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| From | William Rabeneck <largro13@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: KISS |
| Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:35:00 -0800 (PST) |
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Hi Kelly,
I think that you kind of nailed it. I feel basically the same about KISS. The last album of theirs that I enjoyed any, and I must not have enjoyed it as much as some of the others because I don't remember the title, was the one with "I Just Wanna Forget You".
The last one without makeup, but with Bruce Kulick sounded like the KISS attempt to be grunge. And then "Psycho Circus" was way below my expectations.
And you're right, all they seem to be interested in anymore is marketing themselves as an entity rather than musicians. Did you see the movie, from a few years ago, "Elizabethtown"? When the guy goes to buy a cremation urn for his father, his options are regular ones, plus Harley Davidson, Coca-Cola, several other brand names, and KISS. In light of their other marketing activities over the last ten to twelve years, I totally got Cameron Crowe's humor on this point.
Peace,
W.D.
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:26:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Kelly Minnis
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: KISS
Message-ID: <164777.98204.qm@web33108.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Big KISS fan since I was a kid. I remember getting my
Gene Simmons doll for Xmas in 1978 along with his solo
record. Big brother got the Peter Criss doll and the
Peter Criss solo record. Too bad we both got the
lesser two albums of the bunch! Anyhow, big KISS fan
then and now. Not so much the '90s and beyond version
but definitely the 1974-1989 records. They've kinda
become creepy merchandise mongers to me more than a
rock band.
I got a chance to interview Gene Simmons five years
ago when he put out the first autobiography. To
preface the interview I told him that when I was a
little kid when I grew up I wanted to be Gene Simmons.
He quipped, "Me too." It kinda went downhill from
there.
Kelly Minnis
www.redchapterjubilee.com
www.myspace.com/greatunwashedluminaries
www.myspace.com/vmassivesatellite
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