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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They’d have to come up with a REAL good package to foist that on the public and expect them/us to buy it. Menudo may have worked once upon a time…or did it?
I’d heard this for awhile as well but don’t think it can be KISS without at least 1 founding member. There are plenty of bands out now from that era that are touring with only 1 original, sustaining member (meaning a founding member that never left the band for the entirety of their career). Styx (JY), Foreigner (Mick), Journey (Neil), REO (Neal). There are more, but you get the idea. I value Eric and Tommy’s contributions to the current band, and agree Peter and Ace self-inflicted their dismissals, but Eric and Tommy could not sustain the fan base. It would be interesting to have one-off concert with special guests where notable rock stars influenced by the original band sat in with the band – perhaps even giving them the opportunity to wear the make-up. But after that, leave the band and the music to Kisstory.
1st off, I love “cover bands” big-time. They work their assets off to celebrate/honor a band they love. If there is a KISS sponsored band with a good sound/show at a fair price,,, I would go in a heartbeat!
The fact of the matter is that Gene and Paul are DEAD WRONG in thinking that it doesn’t matter who is behind the makeup and that people are only there to see the “characters” and the “spectacle”. This will be an interesting experiment, however. A real-life test of the question that Roger Waters’ posed in The Wall: “If they send us along as a surrogate band, we’re gonna find out where you fans really stand”. I know where I stand!
I follow news on KISS and I haven’t heard about this idea until THIS article! But you know, quick thought about it is – not a bad idea!! KISS keeps going…. hey… it could work!