DRUMMER DAVE LOMBARDO AND GUITARIST JOHN 5 ON THIS WEEK’S “THAT METAL SHOW”
With Season 14 of That Metal Show already making history (the Season 14 premiere was the second most watched Season Premiere in the history of the series) VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming returns with an all-new episode this Saturday at 9:00PM ET/PT, repeating at 11:00PM ET/PT. This week Philm drummer and “the godfather of double bass drumming” Dave Lombardo stops by the acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal talk show, hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine. The ex-Slayer drum maestro discusses his musical influences, how he never warms up before he performs, and that he feels better than ever now that he’s 50. The hosts ask Dave about his much publicized departure from Slayer and if he’d ever consider a possible reunion, to which Dave replies, “Let’s just say if you see me on stage with Slayer again, then all of the issues have been resolved.”
The episode also features guitar hero, John 5, making his return and doing double duty both as an interviewed guest and as the guest musician. John 5 updates the hosts on the latest developments with his trio, John 5 & The Creatures recording with Rob Zombie and later hitting the road him, and about his long friendship with David Lee Roth and the album they recorded together that’s yet to be released. Or, “that’s only been heard by two people. Dave and John.”
Dave Lombardo and John 5 both get candid when they Put It On The Table this week and they both even have the same answer for one of the questions. Eddie regains his dominance with Stump The Trunk and Take It Or Leave It has the guys discussing the latest trend of musicians having multiple side projects. The TMS Top 5 discusses the hosts’ Top 5 Best Side Projects, and it’s Marilyn Manson vs. Rob Zombie for the battle of the better showman in the Throwdown.
Motörhead checks-in from the recording studio via the Metal Modem. Lemmy, Phil Campbell, and MIkkey Dee update us on the new album the band is currently recording. They also tease an upcoming US tour in August that will end with the second voyage of Motörhead’s Motörboat at the end of September.
Fans can watch previous episodes and other exclusive bonus clips at ThatMetalShow.VH1.com and the new VH1 app.
Audience tickets for upcoming tapings are now available via Gotham Casting at gothamcasting.com/gothamrsvp.
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As always, I’m looking forward to the new TMS episode this week. I’ve also become a fan of the new show ROCK ICONS. It’s a perfect match for TMS. But I’m not sure if I’m excited or not to see this week’s ROCK ICONS with Ted Nugent. He’s a legend, he’s a demon on guitar but I get nervous when he opens his mouth to talk. He either says something stupid, something outrageous or something offensive. Sometimes I wish he’d tone it down, but then I guess he wouldn’t be Uncle Ted any more if he did. I live in the same county in central Texas as Ted and his family. He’s actually a nice guy and everyone I know that’s had contact with him say that. So it seems the problem may be when there’s a microphone or camera in front of him, he goes bonkers (or better yet, GONZO!) and can’t keep from sticking his foot in his mouth.
I love Ted. Don’t agree with everything he says but appreciate his right to say what he wants and that he speaks without all the PC crap we hear from others. He was great with us on TMS.
Great point.
Well, there’s a difference between not being “politically correct”, and being a whacko, and he’s free to be either one.
Like most artists though, I’m not interested in their political viewpoints, whatever they are. Just shut up and play, though to be honest, I turn off Ted on the radio and would never any music from him again, but the right wing loves him.
That’s true: there’s a difference between not being PC and being a whacko. Ted’s not a whacko, although I’m sure there’s plenty of people who would disagree with that. When I say I get “nervous” when he opens his mouth, I’m speaking as a long time fan who loves Ted’s music and thinks he’s a great guy but knows there’s already too many people who know of him for the wrong reasons and those people will take what he says and run with it. I’ll admit, there’s times he says stuff, especially when he’s on a rant, that I’ll say “Dude, Ted, maybe you should have thought that one through first”. Personally, he’s never really “offended” me with anything he’s said. I just shrug and say “That’s our Uncle Ted”. But he’ll say something, just speaking his mind, and the next thing we know there’s a media storm and all these people up in arms over what he said and it causes a lot of trouble. The main thing is this: I’ve seen him live probably as much or more than any other artist or band, in big and small places. His concert at the Hippodrome Theater in my home town in the late 1980’s with Derek on vocals and them basically doing the entire DOUBLE LIVE GONZO album (Hibernation included!) to this day is still one of the top 2 or 3 concerts I’ve ever seen. Even the most recent time I’ve seen him, he’s STILL a rock and roll monster even with him being in his mid sixties. That’s my Uncle Ted.
I LOVED the ROCK ICONS episode with Ted. It did show a very brief bit at the beginning with people protesting Ted but the majority of the show focused on Ted the musician and that’s exactly what I wanted to see. It even put me in the mood to drag out a bunch of Uncle Ted’s albums and listen to them. And did any of you see the guy at the beginning of the episode that handed ted his PRS guitar at the speaking event Ted was being introduced at? That guy is Calvin Ross, who owns Lone Star Music in Waco, Texas. He sold me a great Ibanez RG and a Crate amplifier when I was a teenager that still work and sound great today! My nephew has them now. That’s the guitar that set me on the path to shredding my ass off on guitar. It’s the guitar I learned, among other songs, “Rock Bottom”, “Lights Out”, and about 90% of the classic Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica songs and every song note for note on Deep Purple’s MADE IN JAPAN, just to name a few.
John 5 is f-ing amazing, holy crap!
Yes he is!
Hey Eddie… about this episode: in “Stump the Trunk” you forgot about “Torpedo Girl”, making Unmasked the only kiss LP with three Frehley compositions. And Kudos to Don for mentioning the KISS solos in the “Top 5 Side Projects” segment!
Those solo albums don’t count as a side project! haha!
Chris: Torpedo Girl was composed by Ace and producer Vini Poncia. The other 2 songs were composed by Ace alone. Splitting hairs, yes, but technically, Eddie answered correctly. For my prize for being so smart, I’d like a date with Jennifer. Since that will never happen, I’d like to wallow in my wishful thinking lol
Looking forward to seeing Marky Ramone on TMS this weekend. I know Eddie likes to have his facts straight. He just said on the XM show that Marky is the last surviving Ramones member. C.J. and Richie are still alive and active as solo artists. Gabba-Gabba-Hey!
That acrylic see-through Telecaster John had on the show with the florescent liquid inside is one of the coolest guitars I’ve ever seen.