KISS Frontman Paul Stanley - "The Fans Have Given Me An Incredible Life"
September 9, 2010, 14 years ago
KISS frontman Paul Stanley is featured in a new interview with Cleveland Magazine. An excerpt appears below courtesy of KISSonline.com:
By Lynne Thompson
Any talk of KISS and Cleveland eventually leads to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which has overlooked Kiss save for the band's first-time inclusion on last year's slate of nominees. In the past, Stanley has referred to the institution as "a sham" mainly because industry people instead of fans decide which acts are honored. He bristles at the mere mention of donating personal items to the museum.
"Why would I donate something to someplace that charges money for you to see [it] and doesn't give me any?" he asks sarcastically. However, he would graciously accept an invitation to the induction ceremonies if and when KISS is voted into the Rock Hall."The fans have given me an incredible life, and with the best of intentions, I try to do what makes them happy," Stanley says. "So if they would like for the band that they championed to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, then I'm all for it."
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As previously reported, Stanley and his son Evan visited Norman's Rare Guitars in Tarzana, California recently. Check out footage below of both jamming on one of his "amazing collection of hard-to-find vintage guitars, such as, Gibson, Fender, Rickenbacker, Martin, and Gretsch." Norman’s Rare Guitars first opened in 1975.
