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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: KISS |
| Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:55:33 -0500 |
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At Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:43:29 William Rabeneck wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I loved KISS as a youngster too. But now that I'm nearly 40, I view
>them as a competent band that had a great gimmick and stage show. Later
>after the first makeup faze, I view them as a competent band that had the
>sense to co-write songs with Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, and others. Now
>in the second makeup faze, they seem to be the ultimate sellout/marketers
>ever.
>
> I work for a Fortune 500 company (in a smaller capacity; I'm not one of
>the key decision makers or anything), and the current KISS reminds me of a
>F-500 Co. in that they're all about profit maximization of the brand name.
>In a way I guess who's not about profit maximization; but still, there
>seems to be classier ways and less classier ways to go about it. And KISS
>seems as though they may have crossed the classy line somewhat.
Wanna know WHY Kiss is so greedy?
They had been ripped off and underpaid by the previously bankrupt Casablanca
Records and used their own stash of cash to get them through the '80s before
going totally broke in 1987/88 (because the Casablanca civil suits led to a
dead end). They were also losing 25% of their gross revenue every show
because of their massive stage set up, crew and transportation (whom were
getting taken care of quite well, thank you).
It's the reason they toured as openers for bands like Whitesnake and used NO
stage lighting or pyro for the first time ever during the "Hot In The Shade"
Tour. Simmons was granted the keys to the band's business and has driven
them back to a full-time income ever since. Every dime they now have they
accumulated SINCE 1990.
Ken Sharp maybe able to elaborate further.
Jaimie Vernon,
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