Hear that loud “MEOW!” sound? No, it’s not the Catman; it’s actually Starchild (aka: Paul Stanley) answering why the recently announced KISS farewell tour is really the band’s goodbye, despite their farewell tour in 2000.
Many bands having dove head first into the realms of merchandising and branding, but leave it to KISS to remind us all that if you want the best in band experiences, you got the best.
Some songs unite us because they’re universally beloved, but sometimes songs unite us because we all can’t stand them. Thirty-three years ago, one of those songs was released, and we’ve all been complaining about it ever since.
KISS finally achieved mainstream success in 1975 with Alive!, but their next studio album had to be big, and just six months later, the band answered back with Destroyer.
In music history, it’s not uncommon for different notable moments to share the same anniversary date, but it is rare that those moments complement each other as well as the two now infamous concerts that took place four years apart on January 30th.
