
It doesn’t have to mean anything, the spectacle of it all.” “I don’t know about you, but for me, combining rock 'n’ roll with visuals and the Fourth of July fireworks shows and all that stuff, that’s fun. RELATED: He's Dylan's guitar tech and a Snowbird, tooįor the cities getting outdoor shows, Simmons said they actually warn local airports not to let low-flying planes go over, “because we can knock them out of the sky, you know,” he said. RELATED: Old school KISS were the original professors of partying Bring the kit and caboodle, as they say.” The big challenge is some of the arenas might be 10,000 or so, usually smaller than what we play, so we’re going to try to fit everything in there. “Where you’re from is no less important than New York, so we’re bringing all the bells and whistles.

We do that, but we cut our teeth on taking our thing, this band called KISS, to the people,” Simmons said. Yeah, we play London and Paris and New York and L.A. We’ve never sat on - oh what is that? - that pride thing. “The idea that you have to hop into your car and travel five hours to go to Chicago to see a gigantor show is nonsense. Green Bay hasn’t experienced the blood spitting and fire breathing that is a KISS show in 26 years, not since 6,700 fans caught the Hot in the Shade Tour at Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in 1990. KISS will update the local rock history books with a stop Aug. When he says bigger, he means the production that travels with the current lineup of Simmons, Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, who are hitting cities that haven’t had a KISS invasion in 10 years or more or are getting their first visit.

“Bigger is better, and that’s what we’re all about.” It goes against everything we stand for, and despite what some girls may have been telling their boyfriends, size does count,” Simmons said by phone in advance of the July launch of the band’s Freedom to Rock Tour. “The last thing I want to do is to watch a KISS concert video on my cellphone. all too mighty to be experienced on YouTube.

“Rock and Roll All Nite,” “Lick It Up” “Hotter Than Hell,” “Detroit Rock City,” “Love Gun”. He’s talking KISS, the legendary rock band he co-founded with Paul Stanley in 1973 that turned makeup, theatrics and over-the-top pyro into a rock 'n’ roll art form. Take it from Gene Simmons, and no, he’s not talking about his infamous tongue.

Contrary to what you’ve heard, size does matter.
