Eddie Trunk Quotes
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Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.
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If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
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To have survived in radio for 30 years is pretty remarkable. Even more remarkable is to have been able to do it in the same market I've lived in my whole life.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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The one thing that's changed for 'That Metal Show' is that it's now global; it's now on in places outside of America.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it.
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One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.
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Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respect as broadcasters.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable.
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I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.
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I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
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The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
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VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show.
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One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?
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I've known Bret Michaels forever.
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.