Eddie Trunk Quotes
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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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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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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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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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One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
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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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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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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
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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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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.
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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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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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My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it.
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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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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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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.
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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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Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.