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" 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.' "

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Eddie Trunk

Doing

Time

People

" 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. "

" Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable. "

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

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

" I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper. "

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

Eddie Trunk

Love

Also

" Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love. "

" I'm a pretty big news junkie. "

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

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

" If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them. "

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

" 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 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

" 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

" When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing - to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you. "

" 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. "

" Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing. "

Eddie Trunk

Rock

Metal

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

" I've known Bret Michaels forever. "

Eddie Trunk

Forever

Known

" 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. "

" Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion. "

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

Eddie Trunk

Perception

Stereotypes

" 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 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. "

Eddie Trunk

Think

Great

" 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. "

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

" VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show. "

" 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. "