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Originally Posted by BretMan
You, too, huh?
(Should we be ashamed to admit that?  )
KISS was the first "real" concert I ever attented at the ripe old age of 15. After that show, all the other concerts I attended just weren't quite the same!
The last one was four years ago, the last time they swung through my area. I think that was called their "Final Farewell For About the Third Time And This Time We Really, Really Mean It And You Better Buy A Ticket Because You'll Never Have The Chance To See Us Again Tour". And, naturally, they're still touring...
In between the first one and the last one, I got to see them about half a dozen different times. |
Yeah, I always fall for the "farewell tour" every time too. The Who did the same thing, and I fell for that too. But KISS has always been my favorite band since 1974.
I actually met KISS and talked to Gene Simmons for about 15 minutes in May of 1975, three weeks before seeing them live for the first time. I was at McCarren Airport in Las Vegas. I was coming home on leave from the army and my mom was picking me up at the airport to take me to her house in Bullhead City, Arizona. My mom said to me, "my gosh, look at those shoes!" I turned around to see what she was talking about and saw a pair of 8-inch green snake skin wedgie style boots. As I was looking up I said, "that's gotta be....Gene Simmons!" He then told me how the band was hardly ever recognized in public without their makeup, and that I was one of the few that had done it.
We talked while we walked to their boarding gate. Unfortunately, I had all 3 of their albums (at the time) in a locker on the other side of the airport! I could have had them autographed and they would be worth some money today.
I'm also a big fan of Paul Stanley's and Ace Frehley's solo careers.