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!
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Must say the RS piece was really excellent, quite revealing, interesting reading about all that Gene went through as a younger person and what he has become today – a guy with hardly a single friend, spending an inordinate amount of time in his Kiss shrine (with dolls and Kiss caskets), mainly seeing people there only for the purposes of doing business. And then Paul’s comments about Gene living in that world of his and his disbelief that that is where he finds happiness. Ace cracked me up in his interview. Ace is Ace, glad he’s happy as a pig in s*it. What about Peter not being comfortable enough to even answer his own door. Glad I’m not a rock star. Not all its cracked up to be I guess.
I think that tidbit about Peter not answering his own door is very telling of a man that has an overinflated yet strangely insecure sense of his self. I’ve thought for years Peter was all there in the head. His book, things like the door, his wife constantly having to defend and correct what he says, continual grasping of the the People’s Choice award…his is getting old.
Hall of fame tickets are sold out…..see for yourself at Ticketmaster…….just sayin…lol
Not sold out. The out sourced n sold almost all tickets to out side agencies. Look at stub hub 4k tix left. Lots of venue do this to guarantee a sellout
There was hardly any tix put on ticketmaster other then expensive luxury pkgs. jr
Congrats on a great season of TMS. I would have to say this was the best season yet. Great variety of guests. Especially enjoyed the shows with Ted Nugent as well as Leslie West and Mick Jones. Being a KISS fan since 1976, also enjoyed seeing Peter Criss. Looking forward to reading the Rolling Stone article. Really hope the HOF induction will be something that us long time KISS fans will be able to look at with pleasure. Really looking forward to the next season of TMS and hopefully many more. Thanks for always presenting info with the fan’s in mind. I think that is why you have been so successful because you are one of us, a rock music fan!!!
Here is my FINAL word on the KISS debacle. Just because I supported every Kiss incarnation that has been out there doesn’t mean that every damn minute I didn’t wish that it was the original band.
Eddie, I just read the Rolling Stone article and I guess its what I expected to read. What I still cant get past the childish statements that Paul makes. “The one satisfaction those two guys should get in life is knowing that every day, we talk about them,” is something I would expect to hear from a teenager who is having a hard time with a break up. Someday Paul and Gene will realize that Ace and Peter played a major role for the band getting over in the first place and they need to acknowledge their contributions.
I think the RS article was pretty good and showed a real look inside their heads. Also revealing to see the dynamic between Gene and Paul who’s relationship has always seemed to be more based in business than anything. You see that as well with Paul’s comments about Gene in trying to sell his new book. Most bands have very strange inner workings so not surprising really
It is a strange relationship to say the least. I suppose all bands have members who dont always get along, but stay together for the financial rewards. I just think the childish comments are annoying and have become tiresome. Now I just wonder what the relationship with Tommy and Eric is with Paul and Gene. I guess they know they are replaceable so they keep their mouths shut.