Thanks to all who came to our live show in Philadelphia this past Saturday night at The Troc. Great time and appreciate all the love. Also thanks to Vinnie Moore for being a guest. This Saturday me, Don & Jim hit The Token Lounge in Westland MI by Detroit. Hope you can join us for comedy, Q&A, trivia and much more. I’ll have both of my books for sale as well as T shirts and more. Come hang!
Thanks to Judas Priest for coming by my radio show last night. Good to have Priest back in action with a new album coming in July. We hung out for 90 minutes, took calls, and played a new track. Audio already on Youtube (and my news section on this site) and also On Demand on the SiriusXM app. Thanks to Rob, Richie and Glenn for coming in. Tour coming in the Fall! More from the new album when I can play it.
I am aware that once again Paul Stanley was asked about coming on TMS by a fan at a Jewish center in SF. It was caught on video and once again he gave the Wayne’s World line. I love that his FANS are asking him. But the fans are the bosses right? Seems Paul is much more comfortable on shows like The Talk and others and that’s fine. He doesn’t need our show and we are fine as the longest running show in VH1 history without him. But as proven by the clip his FANS are asking him and he has no real excuse besides “Wayne’s world”? As I said when he called us that on Twitter, I don’t take offense to that. I have jokingly called the show that myself! We don’t take ourselves so serious. Paul is very sensitive as he says himself in his new book. So shows like The Talk and CNN where he will get questions a producer fed the host from a latest bio on exactly what he wants is a perfect fit for him. Many Kiss and rock fans don’t watch those shows but at least he is more comfortable there it seems and that’s fine. Our little “Wayne’s World” was good enough for Maiden, AC/DC, Sabbath, GnR, Paul Rodgers, Sammy Hagar, Metallica, Aerosmith Rush, and many many more. Even the last few bands Kiss worked with Motley and now Def Leppard have all been guests on TMS, embrace the show, and realize the importance of it. So all good by me. Wayne’s World was a hugely popular film, TMS is a popular show around the globe with rock and metal fans. Thanks to TMS fans everywhere for all the support and to Paul for at least watching. I mean you couldn’t reach a conclusion on something without having watched right? As has always been the case our doors remain wide open to discuss ALL aspects of an artists career. Party on!
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Eddie, just pre-ordered Tesla’s new album and LOVE the early release available “So Devine”. What’s your take on the album as a whole?
Very solid
Whether you love KISS or wish they would go away, reading the posts above reinforce the fact that this band can get folks talking like none other. Though I’m partial to the ’75-’76 edition of the group, bright musical spots exists throughout their entire career. Yep, even on The Elder!
Though I have no crystal ball, no inside track, and no direct line to Gene’s mom, here’s what I see happening down the road: at the point when Gene & Paul no longer desire to be in the band, they will find replacements for themselves to wear the makeup, and the band will march onward.
I’m not saying this to be funny, but we’re talking about Barnum & Bailey here—these are band members wearing makeup and playing a role. Sure, you can say I’m nuts, but are they trying to hide the fact that Tommy and Eric are behind the masks? In this band, anyone is replaceable. Sure, you would have hard time finding someone with Paul’s charisma or Gene’s presence, but it can be done. This is a hard rock musical with pyro, and the actors are interchangeable.
Coming someday to a city near you–KISS, with none of the original members. Complete with bombs, blood, and spandex, all while finishing every show with Rock and Roll All Nite.
It’s a circus, people, and the circus comes to town every year. They just employ different clowns.
ironically, gene simmons invented Wayne’s world.
Eddie…you and others have compared Paul and Genes stance of Ace and Peter being druggies/alcoholics to being friendly with Nikki Sixx and Slash and say you can’t see how they are so hypocritical…Not true and here’s why…first off, they were not in a band with Nikki or Slash so their drug use had no bearing on their career or Kiss..Secoond, you keep saying Peter and Ace are sober for over 7 years, SO WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES THEY JEOPERDIZED THE BAND WHEN THEY WERE IN IT WHEN RHEY WERENT SOBER?? Kiss could’ve been bigger for longer and who knows what could’ve been if Ace and Peter didn’t fuck things up so much by being selfish…not once but TWICE?? They both already got a chance to prove their worth, yet both managed to fuck it up AGAIN??? Before any idiots tell me I’m a Paul and Gene apologist, let me say that Eric and Tommy shouldn’t be in Ace and Peter makeup…Also, Paul and Gene have both done and said their fair share of idiotic things, but in reality you sound like an Ace and Peter apologist…I think you are great Eddie…no one and I mean no one waves the metal/hard rock flag like you and I love your radio show, TMS and honestly think I would get along well with you as a person, but come on Eddie…you have to look at the facts, and no matter what, Paul and Gene started Wicked Lester, it became Kiss and that was due to P and G putting ads for members of a band they dreamed about being…then at the peak of their fame, you’ve got two knuckleheads in Ace and Peter almost ruining it…All the choices, good or bad, that Paul and Gene have had to make, including the RRHOF are a direct result of Ace and Peter fucking up…it like your wife cheating on you once, you give her a second chance have babies and then you find out she is cheating again…you may have to be nice because she mothered your kids, but you don’t have to be in a room with her or acknowledge her…And lastly, Peter is the most selfish PERIOD…His book shows it from his own mouth and instead of understanding how he JEOPERDIZED the existence of one of the greatest bands in the world, he chooses to play the woes me card…Give me a break…
Dead on.
That stuff about Wicked Lester morphing into Kiss is completely irrelevant. Kiss has completely different qualities than Wicked Lester! In fact, that just bolsters the argument that they needed Peter and Ace to succeed. I really think Gene and Paul have put up this Straw Man of Ace and Peter being these complete fuck ups, bad people. …The truth is the four don’t get along very well, and that’s what made them so great.
Not irrelevant…Paul and Gene had the vision to disband Wicked Lester and move on…Success with Peter and Ace happened as Kiss, yes but then they both fucked it up, period and forced Paul and Gene to move on…And you obviously don’t know your facts, plus your point of P and G needed Ace and Peter to succeed is moronic…nobody said the four of them were not the real deal, I said after they became famous those two dumbasses began a spiral of not giving enough of a shit to actually show up for shows, not show up for recordings, and play like complete shit because they were out of their minds, so get your facts straight before you comment…
OK..Facts: 7.5 studio records and a solo record each, in 5 freaking years. Ace flaked on a few sessions, but by your logic he is a complete flake. It’s like saying a batter bats .100, when the truth is he bats .600, he only bats .100 against left handed pitchers, That is your logic. Factor in the tours, the promotion. ..”.Play like complete shit,” back in the ’70s bands played looser, which, to me is much more volatile and rock and roll, at least in Kiss’s case. That Wicked Lester album completely sucked by the way. Peter and Ace sold out to rock and roll, it’s funny that t Kiss “fans” expect them to be Eagle Scout of the month.
You obviously can’t read, can’t comprehend English and again have given no facts against anything I said…You can’t be a Kiss fan and not like the original lineup so again re-read my post, but you dont even have to be a fan, (which you are obviously not) to recognize the facts of what could’ve been had Ace and Peter not messed it up…Eagle scouts?? There’s a difference between partying and not showing up or not being able to play because you’re wasted…
I never said Paul and Gene needed Ace and Peter, I said that you said it.
Disagree about “getting along” in the early days of the band. Because they did get along early is exactly why they were able to make it. In bands…and I spent 30 years in them, you at least need to get along in the beginning. You can have conflict but you ALL have to be moving in the right direction. Conflict is one thing, pulling in 2 separate directions is another. No doubt in my mind in the beginning they were all pointed in the right direction, they all got along, they had a goal. And…as long as that is the case, the conflict can always be managed. The problems begin when one or more of the parties starts deviating from the path as obviously happened. Then…all that crap that you went through as a band, all the minor conflicts turns to resentment.
Paul made an important point…he was always willing and did carry Ace or Peter’s load, and eventually Gene’s when they wouldn’t or couldn’t. He didn’t mind at the time because Kiss was his sole focus. And if he didn’t do it, failure was likely. But I guarantee you as their paths diverted, as Ace and Peter’s actions began to threaten the existence of the band (and Gene’s) all that resentment starting coming through and that is why he is the way he is today. I look at it this way…no original 4, no Kiss. No Paul Stanley, no Kiss for 40 years. For that alone I’ll give the man his due.
As for Kiss’s workload in the 70’s…hell yeah, it was ridiculous but if it was hard on Peter and Ace, can you imagine how hard it was on Paul and Gene. Afterall, they were writing the majority of the music. Again, cannot blame that on Gene and Paul, that’s just the hand they were dealt. It’s just odd that two guys are criticized for having a strong work ethic. Isn’t that something we’re supposed to celebrate in this country? I truly don’t care that Ace and Peter lived the RnR life, it no doubt gave the band an edge in the beginning…lots of bands do, that’s not nor ever was the problem – early. The problem is when it threatens the bands existence. That is the difference. And I do think fans that defend Peter and Ace tend to forget that. I mean your defending people’s actions that nearly destroyed the thing we all loved. It certainly destroyed the original band.
George you’re right! I can’t read! Damn, I can’t believe you figured that out. I also can’t do division very well, Ace flaking on three sessions out of 8.5 studio records is a hell of a lot more than I though! Oh my goodness, and factor in the times he was so wasted he and Peter couldn’t play the shows, they had to cancel how many shows out of the close to 1000 they’ve done over the years because Ace and Peter were too ‘wasted’ to play? Wait, what ..2? that’s a hell of a lot George, I’m glad you set me straight, you, da man!
Anytime…I’m here to set fools like you straight…and thanks for underscoring my points…This is too easy..And lastly, just for the record, since again you either can’t read or comprehend, my post was about morons calling Paul and Gene hypocrites for being friends with Nikki Sixx and Slash as they were not in Kiss and their drug/alcohol use had no bearing like it did with Ace and Peter…what exactly is your point, other than making stuff up (7.5 or 8.5 albums) and I guess you have the Wikipedia facts on just how many shows Ace fucked up on…and how many recording sessions both Ace and Peter missed, and how much money in studios time and session players did they have to bring in…I can go on and on, but I will stop there as you have helped me make my point due to your ignorance…So again I thank you…And yes I am THE MAN…
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George, you da man!
Nailed it perfectly George!
I’m calling bullshit on this post. Ace and Peter didn’t fuck up a second time. Ace and Peter came in and fucking busted their asses on a 200 + show Reunion Tour and made Gene and Paul $40 million and put KISS and Gene and Paul back on the map (while only paying Ace and Peter 2 million each by the way). Then they repeated it again for Gene and Paul during the Farewell Tour. The Psycho Circus Tour was just ill conceived (a 3D screen?) so it doesn’t count. Right now with Gene and Paul and the two imposters, they can’t sell tickets and they have to co-headline with bands like Motley Crue or Def Leppard or Aerosmith or they can’t tour. Its over for KISS now. Gene and Paul will never ever again see the ticket sales or the touring money that they experienced with Ace and Peter during the Reunion Tour and Farewell Tour. Paul’s voice is completely shot and he croaks when he sings and Gene is too old adn out of shape to run around in the 50 pounds of armor and to breath fire and spit blood. Its way too much work and he admits that he’s too old to do it and he wants to retire. In 5 years, KISS will only exist in Vegas and maybe Broadway. They’ll become a novelty act like the Blue Man group and they’ll have a bunch of 20 year olds dancing and doing acrobatics with the demon, catman, spaceman, and star child makeup…but they won’t play their own instruments….it’ll be a house band or a DAT tape. Gene and Paul have only one shot and one shot only on cashing in one last time and going out on top, and that is to reunite again with Ace and Peter. Otherwise Gene and Paul fade into obscurity and they’ll be viewed as greedy con men who only care about money and not their legacy or the fans.
I guess Aerosmith sucks too…they did a co-headline tour with Kiss with Peter…so again, another moron with an opinion based on nothing…
Another thing moron…Ace has been sober for 7 years….can you do the math?? It’s 2014…from 1996-2002 the reunion happened…enough said….
Yeah Sean, aren’t you glad we got George here to set us straight! I can’t believe how dumb I am to think that a band that busts their asses in the clubs, tours in a station wagon, puts out 7 studio records, 2 live records, four solo records, in five years could exist with two complete fuck ups. What? they were bigger than Led Zeppelin at one point? No, that can’t be right. If that was the case they would have had to do massive tours all over the U.S., and, as George has explained, they had two complete fuck ups in the band…what? they toured Japan and Europe too? how could that be when you have two complete fuck ups. Wait, George said he was talking about Nikki Sixx and Slash!! They were in Kiss!! No? Oh..He said that Paul is a hypocrite, so THAT explains why George is so right about everything. He has the studio times when Peter and Ace flaked?? Ace and Peter cost Kiss money then!!! Money in lost studio time and they had to hire session guys!! Dang that Ace and Peter, they just ruined everything, no wonder they were so unpopular!! What? they got back together and broke attendance records ..again? You mean with those two complete fuck ups?? Well, I hope George can set this straight, I’m sure he will…after he takes a few days to you know, REALLY come up with something smart to say to us morons.
Dynasty tour: 90 shows in six months, that would burn anybody out.
what does my family have to do this uhh “discussion?”
George: YOU ASSCLOWN!! IT’S MY LAST RESORT WHEN I HAVE NO REASONING, WHEN MY SHIFTING THE BURDEN OF PROOF TACTIC DOESN’T WORK, I ATTACK PEOPLE PERSONALLY!! LIKE REFERRING TO SOMEONE’S ‘MOTHER’ FOR INSTANCE!!
, well, good luck with that.
Wait, now this is really crazy, someone told me that Ace, that complete fuck up influenced Dimebag Darrel!! I know, can you believe that? And get this, I heard that Al Demiola said that Ace had the best vibrato in the business, that’s some crazy shit man. Well, I hope George can straighten this one out. George? you there?
read my posts…nothing you or the other idiot have said has any bearing on anything I posted…so change your name to ASSCLOWN as it should be and you and the other Moron can troll elsewhere…your stupidity is not even worth commenting on…
Actually George I think you are really offensive, in fact all of you, for kicking someone for having an addiction issue that pertains to self abuse. The guy has personal issues obviously, the drugs are the symptom of something that’s deeper. Ace plays every freaking instrument practically except the drums on his new CD, a true solo effort. Why isn’t anybody talking about that?
no it’s offensive that someone like you is even allowed to make a point, because you’ve had several posts that were attempts but know point has been made by you yet…Other than underscoring mine…which I thank you for…
“know point” has been made? Wow George, you just hit the nail on the head! And it was by pure dumb luck! Maybe there’s hope for you yet!
George: CUT THE CRAP MORON. EVERYONE KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES ACE AND PETER FUCKED UP. AND…IT WAS A BUNCH OF TIMES.
A bunch? OK
George: IF YOU TROLLS ON HERE WOULD GET A CLUE, I WOULDN’T HAVE TO KEEP REPEATING MYSLEF, I SAID A BUNCH, LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF TIMES. A WHOLE LOT
Well, I know there were a few times, when they probably weren’t 100 percent, probably because they were doing over 100 shows per year, that’s alot of shows.
George: LISTEN YOU DUMB MORON, I TOLD YOU THEY HAD TO GET SESSION GUYS..CAN’T YOU READ??
But they did that for Gene, and after Ace and Peter were long gone too.
George: YOU ARE SUCH A DUMB MORON, THESE TROLLS ON HERE…LISTEN ASSCLOWN, I TOLD YOU ACE AND PETER WERE TOO FUCKED UP TO PLAY.
Well, they played in stadiums, they…
George: LOOK, I SAID A WHOLE, WHOLE WHOLE LOTTA TIMES, I’M SURE YOU HAVE THE PROOF WHEN ACE AND PETER WEREN’T FUCKED UP HUH? LET’S SEE THAT ASSCLOWN!!
But you have to produce the proof, you are the one…
George: I HAVE TO PRODUCE THE PROOF? YOU MORON I ALREADY TOLD YOU IT WAS BUNCH OF TIMES!! WHO DO YOU THINK PLAYS ON DESTROYER, A SESSION GUY PLAYED BY SESSION GUYS, EVERY …
You mean two songs pretty much..
George: TWO SONGS!! WELL PROVE THAT ACE DIDN’T PLAY ON THE REST OF IT
But you are the one ..
George:
Hahahahahahah!!! And you just keep on going…please continue, because with every word you just keep proving your lack of knowledge and proving mine…Now I think I hear your mother calling, so get out of bed, get off your Mother’s computer, get out of her basement and get a job…and get a life while you are at it…Take your attitude and shit-stirring elsewhere, I’m not interested in it…
The reason why kiss hardly plays any new stuff because it is weak no soul, thin when you go on national tv and play all old songs that’s pretty weak and all you do is praise your new album and your new clones and dont back up new material is sad I tried listing to sonic bum and monster no soul sounds like they are trying to hard no soul. Tesla and Judas on the other hand are real no sell outs they believe in their music and you can feel it