Back in the ’70s, KISS was still wearing makeup, Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of Queen (and alive), and ABBA was still together.
That was a long, long time ago. However, this weekend, the three collided When KISS’s Paul Stanley and Queen’s Brian May went to see the ABBA Voyage show in London.
If someone told me that these three things would be under one roof, I never would have believed them. But it happened, and Mamma Mia that is why Gd Gave Rock’n’Roll to You and me!
Things we know about Gene Simmons. He is the singer of KISS, is married to Shannon Tweed, and has a very long tongue.
So, yesterday, when he was a mentor on American Idol, he posed with the singing competition’s judges. And if you are going to pose with Simmons, what do you do? You stick your tongue out. So, here are Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie doing just that.
That is why Simmons is known for his tongue, but they are not.
KISS was performing in Brazil on Wednesday, and all was going well. But then, Gene Simmons, 73, wasn’t feeling well. Therefore, he walked off the stage, and the band stopped the show.
But since Rockers of his generation are not built like they are today, he came back and finished the show while sitting down on a chair.
Then when the lights went up, he took to social media and explained what happened: “Hey everybody, thanks for the good wishes. I’m fine. Yesterday at Manaus Stadium in Brazil, experienced weakness because of dehydration. We stopped for about five minutes, I drank some water, and then all was well. Nothing serious.”
And that is why they are still the Knights of Rock’n’Roll.
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons were on The Howard Stern Show yesterday, and they talked about how they came up with their name.
Before they went by Kiss, they were known as Wicked Lester. And they were also considering going by FUCK. Simmons explained why “The first record could be ‘It.’ The second one could be ‘You.’ But it wasn’t serious.” I would’ve taken them totally seriously if they did that for all 20 of their studio albums. Could you imagine ‘Off,’ ‘That Noise,’ ‘Up,’ and ‘Like Rabbits?’
So how did they come up with the name? Stanley said they were driving in the car, and it just came to him. Kiss is a universal word that everyone knows what it is when they hear it. Plus, it has so many different meanings, like kiss of death and kiss of passion.
And finally, does KISS stand for anything like Knights in Satan’s Service? Stanley said, “We’re smart. But we are not that smart.”
I think they are smart because they have been around for 50 years, and they are still going strong. Even if they are retiring from the road this year. Seriously, their feet have to hurt after wearing platform shoes for half a century, so they earned their retirement from touring.
Some celebrities refuse to take photos with their fans when they are out and about. But Paul Stanley is not one of them.
He decided to KISS and tell us why he won’t do that. “Christmas and Hanukah Shopping in Beverly Hills. Hard to be incognito, so I’m happy to take photos with fans,” he wrote. “They all make it possible for me to BE shopping in Beverly Hills!! Thank YOU too!”
And that is why we still want to Rock & Roll All Nite with them. They haven’t forgotten all the people who made them and keep them rich!
BTW If Stanley wanted to go incognito, all he had to do was put on some makeup. We would never recognize him if he did.
