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

- Eddie Trunk

Music, Classic, Would, Talk Show

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.

- Eddie Trunk

My Life, Other, Before, Hard Rock

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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Louder, Slayer, Tesla, Hard Rock

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

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Sail, Away, Sure, Hard Rock

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.

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Through, Interviewing, TV, Hard Rock

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

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Love, Always, Been, Marginalized

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

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Love, Rome, Like, 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.

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Doing, More, Other, Lineup

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.

- Eddie Trunk

Kiss, Asking, Backlash, Ridicule

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.

- Eddie Trunk

Other, Maybe, Long Island, Supports

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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Love, Play, Actual, CDs

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

Music, Library, CD, CDs

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.

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Week, Want, Always, Friday

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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Journey, Survive, Here, To Survive

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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Say, Created, Wrote, Possibly

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.

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Think, Like, I Think, Wind

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.

- Eddie Trunk

More, Tell, Always, Roses

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.

- Eddie Trunk

Always, Supportive, Very, Bedroom

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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Bad, Rap, Newark, Assessment

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

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Father, Will, Year, Orchestra

Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.

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Band, Jersey, Would, Row

I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.

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New, Always, Bands, New Music

Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.

- Eddie Trunk

Sabbath, In My Opinion, Invented

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.

- Eddie Trunk

Artist, Kid, Other, Starting

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

Myself, More, Gotten, Appreciative

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.

- Eddie Trunk

Yes, Okay, Interviewing, Be Real

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

More, Pretty, Been, Survived

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.

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Some, Been, Very, Urged

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

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Rock, TV, A Good Thing, Anytime

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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Love, Fact, Some, Semblance

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