3/20: SATCH, VINNIE PAUL, PETER CRISS, KISS, WINERY DOGS, WAYNE’S WORLD, MOR CRUISE, JAKE
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!
Eddie, Your so right with with your comments Paul and Gene are just bitter old men that know that there career is coming to an end. I’m a huge Kiss fan have been since 1980 and I always will be, but lately I’m just been totally disgusted with these two they just need to hang it up already Paul can’t sing anymore his voice is shot but of course he won’t admit it. I love everything you Eddie and just keep representing the METAL WORLD like you do, your awesome at what you Thank You for everything.
TMS RULES…..
Eddie, as always you have articulated your thoughts and the truth quite well. Every time Paul or Gene open their mouths, they are insulting someone. Like you, I have been a fan since the beginning….first band I was totally into, first concert, etc. but they are really just doing and saying all of the wrong things right now. As you mentioned, going on CNN and all of these other news programs shows just how far removed from rock and roll these guys have strayed….it’s all business now, so they go on all of business/news programs. Isn’t the title of Pau’s book “Face the Music”? He should put his money where his mouth is and face the music on your show, which I’m sure he never will. Making fun of your show is ridiculous and makes him look even more foolish and cowardly. The only thing wrong with your show is that it is not on often enough! TMS is the best show VH1 has ever put on. What a foolish, missed opportunity to come on; especially considering all of the icons that have been on your show and the diehard fans that love this show so much. They should come on just to say thanks for all of the support you have given them through the years. Instead, they come up with a bunch of bullshit reasons as to why they don’t need to, want to, or shouldn’t appear on your show. Heaven forbid they go on a show where they are asked the questions people really want answered as opposed to someone reading from a script of likely pre-approved subject material.
Right on Eddie…Hit the nail on the head with your comments on Paul. Even heard a comment from him the other day that he can see KISS continuing on after he and Gene are finished…I’m sure Gene is busy now figuring out how to extract the royalties from that deal already!!! I am 42 and grew up listening to KISS and feel like I have had a death in the family seeing what Gene and Paul are doing to the legacy of this band. After years of believing that at least part of all of this was for the fans, I can see now that is a lie. You have 2 musicians that are basically ‘replicas’ of Ace and Peter who even wear their makeup – designed by Ace and Peter no less…and they cannot understand why the RRHOF wants to only honor the original 4 members? When were the best years musically for KISS? Who were members when the ‘Army’ was born? Who designed the logo? Played on the RnR anthem that most non-hardcore fans identify with the band? At the end of the day, in my opinion, the push back on the HOF is a sort of twisted payback for being overlooked for too many years. If you cant put your petty differences aside for one night (or even one lousy song) for the fans who have bought the houses you live in, supported the lifestyle you now lead, spend their hard earned money on your extortionate ticket prices then you dont deserve the induction you are thumbing your noses at!! Good luck on the next tour…I wont be there and from the comments I am reading online, neither will a growing number of your former fans!
Great report Eddie! I have a fast question for you,
Knowing now what you know of the end result of the KISS vs the RnR HOF fued,no one performing at the show.
Would you do it all over again? to get KISS inducted?
Bottom line is they deserve to be in and should have went in 15 years ago.
Well said Eddie! Big fan of the show and of Kiss, when Paul degrades the show he’s doing that to the fans as well. Really am growing tired of Gene and Paul and this tribute band. Look forward to watching The real Catman this week on Waynes World, I mean TMS. Keep up the good work Eddie, look forward to seeing you this summer at Rockin the Rivers in my home state of Montana!