tomorrow 6-10P ET on channel 39 TRUNKNation. Much to play and say!
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Eddie, Don, Jim,
Sorry so many of your fans are total idiots. Collard Shirts?! HD?! WHO CARES!!!!!!
The greatest music show on TV and they want to complain about your shirts?
Just keep on keeping on. Thanks for all your hard work.
It’s all good! I appreciate everyone watching. It’s just funny the conclusions some reach. I assure you we will be back in T shirts when it’s not freezing in studio!
I thought you guys had raided Eddie Vedder’s closet.
I guess if VH1 Classics had a dress code requiring collared shirts, Jennifer Gottlieb would be the non-conformist in the bunch. You guys need to toughen up like her.
Great episode! Geddy Lee is one of my favorites.
With respect to HD, you guys should release all your previous episodes on beta tape. Some may remember that beta was supposed to be the higher quality alternative to VHS. People would buy them in protest and to raise money for the network to upgrade. You could do a limited edition package with beta tapes, a beta player, and an autographed console television. There’s gotta be some well-off fans of the show that would buy that. Tell Gene Simmons if he doesn’t come on the show he has to buy five of them.
Absolutely great opening episode last night. The highlight for me was the interaction about which Rush live album was the best. Geddy Lee was still explaining his point as the credits were rolling!! Being a huge fan of Circus magazine back in the day, I read articles on Rush for years without having heard a single song since they weren’t being played on any FM stations in South Carolina at that time. Went back and read your article on Rush today from your first book and you noted their that All The World’s a Stage was your favorite live Rush album. Anyway, really looking forward to the remaining shows this season. Great format and I for one really enjoy the show. Thanks for the great product!!
Great to have all new shows back on TV . Now to my one bitch when you did the top 5 list this week you never said Joe Elliott complete list . I for one would have loved to here your take on his number 5 pick as by far one of the most under rated groups of it time Alex Harvey was so ahead of his time a pure genius and left this earth way to early just something happened to notice . to all the people who have no clue who the Sensational Alex Harvey band was check out there album the impossible dream you will see where a lot of bands got there influences from
I don’t mind it not being showed in HD actually, the show have a 80’s vibe, nostalgia and all that so it kinda fits it looks like it was shot in the 80’s too!