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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. "
Eddie Trunk
Library
iPod
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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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" I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper. "
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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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" 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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" One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I'm a pretty big news junkie. "
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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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" Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it. "
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" 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. "
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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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" When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV. "
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" 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. "
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" I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing. "
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" Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong. "
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" Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden. "
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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've known Bret Michaels forever. "
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" Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love. "
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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 have literally been working in music just about my entire life. "
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