Throughout an look on the “Sound Up!” podcast with Mark Goodman and Alan Gentle, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was requested if “a whole lot of the negativity” surrounding the band fades away when he displays on KISS‘s 50-year run, significantly because it pertains to former members. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I do not see a whole lot of negativity. Individuals discuss in regards to the glass half empty or half full. I see it overflowing. I imply, I haven’t got any destructive reminiscences as a result of all the pieces that occurs each occurs for a motive and is a part of the tip consequence. So, if you happen to’re residing with bitterness or anger, it means you have not gotten previous it. And I’ve nothing however good issues to say about everyone who’s been within the band. And we could not have made it with out all of them. All people contributed one thing, and positively Ace [Frehley, original KISS guitarist] and Peter [Criss, original KISS drummer], above everybody else, are the inspiration of this. So, no matter spats there have been, or no matter bickering, I put it in perspective. In the event you win the lottery, you do not complain about taxes.”
Again in March 2023, radio host Howard Stern requested Stanley why he and fellow unique KISS member Gene Simmons did not carry out with Frehley and Criss on the band’s 2014 Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame induction. Stanley stated: “[The Rock Hall organizers] had been demanding, fairly actually, that we play with the 2 unique guys, Peter and Ace, and at this level, that may be demeaning to the [most recent KISS] band, and likewise would give some individuals confusion. ‘Trigger if you happen to noticed individuals on stage who regarded like KISS however appeared like that, perhaps we ought to be known as PISS.”
KISS performed its two remaining reveals ever in December 2023 at New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard.
The final present, held on December 2, 2023, streamed stay on pay-per-view.
KISS launched its farewell trek in January 2019 however was compelled to place it on maintain in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
“Finish Of The Highway” was initially scheduled to conclude on July 17, 2021 in New York Metropolis. The trek was introduced in September 2018 following a KISS efficiency of the band’s basic tune “Detroit Rock Metropolis” on “America’s Bought Expertise”.
Early final 12 months, KISS offered its whole music catalog, likeness and model identify to Swedish firm Pophouse Leisure, which is behind “ABBA Voyage”. A biopic, an avatar present, and a KISS-themed expertise are already within the works, with Simmons and Stanley taking part in key roles within the growth of all these initiatives, working carefully with Pophouse.
Utilizing cutting-edge expertise, Pophouse Leisure Group, which was based by ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus, will create digital variations of KISS. The undertaking was previewed on the remaining KISS present.
