Thanks to all who came to our live show in Philadelphia this past Saturday night at The Troc. Great time and appreciate all the love. Also thanks to Vinnie Moore for being a guest. This Saturday me, Don & Jim hit The Token Lounge in Westland MI by Detroit. Hope you can join us for comedy, Q&A, trivia and much more. I’ll have both of my books for sale as well as T shirts and more. Come hang!
Thanks to Judas Priest for coming by my radio show last night. Good to have Priest back in action with a new album coming in July. We hung out for 90 minutes, took calls, and played a new track. Audio already on Youtube (and my news section on this site) and also On Demand on the SiriusXM app. Thanks to Rob, Richie and Glenn for coming in. Tour coming in the Fall! More from the new album when I can play it.
I am aware that once again Paul Stanley was asked about coming on TMS by a fan at a Jewish center in SF. It was caught on video and once again he gave the Wayne’s World line. I love that his FANS are asking him. But the fans are the bosses right? Seems Paul is much more comfortable on shows like The Talk and others and that’s fine. He doesn’t need our show and we are fine as the longest running show in VH1 history without him. But as proven by the clip his FANS are asking him and he has no real excuse besides “Wayne’s world”? As I said when he called us that on Twitter, I don’t take offense to that. I have jokingly called the show that myself! We don’t take ourselves so serious. Paul is very sensitive as he says himself in his new book. So shows like The Talk and CNN where he will get questions a producer fed the host from a latest bio on exactly what he wants is a perfect fit for him. Many Kiss and rock fans don’t watch those shows but at least he is more comfortable there it seems and that’s fine. Our little “Wayne’s World” was good enough for Maiden, AC/DC, Sabbath, GnR, Paul Rodgers, Sammy Hagar, Metallica, Aerosmith Rush, and many many more. Even the last few bands Kiss worked with Motley and now Def Leppard have all been guests on TMS, embrace the show, and realize the importance of it. So all good by me. Wayne’s World was a hugely popular film, TMS is a popular show around the globe with rock and metal fans. Thanks to TMS fans everywhere for all the support and to Paul for at least watching. I mean you couldn’t reach a conclusion on something without having watched right? As has always been the case our doors remain wide open to discuss ALL aspects of an artists career. Party on!
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Eddie, if VH1 Classic was available in enough homes to actually get ratings, then maybe Paul Stanley would make an appearance. One more thing, you say the mainstream shows know nothing about hard rock and metal and only read the bands bio. That’s kinda funny considering when you get mentioned in the same mainstream media, you MARK OUT big time…posting links on Twitter and Facebook and mentioning it in your Trunk Report.
Eddie,
I have a new idea fir the next season of TMS. You could play a clip of any question asked of Paul Stanley during a national TV interview , then ask the audience to guess the Paul Stanley canned sound bite response. Watching that interview at the Jewish Center was painful. Paul couldn’t wait to rip off his patented sound bite answers. It’s becoming as predictable as the fake KISS set list. Sheesh…
I see a lot of posts that say KISS can’t sell tickets anymore. I live in the small city of Tulsa, OK and they have already sold 16,000 seats for a show that isn’t until Aug. 29. They came here in 2009, by themselves, and sold out. Came through the last time with the Crue and sold out. I’m sure this one coming up with Def Leopard will sell out as well. Some of you people act like they are playing House of Blues and casinos. What’s wrong with seeing two well known acts together on the same night? Beats seeing a warm up band that nobody cares about.
So I just read a tweet on this site from @MusicMost that said “Stanley is right TMS is a shitty show hosted by two posers and Don” Is this post a joke or is some one who has nothing better to do with his/her life following Trunk just to make rude comments? Sounds like that person is the poser. What a douche bag.
As big of a fan as I am of Paul Stanley he wouldn’t fare very well on TMS. He doesn’t answer questions and Doesn’t speak honestly without hiding behind the same handful of idiotic platitudes that he always uses. How man times did he have the same pat answers to what seemed like a select handful of questions. Kiss is the bitter pill the hall of fame had to swallow. His oliver stone autobiography, ” the words I hear most often to describe my book is inspiring” or comparing most rock books to toilet paper. Would hate to see you have to dumb down the questions that much. He’s a smart guy but he no longer HSS a clue about speaking to the press or addressing an audiancehis stage banter resembles that of a grandmother from queens as much as his wig does. What the hell did living in California do to him? I love what he once was. Not sure who or what he is now.