KISS Dorks

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

KISS Manager Reveals 'We Don't Talk' to Peter Criss

The 'End of the Road' has probably already happened for the Catman.

loudwire.com

Sorry @Mickey Massuco

(I do actually kind of agree with him that it'd be stupid to have six members of KISS in makeup for the farewell show. Ideal, mostly but not entirely unrealistic farewell show is Gene and Paul play a set with current lineup and stage set up. Intermission then they Gene, Paul, and Eric Singer come back on in street clothes and bring on Bruce Kulick to play a couple of '80s/'90s KISS songs then Eric and Bruce walk off and Ace & Peter come on. Original lineup plays 3-4 songs. Encore with every member playing "Rock & Roll All Night".

Ideal unrealistic scenario has Vinnie Vincent popping up in the ANKH WARRIOR costume to play "I Love It Loud" and "Lick It Up" somewhere in there)

 

[Fall of Epic]

Gotta throw an Eric Carr tribute in there somewhere.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Yeah, probably actually include "God Gave Rock & Roll to You II" in the setlist instead of just using it as the show outro. And/or play part of "Carr Jam 1981" during the show (It'd be unrealistic to expect them to play an entire instrumental during the farewell show).

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Man nobody gives a shit at this point. It’s been longer in between now and the original reunion tour than in between that and the original lineup’s heyday.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I got a laugh out of a recent interview with Gene where he said they were retiring because they didn't ant to put on the makeup and costumes as old men.

Lack of self awareness is crazy. Him and Paul are in their seventies (and even Tommy & Eric are in their sixties now)! YOU ARE OLD DUDES LOOKING STUPID IN KISS MAKEUP!

 

[Mickey Massuco]

I think they just wanna present a certain image, the one that gets them the most money. The fact that they use backing tracks regularly means they’re well aware of their limitations at this point.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Enough depressing current KISS talk

Kiss Announces 'Off the Soundboard: Live in Des Moines 1977' LP

Kiss will release 'Off the Soundboard: Live in Des Moines 1977' on Sept. 9, 2022.

ultimateclassicrock.com

As The Demon would say "oooh yeah! ...I like it!"

Weird to think of a time where "Rock & Roll All Night" wasn't the concert closer but ykw? I think the last song before the encore slot here is just as good if not better. Why say you're gonna rock & roll all night then leave right after?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I wouldn’t have said this 10 years ago and I definitely wouldn’t have said it 20 but Demon is right.

It’s weird the further you get into KISS, you realize that Gene is not the most entitled member and actually might be least out of the original four!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1547538907692138496

Michael James Jackson, who produced Creatures of the Night and Lick It Up (as well as the four original tracks on Killers) has passed away from COVID-19 complications.

Him and Vinnie Vincent really helped spearhead the first KISS comeback and reestablish them as an elite rock band.

I either forgot or didn’t know that him and Paul were BFFs.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

2nd most important Jericho podcast this week. Him appearing on the #1 KISS podcast with his ‘80s KISS tribute band to discuss all things non makeup era!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Bah gawd, new regime is off to a great start, @Mickey Massuco !

 

[Fall of Epic]

Man, they couldn't give him Catman side plates on his title?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Unlike Ace, Peter doesn't own his makeup. Triple H is probably afraid that Gene Simmons will sue them.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

PeterCriss.net - The Only Official Website of Drummer Peter Criss

petercriss.net

Catman posted a brief thank you on his website and a lot more photos of him chilling with RAW superstars. I guess the WCW KISS Demon and Edge hooked him up!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Guns N' Roses historian recalls Paul Stanley calling & interviewing Slash to join KISS when Ace Frehley left - Sleaze Roxx

Guns .

sleazeroxx.com

Weird "What if?" but I honestly don't think teenage Slash would've turned out much better than the Vinnie Vincent era. And considering Vinnie wrote all of the hits off of Creatures of the Night (insomuch as that album had "hits") and all of Lick It Up period, there might not have been a KISS comeback period.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

VV era is underrated.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

It’s objectively best lineup besides the original IMO.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Any reason why Vinnie Vincent bowed away from the public eye after his KISS stint? He only resurfaced just a few years ago.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Well he had the Vinnie Vincent Invasion for a few years after KISS until he got kicked out of his own band and they became Slaughter.

I don't think anyone really knows where he went between 1988 and 2018. Besides bilking his fans out of hundreds of dollars for unreleased box sets and albums.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

apparently he was hard to work with and that could be why he didn't do much, especially after grunge took over and those metal virtuosos were not exactly in high demand.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558127103433793537

Paul is probably legit pissed he wasn’t the one that was asked to be on DWTS.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Gene Simmons Says Farewell Tour May Not Be the End of Kiss, Reveals How the Band Could Continue

'Kiss will continue in ways that even I haven't thought of.'

www.ultimate-guitar.com

Oh God, here we go again!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1560707717949530114

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Bah gawd. It’s a summit of two childhood heroes that I would never expect.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Happy birthday to rock n roll's most magnificent asshole, The Demon himself Gene Simmons!

OOH YEAH!...I like it.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Bah gawd. It’s a summit of two childhood heroes that I would never expect.

Finally listening to this. A good little look into Paul's insight. Part where he talks about former bandmates (presumably Ace?)' anti semitism's effect on him is jarring.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Gene Simmons Says What We Already Knew: "I Don't Have Friends" | MetalSucks

KISS frontman Gene Simmons discusses the limited number of friendships in his life and talks about his hoarding habits.

www.metalsucks.net

Here's your chance @Pumpkin Spice Kamala

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

It ain’t easy bein’ cheesy.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Happy 35th Anniversary to one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures Crazy Nights!

Bruce Kulick posted a video commemorating this on Facebook that I will have to watch when I get out of work!

For fans of Peter Criss' autobiography, stay tuned till the end to see a shot of Starchild smacking his own ass!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Slaughter and partially reunited Frehley's Comet to headline Kruise Fest on October 27-28 - Sleaze Roxx

Slaughter .

sleazeroxx.com

Frehley's Comet is doing a partial reunion. Without Ace. Huh. I guess it's good to see Anton Fig doing something with his spare time.