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”
