PAUL STANLEY - "KISS Is Too Recognizable And We've Spent Too Much Time Building What We Have To Start Messing With These Iconic Images"
July 7, 2011, 13 years ago
NewHampshire.com's Tim Buckland spoke with KISS singer/rhythm guitarist PAUL STANLEY ahead of the band's show at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH on Tuesday, July 12th. A couple of excerpts follows:
“We built our reputation as a live animal,” Stanley said during a phone interview while he was at a tour stop in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. “The beast is prowling and ready to pounce.”
He said the band enjoys playing its biggest hits and never believed it should only play its new or obscure works.
“We can’t disappoint fans and not play” big hits, such as 'Shout It Out Loud', 'Rock and Roll All Nite' and 'Calling Dr. Love'," Stanley said. “As a band, we can’t always concern ourselves by pleasing only our diehard, hardcore fans. Some songs are obscure for a reason.”In 1996, the band’s four original members reunited for a tour donning full costumes and makeup for the first time in 13 years.
Stanley said the band’s reunion was the perfect time for it to resurrect its iconic images.
“You can go anywhere in the world, show someone a picture of us and they know it’s KISS, even if they don’t know our music,” he said. “KISS is too recognizable and we’ve spent too much time building what we have to start messing with these iconic images.”Read more at this location.
