Season 14 Of That Metal Show Comes To A Close With BOBBY “BLITZ” ELLSWORTH, FRANKIE BANALI, BILLY SHEEHAN

May 7, 2015, 9 years ago

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Season 14 Of That Metal Show Comes To A Close With BOBBY “BLITZ” ELLSWORTH, FRANKIE BANALI, BILLY SHEEHAN

On May 9th at 9pm ET with a repeat time of 11pm ET, the final episode of Season 14 of VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming, That Metal Show, will air. Featured guests include Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth of Overkill, and Frankie Banali of Quiet Riot.

Joe Elliott’s interview is a pre-taped interview, and his appearances book-end Season 14, appearing in the debut and finale. In the interview Joe discusses not slowing down, Def Leppard’s upcoming tour and cruise, and the huge impact MTV had on their career. Bobby and Frankie sit down together with hosts Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine live in the TMS studio as the final guests of the season. Frankie talks about the success of the recent Quiet Riot documentary and the range of emotions he felt combing through the old footage of former singer, Kevin Dubrow. The hosts ask “Blitz” if he ever would want to do a documentary on Overkill and he said they wouldn’t. Blitz also says Overkill has got better with age due to his vaping of Red Bull and gasoline; and shares a hilarious story about the vitamin supplement Airborne.

The musical guest this week marks the return of TMS Alum and living legend, Billy Sheehan, of Mr. Big and The Winery Dogs. Eddie Trunk describes Billy to the audience as “the Jimi Hendrix of the bass guitar”. Billy talks about the upcoming sophomore album by The Winery Dogs, how they played 101 shows on their last tour, and the bands’ upcoming tour plans in October. Billy even shares a story about being asked to join Van Halen and why he declined the opportunity TWICE! Billy’s playing is absolutely stellar throughout the show, and his second to last performance causes the entire panel, audience, and crew to give him a standing ovation, a That Metal Show first! The hosts then ask Billy to perform one more solo in lieu of The Throw Down to end the season, once again bringing the entire studio to a raucous standing ovation.

Billy joins guests Bobby and Frankie for Put It On The Table. The TMS Top 5 this week is sponsored by Just For Men and prompts a discussion of the Top 5 Beards In Rock, in which Kerry King, John Petrucci, Zakk Wylde, and Rob Zombie all find their way into the discussion. Eddie faces some extremely difficult Stump The Trunk questions in the last show of the season, and for the Pick Of The Week the hosts pick their favorite recent reissues, and Jim Florentine didn’t get the memo since his choice isn’t even out yet.

Fans can watch all previous episodes and other exclusive bonus clips at this location and on the VH1 App.

 

 


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