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" I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some very, very preliminary discussions about doing it. Obviously, I can't do it myself, but there are a lot of people interested in that. "

Eddie Trunk

People

Start

Rock

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Eddie Trunk

Think

Great

" I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library. "

" Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong. "

Eddie Trunk

Perception

Stereotypes

" It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a group that was less cool than Kiss. Going in to school with a Kiss T-shirt, you were asking for ridicule. In '77, they were one of the biggest bands in the world, but by '80, there was a severe backlash. "

" 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. "

" I still love radio, but TV is also an awesome platform. "

Eddie Trunk

Love

Also

" 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. "

Eddie Trunk

Pretty

Lived

" How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd. "

" 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. "

" I am so appreciative of all the attention I've gotten, especially since I don't ever consider myself anything more than a fan. "

Eddie Trunk

Anything

Myself

" 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. "

" Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden. "

Eddie Trunk

Iron

Hard

" 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. "

Eddie Trunk

School

Music

" Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respect as broadcasters. "

Eddie Trunk

Guys

Those

" I have literally been working in music just about my entire life. "

" Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band. "

" 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. "

" Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable. "

" Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan. "

" 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. "

" I've known Bret Michaels forever. "

Eddie Trunk

Forever

Known

" The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure. "

" My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it. "

" When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV. "