KISS Dorks

[Valeyard]

46th anniversary of Dressed To Kill. C'mon, man.

 

[Fall of Epic]

https://www.kissreplicas.com/products/kiss-sneakers.html

I wonder how many pairs @King Kamala and @The Art of Postin' have already pre-ordered.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Imagine what kind of dork would order Tommy Thayer sneakers.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

FUck Tommy Thayer.

damn i thought they were regular sneakers, but clicking on the link they look way cooler. let me get my credit card...

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Thayer's face isn't on it so you can't actually tell it's not the real spaceman, but it still doesn't feel right. I'll have to pass.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Reggae KISS is back just in time for the weather getting warm, mon. That Bruce Kulick guy is good too.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Kiss Announces Summer/Fall 2021 U.S. Tour

Kiss' The End of the Road Tour resumes in August of 2021 with rescheduled shows and new additional concert dates!

www.metalsucks.net

Ah shit, Atlantic City in August and luckily for @King Kamala, they're hitting Bangor that same time.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I have a show that night but I have very little if any interest in seeing the current lineup again although it appears that Starchild's voice is sounding marginally better given the unexpected time off. Also DLR was supposed to be the opening act and isn't anymore but his voice is even more shot than Starchild's.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

KISS - Brands For Fans To Release Cold Gin This Summer; Third Rum And Exclusive Gift Box In The Works

Sweden's Brands For Fans, Epic Rights and KISS have signed an agreement to launch two more products together. Perhaps the most highly anticipated by fans and the most likely to cause a stir amongst collectors is the announcement of KISS Cold Gin. Named after the legendary song written by Ace...

bravewords.com

God I wanna buy it even though I know it tastes like trash probably

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1423343492764520448

Uh oh. I'm gonna have to reassess things after finding this out, fellas.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1431055383955742721

People! Let me get this (COVID) off my chest!

Sounds like it's mostly asymptomatic. Thank goodness.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

also GOAT respect GOAT 8)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1430581807221780483

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

(to tune of "Christine Sixteen")
COV-EEED NINE-TEEN

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Also this looks like fake news. KISS is already on hiatus until at least 9/9 anyway while Paul Stanley is cleared of HIS case of COVID-19. Also Gene Simmons is strongly pro vaccination. When I Google News searched Gene, all of the results were interviews with him where he shitttalked right wing politicians in Florida and Texas and said there should be vaccine mandates.

(to the tune of "Christine Sixteen")

MANDATE VACCINES!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Damn. The Gene getting COVID story is true. Why couldn’t it have been Tommy Thayer?

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Cinema Snob covering KISS related material! *moans in @King Kamala noises/riffs?*

 

[Fall of Epic]

Kiss Cancel Las Vegas Residency

Kiss canceled their Las Vegas residency, which was slated to run from December through February at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater, in October 2021.

ultimateclassicrock.com

Who knew a band that hasn't done anything worthwhile in two decades isn't a draw in Vegas?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I think the Farewell Tour has done marginally better than KISS' tours from the past 10 years but this current lineup is not something people are gonna travel from all over the country to see. MAYBE a Vegas residency could work if it was the originals but that's not going to happen for a variety of reasons.

Also Ace has become a fun social media follow lately, posting about his colorful socks collection and random sci-fi movies he's watching. Does he think he's Minoru Suzuki? Almost enough to distract me from remembering that he's a MAGA guy now.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

KISS fans : we want you guys to reunite with your original guitarist!
Gene and Paul: you want us to reunite with our former guitarist? OK!

Watch Kiss Reunite With Bruce Kulick for Two Songs

Bruce Kulick guested with former bandmates Kiss, playing two songs with them during Kiss Kruise in October 2021..

ultimateclassicrock.com

 

[Fall of Epic]

Sister of Kiss' Paul Stanley: "I Hope He Goes to Hell"

Julia Eisen, the older sister of Paul Stanley from Kiss, says her brother is a "scumbag": "I hope he goes to Hell."

www.metalsucks.net

Well damn.

I read Paul Stanley's book and apparently his sister wasn't the most stable person in the world.

 

[Gary]

Gene Simmons rips anti-vaxxers: ‘If you’re willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy’

Gene Simmons is blasting COVID-19 deniers and unvaccinated Americans, calling them the “enemy.””If you’re willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy,” the…

thehill.com

was going to post this in the Coronavirus thread, but decided here was better

 

[Fall of Epic]

MOSHPIT

Your metal lyrics sanctuary, where every word hits like a riff.

www.wearethepit.com

Read the room, Ace

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I’d much rather see Bruce Kulick play non makeup era KISS songs with a pickup band than the current lineup of KISS.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Bruce Kulick Says Fans Are 'Hungry' for '80s and '90s Kiss Songs

Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick told UCR during a December 2021 interview about the resurgence he's seen with material from his time in the band.

ultimateclassicrock.com

I’M FRIGGIN READY!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Hell yeah!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I just found out Jean Beauvoir,who co-wrote two of my favorite non makeup era songs ("Who Wants to Be Lonely" and "Uh! All Night") and produced The Ramones Animal Boy and "Pet Semetary" plus sang the theme song to Cobra, is releasing an autobiography next month.

(He's probably known most as a member of Plasmatics or Little Stevie collaborator but he's most known as '80s KISS/Ramones sidekick TO ME)

My gut feeling is it will be a great great book. Story of a Haitian-American punk rocker who grew up to work with both of Queens greatest rock bands during career lowpoints and Stallone!? Sign me up! Pre ordering a copy as soon as I get paid.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I just found out the existence of this unreleased music video from Music From "The Elder yesterday. This is the height of unintentional comedy. Like the type of music video Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd "parody" on The Tonight Show. Crowd bobbing their heads and singing and dancing along seems like something more out of a Wham! music video. Call me a rockist if you want but there shouldn't be CHOREOGRAPHED FINGER SNAPPING IN A KISS VIDEO!

More music videos should end with the audience hoisting the band on their shoulders in triumph. I feel bad for whoever had to hold up drunken Ace.

cc @Mickey Massuco . You should see this if you haven't.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Also I did an Elder relisten yesterday and I never really realized what a great album it is for Gene. He's far and away the MVP and really carries the load while Paul is flailing away (literally seen in video above). "Mr. Blackwell" might be the most underrated Demon song. He also crushes it on "Only You" and "Under The Rose". "A World Without Heroes" might be one of the most divisive songs in the KISS canon but objectively speaking, he nails what they're trying to go for.

In short, he totally fits in and seems very comfortable among the faux pretentiousness of the album while everyone else is horribly out of place. "Dark Light" is fun though.

 

[Fall of Epic]

This is a really bad Alice in Chains knock off.