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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Come on Paul & Gene give us fans what we really want & deserve Ace & Peter deserve better & so do the fans the way it”s heading this whole saga will make Paul & Gene end up with eggs on there faces …. Hope common sense prevails & the original 4 get up on stage one more time & show the R.H.O. F & universe who the hottest band in the world really is …….. & was
I said it before and ill say it again if Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley if they refuse to play with ace and peter then they don’t deserve to be inducted at all gene and Paul are not about the fans like they claim its all about the mighty$$$$$$ its ashame they cant get it together just for one night
Vinny Vincent deserves to be mentioned at the RRHOF. His songs and guitar work on Creatures and Lick it up saved Kiss from death since they were heading in that direction after the Elder record and Ace’s departure.
Creatures was one of their poorest selling records and Lick It Up, they took their masks off. …Kiss made Vinnie Vincent, not the other way around. Man, the crazy stories I’ve heard about that dude..from people who know…but yeah, if you are going to talk about all of the members he should be there.
Eddie, a few days ago you were having a discussion about how “BIG” Kiss is now compared to the 70’s . I thought about it and it is true they can not sell out arenas like they did in their ” Hey Day “, Back then, it was us against them. Most people HATED KISS. Right in the middle of Disco, soft Rock controlling radio. Today the Kiss name [ Brand if you prefer } is so much more recognized and accepted by the masses a round the world that they can do things now that they never could before. How many movies back then would put a kiss song on their sound track. Never. Now , a lot of movies include a kiss song. Gene has a TV show??? in the Seventies??? Never happening. Merchandising…They sell so much more now its not even close…. Now what the hell does this have
to do with music???? NOTHING. But to consider HOW BIG THEY ARE its just not ticket sales. A Football Team, A new reality show, Restaurants, Prime time TV appearances, HOF, Books ECT, ECT…. There KiSS fan fathers buying baby clothes for there kids, buying the books, watching them on their TV and maybe not going to a concert. Gene and Paul are making so much more money now than ever.. ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE. For the hall.. It was never going to work unless you kept the makeup off. Ace and Peter watch Tommy and Eric with makeup Not happening. Tommy and Eric watch Ace and Peter while being IN the band , then go on tour. Not happening. All in makeup… Ace said NO WAY and it would look idiotic. We all worked so hard to get them in and if they did it years , WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE, it would have worked. I HATE THAT HALL. Lets go back to the VH1 HALL. PS Thanks for the coverage. Would be in the dark without you. And PAUL ,, if you read this, Eddie can have an opinion… GET OVER IT.
I agree with this post. Gene was referring to the Kiss brand as being bigger than ever. That’s undeniable.
All of a sudden my previous messages seem to get “lost”.
So much for democracy and different point of views, right Eddie?
Freedom of speech only applies to the government restricting your speech. Being Emperor of Hard Rock is an important title, but not a government position.
Yeah, and that’s what Hard Rock is all about – censorship.