Kiss to get their first ever number one record!

[MIB41]

It's looking to be official based on early sales reporting. No one is close to catching them. Wow! Ace and Peter will NEVER hear the end of it. Here's the report...

HITS Daily Double: News (http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07785)

[Mikey]

Not to put Kiss down but in today's music world they really don't have much competition

[AJ Collector]

And yet still charge fans up to $1.500 for meet & great after their shows, I herd an interview with Gene Simmons on Howard Stern last week and was amazed that they still had such a strong following.

[spaceace35]

where did you hear $1500??? its only $1000
theres also a $750 package with no ticket

if some kiss fans are crazy enough to pay it then why shouldnt they lol
i've met them several times without paying

[AJ Collector]

where did you hear $1500??? its only $1000
theres also a $750 package with no ticket

if some kiss fans are crazy enough to pay it then why shouldnt they lol
i've met them several times without paying

Gene himself said "up to $1500" unless he was fudging the numbers...

I agree with you, if they want to be crazy enough to make the rich richer that's fine by me...

I on the other hand would not!

[Riffster]

one of the few true rock groups left

[MegoMark71]

Surprised with Simmons ego there is room backstage for anyone else

[Cosmicman]

At this point in my life, I would probably do just about anything to meet them myself. Even thought about paying that amount of money when I realized that I needed a new guitar amp and laptop and so I decided not to spend the money on that.
I have met a lot of famous people in the music business but still have not met any of the members of KISS. Really ****es me off to no extent. LOL
All though I have met Bob Kulick (Bruce's Kulick's brother) but that really doesn't count.

[toys2cool]

I would love to meet them , $750-$1000 doesn't sound that bad

[MIB41]

At this point in my life, I would probably do just about anything to meet them myself. Even thought about paying that amount of money when I realized that I needed a new guitar amp and laptop and so I decided not to spend the money on that.
I have met a lot of famous people in the music business but still have not met any of the members of KISS. Really ****es me off to no extent. LOL
All though I have met Bob Kulick (Bruce's Kulick's brother) but that really doesn't count.

I've met Gene Simmons twice in Louisville (free), Paul Stanley once (free), Eric Carr (right after a concert during the Animalize tour). I made shirts for the band during their farewell tour and security let my WIFE take them to the front of the stage where she was allowed to give them to Pual Stanley (I'm still jealous of that because it was MY artwork...oh well. She looks prettier). I did get Paul Stanley's guitar pic after he threw some into the crowd while he was playing 'Love Gun' so it wasn't a total loss. Gene is a complete gentleman and very polite; Paul was very personable and easy to talk to; and Eric was nice, but a very quiet person.

[Zemo]

I can't stand 90% of their music. Their songs are simple and sound the same. If you were a kiss fan back in the day you were laughed at, because even as teenagers we recognized BS when we heard it. Sorry had to post this after seeing a new kiss thread everyday.

[CrimsonGhost]

Of course you had to post, you know, being too cool for the room and all. :)

I'm not willing to buy the album yet. "Modern Day Delilah" sounds like 80's KISS to me and I wasn't digging it, but I want to hear some more songs. Maybe it gets better, but it doesn't sound at all like the 70's as they claimed.

I haven't even taken the time to buy Ace's new album, from which I've heard a number of songs and, well, it sounds like Ace.

[MIB41]

Here's are two tunes to try out...

YouTube - KISS Never Enough (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71JLhdqOOKM&feature=related)

YouTube - KISS When Lightning Strikes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFXQzeHk5bg&feature=related)

[Zemo]

This one has some good things going for it.
KISS When Lightning Strikes

[CrimsonGhost]

Hey, thanks for those links! I checked out a number of the songs on youtube and I like the other tunes better than "MDD". I have to say the mix sounds great.

You may have turned me around on this album. I'll have to pick it up.

[BlackKnight]

I can't stand 90% of their music. Their songs are simple and sound the same. Sorry had to post this after seeing a new kiss thread everyday.

It's all Basic "BubbleGum Party Rock" . :smiley1:
... The new Song they are Playing on the Radio is Horrible. If that Song was from a New Band,.. There is absolutely No Way That Crap Would Get Air Time, let alone even woulda been recorded by a Credible Record Lable, unless the Band paid for it themeselves. imo. But it's Kiss,.. so there you go. :googly:

[MIB41]

Hey, thanks for those links! I checked out a number of the songs on youtube and I like the other tunes better than "MDD". I have to say the mix sounds great.

You may have turned me around on this album. I'll have to pick it up.

Cool! Glad you liked those. Yeah, Modern Day Delilah is a curious pick when you hear the rest of the album. I think you'll enjoy the bonus concert DVD as well. Now, I've never been one to call their body of work "bubblegum", as my buddy Jason suggests. :wink_y: That term suggests a lack of artistry, which their longevity immediately shoots down. Poison is bubbleum rock. Ratt is bubblegum rock. KISS is STILL selling out stadiums around the world after 35 years and getting ready to plug a number one record. What are Poison and Ratt doing? Yeah Brett... rock my world. :silly: Now THAT is bubblegum.

[BlackKnight]

Now, I've never been one to call their body of work "bubblegum", as my buddy Jason suggests. :wink_y:

Really Bro,.. Listen to thier Vocals. It's Bubble Gum all the Way.
Their "Look" sells..., & thats about why they make Money. :wink:

[MIB41]

Really Bro,.. Listen to thier Vocals. It's Bubble Gum all the Way.
Their "Look" sells..., & thats about why they make Money. :wink:

Completely understood. But name a band in that genre that doesn't write that way? The day I go looking to KISS, or any other rock band, for the meaning of life, please lock me up and throw away the key. If I want an introspective moment, I have the Beatles albums- but even then it's just music. It's the marketplace KISS is catering to and they understand how to sell it. Their great marketing men - Thats why they are successful. If the makeup was all it took, then Alice Cooper would have stayed in vogue alot longer than he did. Where's Wasp? Where's the old Motley Crue look? Where's Twisted Sister? Where's...well... you get my point. Also keep in mind they spent 13 years out of makeup selling platinum records too. This is THIRTY FIVE YEARS, not five years based on a one trick gimmick. If it were THAT easy, everyone would be doing it. KISS is a very polarizing band. You either hate them or love them. Very few in
the middle. But hey, it's all good either way. That's what makes the world go 'round. I'm all for world peace, but that's still a work in progress too...:wink:

[BlackKnight]

I find it Fantastic When a Kiss Legionare Compairs them to the Beatles. :sarky:

Naw,.. Well Kinda. :smiley1:

Like you Said, Whatever Floats Your Tune-Age Tom, I don't Hate or Like Kiss,.. I get that they are the "Hoff" or the "Shat" of Rock, & Except them for what they are, & Do like Gene's Show on TV. ...:grin:

[MIB41]

I find it Fantastic When a Kiss Legionare Compairs them to the Beatles. :sarky:

Naw,.. Well Kinda. :smiley1:

Like you Said, Whatever Floats Your Tune-Age Tom, I don't Hate or Like Kiss,.. I get that they are the "Hoff" or the "Shat" of Rock, & Except them for what they are, & Do like Gene's Show on TV. ...:grin:

:sarky: I wasn't comparing. I was contrasting. :silly: God love ya! Stay cool bro!

[TEXASFETT]

I saw that package for the meet and greet.Its not bad but its reasonable.Well sometime some of don't get a chance or luck to meet some cool people.I talked to the wife and thinking to doing the Austin meet and great.Take the 12" Gene with me.:silly:

[Mikey]

I can't stand 90% of their music. Their songs are simple and sound the same. If you were a kiss fan back in the day you were laughed at, because even as teenagers we recognized BS when we heard it. Sorry had to post this after seeing a new kiss thread everyday.

I agree,
Back in the day the "kids" were all into Kiss but anyone over 14 was into Zeppelin, Skynyard, Sex Pistols, Floyd, etc.

Because of that, i'll always think of Kiss a kids band.

Comparing Kiss and the Beatles is like comparing The Monkees and the Beatles

[Riffster]

but that's all they did in the late 60's compared the beatles to the monkees

[BlackKnight]

:sarky: I wasn't comparing. I was contrasting. :silly: God love ya! Stay cool bro!

BTW...,

Ratt & Poison are more so , OR were "Glam Rock" ... It's actually a different sorta Classification of Tune-Age ..., Glam was More so Linked to Chicks. It was really all about the Chicks that Made them , Packed thier Shows, & are responsable for a Large Percentage of thier Sales at the Time TO Date. You could say Crue , or some would say Crue was Glam as well,.. However There were kinda really in thier own World. Partly due to the Fact that they Were Just so Damn Bad. With Endless Songs of Sex & Drugs, & Altercations The Teen Environment Admired them , for those that were a part of the World.

The real Deal with Kiss,.. is the Fact that there is an Age Group of People (Mostly Dudes) That have attatched themselves to them, & Mostly remember the Aledgid Awesomeness of the Band when they Were Kids..., Outside of that Time, imo No one else really gives a Damn,.. unless ofcourse when the Band is Influenced on these Peoples Children, which any Kid untill they reach a certain Age will pretty Much "Buy into" what thier Parents Teach.