‘Couldn’t Believe How Unsafe It Was’: Kiss’ Roadies Blame Lax Covid Protocols for Guitar Tech’s Death
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...death-1249590/
‘Couldn’t Believe How Unsafe It Was’: Kiss’ Roadies Blame Lax Covid Protocols for Guitar Tech’s Death
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...death-1249590/
Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.
Don't see how this is news other than thousands, if not hundreds of thousands before this guy died from COVID in the name of capitalism. Pual and the cross-dressing Jew both love their money so god damn much so what's a sacrificed crew member when it comes to their banks accounts. Plus, the lawyers have been paid and they are in the clear. Their lame-ass tour rolls on.
Did they give him a free Kiss Koffin at least?
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Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
Stanley Bert Eisen is Jewish as well
He also nowhere near being the cross dresser, either.
Actually, they're all cross dressers. Before they came up with the Kabuki makeup, they looked like a New York Dolls ripoff (the blonde is Chaim).....
shortly after this picture was taken, they fired Lily Tomlin from the band and replaced her with Ace Frehley.![]()
Rolling Stone is shit any more. They're also going after Dave Chappelle and Tom Hanks.
KISS's Las Vegas Residency Has Been Canceled
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ki...been-canceled/
KI$$ is in the middle of its "End Of The Road" farewell tour, which was originally scheduled to conclude on July 17, 2021 in New York City but is now expected to last well into 2022.
Then 2023, 2024, 2025...
Nothing like having fans more stupid than Trump voters that are human ATMs.
Doc McGhee must be spreading Covid around to all of his clients. Jon Bon Jovi's got it now....
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/...mi-1235101262/
Did anyone really think this was actually a farewell tour for the band?
They'll keep going as long as there is a dollar to be made.
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Kiss deny crew claims that lax Covid-19 tour protocols led to guitar tech’s death
By Classic Rock ( Classic Rock ) 4 days ago
Kiss have rejected accusations from anonymous crew members that guitar tech Francis Stueber’s death on tour stemmed from “unsafe” working environment
Kiss have denied suggestions from anonymous members of their own road crew that lax Covid-19 protocols on their American tour played a part in the Coronavirus-related death of long-time guitar tech Francis Stueber.
Paul Stanley’s guitar tech for 20 years, 53-year-old, father of three Stueber passed away on October 17 in his hotel room in Detroit two days after being quarantined following a positive test for the virus. Stanley paid tribute to his “dear friend” on social media, writing “Both on and offstage I depended on him for so much.”
“We are profoundly heartbroken at the loss of Francis, he was a friend and colleague of 20 years, there is no way to replace him,” the band told Rolling Stone in a statement. “Millions of people have lost someone special to this horrific virus and we encourage everyone to get vaccinated. Please protect yourself and your loved ones.”
On October 20, however, Rolling Stone reported a claim from anonymous members of the band’s road crew that lax, “unsafe” Covid protocols played a part in Stueber’s death. In the story, published under the heading, Couldn’t Believe How Unsafe It Was’: Kiss’ Roadies Blame Lax Covid Protocols for Guitar Tech’s Death one crew member is quoted as saying: “Every day during the shows, we weren’t tested. And there are so many unknowns. Did we superspread this, did we spread this thing from city to city? It’s horrible that Fran passed, and it’s horrible if this is our protocol just for us to tour. Is this going to be the normal, to stick someone in a hotel and if somebody dies, ‘Oh, well, off to the next guy?’
"I couldn't believe how unsafe it was, and that we were still going. We'd been frustrated for weeks, and by the time Fran died, I just thought, 'You have to be fucking kidding me.'”
“Out of greed, we watched our friend die day after day” he said. “And nobody did anything.”
More at https://www.loudersound.com/news/kis...ar-techs-death
So it seems like everybody's putting out some huge deluxe remaster of a classic album lately, and of course Chaim Witz ain't going to pass that up. And the Destroyer set pretty much has the same format that all of these mega box remasters do.... you get the original album, some alternative mixes, some demos and a live show.
The most advertised track is probably the "all new acoustic" version of "Beth". Which pretty much sounds like the old version, with louder acoustic guitars and most of Bob Ezrin's overproduced orchestration removed. It's a little better, but nothing revolutionary. And for a band that can't stop talking shit about Peter Criss, they obviously aren't above using him to make another buck.
The demos & alternative mixes? Pretty much what you would expect. Interesting listen, I guess. Kinda funny how "God of Thunder" was damn near a disco song in its demo form. And you thought they didn't do that crap until Dynasty??
And then there's the live disk from Paris, 1976. I was hoping for a decent live recording here.... and hopefully not buried in overdubs like Alive & Alive II were. Well, the good news is... there are definitely no overdubs! The bad news is... it's literally a poor audience recording where you can literally hear the tape being "chewed" in several spots. Seriously, Chaim?? You released this, and expected people to pay for it??
Don't waste your money. Download the damn thing. And just in case Chaim's lawyers read this.... I doubt I'll even keep it.
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A KISS fan in NY donned a costume and blasted music to clear snow from his street. Gene Simmons noticed
Emily Barnes
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Tommy Sedlock's neighbors looked out their windows Saturday morning and saw something more than just the freshly fallen snow.
The first notes of "Rock and Roll All Nite" rang out from across the street as a snow blower sprang to life and Sedlock, dressed as Gene Simmons, strode out to the sidewalk.
Sedlock traded his winter coat and snow boots for silver studded bat wings and a mask donning Simmons' signature outstretched tongue.
"I'm a huge KISS fan," Sedlock said. "I figured I'd entertain the neighbors and have a little fun, put a little smile on everybody's face and make them laugh."
A video of the local drummer's snow clearing effort was posted on YouTube, topping 4,000 views within the first 24 hours, and even catching the attention of the rock star himself.
"Even Gene Simmons tweeted about it," Sedlock said. "So that's kind of cool."
Costumed or otherwise, residents across the Southern Tier shoveled out of a late winter storm Saturday, with some areas seeing a foot of snow.
Here's how much snow fell across the Southern Tier:
Conklin: 12 inches
Nichols: 12 inches
Binghamton (measured at the National Weather Service): 10.4 inches
Apalachin: 10 inches
Bainbridge: 10 inches
Vestal: 9 inches
Johnson City: 8.5 inches
Endwell: 7.8 inches
Although the temperatures outside were below freezing, the cold did not bother Sedlock.
"I was having a blast," Sedlock said. "Hopefully, this just put a smile on everybody's face and just gave them that little step to get through these times together."
How long before Official KISS Snowblowers are on the market??
Ace Frehley’s Original Kiss Logo Design Up for Auction
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss...-logo-auction/
There are plenty of other cool items, including:
1977 Slot Machine Reels Overlay Graphics Strip Set
1978 Stained Glass Monopoly Game Set & Prototype Material
Ken Kelly Love Gun Album Cover Concept Preliminary Sketch Art
Auction page - link
Well that's really appalling. Who wants to see that, except a herd of morons?
Paul's probably not lip-syncing this one... he just autotuned the Hell out of it.....
The Love Gun is limp and out of bullets. Please Gene and Paul, hang it up. Yeah plenty of Morons will continue to buy tickets but do you really want to be the God of Thunder to a bunch of idiots? Take the money and run laughing and call it quits.
Kiss World Museum Opens in Las Vegas - Photos
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss...-vegas-photos/
$immons says they want to add 100 more shows.
How can we miss him if he won't go away?
We can't, because they won't.
Honestly, I think both Stanley and Simmons at this point are - more than anything else (it's all they've ever done, there's still a buck to be made, etc.) - scared to stop touring, because at the age they are now
once they stop touring they will have no structured/scheduled purpose. Nothing else to do but sit around and wait to pass away.
Gene Simmons: my stories of Eddie Van Halen, Donald Trump, Cher and more
https://www.loudersound.com/features...-dylan-stories
I hope he is joking and doesn't actually think anyone is dumb enough to believe any of that complete bullshit...
Well, Donald is a huge fan of Gene Simmons. Mostly he’s jealous of my hair which is much cooler than his. Everybody thinks we both wear wigs, but no, we don’t. They’re all just jealous. I’ve known him off and on for a long time. Even though he comes from a good background and all that, he’s a self-made man![]()
couple o' creeps
It’s ego. They get off that a bunch of losers pay a lot of money to go to KISS shows. They are addicted to standing elevated over a crowd of stupid people and manipulating them.
Sitting at home enjoying the spoils just isn’t as exhilarating. Paul and Gene are hopeless attention whores.
Not any different than a political or religious movement. It’s all about becoming a god to a bunch of idiots and it does pay well if you can pull it off. It’s all showbusiness.
The only difference between a rock star and a politician is a rockstar will honestly say they fucked your sister and you think it’s cool. A politician fucks your sister and lies. He claims he did not have sex with that woman. When you find out he really fucked your sister you want to kill the guy.
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