KISS

[Amerigo Vespucci]

[Left Is Write]

1. I don't think Tommy Thayer should be wearing Ace's makeup.

Paul Stanley has had too much plastic surgery.

Gene needs to shave his head and start over with fresh hair.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. All excellent points

:toast:

[lost-in-nj]

2. oh

I thought this was about the OTHER kind of kiss.....

:evilgrin:

lost

[opiate69]

3. Other-

they lost me when I discovered Black Sabbath

[Guava Jelly]

4. Besides "Beth" I have never really cared for them.

I think they may be the most over rated band in history.
:hide:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. "Detroit Rock City"

Their "breakout" studio album, "Destroyer," is the one that I think has kept the hype afloat for the three decades that followed it. Yeah, "Alive" was huge, but without an immediate studio follow-up, it would have been another "Frampton Comes Alive" and that's it.

Kiss owes as much to producer / songwriter Bob Ezrin for "Destroyer" as they do to their own abilities. He co-wrote all of the memorable tracks (including "Beth," but not the concert stand-by "God Of Thunder," which has a sole writing credit to Paul Stanley).

"Detroit Rock City" was Kiss's riff-heavy arena rock anthem. It's my personal favorite out of the entire catalog. "Do You Love Me" is also pretty irresistible.

I didn't care for a lot of the more pop-oriented stuff that came with the departures of Frehley and Criss. 1992's "Revenge" was a bold statement and a deliberate turn away from the top 40 stuff into heavier territory, but the next album, "Carnival Of Souls," was a lame attempt (championed by Gene Simmons) to crank out a Metallica / Soundgarden / Alice In Chains sound-alike. Then it was time for "Unplugged" and the inevitable make-up reunion, which flamed out amongst more acrimony and in-fighting and resolved itself into Simmons and Stanley touring in makeup with Thayer and Singer in order to keep the cash cow well-fed.

:toast:

[hisownpetard]

15. Personally, I don't like looking at anyone when they break out - makes them too self-conscious.

I mean, how would YOU like it - someone just staring at your zits. Really.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

26. Excuse me, this is a private meeting of the KISS Army. Wise-asses not allowed.

:evilgrin:

[hisownpetard]

29. You have a lot of nerve, you and your Kiss mercenaries. You'll do anything for some

lip action. And I refute the charge of being a "wise-ass." Someone told me just the other day
that I was, in fact, the total opposite. So: are dumb-asses allowed?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

30. Lip action?

I'm sorry, I'd momentarily tuned out your ranting and raving but you suddenly caught my attention.

You were saying?

[hisownpetard]

31. Oh, sure - now that there's a LULL in your day, you think you can sway me with

that cute little guy kissing that... that... that friggin' ugly girl with blue hair, in points,
holding a toilet plunger?!!?? That's supposed to be ME?? You're all cute and cuddly looking,
and I'm supposed to be some FUGLY girl with blue hair and a plunger? Maybe I'm Josephine,
the Plumber!!?

Well, you can just kiss me GOOD-BYE






for now...:nuke:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

32. FUGLY? No, we've already established the fact that you're "Capital 'G' gorgeous."

[Left Is Write]

19. I'd have to say my favorite is Cold Gin.

[Breeze54]

11. But the best party song in history!

Maybe! :P

It's a great party song, for sure!

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. I met Gene Simmons once.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. And you're not gonna tell us about it, are you?

:spank:

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. .

:shrug: ;)

[OneMoreDemocrat]

25. I worked on the 'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' show......

about a month ago.

He is actually a pretty cool, laid back and funny guy; I was pleasantly surprised.

We even met his Mom....neat.

[Strawman]

10. Lost me with all the Desmond Child crap

Exhibit A:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v4Mt60nwkCE

I rest my case.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

27. Same here.

They claim that they wanted Bob Ezrin to produce "Psycho Circus," the make-up comeback album, but his schedule wouldn't permit it. Even though he also had a hand in "The Elder" (perhaps their biggest flop), he gave them one more classic, 1992's "Revenge."

I'm also a fan of the original Aerosmith, pre-Desmond Child. They not only hooked up with him but Dianne Warren as well ("I Don't Want To Miss A Thing")...

Aerosmith and KISS both have ample proof in their recorded legacy that if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

[Kucinich4America]

12. They lost me with that disco Dynasty crap

but it became permanent when half the band left and they took off the makeup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-jTAqBgm0 :headbang:

[rug]

13. Where is the "They suck, especially that snake-tongued corporatist pig" option?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

28. A couple of songs...it all comes down to a couple of songs...

In many ways, they do suck. But there are a couple of songs that set them apart from, let's say, Poison or Winger...bands that suck on every level, including 100% of their songs.

[Perry Logan]

14. I hear they're not as bad as they sound.

[krispos42]

16. Keep It Simple, Stupid!

:P

:-)

[no name no slogan]

17. I saw the last make-up tour, and the first make-up-less tour

And they sounded identical, and had pretty much the same stage set.

[KitchenWitch]

18. They never had me in the first place.

:puke:

[Giant Robot]

20. Where is the....

How the hell did these guys get popular option?

I mean c'mon really. Kiss? Far cry from the best band in the world.

There now that I've pissed off a brazillion people I'm off to cause more chaos! Coming soon to an Olive Garden near you!

[Blarch]

21. When I was 10 years old.

fuck ya. Kiss was badd ass, I would draw them for hours concentrating on Genes 'dragon boots' :headbang:

[porphyrian]

22. No one should decide until they see this:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0077788/

Anyone remember that?

[Deja Q]

23. Would be 1978... didn't they guest star on Scooby Doo too?

:hide:

[porphyrian]

24. Ooo, I think so.

There were a couple of seasons of Scooby Doo where everyone who was anyone guest starred, and that sounds familiar.

[chknltl]

33. ...they have earned their place in history

...but not in my music collection. At risk of acting like a snob, I never cared for any of their songs. I went (VERY RELUCTANTLY), to see them at the Millenium Bash at BC Place Stadium and was far more entertained by the crowd. Not my cup of tea I guess.