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Re: KISS' New Studio Album
Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has posted the following message in the "Diary" section of his official web site:
"I had breakfast with [KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley [on Sunday, November 9]. Paul told me they may make a KISS record, which he'll produce. A real '70s KISS-style record. If Paul can stop painting, which is his other career."
During KISS' Download Festival press conference (see video below), which was held on June 13, 2008 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK, Paul Stanley and bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons were asked whether KISS plans to ever record new material. "This is something that's been asked everywhere we go," Simmons replied. "In all seriousness, it's unfortunate, the record industry is dead, it's six feet underground, and unfortunately, the fans have done this — they've decided to download and file-share, there's no record industry around, and we're gonna wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilized and as soon as the record industry pops its head, we'll record new material." Stanley added, "The truth is we have no plans to record. The reason we don't record is because any classic band that hits the road, the last thing you really wanna hear is their new songs. Everybody says, 'Go out and do a new album,' but if you put on a live DVD of any classic band, turn off the sound and I'll tell you when they're playing a new song — it's when everybody sits down. So everybody says, 'Go do a new album,' but who goes to see the STONES to hear a new song? Who goes to see MCCARTNEY, THE WHO; who goes to see any of the classic bands to hear new songs? If you're playing a new song, that means you can't play a classic song. So, really, what's the point?"
Asked if there is any truth to reports that there is going to a TV show to find new members of KISS, Stanley replied, "That kind of got blown a bit out of proportion. There is a always a chance… Because we're KISS, we define ourselves by all the rules we bring — we're not like other bands. Is there a chance of doing a 'KISS II,' so speak? Sure. But it's not gonna take the place of KISS if we were to do it. We're in the midst of our most successful, biggest tour of Europe ever — this is the most successful tour we've ever done, bar any of the past 35 years. So we have no plans to stop. What we do outside of being a touring band, it's up for grabs. We don't live within the boundaries of other bands. They wish they could be KISS; we don't wish we could be them."
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Fuck yes! Even the possibility is awesome. Later albums like Revenge, Carnival of Souls, and Psycho Circus are so totally underrated (even if I do have a huge soft spot for the '80s KISS, sans make-up).
Re: KISS' New Studio Album
Fuck yes! Even the possibility is awesome. Later albums like Revenge, Carnival of Souls, and Psycho Circus are so totally underrated (even if I do have a huge soft spot for the '80s KISS, sans make-up).
Totally agree about Revenge and Carnival of Souls.
Psycho Circus I actually thought was a song for song bad try to rehash Destroyer though.
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Psycho Circus I actually thought was a song for song bad try to rehash Destroyer though.
yeah,and all of the original members only played on maybe 1 song on that album.
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Revenge was great but Psycho Circus was decent. The problem was the small tracklist and the dictatorship of Paul and Gene turning away really good songs by Ace and Peter. An example is "In Your Face" by Ace, much better than the "Into the Void" track that made the album.
Personally I'd prefer another Rock N Roll Over type album...this was Kiss at their very best.
Re: KISS' New Studio Album
PAUL STANLEY told David Brody of the Brody Blog plans for a new KISS album. Paul had this to say, "We just came back from the biggest, most successful tour of Europe we've ever done. We did thirty shows in seven weeks, played to about 400,000 people and we're playing the entire KISS ALIVE! album and some other songs. It was huge, so, it only gave us to think, well, let's, ah, hit the studio again, do a new album, so that's in the works now."
Paul had previously spoke with Photographer Ross Haflin about doing a new Kiss album earlier in the week. Paul told Haflin that it would be a 70s style Kiss album with Paul producing.
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I'd like to see new Kiss album,and maybe it'd be cool,it would probably be the last Kiss album tho.
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Fuck 70's KISS.
Seriously.
It's over, it's done, forget it.
They need to unmask, and just produce the follow up to Carnival of Souls. Touring around with a new band, pretending to be Ace & Peter with an aging Paul & Gene is the lamest thing of all time.
Go back to the unmasked days. It'll open up a whole horizon of new albums they can make, with no restraits on sound or direction.
Going "Psycho Circus II" is fucking stupid.
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Axlin08, that's not a bad idea. I'd still like to see Ace back in the band, though.
Anyone who hasn't heard the Japanese only best of, Jigoku-Retsuden, should really seak it out. It's new recordings by the current line up. As a huge Ace fan, that can be troublesome, but the energy and production is top notch. It's exciting to hear them recording ANYTHING again. Bring on the new album!
