MegoMuseum Podcast: Interview with Ray Demato, warehouse manager

[Toyman_Chris]

Yet another fantastic podcast! Thank you so much! If we can't have SMDM, BSG, or KISS (just yet) we have you guys. You are our retro methadone. I'm excited for the next one.

It was nice being able to hear our new fan-favorite Ramblin' Man: MIB141 (I swear I'm kidding). MIB141 you made the podcast even more fun. Now I know where that wonderful insight comes from.

ToymanChris was great too (in a previous episode). I hope you guys keep calling in.

Thanks Chris. I appreciate that ya enjoyed what I had to say.

[Earth 2 Chris]

This was my first podcast, and I gotta say it was a lot of fun! It was like being in the same room with you guys. My favorite part was actually when you all rambled way off topic. That's where nerd gold is.

Chris

[MegoScott]

Aw yeah, broadband!

[palitoy]

Awesome Podcast. I have to admit I agree with Ben that there is virtually no way that KISS opened or anyone in 1990. Co-Headline is a slight possibility and perhaps they would switch off (which is different than "opening") However, that was their Hot In The Shade Tour. I don't recall Whitesnake ever being a part of that.

Hard to believe it was 22 years ago.

[Toyman_Chris]

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Hard to believe it was 22 years ago.

It's hard to believe anything was 20 years ago. I know I can't be getting old.....lol

Well according to their tour schedule they were at the CNE stadium. That ticket shows the co-headlining nature. They did the same thing with Aerosmith, etc. '

I didn't know that Whitesnake was ever a part of that tour. I am not certain they were. That might have been a "Mega" event. Either way, very cool!

[Blue Meanie]

One more Mego Mystery solved...that Spiderman suit in the pic is probably one in the same as the one dougster found at his stepdad's house:

Mego Talk

[MIB41]

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Hard to believe it was 22 years ago.

Yeah it wasn't uncommon for KISS to co-headline with other bands. As a matter of fact KISS did that a few years back in make-up with Aerosmith. They rotated nights opening for one another.

[palitoy]

According to the woman my friend took in lieu of me, KISS made Whitesnake look like an amateur hour.

BTW my friend didn't take a girl from high school, he took a girl from high school's mom.

[MIB41]

According to the woman my friend took in lieu of me, KISS made Whitesnake look like an amateur hour.

BTW my friend didn't take a girl from high school, he took a girl from high school's mom.

I'll tell you something interesting about that. I've seen KISS so many times I've actually lost count. But I have to say, without hesitation, their BEST performances (musically and vocally speaking) were WITHOUT makeup. I think in the 80's and early 90's KISS felt the burden of having to perform without the makeup. So they compensated by showcasing their vocal and musical range. Paul probably more than anyone. Those were also more physical shows. Lots of jumping around on stage. But they also occasionally went off the beaten path and played cover songs. I can recall them playing the Who's "Won't get fooled again" and even treating the crowd to dueling guitars. And they were amazing. The Hot in the Shade tour went from 1990 to early '91. And those shows were the first performances since '82 when the band actually started playing their 70's catalog again. From Lick it up in '83 until Crazy Nights in '87 they didn't play much from the 70's except for Cold Gin, Detroit Rock City, and Rock n Roll all Night. They pushed mostly their radio hits and b-side tracks to whatever the current record was. So I am never surprised when I hear people talk about those shows. I think the make-up puts them more in a posing posture and so the shows are less about performance and more about the visual. Fun without question, but different in delivery.

[Delusional B]

I'll tell you something interesting about that. I've seen KISS so many times I've actually lost count. But I have to say, without hesitation, their BEST performances (musically and vocally speaking) were WITHOUT makeup. I think in the 80's and early 90's KISS felt the burden of having to perform without the makeup. So they compensated by showcasing their vocal and musical range. Paul probably more than anyone. Those were also more physical shows. Lots of jumping around on stage. But they also occasionally went off the beaten path and played cover songs. I can recall them playing the Who's "Won't get fooled again" and even treating the crowd to dueling guitars. And they were amazing. The Hot in the Shade tour went from 1990 to early '91. And those shows were the first performances since '82 when the band actually started playing their 70's catalog again. From Lick it up in '83 until Crazy Nights in '87 they didn't play much from the 70's except for Cold Gin, Detroit Rock City, and Rock n Roll all Night. They pushed mostly their radio hits and b-side tracks to whatever the current record was. So I am never surprised when I hear people talk about those shows. I think the make-up puts them more in a posing posture and so the shows are less about performance and more about the visual. Fun without question, but different in delivery.

That's a good point. I've seen them many times with and without make-up, and I think you are right, they do seem to make up for the lack of make up (Heh, heh) in the non-make up shows.

While listening to Brian, Scott and Benjamin Holcomb's experience with Kiss as a kid, I got a big dose of deja vu. My folks wouldn't let me listen to Kiss or buy any merchandise until I was a teenager. So, when Benjamin started talking about going to see Kiss in '78 and his parents not letting him go, I had to laugh. I went through exact same thing on the same tour (Kiss with Cheap Trick). A buddy of mine's Dad was going to take us but my parents wouldn't allow it. I'll never forget being in the car with my folks the night Kiss was playing. We drove by the arena on the way to eating out, somewhere. It was torture driving by and knowing KISS was inside that arena and 2 of my best friends got to be inside watching. Pure torture.