Hope you guys all enjoyed the all new That Metal Show last night. It’s been great to be able to feature such a wide variety of rock, hard rock and metal in the shows evolution. Guys like Mick Jones and Leslie West have so much history it’s hard to even scratch the surface on TV with the time we have. Was cool seeing Marty Friedman geek out over Mick Jones “Hot Blooded” solo! Huge thanks to Leslie West for the amazing guitar. Had no idea that was coming! One day I MUST learn to play! Was also cool to have Lita jam. She is a big part of our shows history as the first ever guest, and now the first ever woman to perform for us. I did talk with Leslie about the loss of his leg and I did talk with Mick about Lou Gramm and the recent performance at the songwriters HOF but it was cut for time. Some will likely end up as online extras. I’ll post links when I can or visit www.thatmetalshow.vh1.com for more. Show replays all week. Next taping is this Tuesday in NYC with Mick Mars! So cool to have the unsung hero of Motley on our show for the hour. Truly underrated player too! Mick will also be in studio with me tomorrow for a LIVE TRUNKNation 6-10P ET on SiriusXM channel 39. Don’t miss it! More soon.
Quick update on the Kiss R&R HOF drama. My sources telling me that as of now, unless Gene and Paul change their mind and decide to play with the original band, there will be no performance of any kind for the bands induction. Common thought was that perhaps an all star band would be assembled to tribute Kiss since there is no performance from them now with any version of the band. But there will be no tribute either. Likely just a video package on the screens. So where we stand now is no performance at all of any kind related to Kiss, or the original band does a song or two in or out of makeup. And we all no as of now that ain’t happening. Still time for things to change but very reliable sources telling me that’s the HOF position as of now. Also each of the four original members get 3 minutes each for their speeches during the induction and only those inducted are at the podium for those speeches.
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Saw KISS for the first time at eleven years old on 8/13/77 here in Portland, OR.
High energy, bright lights, and they were so fuckin’ LOUD!!
That’s the KISS I’ll never forget Eddie!
Here are the McVitie’s “Digestives” Leslie West talked about last night on TMS:
http://www.mcvities.co.uk/products/chocolate-digestives
I think of if Tom and Eric have been in for 10yrs now, they’ve at least earned their own “character ” as far as makeup goes. I mean how hard is it to tweak the current makeup they have on? Just don’t get that….
Super stoked TMS is having Mick Mars on the show. He has played a HUGE role in The Crue’s sound and hasn’t got the recognition he’s deserved. Looking forward to what the quiet one has to say. How does the booking process work? Do you have to occasionally turn down big name acts? Seems most hard rock/heavy metal bands would be beating down the door to be on the show. Also, why the switch back to New York besides the obvious reasons of the travel for you and the rest of the crew? Thank you for your time.
Hey Eddie
Lets delete the last paragraph of my post above thats waiting to go live about devoting a hour of TMS to insulting the current version . You could never do that from a professional standpoint .
Sometimes I feel like i’m sitting around talking to my fellow Kiss friends when i’m on these boards .
Plus , i’m insulted by how Simmons and Stanley speak about Ace and Peter ( and i’m not talking about their substance comments)
Thanks