As expected when I wrote an article yesterday in this space about certain people that can’t wait to POUNCE, twist, and distort things I found some people that did exactly that. It is a sad world we live in when “media” can constitute anyone with a blog, twitter feed or Facebook. When people filter out 95% positive things and only POUNCE and distort your opinion on one thing you don’t like to further their agendas. I see it every day on so many fronts and all you can do is laugh. The days of intelligent respectful debate are gone online. Even if you try to do that a certain percentage will just find a way to distort and POUNCE and take out of context anything to make them look better or smarter. Stunning some could reach the conclusions I took “shots” at Steel Panther for my preference to have seen a traditional metal band open for Priest, ignoring of course all the positives about the band in the post. In this day and age to some that is “taking shots”. That is sad and pathetic. Imagine if someone REALLY took a shot at someone? They’d need to go on a month apology tour! But there will always be that element out there that lives to cause shit. I’ve been in this far to long to cave to that bullshit. But thanks to the internet there are so many screaming for attention that just live to knock people down a peg. More proof? Just over the weekend I went to dinner with Chris Jericho (oh, wait, I should have just said “a friend” because then I am a name dropper, another idiotic thing if I ever heard it!). The chef asked for a photo with me and Chris. I drove to the dinner in my convertible on a nice night. My hair was a mess. When the photo was posted to twitter it was nothing but comments about my hair? I mean you couldn’t make it up! After 30 years in the business I have heard it all and grown an awfully thick skin. But it is sad that this is the world we are in now. It isn’t everyone by any means. Don’t get me wrong, the great majority are people that are cool and respectful. But the bottom feeders who essentially make shit up are out there everywhere and just waiting to POUNCE as I knew they would…
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Pleased to announce my show is back on WAAF/Boston. It starts up 7/11 and will be on every Friday night starting 11P. Great to have them back with us on the syndicated show! This weekends Eddie Trunk Rocks will feature all American hard rock and metal for the 4th.
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See you 7/16 at Retroactive in Myrtle Beach SC 5-7P. Both books for sale and a live radio broadcast with my Myrtle Beach affiliate. Should be a blast!
Awesome to hear the show is back on WAAF, will be tuning in!
Ed, You have taken shots at Steel Panter and want them to change their act from a comedy routine to a real metal band. There’s nothing wrong with the shots you took at Panter and I agree with your shots 100%. It would be really cool if they would take their act seriously!
This is exactly why I avoided the internet most of my life. We live in a big world, but the internet makes it ALOT smaller! Everything gets magnified, glorified, and horrified! No matter what you say, or how you say it, it always seems to get twisted one way or another into something else. There’s nowhere to hide on the net, even if you have nothing to hide. Like you said Eddie, all it takes is 1 comment, 1 word, something somebody doesn’t like or agree with & boom, before you know it, you’re having to defend yourself & “clarify” everything.
I agree with the previous poster, I hope you don’t let all this bullshit make you decide to retire from the music scene, (the REAL music scene). When it comes to “our generation” of information, you’re the man! And I’m not “kissing ass”, I’m just telling it like it is. Cheers 🙂
Eddie is your show gonna be live in waaf?
…so now let’s hear “pounce” by pon jovi