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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Kiss Army on RockTownHall pages/Slade |
| Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:49:34 -0500 |
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At Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:10:30 Dan wrote:
>Bob: Glad you've joined the Kiss fold. I've been telling people they're
>just glam rock/pop in a different package for years. I was a kid during
>the first wave of Kiss-mania back in the 70s but my parents didn't like
>them and thought there was something vaguely evil about them, which
>naturally made me want to listen to them even more. My buddy had all their
>LPs and we would record them to cassette by putting mics in front of the
>speakers because he didn't have a tape deck on his stereo! Then I'd
>mis-label the tapes in case my mother happened to be "cleaning" my room.
>LOL!
I guess this is the "Konfessions of A Kiss Fanatic" day :-)
Got into KISS around '77 with "Alive II" which I bought with my own
hard-earned cash at the local mall. When they came to Maple Leaf Gardens in
'79 for the 'Dynasty' Tour my buddies and I had to go. We waited in line at
the old A & A's Record warehouse on Eglinton Avenue in Scarborough (Gary Pig
might remember that place) for 5 hours to get tickets. Total cost: $7.50
Who knew it was going to be the last appearance by the band with the
original line-up. Saw them a few times after that but it wasn't the same...
Until 1991 and the "Revenge" album. I was writing my own music magazine at
the time and managed to squeeze some free passes out of Polygram Records
here in Toronto for the Cow Palace gig in Michigan. Unbeknownst to me, the
gig turned out to be one of three tapings for the "Alive III" album. Met the
band backstage and the pro photographer I took with me to shoot pictures
screwed up the photos with me and Gene (who spent nearly 15 minutes
discussing my magazine and asking for copies cause we had put them on the
cover). Nice guy actually. Paul Stanley was a no show at the
meet-n-greet...so I still don't have his autograph. Though I did get Eric
Singer and Bruce Kulick along with Gene's.
I have hesitated to see any of the re-reunion tour shows for fear of reuning
that great memory in Michigan. I just can't see it being as exciting or
interesting as when I last saw them.
>I'm a big fan of 'Dressed to Kill' and 'Rock and Roll Over' -- those are
>the epitomes of the glam pop to me. There's also a couple great catchy
>rock songs on Paul's makeup era solo LP, like "Wouldn't You Like to Know
>Me" and "Tonight, You Belong to Me," though the song that got me back into
>KISS when I was a college radio DJ was "Rip It Out" from Ace's makeup solo
>album.
I still think the best song on any of those solo releases was Frehley's
"Fractured Mirror"....haunting. However, I'm one of the rare few who
actually likes, and still listens to, Simmons' solo album. There two great
POP songs on that album ("Mister Make Believe" and "Man Of A 1,000
Faces")....which, along with "When You Wish Upon A Star" turned a lot of
KISS fans off.
>My wife got me the KISS-OLOGY Volume 1 DVD set for my birthday. Lots of
>stuff I had on bootlegs through the years but it's nice to have all that
>stuff on one handy collection.
Got it for my birthday in November...the bonus DVD was Madison Square Garden
in '77. Very cool. Fans might also wanna check out the recently released
"ALIVE" boxed set...containing the three Alive albums and the December 31,
1999 Millennium Concert.
Jaimie Vernon,
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