That Metal Show
| That Metal Show | |
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| Starring |
Eddie Trunk Don Jamieson Jim Florentine |
| Narrated by |
David Coverdale (season 12) Bobby Blitz (season 13) Leslie West (season 14) |
| Theme music composer | Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 127 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
New York City (seasons 1–4) Hard Rock Cafe, New York City (season 3 premiere) Duff's Bar, Brooklyn, New York (seasons 4, 5 & 6 finale) Sony Pictures Studios, Los Angeles, California (seasons 5–12) American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida (season 9 premiere) Metropolis Studio, New York City (seasons 13–14) |
| Running time | 21 min. (seasons 1–5) 43-45 min. (season 3 premiere & seasons 6–14) |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 Classic |
| Picture format |
4:3 (seasons 1–8) 16:9 (seasons 9–14) |
| Original release | November 15, 2008 – May 9, 2015 |
That Metal Show is a talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk with co-hosts Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine. It premiered on VH1 Classic on November 15, 2008.
VH1 Classic discontinued producing more episodes of That Metal Show on January 19, 2016 due to the network's transition to MTV Classic seven months later.
The duties of the Miss Box of Junk Girl are to bring out the prize box for Stump the Trunk and to place choices in order for TMS Top 5.
The season premiere kicked off as a one-hour special featuring live performances from Anvil, Q&A with the band and special guests.
Keri Leigh Tucker, the first Miss Box of Junk Girl, died in late 2009 and was replaced by Jennifer Gottlieb. A memorial dedicated to Keri Leigh was shown after the end credits to the season premiere. This season also marks the last to be filmed in New York before the show relocated to Los Angeles beginning with seasons 5 through 12.
By season 5, The show moved to a new location in Glendale, California (a suburb of Los Angeles) to film their episodes until season 12.
Beginning with season 6, the show aired in a one-hour format in addition to including a musical guest for each episode.
Once again, season 7 was presented in a one-hour format. The show continued to have a guitarist for each episode and also introduced a bassist for the first time.
The Michael Sweet/Jani Lane/Taime Downe episode marks Jani Lane's final appearance as this episode was taped prior to his death on August 11. It was originally scheduled to air on October 1 but was moved to August 27 as the second episode with included a special opening dedicated Lane's memory. In addition, the Stephen Pearcy/Tim "Ripper" Owens episode now aired as the seventh episode.
The season premiere was filmed during Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Tour at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL. Season 9 is also the first to be presented in a widescreen format.
Season 10 is the first to feature a drummer as a musical guest. According to Eddie Trunk, 8 out of the 10 episodes were shown while two of them debuted in season 11 after the network revised the schedule. Jason Newsted, who was originally scheduled to appear in the fifth episode, cancelled his appearance at the last minute during the taping and was replaced by the members of Warrant.
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