Hope you guys are all doing well. Been busy on several fronts. We tape the two final episodes of the current TMS season this Tuesday in NYC. The guests will include The Winery Dogs, Vinnie Paul, Joe Satriani, Artie Lange and Jim Breuer. Plus on guitar in both shows will be Yngwie Malmsteen! And of course don’t forget this Saturday at 11P ET the latest new episode premiers featuring an hour with Peter Criss and Richard Christy on drums.
Peter talks about the first 6 Kiss studio albums and gives us his Rank of them, does our Put It On The Table segment, and of course talks about the RRHOF. For those expecting some sort of slam fest from him you will be disappointed. Obviously he wishes he would have been allowed to play one song with the original band, but now that nobody is playing he seems real happy to go up and accept the award and just thank the fans.
I’ll be in Largo this Friday hosting the Jake E Lee show. Meet & Greet and signing in the lobby before the show and books for sale. Then to MOR Cruise the next day. Honored to host MOR every year, can’t wait to see you if going!
Thanks to M Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold for rocking a TMS shirt on stage at festivals in Brazil and Australia! Saw the photos and tweeted one. I have a brand new That Eddie Trunk / Stump This T Shirt just released! Check it out in the merch store on this site (please note I can not sell TMS shirts in my store, but check out the other designs).
Live on Q104.3 NYC tomorrow 11P-2A ET. Listen via free stream at www.q1043.com or use the free iheartradio app. Live also Monday 6-10P ET on SiriusXM 39 TRUNKNation. Vinnie Paul and Joe Satriani will be in studio!
There has been SO much debate and discussion on Kiss on this site, and as usual all respectful opinions are welcome. As it stands now the original 4 will go up, each say a few words, and that’s it. Doubtful anything will change as it is now too late likely with production of the show and so many other acts involved. I also heard from everyone that Paul Stanley called TMS Wayne’s World on his Twitter. I myself have called it that jokingly in interviews. That was a super popular movie, and TMS a very popular show, so all good by me. But what Paul doesn’t realize is he is only insulting his fans trying to take a shot at a show THEY watch and most of them love. Maybe more Kiss shirts in our audience on a regular basis than anything else! So if we are Wayne’s World, or whatever else he thinks is a knock at the show, we are certainly proud to be good enough for most Kiss fans, not to mention legendary acts like Sabbath, AC/DC, Rush, Axl Rose, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and many more who all appear and appreciate what we do. Paul can continue to be very comfortable going on channels like CNN where maybe 2% of the viewers care about rock and his band and he can get the usual cookie cutter liners from the anchor that just read the one sheet. Or maybe go on Howard Stern again, who just called Kiss the most irrelevant band ever on his radio show? We have plenty of artists that get and appreciate what we do, have a sense of humor, enjoy the debate, and acknowledge as fans we have opinions. Unfortunate that in Kiss land many times the decades of positives are never acknowledged and the few things you don’t like are blown up. But it’s all good by me. I thank all the amazing artists we have and will have on and most of all the fans around the world that support TMS and have made it VH1’s longest running show. Guess we are doing something right…Party on!
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Peter: “Gene, are we allowed?”
Gene: “Can’t you see my band is up there?”
Peter: “I thought KI$$ was being inducted.”
Paul rolls his eyes.
Ace: “Ack!”
Eddie, this thing with Paul and you. The argument you had at the mall signing, mostly one sided, but one never the less. ALL the sarcasm and little jabs..ect…. Are they all because of your opinion about the make-up and he didn’t like your stance on it OR is their more to it ??????
honestly no clue. I have asked him to his face to sit down with me for 10 minutes and explain it and he never has..
LOL Why?? Why should Paul Stanley sit down with you Ed??
Who are you to him?
Paul Stanley is the Rock Star!
Not You. Sorry!
He doesn’t have to do anything. But call me crazy, I think when you KNOW somebody for decades and they KNOW you, and there is some issue that you don’t get what’s in their head, maybe it’s worth discussing for 2 minutes? Especially when you do things like call me out in front of fans at a public event (his art show) then duck out the back door, confusing everyone. Maybe that sort of behavior is worth a minute? But it’s all good by me. HIS fans ask to see HIS band on my show. We are just doing fine without Gene and Paul and honestly do not lose sleep over what they do or don’t. PLENTY of iconic bands that love and support what I do.
Rob, go to Paul’s live Twitter account and read how he acknowledges people who taunt him like you’re doing here with Eddie. Paul dismisses them only as “morons” or “idiots” and moves on. Eddie took the high road and acknowledged you with a dignified response. That’s the difference between Paul and Eddie. Who is Eddie to Paul? A more respectful and adult person, that’s who.
Well said Eddie. It just does not make sense for you and Paul to not be on good terms, or any terms at all. It’s really too bad, since you have been there for decades of support, interviews, etc. Everybody has opinions and a simple back and forth banter for a couple of minutes can easily resolve things. Maybe at the hall of fame ceremony you guys can patch it up or at least be civil? You never know. I respect what you do and am a fan of the show, love TMS.
Thanks Carlos. My door is always open as I told him many times, but also can’t lose sleep over it and won’t compromise my opinions. I do my job and he does his, but it is tough to make headway when you can’t figure out what’s what.
Carlos you sound like a sheep, follow the herd.
Your making sense Eddie, that’s all you can do. Thanks for keeping this music alive through tv and radio, true music fans appreciate it. Oh yeah Jim, I have every Kiss album on cd and have seen the band live with the current lineup. So I enjoy all eras of Kiss, therefore that does not make me a sheep. Real easy to sit in front of a screen and insult people especially this day and age where people feel entitled to do so. Eddie actually comes on here and gives his time to fans. I love Paul Stanley as a writer, singer and performer but have you seen his twitter? Not always the nicest guy.
You know Eddie… you do appear to be a little difficult to get along with. I think maybe Paul is looking for that TRUE metal fan 😉
To be fair, TMS has taken many shots at Gene and Paul, so to get mad over a tweet with a very mild jab is a little silly IMO.
The Rock Hall thing is a silly as well, who cares??? Kiss should not even show up, none of them. It’s an insult that it took so long and on top of that they’re telling Kiss who is and is not included? Um no.
Who’s mad? As I said, we joke at the show ourselves! I HAVE called us Wayne’s World in many interviews. Honestly I think it’s funny and glad to know they all watch.
Eddie,
You continually have the only two relevant members of KISS on your show. Paul was always # 4 of the four in my book, anyway. And you are right, it is a complete slam to the fans to poke fun at the things THAT ARE rock n roll. Paul seems to be pretty bitter. Goes to prove, money can’t buy happiness. TMS rocks. I really like it. And as you stated in your article, if Paul thinks KISS is above, RUSH, Iron Maiden, or Priest, then he doesn’t understand where KISS falls in line. Maybe that’s his problem, he believes that KISS is more than what it is, and that he and Gene did it.
The funny thing that Eddie keeps bringing up is that HE PLAYS THEIR MUSIC. He is the only one on terrestrial radio who not only plays them, but waxes philosophical about how good they are. I am not a major KISS fan but I have been turned on to a bunch of their stuff from Eddie. I bought KISS songs because Eddie pointed out some good ones to me. I mean, that says it all. Why should Eddie be hated on? He’s done more for them than alot of people. At least for people like me (early 30’s) who missed the whole KISS phenomenon when it was at its hugest. Paul is mental lol.
Being fan does not mean you have to agree with everything a band or team does. Eddie has soap box to stand on that all of us can hear and for some that is tough to take. Paul has thin skin so be it but its funny sometimes how offended some of the fans get when you say there childhood icons are not only mortal but flawed.