KISS IN TALKS TO LAUNCH A TV TALENT SHOW TO FIND REPLACEMENTS FOR BAND MEMBERS PAUL STANLEY AND GENE SIMMONS
The manager of KISS has confirmed the group are in talks to launch a TV talent show to find replacements for frontman Paul Stanley and guitarist Gene Simmons – when the duo eventually retire.
It has long been rumored that founding members Stanley and Simmons hope to keep the band running when they decide to quit – but both men have been evasive when asked about whether any new members have been signed up and if the takeover will happen after their current world tour.
The rock veterans are the only original members left in the band, which was marred by the departure of Ace Frehely and Peter Criss and the death of Eric Carr in 1991 – the group now includes replacements Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer.
However their longtime manager Doc McGhee insists that there are indeed plans to replace all four band members and keep KISS alive for a new generation – they are close to signing a deal to find their replacements through an American Idol-style TV show.
McGhee says in a new TV documentary about the band, “I believe that KISS can go on forever. I believe that there is a way – and we are talking to people and we’re pretty close to getting it done – about finding the four new members of KISS.”
As our own Eddie Trunk reports in his Trunk Report, despite the fact that this article is dated 2008, Eddie writes, “the plan and closer than ever to happening…maybe two years away from launching.”
source: starpulse.com
Wow! Only thing is A New Paul May sing better but WOW! The End had to come.
This was originally from an interview in 2008. Old news. Clearly, Gene and Paul are still in the band. Keep hating Eddie. The rest of us are having fun at KISS shows this summer. Can’t wait to see them in St. Louis and on the KISS KRUISE! Sorry if you think I’m “drinking the kool-aid” 🙁
Keep hating? That’s why I post all the positive posts as well? YOU keep seeing only one side. And even if it’s old it is still the plan. So I assume you are buying it like everything else, which is your choice…
Much as I have been against what they have done lately… I must admit that they really did mean no one member is above Kiss and there will be a Kiss after they are all gone. Hate it or love it but they have stood by this for years now. I for one don’t like it… But they have stood by what they have always said these past multiple years. And where as I don’t want any part of it.. Good luck I guess.
If any longtime Kiss fans continue to support this, they should be shot on site or be forced to just directly send Gene and Paul a check.
How much more generic can it get…