Friday, November 13, 2009

Old bands get better with age

Well the old adage that things get better with age certainly holds true in the case of certain bands. I have seen alot of older bands and they all do well in their late 50's and 60's. And last night we seen KISS. A true pioneer band in the way stage performances and rock shows should be. And they still have the blood and stage show as always with breaking guitars and lights and pyrotechnics. They did alot of older songs and a few newer ones and they still can kick it when called upon. KISS with the leadership of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons is a marketing genius in the fact they had makeup in the 70's, sold dolls and KISS cards, all their KISS shirts and stuff plus comic books. Then in the 80's they took their makeup off and toured and made records and now with the absence of two key figures (Ace and Peter) they put all the old costumes on and amkeup and bring back the days of old with a modern flare. Genius. Of course they probably made millions in the 70's already but now they have more millions and millions of new fans young and old.

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