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       Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal (2011)
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 19, 2014, 1:30 pm
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       I have what you would call a love / hate relationship toward
       Eddie Trunk. On the one hand, he is a brother-in-arms headbanger
       that has been (one of many) the voice out there keeping the
       Heavy Metal flag flying high and making sure that former bands
       from the 80's and 90's as well as newer hard rock bands stay in
       the lime light in both print as well as airwaves, be it his
       radio show or That Metal Show. For that I have to give him props
       where it is earned. I've been a follower of TMS since Episode 1
       and the first couple of seasons were really good. Now for the
       'hate' I have toward him. Over the years he has gotten to be
       very whiny about a lot of topics. Some will argue that he is
       just passionate. But to me he is a broken record and it has
       gotten old very fast. With his constant whining, he is making
       TMS all about him, rather than the bands he professes to love.
       Eddie will have you believe that he is the sole reason why KISS
       finally got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Just
       because he yells the loudest and longest doesn't make it so.
       What does any of this have to do with his book? A lot actually.
       I'm not going to knock him about the career that he has made. As
       I've said, he has earned it. But reading the book, it comes off
       more about bragging and patting himself on the back for things
       that he really didn't have anything to do with. It seemed that
       with every band that gets a chapter in this book, he somehow
       "saved" them, be it from getting them a gig, reuniting them or
       whatever else it may have been that got them some press at that
       time. It's his story and he has a right to tell it as he sees
       fit, but the book overall wasn't what I had hoped for. I would
       say it's worth checking out from your local library, but it's
       certainly not worth it to buy because as soon as you flip
       through it, you will never bother to check it out again. I give
       this 3 Stars out of 5.
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       Re: Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal (2011)
       By: Mac Date: February 19, 2014, 2:28 pm
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       Egotism turns me off. If I even get a whiff of it, usually I
       just shut them off.
       Tiz a shame.
       Uh, dude, I don't see one woman in that fan shot of the book...
       WTF
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       Re: Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal (2011)
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 19, 2014, 3:08 pm
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       Uh, dude, I don't see one woman in that fan shot of the book...
       WTF
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       Would you let your wife, sister or mother into a mosh pit? Of
       course not!!!!
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