{"id":2257,"date":"2012-09-28T09:28:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T13:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2012-09-28T09:28:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T13:28:15","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-279-roach-days-revisited-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/09\/28\/my-musical-evolution-part-279-roach-days-revisited-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 279 Roach Days Revisited KISS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KISS<\/a><\/p>\n

I almost forgot that KISS entered the scene again during The Roach Days<\/em>. If you recall back in Part 84<\/a>\u00a0The KISS Age<\/em> was officially coming\"KISS<\/a> to a close.\u00a0 Aric bought Lick It Up <\/em>and Animalize<\/em> so I got to sample KISS again. Since Aric was a big KISS fan back in the 70’s too, we had plenty to talk about regarding KISS.\u00a0 While I was all about Ace Frehley, Aric was into Gene Simmons. He had the Gene Simmons solo LP and while I didn’t listen to it much the opening of the album provided excellent background for more than one answering machine message.<\/p>\n

I remember seeing the MTV segment where KISS in unveiled to the audience for the first time. I remember in that segment and the first few videos and even on stage that Gene Simmons seemed the most uncomfortable without the makeup.\u00a0 Sure the music was still good KISS stuff but something was missing without the makeup.<\/p>\n

I saw KISS live two or three times during this era and while it was a good show, it did not compare to KISS back in 1977. I’d have to wait until 1996 to get back to that level again.\u00a0 I wonder if that was the plan all along. Gene Simmons is a crafty business man.\u00a0 I would not be at all surprised if he said, “Let’s take of the makeup. It will generate som buzz, people will be interested and we’ll make a few millions dollars. Then after 10 years, the buzz will dire down and we’ll put the makeup back on. People will go crazy to see that again and we’ll generate even more buzz for doing the same thing we did in 1977 and we’ll nake a few billion dollars.”<\/p>\n

Radioactive – <\/em>From the Gene Simmons Solo
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