08/05/2013
KISS MAKES ST. JOHN'S ROCK CITY
By Steve Bartlett
Photo by Keith Gosse/The Telegram
It wouldn�t surprise me if St. John�s city council had an emergency vote on roof repairs for Mile One because KISS blew the lid off the place Sunday night.
I joke, of course, but if there ever was a show to wreck the rafters and release the rivets, it was this one.
There were explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.
And lots and lots of pyro.
And a whole lot of other things that made it a one-of-a-kind, over-the-top rock spectacle.
The band landed on stage playing on a monstrous mechanical spider, that did all sorts things throughout the show.
They kicked it off with the song �Psycho Circus� and proceeded to rock �n� roll all nite, delivering a set that mixed most of their popular stuff with a few new ones.By Steve Bartlett
Photo by Keith Gosse/The Telegram
It wouldn�t surprise me if St. John�s city council had an emergency vote on roof repairs for Mile One because KISS blew the lid off the place Sunday night.
I joke, of course, but if there ever was a show to wreck the rafters and release the rivets, it was this one.
There were explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.
And lots and lots of pyro.
And a whole lot of other things that made it a one-of-a-kind, over-the-top rock spectacle.
The band landed on stage playing on a monstrous mechanical spider, that did all sorts things throughout the show.
They kicked it off with the song �Psycho Circus� and proceeded to rock �n� roll all nite, delivering a set that mixed most of their popular stuff with a few new ones.
While the music rocked, but was not for everyone, the show wowed the entire audience, which included bassist Gene Simmons� wife, Newfoundland-born Shannon Tweed, and their daughter, Sophie Tweed-Simmons.
Besides the explosions, guitars fired like guns, singer/guitarist Paul Stanley sailed over the crowd, and Simmons ascended to the rafters atop the spider, spitting blood and singing his signature �God of Thunder.�
And that�s just the bottom of the platform boot.
The show was packed with too many things to list.
A colleague who KISS�s first show at Mile One Saturday night rightly described it as �a comic book come to life, the rock concerts of old, revived.�
KISS ended that revival with a blizzard of confetti, more explosions, and the song �Rock and Roll All Nite.�
When the band said goodnight, there was a huge sign at the back of the stage that said something to the effect of �KISS loves St. John�s.�
Judging from the smiles on the faces of the crowd after the show, St. John�s loved KISS, too.
Photo by Keith Gosse/The Telegram
It wouldn�t surprise me if St. John�s city council had an emergency vote on roof repairs for Mile One because KISS blew the lid off the place Sunday night.
I joke, of course, but if there ever was a show to wreck the rafters and release the rivets, it was this one.
There were explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.
And lots and lots of pyro.
And a whole lot of other things that made it a one-of-a-kind, over-the-top rock spectacle.
The band landed on stage playing on a monstrous mechanical spider, that did all sorts things throughout the show.
They kicked it off with the song �Psycho Circus� and proceeded to rock �n� roll all nite, delivering a set that mixed most of their popular stuff with a few new ones.By Steve Bartlett
Photo by Keith Gosse/The Telegram
It wouldn�t surprise me if St. John�s city council had an emergency vote on roof repairs for Mile One because KISS blew the lid off the place Sunday night.
I joke, of course, but if there ever was a show to wreck the rafters and release the rivets, it was this one.
There were explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.
And lots and lots of pyro.
And a whole lot of other things that made it a one-of-a-kind, over-the-top rock spectacle.
The band landed on stage playing on a monstrous mechanical spider, that did all sorts things throughout the show.
They kicked it off with the song �Psycho Circus� and proceeded to rock �n� roll all nite, delivering a set that mixed most of their popular stuff with a few new ones.
While the music rocked, but was not for everyone, the show wowed the entire audience, which included bassist Gene Simmons� wife, Newfoundland-born Shannon Tweed, and their daughter, Sophie Tweed-Simmons.
Besides the explosions, guitars fired like guns, singer/guitarist Paul Stanley sailed over the crowd, and Simmons ascended to the rafters atop the spider, spitting blood and singing his signature �God of Thunder.�
And that�s just the bottom of the platform boot.
The show was packed with too many things to list.
A colleague who KISS�s first show at Mile One Saturday night rightly described it as �a comic book come to life, the rock concerts of old, revived.�
KISS ended that revival with a blizzard of confetti, more explosions, and the song �Rock and Roll All Nite.�
When the band said goodnight, there was a huge sign at the back of the stage that said something to the effect of �KISS loves St. John�s.�
Judging from the smiles on the faces of the crowd after the show, St. John�s loved KISS, too.
