Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock & Heavy Metal

One of rock's great storytellers, Trunk finally has a book where he can share some of his yarns. The lifelong Jersey resident and longtime DJ will be signing copies of his new collection, "Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal," Wednesday at Bookends in Ridgewood.

Trunk said he always envisioned writing an autobiography, a juice-dripping-from-the-pages account of his life in music. But Trunk still has his feet planted deep in this industry (he is the host of "That Metal Show" on VH1 Classic and hosts a national radio show on XM). He did not want to alienate friends or future interview subjects.

So he wrote about how Metallica indirectly helped him land a job with a record label. And he wrote about an encounter with Jon Bon Jovi.

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The ever-lovely (and willing to share) Catte Sambora sent along the Bon Jovi section of the book.

You can read more about Eddie Trunk here and can purchase the book through Amazon.

~ Hath