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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Perfectly written, Eddie, keep doing what you’re doing & we’ll continue to laugh and learn with you.
Eddie … maybe off topic, sorry … but I know that you’ll know the answer.
When Black Sabbath was inducted into the Hall, did they induct Ronnie, Vinnie, Ian (etc) ?
Or did they induct only original four? I’m truly asking because I don’t know. Seems relative to this, but NO I am not equating the two bands. Curious as to the answer. Thanks
original 4
Eddie, hello and respectful greetings.
What a great point, about BLACK SABBATH being inducted. That they did that for the original 4 and not everyone else, well…I guess that is that. Still, I think SO MUCH of Sabbath’s catalog is amazing and it has nothing to do except for Tony Iommi keeping that band going. I know how a LOT of people feel about that, but I acknowledge all of them for their own reasons. They are just that great of a band to me.
KISS is the same way. I can understand various sides of the argument. The one thought I have, since I read that article on Huff Post today, is that the most KISS thing to do would have been to be the FIRST band to decline inclusion to the Hall of Shame. Even the SEX PISTOLS wrote them a nasty letter. Even better, it would have been nice if they just did one massive jam with all living members the SAME DAY as the HALL OF SHAME inductions. …just to show them.
Anyways, I love so much about so many bands, I will often take what I can get.
By and by, I would LOVE to see Gene and Paul on TMS, but they would have to swallow their pride, admit things that would take them out of their comfort zone and face the music, so to speak…and somehow I think their egos will never allow that.
And THAT is one of the many reasons I LOVE THAT METAL SHOW.
Thanks for letting me share.
Lucifer
Everyone is forgetting the HOF is Privately ran if they want to change rules or limit members it is there choice. I agree with them only the 4 should go all others are Paid employees not equal members. I like Eric Carr and Bruce and Vinnie but they were contract employees just like other bands. Dio is sort of Different and similar to Hagar in VH.
Can KISS just get inducted now and then all of this discussion can fade away? Sick of it.
soon enough
Unless it gets ugly at ceremony.
With the co-headlining tour this summer, I wonder if Def Leppard are hoping all this KISS RRHOF will blow over and just result in “good” publicity for ticket sales – or are they bracing themselves for some feedback from the fans keeping their concert $’s elsewhere?
Hey Eddie, ‘Greetings from Vancouver Island,B.C. …Im a fan of “T.M.S.”It Rocks” !! It keeps me informed & updated on current ‘Rock News & Events’ …great guests too !! Ive been labled by many friends as an ’80’s guy’ because of the music I never grow tired of listening to(you shouls see my iPod index “LoL” ya I’ve seen over 160 Concerts, 95% “ROCK”!! I used to go to about 10 concerts a year on average back then (the 80’s) when I was in my teens and it was FUN !! …we would leave those concerts cheering & yelling at the top of our lungs but we’re (P)a(u)ll getting older & just cant ‘headbang’ like I used to do up front in the ol”moshpits’ anymore to due a few accidents & injuries over the years …but I still like to relive the experience as alot of people my age do ,thats why we go , its fun to see everyone(the women) dressed up in all the latest & old style ‘rock fashion’ ,the guys wearing old concert shirts, the leather & studded wristbands, getting yur gf to back’comb & spike your hair for you and Ive even been caught wearing my old snakeskin boots to a few shows on top of squeezing into a pair of jeans I have no more business wearing at all “LoL” I remember back in the day seeing “KISS” ‘Animalize” Tour’ ..that was around my 10th concert ,also The Scorpions’ ‘Love at First Sting’ one nite & seeing Van Halen’s ‘1984’ Show the next nite >back2back concerts, that was so kool as my ears hadn’t stopped ringing from the nite before “LoL’ …saw Ratt,Fastway & Bronze , Judas Priest ‘Defenders of the Faith concert, Iron Maiden’s ‘Piece Of Mind’ Tour, think the ‘OZZY & Motley Crue’ concert was in early 84′ if I remember corectly or was that late 83′ ? …and many, many more …havn’t looked at my album of tickets for a longtime but I do have to add my last 5+yrs of concert tickets soon. I remember being turned on to Motley Crue’s ‘To fast For Love’ back in1982-3 (which I purchased shortly after) I can still remember the 1st pics I saw ,one of the group & one of Nikki Sixx ,black spiked hair,white face with black lines under his eyes,the leather & studs, the bloody knife he was holding …instantly liked them cuz #1) I wazza ‘KISS’ fan #2) liked there tunes ) they were badass ! Around the same time ‘KISS’ had just removed there make’up & came out with ‘Lick It Up’ . I used to stare at my cassette cover ‘lol’ up to this pont in time all I had & seen was those teaser pics of Ace,Peter,Gene & Paul, hands covering their faces ,napkins, etc. Oh then those not so nice black & white Cream Magazine photos ) “KISS” was still mysterious …MTV wasw hat I watched if I hoped to see ‘KISS’s videos Vinnie Vincent didn’t fit in…) I liked ‘All Hells Breaking Loose’&’Lick it Up’ I bought every rock magazine I could that had “KISS” on the cover, for the pics n’ posters to hang on my bdrm walls ,articles, song lyrics or justa blurb on them ,it didnt matter ,I had to own it ! …they were :Circus ,Hit Parader ,Rock Scene ,Tiger Beat ,Teen Beat ,Grooves ,etc. unlike today group members used to say nice things about each other ,Nikki Sixx got that tattoo of Mick Mars on his leg & loves him like a brother & praises him & his underrated talent as a musician & what he brings to MotleyCrue …Paul Stanley is just a bitter-resentful ” _ _ _ _ _ ” but smarter than you think all at the same time ! …when he bashes,insults & belittles Ace or Peter it say’s more about him anyways ,theres a motive or a reason for every word that comes out of Pauls mouth, he’s either boasting , bragging or selling something …All of us older ‘KISS’ fans, we already had our time a s the ‘KISS’ ‘Cosumer’ for the most part , The ‘KISS Corp’ (Gene,Paul & Co.) are targetting the newer generation who dont have every album, cassette,cd, comic, pencil.puzzle,figuring.poster,card,belt buckle,pin.ornament,etc.. …the future ‘KISS’ Fans (the ones they are targetting (like the ones before them(us) will want to aquire all the newly released merch. & music in its remastered bs form …ahhhh !! ok I need therapy because of Gene & Paul !! A wiseman once said ‘To have power is to abuse power’ ..well,G&P have the power as they own ‘KISS’ but they choose not to perform with Ace n’ Peter and decieve the fans in the process & deflect the real truth as to why they wont play .I truly believe that Paul(maybe Gene too?) are actually glad & happy that no one except the original 4 members. past or present(hired hands) were inducted as they see it as there band which it really is (in name only) …to me ‘Ace & Peter..Gene & Paul’ were “KISS” and will always be “KISS” just like thats not ‘Guns n Roses’ ,thats ‘Axl Rose & a Group’ whatever .justa continuation of what once was . PS: I cant wait to read Bruce Kuilick’s book in the near future & hope Eric Singer writes one too down the road (I would bet he’s under contract where he cant talk truth about KISS or Gene or Paul for like maybe 10 yrs after they’re done …? time wll tell ..tick”tock” as the ‘KISS-World’ turns in the daze of our lives “LoL” …anways , time for a movie % popcorn !!or maybe I’ll start to re-read my “Into The Void …with Ace Frehley” book by Wendy Wh(M)oore ? OMG ! Eddie , have you read this book ? if so , do you rememeber what Wendy says she was told by Ace n’ Peter and what they saw Paul & KISS fan doing in a bathroom backstage if I remember correctly OMFG !!!! anyways ,dont kill the messenger “LoL” Oh ya Paul(Stanley)as I too believe you read everything here on Eddie’s site …as a longtime KISS Fan Im so pissed off at you & Ive lost all respect for you as a person (not a musician) being a KISS Fan ,well ,you control alot of things but you cant take what I cherish most ,all my wonderful memeories of the one and only “KISS” (1973-1982 >1996-2001) ((R.I.P.)) “Back when it was real !! “KISS” Loves you ‘Rock n’ Roll’ and ‘goodnite’ !! “KarL S.”