That Metal Show

That Metal Show
Starring	Eddie Trunk Jim Florentine Don Jamieson
Country of origin	USA
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	45
Original release
Network	VH1 Classic
Release	November 15, 2008

That Metal Show is a talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk with co-hosts Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson. It premiered on VH1 Classic on November 15, 2008. New episodes air on VH1 Classic on Saturday nights and are rebroadcast throughout the week.

The show focuses on discussions about "all things hard rock & heavy metal", past and present. Among the regular segments are round table discussions and debates between the three regular hosts, interviews with heavy metal musicians, "Stump the Trunk," where audience members ask trivia questions of host Eddie Trunk, and "The Throwdown," where the hosts and guests debate great moments and figures in metal history. The guitar & bass-heavy theme song was co-written by co-host Jim Florentine and Guns 'N Roses lead guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and performed by Thal.

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
1	8	November 15, 2008	December 27, 2008
2	9	March 7, 2009	April 25, 2009
3	9	October 3, 2009	November 28, 2009
4	10	February 6, 2010	April 24, 2010
5	9	May 8, 2010	July 17, 2010

Season One

#	Title	Original airdate	Guest(s)
1	Lita Ford	November 15, 2008	Lita Ford
The series opener begins with a discussion about Iron Maiden's new tour, and features an interview with Lita Ford and on-location interviews with fans at a Van Halen concert. Eddie gets two out of four correct on "Stump the Trunk". The show concludes with a discussion about the long-delayed Guns N' Roses release Chinese Democracy.
2	Yngwie Malmsteen	November 22, 2008	Yngwie Malmsteen
Show highlights include a discussion about Metallica's new album Death Magnetic. The guy's soon bring out the week's guest Yngwie Malmsteen, who talks about his new album and how he got in to playing guitar. Jim and Don pretend to be tour guides at the New York Hard Rock Cafe. Eddie gets two out of four correct on "Stump the Trunk". In the "Whatever Happened To" segment, the guys talk about what happened to Stryper. "The Throwdown" features a heated debate over the most important band in the history of metal music, with Don and Jim supporting Black Sabbath, Eddie supporting Led Zeppelin, and Yngwie nominating Deep Purple.
3	Twisted Sister	November 29, 2008	Dee Snider and Jay Jay French
The show opens with a discussion about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's apparent ignorance of heavy metal acts in their induction procedures. Jay Jay French & Dee Snider discuss the early years of Twisted Sister, contrasted with their recent reunion tours. Eddie gets two out of four correct on "Stump the Trunk". In "whatever Happened To" they discuss what happened to Cinderella. The show ends with "The Throwdown" between the Kiss Army and fans of Rush. Jay Jay and Jim chose Rush, while Dee, Eddie and Don chose Kiss.
4	Dream Theater	December 6, 2008	Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy, drummer of Dream Theater, joins Eddie, Don, and Jim in the studio. Don and Jim play a practical joke on Eddie, tricking him into getting a tattoo of his favorite band, UFO. Eddie gets two out of four correct on "Stump the Trunk" (while Mike Portnoy gets the ones that Eddie misses, going two for two). "The Throwdown" pits 80's glam metal band Britny Fox versus pop-diva Britney Spears.
5	Mike Piazza	December 13, 2008	Mike Piazza
The show starts with the guy's talking about classic metal band's not selling new albums. Baseball player and metal music aficionado Mike Piazza soon appears in studio, who talks about his experience backstage at a Guns N' Roses show. Eddie and Jim interview Angus Young and Brian Johnson of AC/DC. Eddie gets two out of four right on "Stump the Trunk". The pick of the week is Black Sabbath's The Rules of Hell box-set. In "Whatever Happened To", the guy's talk about what's been going on with Vinnie Vincent. In "The Throwdown", the panel debates which was the best band from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. Mike and Jim chose Maiden, Don and Eddie chose Priest.
6	Kiss	December 20, 2008	Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley, former lead guitarist of Kiss sits in with Eddie, Don and Jim and discusses his life in music. Don and Jim interview several tribute bands at a club in the Bowery. Eddie gets one out of three correct at "Stump the Trunk", but begins to question the veracity of the questions being asked of him. The panel reviews the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil as their "Pick of the Week". "Throwdown" debates the merits of Black Sabbath's two most significant frontmen: Ozzy Osbourne versus Ronnie James Dio.
7	Rush	December 27, 2008	Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson discuss the 30+ year career of Rush. Eddie gets two and a half out of three correct on "Stump the Trunk". In their "Pick of the Week", the hosts review the British magazine Classic Rock. "The Throwdown" features a match-up between video-vixens, Tawny Kitaen and Bobbie Brown.

Season Two

#	Title	Original airdate	Guest(s)
1	Pantera	March 7, 2009	Vinnie Paul
To start off the new season, special guest Vinnie Paul of Pantera and Damageplan makes an appearance. They discussed recent events about Vinnie such as the new release of the book about Vinnie's late brother Dimebag Darrell. Also, Vinnie gives the guys a copy of Vinnie's new collaboration with the guys of Type O Negative titled Seventh Void. The guys later search for the new "Box of Junk" girl and choose Kerri Leigh from Tennessee. Eddie gets two out of three right on "Stump The Trunk" and this episode's "Throwdown" deals with old Metallica vs. new Metallica. Jim and Don pick new Metallica while Eddie and Vinnie pick old Metallica.
2	Anthrax	March 14, 2009	Frank Bello
3	Extreme	March 21, 2009	Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone
They begin the episode by discussing music in the digital age and the differences between listening to an album and downloading songs off of iTunes. They welcome out Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone (who enters through the audience). They discuss several things including the reasons that Extreme is coming back now and how it was following David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar in Van Halen. Don and Jim revisit the "Van Halen TV" bit and go to London for "Motörhead TV". Eddie got two and a half out of four in "Stump the Trunk." The pick of the weeks were Danko Jones by Jim, The Binges by Don, and Richie Kotzen by Eddie. They discuss "Whatever Happened to" Jason Newsted.In "The Throwdown" they debate which is the "meaner" album: Slayer's Reign in Blood or Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power. Gary, Nuno, Jim, and Don chose Pantera and Eddie chose Slayer.
4	Anvil	March 28, 2009	Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner
5	Guns N' Roses	April 4, 2009	Duff McKagan
6	Queensrÿche	April 11, 2009	Geoff Tate
7	Thin Lizzy	April 18, 2009	Scott Gorham
8	Heaven & Hell	April 25, 2009	Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler
9	That Metal Show Presents: Download Festival '09	July 18, 2009	Tommy Lee, Slipknot, Hatebreed, Tesla, Mike Portnoy, Buckcherry, Duff McKagan, Tim "Ripper" Owens, and many others
In this multi-part episode, Eddie and the boys attend the 2009 edition of the festival at Donington, England. Featuring exclusive interviews and concert footage includes full songs by: Def Leppard (Hysteria, Animal, Armageddon It, and Pour Some Sugar on Me), Faith No More (Land of Sunshine, Introduce Yourself, and Easy), Korn (Another Brick in the Wall Parts 1,2,3), Slipknot (Wait and Bleed), Tesla (Signs, and Modern Day Cowboy), Journey (Ask the Lonely, Separate Ways, Don't Stop Believin, and Anyway You Want It), and Tim "Ripper" Owens (Scream Machine). Plus, Guns N' Roses's Duff McKagan along with the members from Slipknot and Hatebreed participate in another round of "Stump the Trunk" where Eddie got two out of three right. Then in "The Throwdown" Eddie, Jim, Don and rock band Buckcherry decide who they want to see perform live.

Season Three

#	Title	Original airdate	Guest(s)
1	Anvil/Sacha Gervasi	October 3, 2009	Steve "Lips" Kudlow, Robb Reiner, G5, and Sacha Gervasi
In the season 3 opener the boys begin the season by celebrating their first 1 hour special, (not counting the download festival) their new sponsor budweiser as well as Kiss finally becoming eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They bring out Anvil for a second time and ask them how the movie has affected their career and what the highlight of their career have been. Next they bring out a second guest, the band's former roadie and the director of Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Sacha Gervasi. Eddie asks Sacha why he decide to direct the movie and why so long since the time Sacha was Anvil's roadie. Next they introduce a new segment for the show "Living The High Life with...", where Anvil got to talk to former Pantera-vocalist Phil Anselmo. In Stump The Trunk Eddie starts the season strong with 2 out of 3. In whatever happened to we find out happened to the German heavy metal band Accept. And in the throwdown they pitch classic Motörhead line-up against the current Motörhead lineup. Anvil and Don chose the current line-up while Sacha, Eddie and Jim chose the classic line-up. And finally,on the first ever live performance on that metal show Anvil end the show with "March of the Crabs", "Metal on Metal", and "Flying Blind".
2	Judas Priest	October 10, 2009	Rob Halford
In the second episode of season three Eddie points out that many of their heavy metal heroes are losing their strength to perform. Jim points out that bands like Aerosmith have on many occasions suffered on stage injuries. Legendary heavy metal singer Rob Halford is the guest for the week. Halford states how big of a fan he is of the show and that the new Halford album will be out next year. In the "Living the High Life with.." segment Jim and Don visit the legendary rock clothing store "Trash n' Vaudville". The pick of the week is the re-release of Whitesnake's 1984 US-breakthrough album, Slide It In. In the "Whatever Happened To" segment we find out whatever happened to James LoMenzo. In the throwdown the debate who was the better frontman of the band Rainbow. Eddie, Rob, and Jim chose Ronnie James Dio while Don choses Joe Lynn Turner.
3	Chris Jericho	October 17, 2009	Chris Jericho
In the third episode of season three the show features WWE Superstar and metal fanatic Chris Jericho, who is also the lead singer of metal band Fozzy. They talk about Fozzy's upcoming album Chasing the Grail. The guys also speak about Sebastian Bach, Scott Ian, and Axl Rose who were on Eddie's radio show that week. An old argument between Chris and Don over Bruce Dickinson led Iron Maiden and Paul Di'Anno led Iron Maiden is also rehashed. In "Living the High Life with..." guitarist Kerry King and drummer Dave Lombardo both from the band Slayer review albums such as Megadeth's Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?, Journey's Greatest Hits, Motörhead's Ace of Spades, Nirvana's Nevermind, and Stryper's The Yellow and Black Attack. In the "Pick of the Week" segment they talk about Ace Frehley's new release Anomaly. In the "Whatever Happened To" segment they talk about former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick. Finally in a heated "Throwdown" segment they debate the vocal abilities of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson and Judas Priest's Rob Halford. Don, Jim and Eddie chose Halford while Jericho sided with Dickinson.
4	Overkill	October 24, 2009	D.D. Verni and Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth
In the fourth episode of season three they bring in Overkill members Bobby Ellsworth and D.D. Verni. Our hosts ask them what direction their music career direction and about their side projects. They introduce yet another new segment "10 Questions" with Matt Sorum. In the pick of the week the boys picked Megadeth's new album Endgame. We find out whatever happened to former Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz and his brother Dave. In an unusual throwdown over who had the better duet; Ozzy and Lita Ford versus Ozzy and Miss Piggy. Don, Eddie and Jim chose Miss Piggy over Lita. As our hosts start to argue with Overkill, Lita and her husband Jim Gillette walk in to promote Lita's new album Wicked Wonderland.
5	W.A.S.P.	October 31, 2009	Blackie Lawless
In the fifth episode of season three the show starts with Eddie, Don and Jim talking about band's doing their classic album from beginning to end live like Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe. The guys bring out the week's guest Blackie Lawless, who talks about touring, W.A.S.P's iconic song "Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)" and the social commentary in his performances in the 80's. In "Living the High Life with..", Eddie and Jim talk to Alice Cooper about his infamous stage show. In "Stump The Trunk" Eddie got 3 of 4 questions right. the pick of the week is actually Don and Jim's "Terrorizing Telemarketers Vol. 5" comedy CD. In the "Whatever Happened To" segment they talk about former Thin Lizzy-guitarist Gary Moore. In "The Throwdown" they debate which album was better, Kiss Alive I or Kiss Alive II. Blackie and Jim chose I, while Don and Eddie chose II.
6	Steve Vai	November 7, 2009	Steve Vai
In the sixth episode of season three, the show starts with a discussion of how grunge almost "killed" heavy metal. The week's guest Steve Vai soon enters talking about his work with David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Alcatrazz and Frank Zappa. He also talks about his new CD and DVD Where the Wild Things Are. In "Living the High Life with..", Eddie and Don talk to the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot. In "Stump The Trunk" Eddie got only 1 of 3 of the questions right. The pick of the week is AC/DC's new Backtracks box-set. In the "Whatever Happened To" segment they talk about former Quiet Riot-guitarist Carlos Cavazo. In "The Throwdown", they debate which was better, 70's Scorpions or 80's Scorpions. Steve Vai, Eddie and Don chose 70's while Jim chose 80's.
7	Hatebreed	November 14, 2009	Jamey Jasta
8	Ratt	November 21, 2009	Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini
Episode eight of season three starts with Eddie, Don and Jim talking about their favorite albums of all time and non-metal or rock bands that they also listen, so called "guilty pleasures". Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini of Ratt soon enter to talk about what's been going on with Ratt recently. In "Living the High Life with..", Eddie, Don and Jim talk to Aerosmith's guitarist Joe Perry, who does an album review for Aerosmith's albums and his own solo albums. In "Stump the Trunk" Eddie got all three questions right (one of the "Trunk Stumper's" was a survivor of the 2003 Station nightclub fire). The pick of the week is the 25th anniversary re-release of Def Leppard's Pyromania. In "Whatever Happened To" the group tries to find-out whatever happened to guitarist Jake E. Lee. In "The Throwdown", they debate which was the better glam metal debut album: Poison's Look What the Cat Dragged In or Cinderella's Night Songs. Stephen and Don chose Cinderella, while Warren, Eddie and Jim chose Poison.
9	Kiss	November 28, 2009	Peter Criss
In the last episode of season three the show starts with Eddie, Don and Jim talking about band's charging fans to see the band. The week's guest drummer Peter Criss soon comes out and talks about his battle with breast cancer, his upcoming CD and book, Ace Frehley's new album and Kiss being nominated to get in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In "Living the High Life with..", Don and Jim take Miss Box of Junk (Keri Leigh) out to dinner. In "Stump The Trunk", Eddie got two of three questions right. The pick of the week is the Deep Purple DVD History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76. In the "Whatever Happened To" segment, the guy's find out whatever happened to Dokken and their former bassist Jeff Pilson. And finally in "The Throwdown" the guy's debate on who had the better instrumental: Led Zeppelin with "Moby Dick" or Rush with "YYZ". Peter, Eddie and Jim chose Rush while Don chose Led Zeppelin, but he changed his mind and chose Rush also. Note: This is Keri Leigh Tucker's final appearance on the show before her death in December of 2009.

Season Four

#	Title	Original airdate	Guest(s)
1	Megadeth	February 6, 2010	Dave Mustaine
Season four of That Metal Show starts with the guys talking about how vocalist Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. They soon bring out the first guest of season four, Megadeth vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine, who talk's about how the tour with Slayer and Testament had been delayed again and about his upcoming book. Next in a new segment audience members get to ask questions from Dave. In "Stump The Trunk" Eddie got no questions right this time. The pick of the week is Overkill's new album Ironbound. In another new segment Jim gives a rant about how some of the viewers are overly sensitive about what the guys say about each other. In "The Throwdown" they debate who was the better German metal band, Scorpions or Accept. Dave and Eddie chose Scorpions, while Don and Jim chose Accept. Note: This marks Jennifer Leah Gottlieb's first appearance as the new Miss Box of Junk Girl since the passing of Keri Leigh Tucker. A memorial was dedicated to Keri Leigh after the end credits.
2	Aerosmith	February 13, 2010	Joey Kramer
3	Accept	February 20, 2010	Wolf Hoffmann and Mark Tornillo
Episode three of season four, starts with the guy's talking about Jim's band-shirt's. They soon bring out the week's guest's Wolf Hoffmann and Mark Tornillo from Accept, who talk about how Mark's been doing as the band's new lead singer. Next we see how Don and Jim got to open for Twisted Sister's Christmas show. In "Stump The Trunk" Eddie got one of two questions right, but Accept's bassist Peter Baltes got ask a question from Mark Tornillo. The pick of the week is Mark's old band, TT Quick's album Metal of Honor. In "Whatever Happened To", they find out what happened to Manowar's original guitarist Ross the Boss. Finally in "The Throwdown" the guy's debate who had the better first album with a new lead singer: Black Sabbath with Heaven and Hell or AC/DC with Back in Black. Wolf, Mark, Don and Jim chose Back in Black with Brian Johnson, while Eddie chose Heaven and Hell with Ronnie James Dio.
4	Joe Lynn Turner	February 27, 2010	Joe Lynn Turner
Episode four of season four starts with the guy's talking about how Guns N' Roses has returned to the spotlight, and has been on tour. The week's guest Joe Lynn Turner soon enters to talk about his new project Over the Rainbow, as well as his work with Rainbow, Deep Purple and Yngwie Malmsteen. Next we see how Don and Jim filled in as babysitters for Eddie's two children. In another round of "Stump the Trunk" Eddie got one of three right. The pick of the week comes from former That Metal Show guest Chris Jericho who almost got into it with Don last season when the guys talk his band Fozzy's latest album Chasing The Grail. Next Eddie gives a rant about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In "The Throwdown" they debate who made the better team with Joe, Ritchie Blackmore or Yngwie Malmsteen. Joe, Eddie and Jim chose Ritchie, while Don chose Yngwie.
5	Anthrax/Pearl Aday	March 13, 2010	Scott Ian and Pearl Aday
Episode five of season four opens with the guys talking about how the Scorpions are retiring. Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian soon enters, and talks about reuniting with singer John Bush and doing the "big four tour" with Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. Next the guys bring out this week's second guest, Scott's wife singer and daughter of musician Meat Loaf, Pearl Aday. She talks about her new debut album and how she was a fan of 80's glam metal, unlike Scott. In "Stump the Trunk" Eddie got two of three right. The pick of the week is a three-way tie. Jim chose Broken Teeth's album Viva La Rock Fantastico, Don chose Crowbar's Lifesblood for the Downtrodden and Eddie chose Slash's self-titled solo album. In the "Whatever Happened To" segment, the guys talk about the band Krokus. In "The Throwdown" they debate who was the best singer for Anthrax; Joey Belladonna or John Bush. Pearl, Scott and Don chose Bush, while Jim and Eddie chose Belladonna.
6	Quiet Riot	March 20, 2010	Rudy Sarzo
In episode six of season four, the show starts with the guy's talking about metal songs being played in sporting events. The week's guest former Quiet Riot bassist Rudy Sarzo soon comes out, talking about his new book Off The Rails, which tells the story of his time in Ozzy's band in the 80's and his friendship with Randy Rhoads. In "Stump The Trunk" Eddie got only one of four questions right. The pick of the week is former Iced Earth-drummer Richard Christy's new album Charred Walls of the Damned. They also bring Richard out as their second guest, talking about the album. In "The Throwdown" they discuss who was the better frontman: Steven Tyler or David Lee Roth. Richard, Rudy and Jim chose Roth, while Don and Eddie chose Tyler.
7	Brian Posehn	March 27, 2010	Brian Posehn
8	Winger	April 3, 2010	Kip Winger and Reb Beach
In episode eight of season four the show starts with Eddie, Don and Jim talking about what upcoming summer-tours, they are excited about. The week's guest's Kip Winger and Reb Beach of Winger come out, and talk about their new album Karma, how they were ridiculed in Beavis and Butt-head and some touring stories from the 80's. Next we see how Eddie, Don and Jim surprise a TMS-fan, on his birthday, by doing the show at his home, with Frank Bello as a guest. In "Stump The Trunk" Eddie got one of two questions right. Next Don gives a rant about how some fan's are too picky about what metal they like. In "The Throwdown" the guy's debate who had the better rocker-reality show: Ozzy with The Osbournes or Bret Michaels with Rock of Love. Kip, Jim and Eddie chose The Osbournes, Reb and Don chose Rock of Love.
9	Joe Satriani	April 17, 2010	Joe Satriani
10	Scrap Metal	April 24, 2010	Season 4 Outakes/Unseen Extras

Season Five

Episode five of season five starts with the guy's talking about how Iron Maiden will be soon touring. They soon bring out the week's guest Alice Cooper who talks about how much he used to drink, the time he spent in a insane asylum, his long marriage, his albums, how he will be touring with Rob Zombie and golf. After the break Eddie talks about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and how Alice Cooper and many others aren't. In "Stump the Trunk" Eddie scored two out of three. In "The Throwdown" the guys and Alice debate who was the better theatrical offspring of Alice, Rob Zombie or Marilyn Manson. Alice and Don chose Rob Zombie, while Don and Eddie chose Manson, but soon they all start talking about how they need a deciding vote, just as Rob Zombie walks in.

#	Title	Original airdate	Guest(s)
1	Motörhead	May 8, 2010	Lemmy Kilmister
2	Black Label Society	May 15, 2010	Zakk Wylde
In episode two of season five the guys talking about how long it's been since Van Halen have released a new album. Next they bring out the week's guest, former Ozzy Osbourne-guitarist and currently in Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde. Zakk came out with three denim vests for the guys to join the "BLS Army", but Eddie received a leather vest from a fan in the audience after his denim vest didn't fit him. Zakk talks about his health, no longer playing with Ozzy and his favorite record with Ozzy. Next, they show a clip from "The Vault" of Zakk's '98 interview where Zakk joked on how he looked like without the beard until he said that he decided to grow it out. In another round of "Stump The Trunk", Eddie scored two out of three. In the "Pick of the Week" the guys talk about the Scorpions' final album Sting in the Tail, calling it the band's farewell album before they retire. Then in "The Throwdown" the guys debate which Ozzy and Randy Rhodes album was the best, Blizzard of Ozz or their final album together Diary of a Madman. While Eddie, Jim, and Zakk picked Diary, Don picked Blizzard after the guys tried to get him to say Blizzard.
3	Judas Priest	May 22, 2010	Rob Halford
4	Adler's Appetite	June 5, 2010	Steven Adler and Chip Z'Nuff
5	Alice Cooper	June 12, 2010	Alice Cooper
6	Rob Zombie	June 19, 2010	Rob Zombie
7	Dokken	June 26, 2010	Don Dokken and George Lynch
8	Slayer	July 10, 2010	Kerry King and Dave Lombardo
9	Scrap Metal	July 17, 2010	Season 5 Outakes/Unseen Extras

Miss Box of Junk Girl

• Keri Leigh Tucker (1982-2009) (Seasons 2-3)

• Jennifer Leah Gottlieb (Season 4-present)

Notes

• Keri Leigh Tucker, the first Miss Box of Junk Girl died in 2009 and was replaced by Jennifer Leah Gottlieb. A memorial dedicated to her was shown after the end credits of the season four premiere.
• By season five, The show moved to a new location in Los Angeles at the Sunset Strip to film their episodes for the fifth season.
• Some of the guests have appeared on the show more than once and in segments like Anvil, Lemmy Kilmister, Mike Portnoy, Frank Bello, Kerry King, Duff McKagan, Lita Ford, and Rob Halford

External links

• That Metal Show at VH1 Classic