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That Metal Show
« on: June 27, 2010, 07:25:20 PM »
I love it and it is one of the only things on TV I make sure I record every week. Haven't seen yesterday's yet but I will tonight.

Anyone else dig it?

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2010, 07:43:26 PM »
S'alright.  Watch it when its on (which is a lot of the time).  I feel kind of proud when I get a "Stump the Trunk" question that Eddie misses (easiest one was the name of the DT studio album with Charlie Dominici).

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2010, 07:53:39 PM »
Didn't realize they threw in an old school DT question, that's cool. I saw all of the first season, haven't really seen any of it since then, I liked the Mike Portnoy one especially. It's a "meh" show overall though, Eddie Trunk is the only guy that should be on there, the other two comedians are just irritating. If MP wasn't already doing a shitload already, I'd say he should join the show.
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2010, 07:54:48 PM »
Love the show.  No new show last night with the Rush Doc playing.
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2010, 07:56:06 PM »
It's a good show but I feel that the segments are too short. It would benefit from an hour long slot

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2010, 07:57:46 PM »
It's a good show but I feel that the segments are too short. It would benefit from an hour long slot

Yeah.

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2010, 08:29:56 PM »
It's a good show but I feel that the segments are too short. It would benefit from an hour long slot

Yeah.

I love the show.

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2010, 08:39:48 PM »
Never heard of it, don't watch TV normally.
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2010, 08:58:08 PM »
S'alright.  Watch it when its on (which is a lot of the time).  I feel kind of proud when I get a "Stump the Trunk" question that Eddie misses (easiest one was the name of the DT studio album with Charlie Dominici).
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2010, 10:47:53 PM »
S'alright.  Watch it when its on (which is a lot of the time).  I feel kind of proud when I get a "Stump the Trunk" question that Eddie misses (easiest one was the name of the DT studio album with Charlie Dominici).

A couple hot joizee skanks also stumped him by his lack of knowing that JLB was in Winter Rose prior to DT. As for the show, I really liked it a good bit for the first 4 or 5 shows that I saw but that "new show smell" wore off pretty quickly when I realized how it should definitely be called "That Heavy Metal Show." By that I mean they do a pretty damn good job covering 70s/80s metal and keep tabs quite well on the artists who estabished their cred during that time but it seems that Eddie Trunk doesn't have much, if any, interest in bands that hit the scene from the 90s onward. His two buddies seem pretty clueless on quality metal that's 90s or newer since I see them talking about Slipknot and Shadows Fall as if they're "carrying the torch" for quality metal(I personally don't dislike either band but you won't catch me sucking dick for tickets to their showsI only do that for Richard Marx.)

So my bottom line on it is: good show but very lacking due to there seeming like there's an unwritten rule that the only way music released within the last two decades can get covered is if a member of an older band is directly involved.
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2010, 10:53:48 PM »
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2010, 11:13:53 PM »
Black_Floyd, they actually made a joke right before one episode started: "That Metal Show is on VH1 Classic, so stop asking why your favorite Nu-Metal band isn't talked about."  So yeah, the channel's focused on 60s/70s/80s/early 90s stuff mostly, so TMS isn't going really going to look closely at new metal/hard rock bands.

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2010, 11:22:29 PM »
sounds like a cool show, wish I could watch it

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2010, 11:22:54 PM »
Black_Floyd, they actually made a joke right before one episode started: "That Metal Show is on VH1 Classic, so stop asking why your favorite Nu-Metal band isn't talked about."  So yeah, the channel's focused on 60s/70s/80s/early 90s stuff mostly, so TMS isn't going really going to look closely at new metal/hard rock bands.
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2010, 12:27:54 AM »
Black_Floyd, they actually made a joke right before one episode started: "That Metal Show is on VH1 Classic, so stop asking why your favorite Nu-Metal band isn't talked about."  So yeah, the channel's focused on 60s/70s/80s/early 90s stuff mostly, so TMS isn't going really going to look closely at new metal/hard rock bands.

Exactly why calling it "That Metal Show" is a little off the mark. They cover heavy metal which is what it was known as in its own time and is very specific to the pre-90s era. I like Sabbath, Priest, Rainbow, Rush, Zepp, Maiden and others from that era a good bit actually so I take no issue with that. I just get the idea that they called it "That Metal Show" to lure in all metal heads despite the fact that they clearly intend on ignoring a fair bit of the metal music that is listened to by the same people they tried luring in with the more timeline-ambiguous use of "metal" rather than "heavy metal."

I'm not trying to play show-naming police here but I feel that "metal" refers to all music made pertaining to metal regardless of chronology so if you're gonna stamp it with "metal" don't limit it to heavy metal. Same could be said if they only covered one genre of metal like black, power, death, prog or otherwise while still implying by title that they were taking all comers.
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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2010, 06:48:34 AM »
Yeah It borders on dad rock worship a lot. And the shows pacing is a bit fast.

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2010, 06:50:15 AM »
Never heard of it, don't watch TV normally.

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2010, 07:49:00 AM »
*snip*

I'm also going to point out they start off most shows with "Welcome to That Metal Show your home for hard rock and heavy metal."  That way they don't have to call it the "That Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Thrash Metal, Glam Metal, and Progressive Metal before 1995 Show" but still let viewers know "hey this is what's up."

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2010, 12:45:04 AM »
When the blonde guy said he actually liked "St. Anger" I called BS; he has no idea about anything.

The DIO show was incredible. I actually liked this show.

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Re: That Metal Show
« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2010, 09:23:50 AM »
I just saw the episode with George Lynch and Don Dokken last night, 'twas alright. Since they moved to Los Angeles, the feel of the show just isn't what it used to be. Still cool though.