lets whine about KISS' integrity, or lack thereof

Vegeta · Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 2684

not that I had much respect for KISS left in me, but whatever amount I had, its gone now
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Aeonblade · Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 714 Location: Canada

The debut still rules.

mlotek · banned Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 944

You need to read "Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss" by Peter Criss.

Ace's book "No Regrets" touched on some of the stuff, but Peter lays it all out on how Gene is all about greed.
edit:Paul too, in the way they screwed him and Ace out of big profits from the reunion tours.

I still listen to them, especially anything from the 1970s as new killer bootlegs from then always appear every year, but doubt I will ever buy anything that says KISS again.

haraam · Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Posts: 165

Bleedings · Joined: 07 Dec 2011 Posts: 135 Location: Canada

Gene simmons is about as stupid as his negro haircut.
Kiss sucks, no matter how many "oh, but c'mon man", "They have good stuff", "you just gotta get into it" you get.
They're just not a good band, I feel ashamed when someone I know likes them.

Vegeta · Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 2684

they used to be an excelent Rock band! right up until 'Revenge' (that one has some good ones on it too)

and the whole ridicilous merchandisning thing started all the way back in the 70s, so this is nothing new.. but this.. this fucking thing just fucks my mind!
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holy ghost · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 1:05 pm Post subject:

Kiss fuckin' rules man.

Who cares about Gene. It's all about Space Ace!!!

multicide · Joined: 28 Jun 2010 Posts: 432

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXp_5Exm-kQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fallen_Empire · Guest

The members of Kiss probably had no say in this. Either way, who gives a shit?

Mr_Belvedere · Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Posts: 970

[quote="Vegeta"]

is this what i think it is?
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Dalen · Joined: 13 Jul 2010 Posts: 2067

Boring, Kiss have tons of stupid merch shit. Let's talk about records, I'm listening to this as we speak

First Kiss album I ever listened to, and I think it's among their most underrated ones along with Psycho Circus. Pretty great from start to finish
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dalecooper · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 3367 Location: Athens, GA

KISS never had any integrity. Really can't be overemphasized. They were conceived from the get-go as a brand and a money-making machine. Simmons has no respect for his own music - just read some of the descriptions he's given of it over the years.

Still, they can be a decent band at times. Just don't get worked up when they do dumb shit like this, because that's really what they're all about. Ghost predecessors in all respects.
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Speerhead · Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 1702

Zone · Joined: 07 Sep 2011 Posts: 1268 Location: The Black lodge

Awful grandpa rock band whose merchandise is infinitely more creative than their boring music.
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mlotek · banned Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 944

If you took a poll of the bands that started the first wave of black metal / thrash metal / death metal / etc, you will find many say one of the first bands they got into was KISS.

Just off the top of my head,
-Buzz from the Melvins
-Wehrmacht
-James Murphy said around 1990 that he knew EVERY Ace solo from the 1970s.