Jimmie Tramel of Tulsa World spoke with our very own Eddie Trunk. The interview appears in its entirety below.
Tulsa World: You’re stranded on an island and you can have only five albums. What are they?
Eddie: I’m going to go mostly live albums. They give you the best of both worlds. It’s the best material usually done the best way. So I have to go with UFO Strangers in the Night. I would go Aerosmith Live! Bootleg. I would go KISS Alive!, probably Judas Priest Unleashed in the East and oh, I only get one more. So, so tough. Off the top of my head, I would go with the first Van Halen record, I guess. Can I get six? I’ve got to have Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell.
Tulsa World: Of all the names and numbers in your cell phone, which one makes you go, “Wow?”
Eddie: It’s weird because if they are in my cell phone, then that means I am really good friends with them and that we are really close.
But, by the same token, if I take a step back, the fan in me looks and I say, wow, it’s somebody like Rob Halford who actually texted me yesterday. … I grew up as a huge Judas Priest fan. Joe Perry from Aerosmith. Joey Kramer from Aerosmith.
I always say this all the time, and I don’t mean this as demeaning to the ’80s guys, but I am the same age as them. I grew up in the ’80s. We grew up together in the business, so as much as I am a fan of theirs, to me they are very much like friends I grew up with in the business.
The guys in the ’70s are the guys that I grew up with their posters on my wall. So, whether it’s Ace Frehley of KISS or Joe Perry or Joey Kramer of Aerosmith or whether it’s Rob Halford or any of these, or Cheap Trick – any of these guys that I had that close of relationship with long before I was in the business and now we are friends, that’s really special to me. The late Ronnie James Dio I was extremely close with. … So those are the guys. Whenever their number flashes on my screen, it’s pretty darn cool.
source: tulsaworld.com
21 Responses
Obviously very difficult to pick only five, but here’s mine:
Van Halen (first album)
King’s X – Dogman
Pat Travers Band – Live Go For What You Know
XTC – English Settlement
Urge Overkill – Saturation
It was VERY tough to leave Foghat “Live” off of my list!
KISS-Alive
Iron Maiden-Live after Death
Alter Bridge- Fortress
Black Sabbath- Live Evil
Rush- Exit Stage Left
These are my 5. I would have liked to do 10…put some new stuff on here..Both new Tremonti discs..the new trivium is good..
kiss alive-kiss
kiss alive 2-kiss
kiss alive 3-kiss
double gonzo live-ted nuggent
song remains the same(live)-led zeppelin
Yes, Eddie, bring back the TMS style lists! We’re talking metal right, otherwise I’d have some Beatles, Stones, and Doors.
Sabbath Masters of Reality (“Into the Void” never gets old.)
Immortal All Shall Fall (For those times on the island when I need to conjure up dark powers.)
Slayer Reign in Blood (For those times when I need to forage for food, or light a fire with two sticks.)
Queensryche Operation Mindcrime (When I need some great melodies and tasty riffs.)
Judas Priest Screaming for Vengence (Can’t be stranded without some Priest.)
Bonus: (hey, Eddie got one) Scorpions Love at First Sting (Just in case there’s a chick with me.)