Gene Simmons - "Technology Has Enabled Us To Put KISS On Steroids"
October 20, 2009, 15 years ago
Jon Waterhouse from Accessatlanta.com spoke with KISS Gene Simmons recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
Accessatlanta.com: You say Sonic Boom is classic Kiss.
Simmons: "This time around it sort of happened naturally. There is such a thing as the right time, right place, right thing. We were literally in the middle of playing the stadiums of South America in April, and we found ourselves getting together in [guitarist Tommy Thayer’s] room with two guitars and trading riffs and writing on the spot. It happened so fast that the material was written in about a month and a half. Then we got into the studio and did the record in six weeks. One of the fastest records we’ve done."
Accessatlanta.com: What sort of modern technology are you using in concert these days?
Simmons: "We’ve poured millions back into the show to make sure there ain’t a bad seat in the house. When you get the cheaper seats way up in the peanut gallery, sometimes the sound isn’t good, you can’t see much. No such thing at our shows. ... And the technology has enabled us to put Kiss on steroids, if you will. ... Our stage show is also like a Transformers kit. You can take this show and it actually balloons up to stadium size. We can physically move it into itself, so that’s why it’s flexible with any size hall that we do. It only takes money."
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