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Outside Parliament - the 1976 intake |
KISS (that's right, it's capitalised - none of yer lowercase nonsense) were always about far more than the music. It was all about the brand: KISS pinball machines, KISS Kaskets, KISS Konverses, the list goes on. For what it's worth, although I knew (and still know) plenty of folks who got off on them, I never did. Though I did go and see them; just the once; I actually went for the support band; I ended up walking out on the headliners a mere five minutes into their set. They were miming. They always mimed apparently. A poor show. A shame really as they obviously put a lot of time and energy into just looking like KISS. The video below shows Gene Simmons using his daughter as a prop and how bloody long it takes to put the war paint on and get into the part.
Maybe if this tribute act had put as much time into securing their wigs before going on stage then the KISS kalamity that occurs 13 seconds into this video could have been averted. This is hilarious.
KISS Army - Detroit Rock City
Anyway, about that support band. Girl (for it was they) got kicked off the tour promptly after I saw them that night. Why? They opened with this: KISS' management took a dim view.
Girl - Do You Love Me? (1980)
From one of my scrapbooks