Words matter. These are the best Eddie Trunk Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’ve known Bret Michaels forever.
I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
The biggest compliments I’ve heard about ‘That Metal Show’ are the ones from people that say that they don’t even listen to this kind of music, but, ‘We love watching the show.’
Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.
One of the things I’ve done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.
I’ve got to say, my parents have always been very supportive. I used to sit in my bedroom and read every liner note and listened to records. My parents are rock fans.
VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show.
I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn’t say about himself many times.
My books are personal: I’m not saying they’re the Bible of music.
I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he’s completely into it.
People tell me all the time I should stop and smell the roses, but I can’t. I’m always thinking of what I can do to make what I have better and do more.
Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It’s absurd.
I’ve always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it’s good.
I think that, for me, the great books like that, autobiographies, are great when the artists who write them throw caution to the wind and really put it out there as they saw it.
I wasn’t a good student in high school. I mean, I got through it, but unless it had something to do with music, it didn’t really interest me.
People sometimes tell me that I don’t talk or act or look like a metal fan. Well, what does a metal fan look like? I’ve found people from all walks of life who love metal.
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.
Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it.
Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O’Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respect as broadcasters.
The only time people get pressured into doing reunions to make more money is when the current lineup is underperforming. And by bringing back the other guy, it increases their draw.
Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
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.
I still love radio, but TV is also an awesome platform.
Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The power chords in ‘Come Sail Away’ were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
