Producer Bob Ezrin On KISS' Music From The Elder - "Most Fans Couldn't Grasp It And They Felt Left Behind, Isolated"
September 14, 2010, 14 years ago
In an interview with Fangoria's Chris Alexander, Producer Bob Ezrin discusses KISS concept album, Music From The Elder (1981). The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: Destroyer was huge, a landmark album - but it too was met with fan dissent, initially. Do you remember the backlash when The Elder was released?
A: "I do. Here was this larger-than-life fantasy/rock record, filled with myth and violence and passion, and I believe some fans liked it. Some critics liked it too, which rarely happened with KISS. But most fans couldn't grasp it and they felt left behind, isolated."
Q: What do you think of The Elder now?
A: "There are some great moments in there, for sure, and some classics buried in the mix. But on the whole, it's way too self-indulgent and way too overproduced. It's also not fully realized. There's not enough material, and the story is not fleshed out. It's an interesting failure, I think."
Read the full interview at KISSOnline.
