Eddie Trunk Offers His Theories on the Success of ‘That Metal Show’
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Tonight VH1 Classic will air the premiere episode of season nine of ‘That Metal Show.’ To kick off the new slew of episodes host Eddie Trunk scored an interview with Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose and lead guitarist Dj Ashba. It’s a huge exclusive for the program and its network and a testament to the show’s growing success. But Trunk’s journey to cable ratings gold wasn’t always that easy.
“It was a long plight for me to get this show on the air in the first place. I’ve worked for VH1 Classic going on 10 years now and I was always pushing the people that previously ran it to do something like ‘That Metal Show.’ My campaigning went on for years.
“The fact that the show is a success is proof that people wanted to see something like this. It’s taken a lot of hard work from me, my co-hosts, and the network level, to get everything to work. I think everyone bring something a bit different to the table,” Trunk says.
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Eddie Trunk Offers His Theories on the Success of ‘That Metal Show’