09/25/2012
KISS ARMY SOLDIERS ON
Classic glam-metal act enjoys a trans-generational following
Written by Ed Condran For the Asbury Park Press
During its �70s heyday, Kiss was introduced as �The Hottest Band in the World.��
Decades later, the band believes it still lives up to that title.
�We�re a hot act,� drummer Eric Singer said. �You can come out and see that we�re still very hot. No band brings it like Kiss.�
The veteran band, led by vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley and vocalist-bassist Gene Simmons, keeps filling big arenas and sheds around the country. The legendary �Kiss Army�� of fans continues to support it and the contingent is expanding.
�We�re seeing a lot of younger fans come out to our shows,� Singer said. �So we have the older and definitely the younger, who are so enthusiastic.�
Longtime Kiss fans have introduced their kids to such anthemic staples as �Detroit Rock City�� and �Deuce.�� The group has little choice but to play the array of old chestnuts.
�We have played those songs countless times but they never get old to us,� Singer said. �We love to play �Black Diamond,� �I Was Made For Loving You� and �Love Gun.� How can you not play the songs that made this band legendary? It�s a privilege to play Kiss classics. We love it.�Classic glam-metal act enjoys a trans-generational following
Written by Ed Condran For the Asbury Park Press
During its �70s heyday, Kiss was introduced as �The Hottest Band in the World.��
Decades later, the band believes it still lives up to that title.
�We�re a hot act,� drummer Eric Singer said. �You can come out and see that we�re still very hot. No band brings it like Kiss.�
The veteran band, led by vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley and vocalist-bassist Gene Simmons, keeps filling big arenas and sheds around the country. The legendary �Kiss Army�� of fans continues to support it and the contingent is expanding.
�We�re seeing a lot of younger fans come out to our shows,� Singer said. �So we have the older and definitely the younger, who are so enthusiastic.�
Longtime Kiss fans have introduced their kids to such anthemic staples as �Detroit Rock City�� and �Deuce.�� The group has little choice but to play the array of old chestnuts.
�We have played those songs countless times but they never get old to us,� Singer said. �We love to play �Black Diamond,� �I Was Made For Loving You� and �Love Gun.� How can you not play the songs that made this band legendary? It�s a privilege to play Kiss classics. We love it.�
The members of Kiss are getting long of tooth, so it�s probably not a bad time for the quartet to be sporting all that makeup.
�It�s part of the ritual,� Singer said. �We�re always pumped up to lay things out in a theatrical manner. It�s a cool thing going out in the makeup and the cool clothes. This band has always been about being larger than life. There just aren�t many bands out there that are larger than life anymore. We�re living in an ordinary era and then you have Kiss, which is still all about being big.�
The shows aren�t just big; they�re lengthy.
�We go out there every night and do two-hour-plus shows,� Singer said. �I don�t know if we have a choice because we have so many songs to play. We�re getting older, but we�ve been doing this for years and the guys in this band are in such good shape. But that�s what we have to be to pull off a show like you�ll see when we come to town. We go all out when we play so you experience a show that you�ll never forget.�
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Written by Ed Condran For the Asbury Park Press
During its �70s heyday, Kiss was introduced as �The Hottest Band in the World.��
Decades later, the band believes it still lives up to that title.
�We�re a hot act,� drummer Eric Singer said. �You can come out and see that we�re still very hot. No band brings it like Kiss.�
The veteran band, led by vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley and vocalist-bassist Gene Simmons, keeps filling big arenas and sheds around the country. The legendary �Kiss Army�� of fans continues to support it and the contingent is expanding.
�We�re seeing a lot of younger fans come out to our shows,� Singer said. �So we have the older and definitely the younger, who are so enthusiastic.�
Longtime Kiss fans have introduced their kids to such anthemic staples as �Detroit Rock City�� and �Deuce.�� The group has little choice but to play the array of old chestnuts.
�We have played those songs countless times but they never get old to us,� Singer said. �We love to play �Black Diamond,� �I Was Made For Loving You� and �Love Gun.� How can you not play the songs that made this band legendary? It�s a privilege to play Kiss classics. We love it.�Classic glam-metal act enjoys a trans-generational following
Written by Ed Condran For the Asbury Park Press
During its �70s heyday, Kiss was introduced as �The Hottest Band in the World.��
Decades later, the band believes it still lives up to that title.
�We�re a hot act,� drummer Eric Singer said. �You can come out and see that we�re still very hot. No band brings it like Kiss.�
The veteran band, led by vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley and vocalist-bassist Gene Simmons, keeps filling big arenas and sheds around the country. The legendary �Kiss Army�� of fans continues to support it and the contingent is expanding.
�We�re seeing a lot of younger fans come out to our shows,� Singer said. �So we have the older and definitely the younger, who are so enthusiastic.�
Longtime Kiss fans have introduced their kids to such anthemic staples as �Detroit Rock City�� and �Deuce.�� The group has little choice but to play the array of old chestnuts.
�We have played those songs countless times but they never get old to us,� Singer said. �We love to play �Black Diamond,� �I Was Made For Loving You� and �Love Gun.� How can you not play the songs that made this band legendary? It�s a privilege to play Kiss classics. We love it.�
The members of Kiss are getting long of tooth, so it�s probably not a bad time for the quartet to be sporting all that makeup.
�It�s part of the ritual,� Singer said. �We�re always pumped up to lay things out in a theatrical manner. It�s a cool thing going out in the makeup and the cool clothes. This band has always been about being larger than life. There just aren�t many bands out there that are larger than life anymore. We�re living in an ordinary era and then you have Kiss, which is still all about being big.�
The shows aren�t just big; they�re lengthy.
�We go out there every night and do two-hour-plus shows,� Singer said. �I don�t know if we have a choice because we have so many songs to play. We�re getting older, but we�ve been doing this for years and the guys in this band are in such good shape. But that�s what we have to be to pull off a show like you�ll see when we come to town. We go all out when we play so you experience a show that you�ll never forget.�
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