KISS is S'toon November 10th

http://www.livedaily.com/news/19930.html

Well Ok, Paul and Gene and two guys no one really cared about dressed up as two guys people do care about in S'toon November 10th...

Magical.

In an effort to lend some legitimacy to the tour, there's at least a new studio album, 'Sonic Boom' set to drop October 6th. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it'll be better than 'Psycho Circus'... because man, it's it NOT, Paul and Gene should have to do time in more than just an over-scripted reality show prison. They barely ever let Ace and Peter play on the albums anyway, generally opting for session guys and studio players, so the album should still sound "vintage KISS" even without "vintage KISS" members.

Still... the tour itself... I'll be passing on that one... Maybe Ace isn't the best guitar player, Peter Criss is about as vanilla as they come as well... but there's something to be said for a band's "mystique". Some bands can remove and insert new players (Oasis, Pearl Jam, etc)... even new front men (AC/DC, Van Halen, etc) and not be missing anything...

KISS is not one of these bands. It's not like all the albums they put out with Eric Carr or Vinnie Vincent or Bruce Kulick or blah blah blah are awful but...

Tell me U2 is still U2 without Larry Mullen Jr. and The Edge. Hell even without Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton... no way.

Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer get to do the verbatim act and wear the actual clothes of the men they replaced.. and it's still not enough.

Rock on, I don't wanna be the president.

Chris F'n Real