Episode 6: Michael Schenker & Mike McCready Special Guest Guitarist:
Frank HannonThis episode was f u c k i n g awesome! Even with
Eddie's weekly whine-fest in full effect, he couldn't wreck this one. Kinda. More on that later. Let's get right into what did make this a kick ass episode. First off....
Frank Hannon. He was f u c k i n g incredible. I think I may have to retract what I said earlier about a previous guitar player being the best this season. I think for me personally,
Frank had the best "Set" of any player in the last couple of years, along with
John 5. In this one,
Frank's tone was SICK!!! On top of squeezing out an amazing sound, he was playing crunchy riffs and power cords so that everyone, myself included could feel the punch to the gut.
Onto
Michael Schenker. Since I've never really seen a one on one interview with him, he surprised me big time in how articulate he was and he had plenty to say, so much so that he kinda hijacked the panel because he was on a roll and had plenty to dish out. His stories were fun and insightful. Moving on to
Mike McCready. Ever since
TMS started, I always wondered of anyone from
Pearl Jam would show up. I honestly never thought anyone would given that stigma of Grunge killing off Metal in the mid 90's.
Well,
Mike McCready stopped by and the adulation he has for
Schenker is obvious and pretty damn cool to see.
Eddie may say he is his "biggest fan", but in just the few minutes that
McCready spoke of and to
Schenker was more sincere than 10 episodes of
Eddie going on and on about
UFO........Sometimes I get the feeling that
Eddie just says stuff on air so that people will just look at him. He gushes a lot about certain people and he never comes across as being sincere, at least that's how I see it. I'm not saying he's not a fan, just sayin' that telling people every 5 minutes means nothing when there is no sincerity behind it.
Which leads me to my new segment that I like to call:
How Bad Was Eddie On Tonight's Episode Of That Metal Show? Well, it wouldn't be a
TMS unless we got some Whine with that plate full of Cheese. My rating will reflect accordingly. The more he whines, the less stars he gets. If he can go a full hour without whining, he will receive a perfect rating. For this episode he gets.....
Eddie