GENE SIMMONS On Upcoming KISS Tour - "No Coasting. We're Deadly Serious About This"
July 9, 2009, 14 years ago
KISS bass legend Gene Simmons is featured in a new interview with CTV.ca. An excerpt from the story is available below:
If Kiss fans are fretting that the band's upcoming eight Canadian shows will pale in comparison to the 60-city megatour planned for this fall -- when the band will unveil new outfits and new material -- bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons says not to worry.
The band behind 'Love Gun' has no shortage of ammunition in store for its quick jaunt north of the border, which begins Friday, the reliably entertaining Simmons told The Canadian Press in a telephone call from his Los Angeles office.
"Kiss always has the same firepower," Simmons said."This is less of a tour and more of a warmup -- you know, when you go to the gym and really push it hard and sweat it. "
"No coasting. We're deadly serious about this."
The Canadian trek will see the band playing festival stages and arenas in Sarnia, Ont., Orillia, Ont., Windsor, Ont., Ottawa, Quebec City, Montreal and Halifax.
But Simmons said the band can adapt its elaborate show to whatever surroundings necessary.
"We're like the Transformers -- with much longer tongues," he said. "We can get bigger and smaller, so physically we're able to ... set up and do our shows in an arena or stadium."Go to this location for the complete story.
