Like the 1977 song says 'We can rock all day, we can roll all night," That's exactly what KISS has in store for its New York audiences. Tonight, they take on the Nassau Coliseum crowd. Tomorrow, Madison Square Garden will shake down to its foundation and I will be there.
The band is in the midst of two celebrations. First, they are commemorating their 35th anniversary of the release of Alive - the ground-breaking live album that officially put the band on the map. Secondly, they have just released an album of all-new material, something they haven't done in 11 years!
The new album, Sonic Boom, is a mixture of sounds for KISS - taking a little from different decades, or more importantly, different line-ups. This is the first for the new line-up (it has actually been together now for five years) - original members Paul Stanley on rhythm guitar and Gene Simmons on bass, Eric Singer on drums, and Tommy Thayer on lead guitar. Paul and Gene steal the show for their writing and vocals, but Eric and Tommy clearly are the heroes for their musicianship. It's a great collaboration all around, and definitely worth getting.
As for the live shows tonight and tomorrow, well, do you really need me to sell them to you? If you've never been to a live show then you haven't really lived. If you actually spent your time and hard-earned money to see concerts in your life, but never bothered to see KISS, then you've never actually been to a concert. You've been somewhere to hear music, but you weren't treated to a show, a performance, an event. Sorry to break the news to you, but you've been had. You have wasted many hours and dollars on an inferior product.
If you want the best - then go see the best - the hottest band in the world - KISS!!!
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