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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Ppl should not be slamming eddie trunk for nothing .he is just expressing his points in matters his opinion and facts . We should be thanking the guy . Without his show n tms theres very few left that support this genere of music at this level so i say keep the non sense to yourself and let the guy do what he does best.. anyways i am a supporter of original kiss. No singer r thayer. No way
So……by that logic, isn’t Paul entitled to his opinion too? Isn’t Paul just expressing “his points in matters his opinion and facts”?
Let’s get this straight. Bruce Kulick is only good enough to be at the pre-party in Miami for the Kiss Kruise, but Paul wants him in the RRHOF to help the current lineup take away attention from Ace and Peter.
Hi Eddie,
I’ve been lurking and reading comments on your site and reading the Trunk Report for a few years now. I normally don’t post in areas like this, but I just feel like I have to say something about this whole debacle that KISS is/has creating/created. I was a fan from the mid 70’s until the early 80’s.
My thoughts are Paul and Gene are trying to sell a product. And, they are trying to sell the product as it exists today. So, I totally get them not wanting to play with Ace and Peter at the induction. And, I’m totally fine with it. I think what pleased me the most in all of this was Paul and Gene deciding not to play in any form at the induction. To me, that was the best decision they could have made. I really see and understand both sides of this. The Hall is inducting the only four guys who were truly members of the band. Not just employees of the corporation. I do see Paul and Gene’s side too. It should be “all or none” like with many other bands that have had revolving doors in certain aspects who are in the Hall of Fame. They aren’t playing at all. I understand and completely respect that decision.
Now, what I don’t understand is why they feel they have to be-little Ace and Peter and sort of sweep their contributions under the rug, so to speak. Aren’t they really only hurting the brand they are trying to sell by saying these types of things? I know I will not purchase anything with the KISS brand name on it in the future. And, the reason is their lack of respect for the legacy of the very brand they are trying to sell!!! We all know why Ace and Peter are no longer in the band. We get it!!!! Paul and Gene can stop beating the horse now. It’s been dead for almost 20 years! We know they won’t be coming back, we know you don’t want to work with them. Like I said, the horse is dead!!!! And honestly, I understand! Ace and Peter didn’t have themselves all together. They, at times, were a detriment to the corporation/band. But, why, after all this time, do they continue to try and re-write the history and legacy of the band? It has caused me to lose all respect for Paul and Gene. Would it really be all that difficult for them to simply say “Ace and Peter did great things for the band while they were in it with us. We are thankful for their contributions. Just as we are thankful for the contributions of Eric Carr, Vinnie Vincent, Mark St. John, Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer, and Tommy Thayer. They are no longer in the band and we’ve spoken enough as to why. Let’s have the next question please.”????? Wouldn’t that be a bit easier and make them look better than how their current methodology is making them look? I know that answer isn’t a”sexy”, head line grabbing statement. But, I believe I would have a lot more respect for them if they answered this way instead of having to be-little two people who they themselves thought were the best thing for the band when they started!
I know they don’t care how they look. The fact is they are who they are and have been successful at what they do. However, I think the only way they will ever get the message is if consumers stop purchasing the products they are producing. And, this is why they keep doing what they have been. They are still making money. As soon as their new music stops selling, and their shows are less than half full, will they realize “Oh, maybe we should have handled things differently.”
I don’t like what they’ve done, but I can think of guys who have acted worse. Geoff Tate immediately comes to mind! 🙂
It is all about what they are selling NOW, and a reunion opens a can of worms and shows it DOES matter who is behind the makeup and undermines what they now sell. Said that from day 1
Disagree. It undermines nothing.
Why do people want to see 4 guys who don’t like each other fake it through a couple songs? For what? There will be no reunion tour. They did that in 1996, enough already. Its over
NOBODY wants a reunion tour! But when you tell everyone it doesn’t matter who is in the band, then come out with Ace and Peter for even one song and the crowd goes INSANE and people come from around the world to see (what would have happened, see MTV Unplugged in ’95!), kind of blows holes in the theory “it doesn’t matter who’s in the makeup.
Paul recently said in a interview that it does matter he does not want to confuse what he has built with putting the other two in make up again. it’s about MONEY! IF ACE and Peter get in Make up and the People decide they want Classic Coke and Not New Coke they have to change or they really have to deal with the whole Tribute band rather than Just being KISS.
If it truly “doesn’t matter” who is in make up, then it shouldn’t be a big deal to let the originators of the characters put it back on for a short set, right? So, obviously it DOES matter – to G&P. And, another overlooked example of how it could easily be done with the original guys is how Alice Cooper seamlessly worked the original bandmembers who were still with us perform, along with Dick Wagner, who played on the ‘Welcome to My Nightmare” record. That was a classy move. And, when it was over, the current band was back in place, no harm, no foul. It is only the stubborn refusal of Paul, particularly, that prevents the OG 4 from having one last go ’round. And, that’s a goddamn shame.
It’s pretty clear Ace and Peter want a reunion tour and I don’t blame them, it’s a lotof money.
And all of the selfish fans crying about this HOF nonsense want it too because IF they did a song or two at the HOF ceremony, then the next thing people would be wanting is a tour. Just like when Zep did that one show in 2007. It’s over people, enjoy the memories.
I take it that it sounds like Peter is happy with KISS’ decision of no one performing at all, whether it’s the original or current lineup. Can’t wait to hear Peter’s acceptance speech at the HoF.
Love Eddie; Love TMS (flew on my own nickel to attend in L.A. from New Orleans!); and love KISS- sometimes, I feel, in spite of its members. Never thought the day would come when I would be made to feel guilty as a consumer by the person I’m giving money to for showing my preference for how I choose to consume THEIR product (i.e., “Ace/Peter” merch vs. “Thayer/Singer”). I’m a musician and I’m grateful for any attention, let alone money I make from a project. Weird times.