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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Hey, Eddie…I know you’ve received tons of feedback about the Kiss fiasco regarding the so-called Hall of Fame…being a fan since I was five years old (I am now 44) I feel like I have to get out my frustrations on all the BULLSHIT coming from Gene and Paul. In brief, the Kiss I love is the original band: the ones that wrote all the great songs that I still listen to 40 years later and will continue to until I’m dead (and if it’s possible, even then). With due respect to Eric Carr and Bruce Kulich (sp?) the ONLY Kiss that matters is the original lineup…they are the reason I lost my mind over the reunion nearly twenty years ago and why that tour was SO successful, they are the reason I’m still preaching them to the fuckhead nay-sayers (FUCK Howard Stern and his tiny cock!!)…there were plenty of great bands–the Doors, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Velvet Underground, etc…that were only together a short while, the “longevity” with the other members of the band over the years has NOTHING to do with it. What Ace, Gene, Paul and Peter created in those few short years in the mid seventies are the reason Paul and Gene have a band at all these 40 years later. What an erection-killer!
How can Paul or Gene think anyone except the original lineup be inducted? Only the original 4 were members of Kiss. Paul and Gene chose to make everyone from Eric Carr to Tommy Thayer employees of them and not equals. People can mention other bands like Van Halen, AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Grateful Dead, etc. All the newer members of those bands became full members and not employees of founding members. Heart only inducted the original lineup and Lynyrd Skynyrd only inducted the 70’s lineups. Paul and Gene have nobody to blame but themselves for screwing over these other musicians that worked for them. I can see maybe Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick being inducted but they were only technically employees of Paul and Gene. If Paul thinks Aces playing and Peters drumming isn’t good enough to play a few songs with him and Gene, who by the way would play with Ace and Peter, he should hear how bad he sings now.
Every now and then, you have to take a step back and analyze just what it was about your “heroes” that made them heroic to you. Unfortunately, as regards the recent statements made by Gene and, more specifically,Paul,regarding the Hall of Shame Induction ceremony, I’ve come to the conclusion that they were never heroic, only lucky and driven. It appears that their “drive” is about to take KISS over the edge of a cliff, and I doubt they will ever recover from the damage they are doing to this once great band. Sad and pathetic. Paul needs to retire and just go home and paint.
Hey Eddie , big fan of you…….as a Huge original KISS fan myself (personal preference), I believe that Gene & Paul will appear at the RORHOF in full makeup & costume & Ace & Peter will most likely be in plain clothes……..what a slap in the face that would be to Ace & Peter.But we will see how many original fans will agree with me as well. Because to disagree with Gene’s attitude that “it doesn’t matter”, Eddie……it DOES matter, thanks man.
I don’t think anyone is wearing makeup, but who knows?
Thanks for keeping up the good work you guys do on TMS, it is appreciated. Paul is entitled to his opinion as you have said but I think it shows just how out of touch he must be. Sorta sad really. One of my rock heroes from my youth who prided himself on being rebelious and pleasing the fans is really looking like a synical old man, like the neighbor who yells at you for walking in his front yard. Apparently if you disagree with him or Gene in anyway you must be against them. Say the wrong thing on their facebook page or twitter and you get banned. Eddie i believe you when youve said that you have no animosity twards the new Kiss and welcome them on TMS so they can voice their opinions. Instead of having an adult discussion with someone with a difference in opinion its better to just trash them. I was one of their biggest fans but I cant respect them anymore! They way theyve handled the HOF situation and recent comments are mind numbing. Even from a business stand point you cant alienate your target consumer group! Are they that hung up on themselves that they believe they can do or say what they want without any repricussions? Its not the 70’s anymore and they dont have the following they once.had. We know B.S. when we hear it! I think this will have a huge negative impact on their 40th anniversary tour. Keep up the good work Eddie and tell the guys onTMS we love ya!