Posts tagged "Gene Simmons"
Spin Cycle: Kiss, Destroyer [Resurrected]

Spin Cycle: Kiss, Destroyer [Resurrected]

Do you remember the first full-length LP you ever bought? Mine was Kiss’ Destroyer, which I purchased in 1976 at the ripe old age of 10. I got it at the Post Exchange and then waited for my dad to come home from work so that I could listen to it on his 4 channel system rather than the portable turntable my sister and I normally used (and by portable, I mean it folded up into the size of a […]

The Singles Bar: Kiss, "Hell or Hallelujah"

The Singles Bar: Kiss, “Hell or Hallelujah”

KISS is back with a new single! Check out the lyric video and let us know what you think!

Moonlighting: “Why The Hell Should I Like…Kiss?” (The Rebuttal)

So far, the “Why The Hell Should I Like?” series done in collaboration with The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (which is now boasting a nifty new design) has worked out very well. Additionally, it is now seasonably appropriate to wear flannel, so it ties together better this time of year. He got me to listen to (and appreciate) Rush , there’s still a few Field Music songs to check out, and I think I may have turned Mr. Suit into a Tribe Called Quest fan. My powers of persuasion are legendary-well, […]

Why the Hell Should I Like… Kiss?

“Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and  The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit . What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite artists — one for which the other has professed dislike or disinterest — and show them why they’re wrong.   This is both the easiest and yet hardest Why the Hell Should I Like piece I’ve written yet. Easy because Kiss was my first musical love, and I’ve been […]

Award Show Sundays: What the Deuce?

I can’t say that I’m the biggest fan of KISS in the history of the world, but I certainly respect their place in rock history. I also give props to Gene Simmons for building such an empire out of…well, mediocrity. Come on, let’s be serious. Not great songwriters, not great musicians. Excellent live performers. Excellent marketers with tons of kid appeal. There’s a reason that just about every rock musician sites them as an early influence, and a reason that […]