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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Hey Eddie,
Love your show. Great stuff. Have you seen this?
http://musiconthemenu.blogspot.com/2014/02/kiss-and-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-by.html?m=1
Pretty fair and balanced, and the guy gave you a nice shout.
Walt
Walt
Good blog post. I think Paul’s comments are dead on and while I respect his wish to not play with Ace and Peter any longer, that doesn’t mean I disagree with his comments, which I think are dead on about the hypocrisy of the Rock and Roll “HOF.”
Induction at this point is really more of the fans embarrassing the HOF and forcing them to do something they really don’t want to do than it is about being all that “proud” of the institution.
Eddie, I saw Kiss in full make up on the Dynasty tour. I was in 4th grade. It made such an impression on me and to be honest, probably changed my life. When the original band split, it was major as I’m sure you remember. The school yard was literally full of this situation. I mean, we had Kiss lunchboxes, kiss pencils, backpacks, portable AM/FM radios….everything a kid could ask for. I think this is lost on so many people these days. Bands are big these days to be sure but what Kiss was then is not even comprehend by people today who didn’t live it. My question is: do you think Kiss will recover from this HOF crap. One could argue that even though Gene and Paul have a band called Kiss, Ace and Peter were Kiss. I have 44 years to look back on and I’m not sure this black eye will ever leave. Its too bad. I remember defending them when the adults said they were a gimmick. Now, people see Ace as one on the greatest guitar players ever and they all could sing, play and hold their own. They overcame all that and here this train wreck still happens. Makes me aad Eddie. Your show is a must see in my house and thanks for keeping me young.
I’m not happy with how the HOF went down but I’ve never or ever would thinkt of Kiss as just Ace and Peter. To me, early Kiss was a special band…period. 4 guys battling the odds. But things are rarely what they seem. I’ll always appreciate the fact that Gene and Paul…well, mainly Paul kept it going for 40 years. There was some good stuff in the 80’s…IMO their very best album, COTN was made without Pete and Ace. And while they never attained the height of their 70’s popularity in the 80’s…it was still a good time with some good music. Music that could have NEVER been made with Pete and Ace. Fact is Kiss would have destroyed itself had they stayed around because they could have never evolved. Well Ace could have had he cared. So while the originals will always be the best, 40 years is almost unheard of in music. Fans can thank Gene and Paul for that. For me it all ended after the Farewell tour but hey…if people wanna continue to buy it, more power to them. I may not like it but they can do whatever they want. And…the HOF stuff will blow over afterall, it’s really only the diehards that even take the time to post something that care about it.
In my opinion Kiss is such a joke now ….and nobody was a bigger KISS fan than I . They have become a joke to me esp. after hearing the H.OF. drama . To me WITHOUT ACE & PETER IT IS NOT KISS.. lame cover band . To see others in Ace & Peter s make up always made me sick .
I’m tired of all the HOF debates over Kiss. It’s just like the VH induction, a bunch a jibber-jabber, and the fans get screwed in the end. Surprise…
VH is different because the VH brothers chose not to attend at all
I think this a moot point. No one is playing. It sucks, but there is nothing that can be done. Maybe if they had been inducted earlier the bad blood between them might not have been so bad. They all said things about each other. This one was one was a drunk, the other one was an ego maniac, this one was a control freak, so on and so on. I saw the episode when Ace was on TMS and Eddie asked him if he would go to the induction if and when it happened. Ace’s reply was “If I get invited”. Eddie in shock responded ” What do you mean if you get invited?!” Looking back I think the clue was there that there not much love left between the original four. I highly doubt that Petre and Ace will show. How awkward would that be? For them and the fans. Are the four going to just stand there and do what? It’s not like they are going to high five or hugh each other after the speaches are done. I think all of us fans wished it would be different, but this is the reality of things. Also, I for one will ALL respect for them if they were to reverse their decision becasue of the fans backlash. Just my too cents. Looking for ward tohearing Eddie in about 28 minutes on XM.
What really bothers me, besides kiss not getting along, is the politics behind the hall of fame itself. It really feels condescending that they’re finally inducting kiss because of fan demand, not because they want them in, almost like, “well ok then, we don’t get it, but the fans want it, so I guess we have to let them in.” Jann wenner’s popularity club, that’s all this hall is. Remember his crap magazine put the Boston bomber on the cover, and referred to kiss’ first album as “buffalo Farts”. Extreme left thinking.
Eddie, why would you or any other longtime KISS fan want them to reunite at the HOF if their hearts were not into it. As a lifetime fan I would hate to see my rock heros play together because of fan pressure and not because they wanted to. It would be a terrible thing to see them come out and fake it. That is not the way I want my last memory of the original band playing together to be.It seems as if they almost hate each other at this point. The autobiographies have ruined any reconciliation. They should have kept their problems within the band private. They all sold out each other to make a buck on their books. I don’t think any of them should show up to the HOF. Like you said, they should have gone in back in 1999 when they were still together. Then and only then could they have gone in with dignity.
I have said consistently that I am fine with no performance vs Ace and Peter watching the current band. They likely would not have attended if the case
Exactly! Each member get up, and say their piece with some class, and dignity. OR All 4 of them get up, and flip the HOF the bird! Either way, but no way Ace, and Pete should ever be subjected to watching Tom, and Eric pretend to be them.