3/26: TMS S13 DONE, KISS IN RS, HEADED TO FLORIDA, MORE
That Metal Show season 13 is wrapped! We filmed two shows yesterday in NYC. The first will premiere this Saturday night and feature all three members of The Winery Dogs, Vinnie Paul, and Michael from Volbeat from Denmark via Skype. The season finale that premieres a week from Saturday will feature Joe Satriami and then some laughs with Artie Lange and Jim Breuer. This was a fun show and a hell of a way to wrap our 13th season and longest with 12 total new shows. Yngwie SHREDS on both shows as our guest player. What an honor to have him play for us, still a total beast as you will see. Yngwie is a huge TMS fan and we were grateful he flew up from FL to blow away the crowd. It was great doing our latest season back home in the NYC area. Loved doing a show a week format (only did two this week because I am away next week) and we had a huge variety of guests from Nugent, to Mick Mars, to Peter Criss, to Lamb Of God, to Mick Jones. SO many great artists in a wide variety of rock and metal, many appearing for the first time on TMS. No small feat when you consider we have now done over 110 shows! Want to thank all the guests and all the fans for the support and hope you enjoy these last two weeks of new episodes. Where and when we do more new ones 100% up to VH1 Classic. Hearing likely in the Fall. More news when I know. But enjoy these final two new ones coming of Season 13!
Never thought I’d see the day Kiss would be on the cover of RS. Cool classic photo too! Haven’t read the story yet but have heard all about the quotes from various members. I have said my part about how I feel countless times. No need to keep rehashing here. Enjoying seeing all of your comments posted on this site.The complete story is now online and linked in the news section here on this site. ALL are welcome as long as it is respectfully done. In a matter of a couple weeks this event will be over and likely quickly forgotten. Kiss will go on with what they are doing, Ace and Peter will do what they do. Us as fans will decide what we do and don’t want to support and what we do and don’t like. This has been a crazy process for sure, and it sucks we won’t get one last original performance for a song or two, but at least as fans we will know that one of the HOF’s MANY injustices will be corrected and Kiss will be in the Hall after 15 years of snubs!
Speaking of the HOF, I was interviewed by the NY Post yesterday about it. Apparently there are about 4000 tickets still available for sale. Apparently there are larger issues to deal with than just no Kiss performance. Remember this event is NOT just about Kiss. Several bands are being honored. I suspect since Kiss isn’t playing they may just do their induction early on, but not sure yet on the schedule. I do plan on being there as a guest of Ace and Peter so will let you know more when I do.
Headed to Tampa FL tomorrow. Will be in Largo Friday night hosting the Jake E Lee show, then hosting the MOR Cruise Saturday thru Wednesday next week. Look forward to seeing everyone and please keep an eye on my twitter and the appearances page on this sites home page for info and updates. More dates and cities to come in what will be a busy Spring / Summer on the road!
Eddie…., I will be emailing VH1 Classic to death, in hopes they add (at least) 6 summer episodes, to pass the time on until the fall…. Also, is there any way you can convince Perry Farrell of Lollapolooza to add a “Metal Stage” to the venue? Chicago is a very Metal community and would love to see us host a Metal festival in the near future?
I don’t know Perry. VH1C and TMS schedule all revolves around budgets. VH1C has much less to work with than VH1, MTV, etc. Thanks
have been a kiss fan since 1977 And I’m gonna speak from the heart. Gene and Paul I use to have much love for you and now I think you are complete Greedy assholes how dare you even Say that ace and Peter haven’t earned the right to wear their makeup that they create News flash if it wasn’t for the four original members you wouldn’t be here today which means no money no fame you wouldn’t have the family’s that u have today nothing. Granted ace and peter did fuck up a lot but that is the past and if u have any respect left in ur black hearts u will give ur fans and the two guys who helped build the kiss brand just ten little minutes of ur time and show the piece o shit hall of fame how its done and rock the place with ace and peter and after that ten minutes that your fans ask of u then you can go back to the nice big houses that ur fans help buy you and enjoy the life that u can because of us fans come on a favor for a favor we don’t ask for much and we are smart enough to know that there will be no reunion tour so stop using that as one of ur many excuses. P.s stop giving Eddie trunk so much shit this man gives u more props and airtime and respect then anybody out there.
Has the HoF put out an official statement yet on their side of the KISS performance or lack therof? We hear three different sides from Ace and Pete/Gene and Paul/Eddie Trunk that its hard to distinguish fact from fiction. Gene says HoF wont let current band play, Ace and Pete say Gene and Paul dont want to play with them. Eddie says HoF lets artist do whatever they want (didnt Heart last yearbplay with two line ups?). Eventually the truth will come out. I hate being lied to.
Very simple. The HOF wanted originals. Gene and Paul say no. Hall would have accepted current Kiss but that likely would mean Ace and Peter do not attend at all. Also risk more fan backlash to G&P if current band only plays. So nobody plays and at least all four originals there to get inducted.
good luck at the HOF, it might be just a little awkward as a guest of ace & peter’s if you run into paul & gene don’t you think? hey, maybe after all this time they’ll finally explain what their issue/problem is with you, besides yourself we all would like to know what it is as well. it has to be more than just not being happy about tommy & eric being disguised as ace & peter, don’t you think?
Not weird for me. I know all of them for decades, have interviewed all of them for decades. I do what I do and will hang where and with who I am welcome. All good by me. They have the issue, I just have my opinion as a fan, which apparently is also shared by many.
Yes, the handful of 25 people who post on this board.
Really, there’s just 25 of us?!!? Wow, amazing! Well my fellow handful of 25, welcome to our metal world!!!!
So now Gene says that Ace and Peter don’t deserve to wear the make up that they created he is so full of crap. I have been a huge Kiss fan all my life and i am done. Eddie just wanted to say you and the TMS crew kick ass and I don’t miss one episode keep it real and KEEP ROCKIN
I was so moved by Peter Criss’ words regarding the RRHOF debacle. Peter is right: what’s a ten minute performance by the original members for the fans? As someone has already said in this thread: the fans aren’t idiots. We know that there won’t be a reunion of any sort and I personally am cool with that. But just for once it would be nice to honor the fans with a performance for the 40 years we supported them. And if Eric and Tommy can’t deal with it, they can get over it IMHO. They may be in the band now. But they’ll NEVER be Ace and Peter – makeup and costumes or not. All Kiss is to me now is a glorified tribute band.