01252023 TTTO GUEST EDDIE TRUNK OF SIRIUSXM / THAT METAL SHOW

On the cusp of celebrating 40 years in radio, this mainstay in the
RNR community, having forged his way into radio, being and A&R
Rep, hosting TV shows, Live Concerts, to being the end all be all
in many Rock Docs, Eddie Trunk comes on my show and lays it on the
line.




Time Stamps of the moments are below, and this will go down as my
fave interview in 2022.
Thanks Ed!






THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW WITH EDDIE TRUNK (FACTION
TALK 103/SIRIUSXM-THAT METAL
SHOW)           
12/21/2022 ON DIRTYRADIO.FM CHANNEL #DIRTYRADIOCLASSICS


0:00     BUMPERS-SHOW IDS-INTRO (MOST
INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD)
3:00     INTRO AND EDDIE TRUNK TAKES MY
CALL
5:00     DISCUSSING THE DELUGE IN
“PODCASTS” & ARTIST RADIO/YOUTUBE SHOWS SINCE THE
PANDEMIC
AS WELL AS THE DYNAMIC OF NEW BANDS NOT NEEDING LABELS. 
“THE FLOODGATES ARE WIDEOPEN, THE CHALLENGE IS STANDING
OUT FROM THE CROWD AND BUILDING AN
AUDIENCE”
8:30     WE DISCUSS HOWARD STERN AND HIS
VIEW ON PODCASTERS AND HOW SIRIUSXM IS THE #1 PODCAST
OUTLET
AND EDDIE GETS INTO THE DYNAMICS OF THESE NEW “PODCAST”
COMPANIES.  WE TALK JOE ROGAN, CONAN O’BRIEN, ETC
12:00   EDDIE ANSWERS AN EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT
“NOT” GOING TO BROADCAST SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AND HIS NEAR
“RUN-IN” WITH BEING INVOLVED IN A PIRATE RADIO STATION.
“TALK ABOUT ALMOST BEING ARRESTED, I CAN
RELATE” EDDIE DISCUSSES HOW AND WHY HE GOT
INTO RADIO: “IT WASN’T ABOUT DOING RADIO, IT WAS ABOUT
REACHING MORE PEOPLE AND TO PLAY MUSIC THAT I LOVED”.  “I
LOVE THIS MUSIC, I’M NOT HEARING IT REPRESENTED, HOW CAN I
SPREAD THE WORD?” 17:00   EDDIE DISCUSSES
HOW HIS PASSION FOR PLAYING THE MUSIC HE LOVED TO NOW
PREDOMINATELY “TALKING” ABOUT THAT MUSIC AND HIS PIVOT TO A
“TALK SHOW HOST” VS A RADIO DJ.

20:00   EDDIE TALKS ABOUT TAKING CHANCES TAKING
CALLS INSTEAD OF SPINNING THE RECORDS.  FANS AND
MANAGEMENT ALIKE WERE NOT HAPPY INITIALLY UNTIL HE
“STUCK TO (HIS) GUNS” AND THEN IF HE WASN’T TALKING TO
LISTENERS, THE BACKLASH WENT THE OTHER WAY.

22:00   IN 2014, EDDIE DISCUSSES AN OLD CONTACT
THAT HIT HIM UP FOR A MUSIC/TALK SHOW WHICH EDDIE HAD BEEN
DOING 1 DAY A WEEK AT SIRIUSXM ALREADY AND SAYS  “I WAS
VERY DISILLUSIONED WITH SIRIUSXM FOR 13 YEARS, I WAS VERY
TREATED NOT WELL AT ALL, I HAD 1 SHOW A WEEK, THE MONEY WAS A
JOKE”

AFTER THE DAILY SHOW CHANGE EDDIE STATES “DOING THIS SHOW
EVERY DAY HAS BEEN REALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I’VE EVER
DONE, IT’S SPORTS TALK FOR THE ROCK FAN”
EDDIE THEN SUMS UP HIS APPROACH TO SATISFYING THE
DAILY TALK RADIO SHOW AND THEN THE WEEKLY FM RADIO MUSIC SHOW
KNOWING THAT HE HAS TO DELIVER WHAT EACH WANTS FOR THEIR
LISTENERS.  THE WEEKLY FM SHOW, DESPITE THE FACT IT’S A
PRE-RECORD, IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL FOR HIM
ESSENTIALLY.”


“IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR ME ANNOUNCING “HERE’S PINK FLOYD
AND ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL” ON A DAILY BASIS HOWEVER”.
31:00   EDDIE DISUSSES HOW MUCH PREP HE
DOES AND HOW HE DEALS WITH ONLINE CRITICS WHO SAY HE IS A
“KNOW IT ALL” –


EDDIE TRUNK INTERVIEW ON THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW
NOTES CONTINUED:

34:00   THE INTERNET NAYSAYERS, “I LAUGH AT IT,
I’VE HEARD IT ALL, NOTHING BOTHERS YOU”,  “IT HAS A
LOT TO DO WITH JEALOUSY”.
IF I MAKE A POST AND THEN DON’T EMBELLISH (MY RELATIONSHIP),
THE PERSON MIGHT SAY “HEY DUDE, WTF”, “YOU CAN’T
WIN”, “I’M NOT GONNA APOLOGIZE” (FOR HAVING
THESE RELATIONSHIPS).

“THE OTHER THING I’VE ALWAYS DEPSISED AND THEY SAY HE’S A
NAMEDROPPER, THAT TO ME IS THE MOST ABSURD RIDICULOUS THING
I’VE HEARD IN MY LIFE”, “AM I SUPPOSED TO DROP THE CELEBRITY
FIGURE OUT OF IT WHEN I’M TELLING A STORY”?  “YOU’VE GOT
TO DO THAT, THAT’S WHY YOU’RE HIRED, TO LET THE PEOPLE IN ON
THE INSIDE STUFF”
37:00   EDDIE DISCUSSES THE BALANCE BETWEEN ALL OF HIS
RADIO SHOWS, TRAVELING, DOCS, EMCEE GIGS AND FAMILY. 
“IT’S ABSOLUTELY A BALANCE”, “THERE’S A GREAT UNDERSTANDING
THERE”.


43:00   EDDIE TALKS MEGAFORCE RECORDS, AND HOW HE
GOT INVOLVED WITH THE LIKES OF A VERY EARLY METALLICA, ACE
FREHLEY, WHITE LION AND MUCH MORE WHICH STARTED FROM HIS EARLY
DAYS IN FM RADIO.  “I STARTED OFF ON WDHA, I WAS THE
ONLY GUY PLAYING METAL ON THE RADIO (IN 1983) WHICH GOT THE
ATTENTION OF JOHNNY Z (MEGAFORCE)”.

EDDIE TALKS HOW JOHNNY Z STATED HE WOULDN’T LEAVE UNLESS HE
PLAYED METALLICA AND WAS PROMISED A GIG IF HE PLAYED THE
BAND.  EDDIE PLAYED THE BAND; JOHNNY Z HIRED HIM AT
MEGAFORCE.

49:00   WE TALK EDDIE TRUNK “RANTS” WITH
RESPECT TO ROCK BEING SO IGNORED WITH THE LIKES OF THE RNR HOF,
NFL, GRAMMY’S ETC.  “HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED TO
PRODUCE OR WEIGH IN ON INPUT FOR A ROCK SHOW AT ANY OF THESE
EVENTS”?


 


52:00   BECAUSE OF INFLUENCE FROM TOM MORELLO (RAGE
AGAINST THE MACHINE), THE RNR HALL OF FAME MADE EDDIE A MEMBER
DESPITE HIS CRITISISM “TO THEIR CREDIT, LET’S LET HIS VOICE
BE HEARD AND GIVE HIM A FULL VOTE”

54:00    I ASK EDDIE ABOUT THE BALANCE OF
REPORTING UNFLATTERING NEWS ABOUT HIS FRIENDS AND IF HE EVER
REACHES OUT PRIVATELY TO GIVE THEM ADVISE.  WE TALK
SEBASTIAN BACH, DAVE ELLEFSON AND PETE EVICK (BRET MICHAELS
BAND).

DO YOU EVER HAVE A BATTLE OF BEING THE FRIEND VS THE RADIO
HOST?


“I GENERALLY STAY AWAY FROM THE GOSSIPY STUFF, WHETHER I
AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, I APPLAUD AN HONEST OPINION”, “WE ARE IN
AN INSANELY HYPERSENSITIVE WORLD”.


“I BELIEVE EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION”.


REGARDING “DAVE ELEFFSON, IT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT
COST HIM HIS GIG, THAT IMPACTED MEGADETH’S RECORD, WHO WAS
GOING TO BE IN THE BAND”

EDDIE TRUNK INTERVIEW ON THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW
NOTES CONTINUED: “I DON’T CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE
DIRT, IT’S NEVER APPEALED TO ME, I’VE NEVER FELT GOOD ABOUT
THAT STUFF”


59:00  
           
WE DISCUSS VITO BRATTA (WHITE LION) AND VITO’S LAST INTERVIEW
IN GUITAR WORLD
AND EDDIE DROPS “BRAD WHITFORD” (WE HAVE A LAUGH).

WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS MIKE TRAMP AND MY NEW SYMPATHY FOR VITO
BRATTA.


 


1:04:00
          
EDDIE WEIGHS IN ON MIKE TRAMP TOURING IN 2023 AS “MIKE TRAMP
AND THE SONGS OF WHITE LION”


“MIKE SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY CONFLICTED THING WITH WHITE LION,
HE WANTS TO DISTANCE HIMSELF, AND THEN HE WANTS TO EMBRACE
IT”


“MIKE HAS JUST AS MUCH A RIGHT TO PERFORM THOSE SONGS AS A
CO-WRITER”

1:05:30           
“WE’RE IN A TIME NOW, IT BLOWS MY MIND, HOW MANY PEOPLE
WILL ACCEPT ANY LINEUP OF ANY BAND, AND HOW MANY BANDS ARE OUT
THERE WITH NO ORIGINAL MEMBERS, HOW MANY PROMOTERS DON’T KNOW
WHO’S IN THESE BANDS”

1:08:00           
EDDIE DISCUSSES HIS THOUGHTS ON WHAT BANDS CAN SUB OUT MEMBERS
VS OTHERS THAT MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL DOING SO “TO ME IT’S
ON A CASE BY CASE (BASIS)”
WE TALK LYNYRD SKYNYRD, FOREIGNER ETC.


1:12:00           
WE DISCUSS “THAT METAL SHOW” AND COMMENTS BY PAUL STANLEY
“IT’S LIKE WAYNE’S
WORLD”          
“WE ALL TOOK IT AS A COMPLIMENT, WE ALL LAUGHED, YEAH, HE
NAILED IT”!

EDDIE COMMENTS ON A SHOW IN VEGAS HE HOSTED WHERE HE HAD TO
CALL PAUL STANLEY UP ON STAGE, JUST DAYS BEFORE THIS
INTERVIEW!

“WE DIDN’T INTERACT” AT THIS EVENT.

1:15:00  LISTENER QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS FROM DON JAMIESON AND JIM FLORENTINE AND LISTENER
QUESTIONS.

1:17:30           
EDDIE TALKS ABOUT HIS BOOK AND HOW SEBASTIAN BACH GOT PISSED
OFF BECAUSE WHEN SEBASTIAN WROTE HIS BOOK, HE DISCUSSED
BRINGING AXL ROSE INTO EDDIE’S STUDIO, BUT WHEN SEBASTIAN READ
EDDIE’S BOOK, THERE WASN’T A MENTION OF SEBASTIANS SOLO ALBUMS
NEXT TO THE SKID ROW SECTION.
WHEN SEBASTIAN REFERENCED THE AXL STORY, HE NEGLECTED TO
MENTION EDDIE’S NAME BECAUSE HE WAS PISSED AT EDDIE FOR NOT
MENTIONING “SOLO RECORDS”.

1:19:00           
EDDIE NAMES HIS END ALL BE ALL GUESTS.
AXL ROSE, BRIAN JOHNSON, STEVE HARRIS, TONY IOMMI STAND OUT AS
MAJOR LANDMARK MOMENTS
THE ONE’S THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN WOULD BE EDDIE VAN
HALEN (ON TV) AND JIMMY PAGE ON THE LAST SEASON OF TMS. 
HE WOULDN’T DO THE SHOW BECAUSE IT WAS CALLED “THAT METAL
SHOW”.  HE DIDN’T WANT “METAL” IN THE NAME.


EDDIE DIDN’T WANT “THAT METAL SHOW” AS WELL.


EDDIE WANTED IT TO BE “THAT ROCK SHOW”



1:23:00           
THOUGHTS ON THE 80’S BANDS TODAY AND THEIR FUTURE TIMELINE AND
SHELFLIFE AND WHO MIGHT REPLACE THOSE BANDS
TODAY.
“IT’S ALL CASE BY CASE DEPENDING ON HOW THEY TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES AND HOLD IT TOGETHER”

“THE 80’S GUYS COULD HAVE ANOTHER 10 YEARS, THE 70’S GUYS
HOWEVER…”

126.30
           
WE DISCUSS MY APPEARANCE ON “THAT METAL SHOW”
127.45
           
MY SEGMENT ON THAT METAL SHOW/STUMP THE TRUNK

1:31:00           
WE PROMOTE THE TMS LIVE SHOW AT DINGBATZ IN CLIFTON, NJ AND
EDDIE DISCUSSES WHAT THAT SHOW IS ABOUT IN A LIVE FORMAT

1:33:00           
WE TALK WHAT EDDIE’S PLANS ARE TO CELEBRATE HIS 40TH
ANNIVERSARY IN RADIO

135:00            
WE CLOSE OUT “THE LONE RNR HISTORIAN”