Eddie Trunk – 40 Years Of Maximum Rock

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Axl Rose, Sebastian Bach, Chris Jericho, and Eddie Trunk walk into a club in New York City’s Meatpacking District… that is a true story, and just ONE that legendary radio DJ Eddie Trunk shares from his 40-year music career! He talks about meeting and eventually working for the late, great Jonny Z at Megaforce Records, and being an early advocate for Metallica and the life-long friendship that resulted from that. He has stories about KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, Anthrax, Van Halen, and Sammy Hagar. And he comments on the future of music, radio, and discovery. Thank you for supporting our sponsors! Brunt Workwear: Go to https://BruntWorkwear.com/TIJ and use code TIJ to get $10 off your first order plus free shipping and returns. Better Help: TIJ is sponsored by Better Help. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/JERICHO to get 10% off your first month. 1stPhorm: 1stphorm.com/JERICHO & get free shipping on orders over $75 Factor Meals: Go to https://FactorMeals.com/TIJ50 and use promo code TIJ50 to get 50% off. Progressive: Quote today at https://progressive.com STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @ChrisJericho Instagram: @talkisjericho @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho baby.
0:07.0	Jericho baby.
0:10.0	All right. It's Jericho. All right, well, it's a huge, huge year here, week, month, the 40th year anniversary of Eddie Trunk in Radio, is next level man. I mean like you're talking about Dick
0:26.8	Clark Casey case some Uncle Brucey Howard Stern and Eddie Trunk man like how does it feel for you to know you've been doing this for 40 years?
0:36.5	It's surreal, Chris. I mean, when I think about it, I can't believe it's been that long.
0:41.8	I never dreamed it would be and turn into the career it's turned into.
0:46.7	It feels to me like I started yesterday, but the reality is I started in 83 my first year at high school and I don't know exactly what month I started
0:56.8	but I just know what happened in 83 so I'm getting it in under the wire you know kind of celebrating in December
1:04.0	but yeah it's definitely definitely surreal and like you or anybody that has a drive and a goal there was no
1:10.9	backup plan you know so it's so I'm glad I figured out a way to make this work
1:15.8	Zach Wild used always say to me father trunk he goes good thing you figured out a way to
1:21.4	make this work because if not you'd probably be homeless, and he's right.
1:25.4	Well, the thing is though, too, like the way you've made at work
1:27.8	and we can talk about all the different changes
1:29.7	and the way that the whole industry has changed
1:32.0	in so many ways in 40 years, just the fact that you have that type of longevity.
1:36.4	I don't know if, I'm sure there will be some people, but to have somebody that was, let's say, started in in radio whatever that is in this day and age in 2023 to get to 2063 that's going to be even harder just the way that the industry has changed so much.
1:52.0	Yeah, I mean I have a lot of younger people often ask me,
1:56.0	how do I get started, how do I do what you did,
1:58.5	how to, what's the path, what's the advice.
2:01.9	And, you know, I'm never discouraging to them, but one of the biggest
2:04.9	challenges is when I started, there were no podcasts. There was no internet. There was no YouTube. There was nothing like that. So there was a real sense of like
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