Last night we posted a story in the news section that was sent to me via Twitter about Kiss replacing Gene and Paul and continuing on with a band of no original members. We later found out the original story was from 2008. While the haters will just attack and say it was calculated to further some insane anti – Kiss agenda (love how I am so anti Kiss and STILL PLAY ALL THEIR MUSIC, too funny!), I left it up for two reasons. One the amount of differing opinions on this generated in comments was interesting and ALL views were posted, and two this is still the plan and closer than ever to happening! If this is what they were planning 6 years ago it is really just around the corner now! Clearly the way they do it might be altered but this is still happening and the band has discussed it in the press even recently. So nothing has changed except for it is more imminent! I am hearing maybe two years away from launching at this point with the current (Gene and Paul) band having maybe one more run left after the current tour. What was stunning about this is how many saw it as major news they never heard? This has been talked about and discussed for a long time by Gene and Paul. So no mater where you fall on it I decided to leave it up because I found ALL sides of the reaction interesting and posted ALL response to it. Unlike some I respect and appreciate all opinions and they are represented here as well as my radio and TV shows. But to see this as some crazy dated story that is no longer the plan is not the case. Some may want to live in some fantasy land but all our heroes are getting older (so are we!) and how they handle the end of their careers will be interesting. Who really retires, who stuck around too long, who does bands with no original members. All good debate and all welcome here.
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I don’t get it. It would just be a KISS-sponsored cover band. I’m not paying good money to go see a cover band, sorry. I don’t see how this gets off the floor.
I am there as long as Gene and Paul are. When they retire, I will no longer follow the “new: KISS.
I certainly hope that Paul gives it up soon and goes to playing acoustic sets or painting. He really needs to rest his voice soon or he isn’t going to be able to speak in the near future. What he, Gene, Ace, Peter, and all of the other former and current members of KISS have done with this band is phenomenal but Gene and Paul cannot go on forever. Thanks Eddie for doing what you do as well!
I guess it is inevitable…..KISS will soon be nothing more than a Las Vegas tribute show.
Soon?
All of this assumes that KISS fans will accept the no originals band as legit and continue to buy merch and show tickets. KISS has been a pure money play for many years and this should not have been a surprise to anyone familiar with how Gene and Paul run things. I don’t see how they can introduce any new music into this scenario (will Gene and Paul collect all the publishing, irrespective of who actually writes new tunes? Will the replacements even be allowed to write new KISS songs? Will Gene and Paul keep writing after they retire?) but that’s their problem, not mine.
If it makes the fans happy, it’s a worthwhile endeavor. If not, it’s the last attempted money grab before the end.
At least the licencing of the TV show, if it happens, will make a whole lot of profit, if it were the last move of the remaining original members.