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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Eddie, I respect everyone’s opinion because that’s all it is. But Armchair Quarterbacks sometimes have WAY too much free time and don’t have anything better to do than getting their rocks off stirring up shit and taking shots at people. There’s positive and negative in everything and some people just get a kick out of pointing out the negative. Someone sees a.picture of you and Chris and all they want to do is say something about your hair proves the point that people use the internet to “safely” be assholes.
My dear friend Tom Hanks once told me, over dinner with Robert Plant, “Dew, it’s not polite to drop names”
Don’t sweat them, Eddie. Keep doing what you do my man!
Kind of hard to tell of your experiences when you can’t say who they were with! haha. Thanks
Eddie, keep flying the flag the best music ever recorded and the best fans in the music industry.
Rock on brother…….a lot of people appreciate and respect your passion for hard rock and heavy metal.
Rockmonster.
Buffalo, N.Y.
I completely agree with you, Eddie! Too many people focus on everything BUT the reason we all congregate…the MUSIC! Thanks for voicing the opinion of many, Ed.
Eddie,
I hate to be the one to have to say this, but maybe you can get a little introspect from it. It seems over the last couple of years you have become rather full of your status in the public and quite cynical. I am not saying this to hurt your feelings and hope you take more constructive criticism than offense to my remarks. Lately, when anyone calls into your shows, whether it is terrestrial or Sirius, you berate them like they do not know what they are talking about or act bothered by their questions in general. It gets very annoying to hear you dismiss many of your fans the way you do on a weekly basis. I am not sure you are even aware that you treat your fans like they are clueless as you do. However, you should maybe listen back o a few of your shows over the last year and take some notes on how to be more respectful to those who pay your bills. Furthermore, if I could listen to some interviews, like the most recent Tesla for instance, without you talking over the band, interrupting or making each conversation piece about you; that would be great as well. Once again, not trying to hurt your feelings, just trying to make you think about your actions a bit so your shows will be as enjoyable as they use to be for the fans and your guests.
You hate to be the one to say this but your email address is “Eddie Who” and you also have a handle connected to Metal Sludge? No agenda there right? You think I was born yesterday?? Strange how every caller I deal with I thank them for calling and give them a platform. I have been interviewing bands for 30 years, but you are the one person that doesn’t think I gave a band time to talk when there were 5 members in the studio at the same time? 95% of my callers say thanks for the time and how much they enjoy listening and having the time on air I make for them in my show. But YOU are the one person that has an issue with all? And somehow you listen and know every single thing I say and do? Funny how that works.. You have no agenda at all… but you will keep listening and keep making stuff up no doubt. And apparently you know full well who Eddie is since you seem consumed with me. Maybe time for a new handle?
He’s not the only one who thinks that. There have been many times on TMS when a guest is getting ready to tell a cool story only to have Ed interupt them. Then the story never gets told. It sucks.
Ever heard of time constraints in TV? Might you consider that I have a producer a few feet in front of me telling me to cut it off for time? That I literally have a countdown clock on top of a camera that forces me to cut in? That it is my job to do that due to commercial breaks and segment timing? That is how TV works FYI. Would be great if people knew what I was working with before they made judgements.