4/23: BACK FROM VACATION, UPDATE
Sorry for the late update here. Was on vacation last week and major catching up! PLEASE follow on Twitter and keep an eye on the home page for appearance additions changes, many TBA and more coming! Thursday of this week I host Whitesnake at Hard Rock Hollywood FL. Listen to my SiriusXM Volume show 2-4P […]
“EXIT 111” FESTIVAL: GUNS N’ ROSES, DEF LEPPARD, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, PLUS 40 MORE ACTS AND HOSTED BY EDDIE TRUNK, SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER IN MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE.
Exit 111 Festival will debut with a heavyweight line-up that celebrates all forms of rock–from hard to classic, alternative to southern–when it debuts October 11th-13th at the Great Stage Park in Manchester, TN. The inaugural three-day event hosted by Eddie Trunk will be led by headlining slots from Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and a mix of platinum-selling artists including Slayer (in the last Tennessee […]
GUNS N’ ROSES’ DUFF McKAGAN RELEASES “DON’T LOOK BEHIND YOU” SOLO ALBUM TENDERNESS COMING MAY 31ST
“People are going to herald this as one of the best albums of the year.” That’s what SiriusXM radio host Larry Flick said about Tenderness, the upcoming solo album from Guns N’ Roses Duff McKagan. “This is Americana-Duff McKagan,” says Flick. “It’s not what you expect.” Produced by (and featuring) recent Grammy winner Shooter Jennings, Tenderness (UME) arrives […]
“THE LOST WEEKEND” CHRONICLES A 1984 CONTEST WINNER’S TIME WITH VAN HALEN
Page Six of the NY Post reports: In 1984, MTV gave contest winner Kurt Jefferis a chance to party all weekend with his heroes: the notoriously depraved band Van Halen. The then-fledgling music-video channel flew Jefferis and a pal from Phoenixville, Pa., to Detroit, where they met up with the band at Cobo Hall. First […]
FORMER KISS GUITARIST VINNIE VINCENT DISCUSSES “SPEEDBALLJAM,” HAVING LIVE RECORDINGS OF KISS’ “CREATURES” AND “LICK IT UP” TOURS, PLUS WORKING ON THEIR “REVENGE” ALBUM
Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent was a guest on the April 19th edition of Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon. Excerpts from the interview can read below, as transcribed by me, for EddieTrunk.com. On his not doing many interviews anymore: “I am just inundated with interview requests and I will not do them any longer…they’re flatlined […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE BASSIST NIKKI SIXX RESPONDS TO JAKE E. LEE CLAIMS HE WAS ASKED TO REPLACE MICK MARS
As previously reported, former Ozzy Osbourne, and current Red Dragon Cartel guitarist, Jake E. Lee, recently recounted that Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, and drummer Tommy Lee, asked him replace guitarist Mick Mars, in the band. Sixx responsed by tweeting, “Isn’t it funny how the has been’s, never was’, washed up long ago small career […]