48 Quotes by Eddie Trunk

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

One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.

I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper.

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.

My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music.

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.

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.

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.

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.