Kiss

Spiritual_Chaos

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

Cropduster-80 said:

I kind of regret never seeing them if only for the experience. That looks crazy 

They are worth seeing just for the production. I was a huge fan in the 80s and saw them for the Creatures of the Night tour and the Lick It Up tour. For COTN they had a fucking tank turret on stage that the drums sat on. It would rotate and fire.

They lost me after their Animalize album. Just got too poppy for me. If I would have listened to their albums I probably would have stuck around because their singles were pop crap but they still had some solid stuff.

The last time I saw them was probably 20 years ago. They were on a co-headlining tour with Aerosmith. We actually left during Aerosmith because Kiss just blew them off the stage that night. That seems like blasphemy now.

Not a fan of Animalize (or Lick it up). But Asylum is ”great”. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxaAQgZgP6g

Blasphemy

what weirds me out is I thought they were a bunch of old farts in 1984 when this stuff came out....Simmons was only about 35

They look older. The Lick it Up video is not a good look.

Anyways:

https://youtu.be/yJF9oCNNWFY

Gern Blansten

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

Cropduster-80 said:

I kind of regret never seeing them if only for the experience. That looks crazy 

They are worth seeing just for the production. I was a huge fan in the 80s and saw them for the Creatures of the Night tour and the Lick It Up tour. For COTN they had a fucking tank turret on stage that the drums sat on. It would rotate and fire.

They lost me after their Animalize album. Just got too poppy for me. If I would have listened to their albums I probably would have stuck around because their singles were pop crap but they still had some solid stuff.

The last time I saw them was probably 20 years ago. They were on a co-headlining tour with Aerosmith. We actually left during Aerosmith because Kiss just blew them off the stage that night. That seems like blasphemy now.

Not a fan of Animalize (or Lick it up). But Asylum is ”great”. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxaAQgZgP6g

Blasphemy

what weirds me out is I thought they were a bunch of old farts in 1984 when this stuff came out....Simmons was only about 35

They look older. The Lick it Up video is not a good look.

Anyways:

https://youtu.be/yJF9oCNNWFY

yeah Lick it Up was embarrassing as hell....but that album cover....damn 

JOEJOEJOE

Paul lives in my neighborhood....I see him at the local strip mall once in a while.  Gene used to live in the same hood until he moved out of state for tax purposes.

I once had a cool run-in with Gene:  We were backstage at a Foo Fighters show, and he came up to me with one of those 'joke' packs of gum that gives you a slight shock when you pull out a piece.  Knowing of his Jewish roots, I called him a "schmendrick" (yiddish for trouble maker), and we then had a discussion about us both being the sons of Holocaust survivors.  He was a nice enough fella.

Gern Blansten

JOEJOEJOE said:

Paul lives in my neighborhood....I see him at the local strip mall once in a while.  Gene used to live in the same hood until he moved out of state for tax purposes.

I once had a cool run-in with Gene:  We were backstage at a Foo Fighters show, and he came up to me with one of those 'joke' packs of gum that gives you a slight shock when you pull out a piece.  Knowing of his Jewish roots, I called him a "schmendrick" (yiddish for trouble maker), and we then had a discussion about us both being the sons of Holocaust survivors.  He was a nice enough fella.

Crazy....good stuff.

I read his book "Kiss and Make Up"...highly recommended for Kiss fans

Gern Blansten

Kiss live on Stern right now....sounds pretty good

Hi!

^Thanks for the heads up. I’m interested in hearing this, will have to catch it on the replay. I listened/liked the Gene Simmons Bill Maher podcast so I’m sure I’ll enjoy this as well.

Gern Blansten

so far...Detroit Rock City, Shout it Out Loud, R&RAN x 2

Paul sounds great

Spiritual_Chaos

Last shows to be at MSG in december. Two nights.

BrainofBGA

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Last shows to be at MSG in december. Two nights.

Well there’s a DVD / CD / LP in the making if there ever was one! 

CROJAM95

Listened to them on Howard today

fun interview… I’m gonna try for last msg show

Lerxst1992

‘Incredible honour’: KISS to perform ‘one last time’ in AFL Grand Final

https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity-life/incredible-honour-kiss-to-perform-one-last-time-in-afl-grand-final/video/c16e1bc6899318f89ae8b04983d690b6

BrainofBGA

Yep, playing in Melbourne tomorrow for the big game. Australia’s version of the Super Bowl. Then one last Aussie gig in Sydney next week. 

Lerxst1992

Can never get the preview to show on this device but here is the link of Kiss at the GF in front of 100,024!

https://youtu.be/5ksZ2j8NSqI?si=OqWJAGKp4BeEcplx

Gern Blansten

I was geeking out on Kiss this weekend and put together a playlist. I ended up with 41 songs with nothing past the Animalize album.

I used live tracks from Alive 1 and 2 where available. Good stuff

Spiritual_Chaos

Gern Blansten said:

I was geeking out on Kiss this weekend and put together a playlist. I ended up with 41 songs with nothing past the Animalize album.

I used live tracks from Alive 1 and 2 where available. Good stuff

But Asylum is better than both Lick it up and Animalize

Gern Blansten

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

I was geeking out on Kiss this weekend and put together a playlist. I ended up with 41 songs with nothing past the Animalize album.

I used live tracks from Alive 1 and 2 where available. Good stuff

But Asylum is better than both Lick it up and Animalize

Probably....I just got fed up with Animalize then moved on

Spiritual_Chaos

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

I was geeking out on Kiss this weekend and put together a playlist. I ended up with 41 songs with nothing past the Animalize album.

I used live tracks from Alive 1 and 2 where available. Good stuff

But Asylum is better than both Lick it up and Animalize

Probably....I just got fed up with Animalize then moved on

What songs from Unmasked?

Gern Blansten

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

I was geeking out on Kiss this weekend and put together a playlist. I ended up with 41 songs with nothing past the Animalize album.

I used live tracks from Alive 1 and 2 where available. Good stuff

But Asylum is better than both Lick it up and Animalize

Probably....I just got fed up with Animalize then moved on

What songs from Unmasked?

None! That album lost me and then Creatures was the resurrection. I got into The Elder several years later though. I really like that album.

Just a Boy/Odyssey/Under the Rose/The Oath/Mr Blackwell/I made it from that one

Spiritual_Chaos

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

I was geeking out on Kiss this weekend and put together a playlist. I ended up with 41 songs with nothing past the Animalize album.

I used live tracks from Alive 1 and 2 where available. Good stuff

But Asylum is better than both Lick it up and Animalize

Probably....I just got fed up with Animalize then moved on

What songs from Unmasked?

None! That album lost me and then Creatures was the resurrection. I got into The Elder several years later though. I really like that album.

Just a Boy/Odyssey/Under the Rose/The Oath/Mr Blackwell/I made it from that one

Unmasked doesn't have a weak song though. 

You mentioned a bunch of weak ones though... hehe

IN THIS NAKED CITEEEEY

Gern Blansten

I'll add Is That You?

Shandi makes me want to commit arson

BrainofBGA

Unmasked is a classic! 

Is That You, She’s So European, Two Sides of a Coin, Tomorrow… the list goes on! 

Gern Blansten

Saw them Saturday night in Indy....great show. Their video/light/pyro show is amazing.

Also very cool that the back video screen displayed the classic KISS sign every so often. They sounded great.

Paul yaps way too much though...holy shit. I assume that's just to drag out the show a bit and possibly let Gene prep or something. It just came very repetitive with the "how are you all doing tonight?" shit. 

I had not seen them live since the KISS/Aerosmith co-headlining tour about 20 years ago. 

Gern Blansten

BrainofBGA

Would be interesting to see if the final show has some spontaneity in terms of song choice (highly unlikely) or they’ll just roll out the same set that they’ve played for most of the whole tour? 

BrainofBGA

BrainofBGA said:

Would be interesting to see if the final show has some spontaneity in terms of song choice (highly unlikely) or they’ll just roll out the same set that they’ve played for most of the whole tour? 

Looks like basically the same set with a couple of minor variations. 

Holograms announced. A new era of Kiss. 

JT167846

ABBA is doing the same I think. Will be interesting to see how they market it. Anyone go to the last gig? Apart from Mike?

Gern Blansten

BrainofBGA said:

Would be interesting to see if the final show has some spontaneity in terms of song choice (highly unlikely) or they’ll just roll out the same set that they’ve played for most of the whole tour? 

Yeah I guess we shouldn't be too surprised but it sure seems like they could have done something a little more special. 

When we saw them in Indy we walked through the atrium early to check out merch and they were performing for the VIPs....pretty cool that they do that but those people pay quite a bit for the privilege.