Eddie Trunk
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Satellite & Syndicated Radio/TV personality. Author. Heard daily SiriusXM 103 Faction Talk 3-5P ET. Mondays 5-8P ET 39. Eddie Trunk Podcast. That Metal Show.
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One of the rarest of situations where you literally could not find a person on the planet remotely into rock music in any way who isn’t feeling this loss today. Not a person on the planet to pick up a guitar not mourning. Still processing
#RIPEddieVanHalen
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Whenever things get back to normal there needs to be a
@eddievanhalen
tribute concert. All the
@VanHalen
guys & a different guitarist coming in every song. Imagine what you could do w/that?! Imagine the players you could have! Give proceeds to cancer charity.
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RIP Taylor
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Wow... speechless... stunned.. RIP Neil Peart
@rushtheband
as per Rolling Stone: Drummer Neil Peart Dead at 67 – Rolling Stone
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Condolences Wolfie ...
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One of my favorite days ever doing TV at VH1 Classic back in 2006. Spent the day doing an hour interview w/Neil Peart
@rushtheband
. Hope someone finds it & reposts online. 1 of the nicest most grounded people I ever met.
#RIPNealPeart
. Photo Billy Tompkins
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Nobody ever went to get a beer during the drum solo at a
@rushtheband
show.. we will never see his kind again... man this sucks...
#RIPNeilPeart
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Not one fucking rock band anywhere to be found.. not one... what a disgrace
@MTV
... sickening disrespectful disgrace!
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The
@SuperBowl
halftime show made for a hell of an exercise / aerobics instructional video, but as far as musical performances go maybe the worst halftime show ever. Bravo
@NFL
.. you had
@gunsnroses
in FL but that’s what you chose to put on?! Ridiculous..!
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So cool to hear so much
@rushtheband
being played at
@NFL
stadiums and in and out of commercials by the networks today during the games as a tribute to Neil. Even though they aren’t saying it it’s obvious. Rush fans are everywhere. Awesome.
#RIPNeilPeart
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
#Grammys
?! YOU JUST MENTIONED 3 ARTISTS WE LOST IN 2020 & 1 WAS NOT
@eddievanhalen
?!?!?! I’M OUT ALREADY! NOTHING AT THE OPEN OF THE SHOW? GO FUCK YOURSELF
@RecordingAcad
! I’M OUT ALREADY! I’LL DVR & SCAN. CAN’T TAKE IT ALREADY!
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This is awesome !
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Absolutely stunned to hear the unbelievable news that Vinnie Paul
@Pantera
has died... I knew Vinnie well. Did my shows many times. A great drummer and music fan and always a blast to hang with. Beyond tragic. Can’t believe it.
#RIPVinniePaul
.
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Massive respect & appreciation for any & all rock bands that still play & sing 100% live! It’s becoming a dying thing in rock &sucks to see! I’m getting constant videos of a major rock band clearly lip syncing. It’s ridiculous.Thx to those that keep it REAL!
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How absolutely ridiculous & idiotic is it that
@gunsnroses
are going to be in Miami
@SuperBowl
weekend, & playing a Super Bowl related event, but the idiots at
@NFL
thought it would be better to give us Shakira & J lo as halftime show.. really?! Clueless!
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Amazed at the amount of songwriters it takes to create some of this crap
#GRAMMMYs
celebrates. I guess a different person writes every other word & note? Most ROCK acts actually write their own material. What a concept! Maybe one day they’ll get on TV too..!
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For 16 + years my cat Leo gave me & my family so much joy & was a great pet. Today we lost him due to failing health. Anyone who has pets knows how hard it is when these days come. His ritual was to lay down w/me every night & watch TV. He will be missed..
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RIP Eddie Money. I knew Eddie. Interviewed him several times over the years on TV & radio. He and I recently were both doing shows for
@AXSTV
& he was on mine this season. Great guy that will be missed. Condolences to his friends, family & fans.
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Sorry to report that I have confirmed Lemmy
@myMotorhead
has passed away just now at the age of 70. RIP to a true original icon of rock.
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My hope for 2021 is that rock bands can get back to playing live, and when they do they actually play LIVE!
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This is amazing. From
@DollyParton
. Who actually knows that rock acts should be in the
@rockhall
!! Incredible!! Much to discuss on radio today! Awesome Dolly. Opening a slot maybe for an actual rock act? What a concept !!
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It’s w/great sadness that I announce the passing of
@FrankieBanali
@QUIETRIOT
.As many know Frankie had been battling cancer & passed away last night. He was a great person, friend & musician. Join me now on
#TrunkNation
@siriusxmvolume
106 as we remember him
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Ozzy just cancelled all N American tour dates. No surprise at all.. health first ... but why he keeps trying to tour at this stage is beyond me. This is a guy who’s first Farewell tour was almost 30 years ago.. insane.
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Don’t care what kind of music you are into, impossible to not like and appreciate
@thecarsband
songs. Debut album pretty much perfect. Incredible amount of great songs written by
#ricocasek
, not to mention his production work.
#RIPRicOcasek
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Props to
@theweeknd
. Not my world of music but did a great classy performance & actually sang LIVE like he said he would! Came out, did his thing, actually sang. What a concept! Now how about a rock act next year
@NFL
?! It’s been 11 years!
#SuperBowl
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It’s incomprehensible on a daily basis to me that there is something called a
@rockhall
and neither
@IronMaiden
or
@judaspriest
are in it.. it’s utterly ridiculous on every possible level no matter what genre of music you like.. disgraceful!
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I grew up as a kid going to the Jersey shore during the Summer. I always dreamed of owning a weekend house of my own there one day. Well thx to a lot of hard work tonight I am about to sleep in my own place at the Jersey shore for the first time ever!
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As amazing as the solo is I can’t help but to see the cigarette burning on the head of the guitar and thinking how it takes on new meaning given what we are dealing with today ..
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Rock is certainly not dead. But what seems to be dead are bands playing truly live.The real crisis in rock is prevalence of “live” shows that are anything but. It’s sickening how many accept,look the other way,or have no clue.Thx to all bands keeping it REAL!
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Consider this. A member of one of the biggest bands in the world ,
@Metallica
, had to go to the pre show event to get their award. Because
@RecordingAcad
#GRAMMYs
didn’t feel that was worthy of telecast. Pathetic their treatment of rock & metal.
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The Eagles first “Farewell Tour” was 20 years ago, Ozzy’s first 31 years ago, The Who’s first 41 years ago, Kiss 23 years ago. Motley made a contract that could never be broken ..how can anyone ever believe any band calling anything a Farewell at this point??
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Thx
#GRAMMYs
for giving us a TV performance of Wet Ass Pussy VS finding 3-4 min for a music tribute to such an inconsequential artist like
@eddievanhalen
. Good to see your programming priorities are in place as expected. Nobody even said his name! INSANE
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How about being investigating for alleging to be a live singer
Cardi B is reportedly under investigation for battery after throwing a microphone at a concert-goer during her show in Las Vegas over the weekend:
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Needless to say I am going to dedicate my next live
@siriusxmvolume
show Monday 2-4P ET to Neil Peart
@rushtheband
. Going to have fans & reach out to a bunch of musicians call and say a few words.
#TrunkNation
#RIPNeilPeart
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It is laughable all these pop artists that get this endless praise for being such great talents & not 1 of them dares to actually come close to singing live. Countless songwriters/producers, can not even fake singing live, but these are future greats?! Sad.
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So you may ask yourself why I even subjected myself to American POP Awards? Answer: To see how a show called
#AmericanMusicAwards
was going to pay tribute to an American music ICON
@eddievanhalen
? Know what they did? NOTHING! Fuck you
#AMAs
! DISGRACE!
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I say this every year & maybe 1 year it will happen, a real decent non irritating New Years Eve broadcast w/an actual rock act playing. It’s stunning how bad & annoying every single existing one is on every channel.I tried but it’s over to Honeymooners for me
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Surreal day to be doing a live national radio show & learn on air of the devastating news of
@eddievanhalen
‘s passing. Thx to all callers who joined me for an extended show today. Back live tomorrow w/an extra hour again 2-5P ET
@siriusxmvolume
#TrunkNation
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Received this just now via text from
@BillyFGibbons
regarding passing of Dusty Hill
@ZZTop
. Billy told me okay to share w/fans: As Dusty said upon his departure, “ Let the show go on!”.and…with respect, we’ll do well to get beyond this and honor his wishes.
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Leaving Vegas. Saw
@Metallica
last week in a stadium with 70,000 people and not a mask in site. On a plane now and if you are 2 or over need to be masked or risk being banned from flying.. with filtered air… From day 1 the mixed messages are INSANE.
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Just off the air and just learning
@jeffbeckmusic
has passed away. Bacterial Meningitis is the cause of death. Horrible news to start the year. RIP to a guitar icon , master and legend.
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Neil Peart had one of the most mis pronounced names in rock history. Which is why the very first question I asked when I interviewed him was how do you proper say it: “Peert, not Pert like the shampoo” was his response.
#RIPNeilPeart
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Devastated to hear this news. Eric Carmen & The Raspberries were 1st rock music I ever heard. The power chords of Go All The Way literally introduced me to rock & set me on my path. I knew Eric & did much w/ him during bands reunion. RIP to a true great
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I suspect that after almost an entire week of
@eddievanhalen
talk & tributes last week on
#TrunkNation
, much of this week will be the same w/many of our callers & guests. And probably for weeks more to come ..& I’m totally okay with that.
#RIPEddieVanHalen
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While
@VH1
and
@MTV
networks continue to revive old shows , I’d like to call their attention to a program that ran for 14 seasons and still has a lot of fans...
@ThatMetalShow
!!!!
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In a week where things were starting to feel like a corner was finally being turned on this shit year with the great news
@acdc
was officially back.. we get this massive gut punch today... 2020 blows massively ..
#RIPEddieVanHalen
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One year there will be a New Years Rockin Eve that will actually have rock... and be rockin...
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Corey Taylor & Michael Anthony play VH with John 5!!
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To the more than 272,000 that follow me here on Twitter a sincere thanks for your support and a very merry Christmas and happy holiday to you all!
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Can we stop even giving the ridiculous “rock is dead” narrative attention? It’s just plain dumb.
@foofighters
just had
#1
album around the world, a TON of exciting emerging new rock acts, rock festivals/tours continue to be top grossing acts. Just dumb now
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With all going on has anyone noticed total absence of regard for the pandemic? Not a word on news. We were just told to stay inside for 3 months decimating the economy. Massive crowds gathering for protests but still can’t go in a store. Truly insane times!
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An actual ROCK band... one that actually really sings and plays all live... just one REAL ROCK band... please....
#GRAMMYs
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I’m sorry I’m just still besides myself..processing they didn’t even mention
@eddievanhalen
in open of
#GRAMMYs
& they DID mention artists we lost! Even by their standards I’m STUNNED! I’ll stop for now, because I’m literally speechless what I just saw/heard.
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Wishing my Dad Raymond a huge happy 80th birthday today. I don’t post much personal non rock stuff to often here, but he is the biggest rock star in my life! Happy birthday Dad, thanks for everything!
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RIP J.R. Smalling. J.R. was a member of the early
@kiss
road crew and lives forever in music history as the man who did the “you wanted the best” intro on Alive. He also co-wrote a book on those days. He has been battling cancer for many years. RIP J.R.
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I’ve never quite understood this phenomenon. When I worked in a record store back in the day it would be a crazy rush to get albums in stock when artists died. If it’s a major act and you are a fan wouldn’t you have all the albums already..?
Van Halen music sales jump 6,000 percent after Eddie Van Halen’s death:
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Neil Young being critical of bands for touring during Covid is easy for him given he’s more than set and can live off a huge catalog. Not so easy for artists, crews, venues, agents, managers, promoters, that rely on touring to live!
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And I don’t give a shit
#AmericanMusicAwards
didn’t do In Memoriam segment. U call yourself American Music Awards & you don’t acknowledge an American music ICON?! I guess footage of a real talent that actually played live&wrote his own songs would be jarring?
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10 years ago we lost an icon.
#RIPRonnieJamesDio
. Thx
@billboard
for including me with such great musicians in this tribute article.
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It is amazing how many people have phone conversations , play music , and watch movies in public places with no headphones. Because we all want to hear both ends of your phone calls , music and movies. All common sense and courtesy has left us. Unreal
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Happy 35th to a metal masterpiece
@Metallica
Master Of Puppets. I’m old enough to have seen the band since the very beginning, so this still seems like a more recent album to me haha. 35 years old? Crazy! Still sounds great though!
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Always despised this guys voice .. now another reason to dislike him ... utterly clueless about rock! Bands like
@TheStruts
@GretaVanFleet
@thebandGHOST
(like them or not) are more than “happening” in rock. Ridiculous..
“Rock music is nowhere, really. I don’t know where it is. If it’s around, no one’s invited me to the party. All the of the innovation and incredible things happening in music are in Hip-Hop.” —
@adamlevine
(via
@Variety
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Maybe the American Music Awards can more accurately title themselves American Music (except for anything close to rock) Awards. That would be more accurate.. zero rock representation. Disgrace.
#AMAs
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Just ran into a guy at my post office. Told me he bought records from me when I worked in local record store here in NJ. Told me as a kid he came in & wanted to buy 2 Live Crew,I talked him into
@Metallica
instead.Sounds about right. My work is done here haha
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.
@chriscornell
won Best Rock Performance for “When Bad Does Good”. Nobody saw it because the
#GRAMMMYs
doesn’t feel a category like BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE is important enough to put on TV.. God forbid!
#Disgraceful
#DisrespectfulToRock
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Literally an epidemic in music. The norm in pop. And if it keeps up unchecked in rock, then I’m afraid rock really will be dead. How on earth is anyone supposed to objectively say how ANY artist sounds live if it’s not LIVE?! What is the point??! Madness.
Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance dubbed ‘worst lip sync ever’
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So in a more than 3 hour show, with 5 months to prepare, this is all
#GRAMMYs
could muster for one of the most iconic impactful artists in music history... they reached new levels of shame & disrespect. I am besides myself.
#FuckTheGrammys
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Great stuff from Ted Templeman who brilliantly produced all the early classic
@VanHalen
albums on
@eddievanhalen
from
@RollingStone
@korygrow
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I don’t get what the big deal is about
@billieeilish
not knowing
@VanHalen
is? She’s not a rock artist and she’s 17.. and VH has not exactly been all that active and out there the last 20 + years. If she played rock and didn’t know I could almost get it..
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It’s amazing how in pop and hip / hop heaps of praise and rewards are showered on artists. Many don’t write, don’t produce , and don’t / can’t even sing live. And nobody says shit & accepts it & celebrates them. Truly LIVE music is doomed if this continues.
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#RipChrisCornell
. 2 years ago today we lost one of the greatest voices ever. This was around 2007 backstage at
@BeaconTheatre
in NYC. He did 2 nights. 1st night didn’t play “Fell On Black Days”. Told me to come the next night and he would, and did! It was awesome!
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Congrats to
@foofighters
for the number one album in the US and most of the world. Great for rock! Wait, isn’t rock supposed to be dead...?
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Unless I’m mistaken this was the first
@MTV
#VMAs
since
@eddievanhalen
died. Zero acknowledgment. Why make any time for that.. ?not like he had any talent, impact, or hit videos ever.. and
@DavidLeeRoth
was there!!! Astonishing
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I am just soooo sick and tired of people carrying on about how great a band is “live” in ANY genre of music when they aren’t really playing LIVE! Time for disclaimers on tickets if you are paying to hear a band live & getting karaoke.. ridiculous
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I am officially a home owner in Las Vegas! Managed to get my keys & in my place this morning. So psyched! Wanted to do this for over 20 years. Unfortunately I’m already leaving town for gigs this weekend,but can’t wait to work & have some fun from Vegas soon!
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New
@ThatMetalShow
done!
@fasttaime
@MikeOrlando1
@AndyBVB
Mark Slaughter.
@fasterpussycat
See it this Sat 9P ET
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45 years ago the greatest all time
@Aerosmith
album was released. As great as any hard rock album ever created.
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A taste of a new
@acdc
song which is obviously leading to the full song / video released tomorrow on new music release day. SO great to have them back & reunited with Brian & Phil!! I think we could all use some new AC/DC to help blast away this shit year!
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official announcement of a new
@acdc
album is imminent it seems. Advertising for it being booked. Assuming live shows announced at same time or shortly after. Much like Back In Black remembered Bon, this will be for Malcolm. Will be good to have them back!
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Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley & Cozy Powell all died on this day various years ago. Rough one for rock history. All missed for sure. RIP.
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The one time I had a chance to meet the
@ledzeppelin
legend
@JimmyPage
. Happy 78th to the icon !
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Brilliant and sadly true . .
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So true. I remember getting an advance of this album and thinking it would be super poppy, then hearing Night Songs and being blown away at how heavy it was for what the image was!
Can't always judge the album by the cover. Music on this sounds nothing like the band photo on the front. Songs are very, classic Aerosmith meets AC/DC. Holds up very well.
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Just passed 290K followers here on Twitter. Just a note of thanks to each and every one of you for your support over the days, weeks, months, years, decades. Whenever you came on board and however you connect with what I do thanks, greatly appreciated!
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Props to the
@Chiefs
and whoever made the decision to have the anthem played by a ripping electric guitarist !! That kicked ass! Awesome !! Don’t know who it was but it was great!
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I feel incredibly lucky to have discovered
@VanHalen
when the 1st album was released, to have seen then many times with both lineups (including the Cafe Wha club show for last album in a club with 100 people) & to interview & meet EVH once.
#RIPEddieVanHalen
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