Review: Kiss

Photos by Michael Ransdell/The Star 

If you've seen one Kiss concert, you've seen most of them: The setlist stays the same; so does the pyro; so do most of Paul Stanley's lines; so do most of Gene Simmons' habits and gimmicks.

About 10,000 fans came to the Sprint Center on Thursday night for "Kiss Alive 35," the latest name for the band's never-ending tour. It's safe to say that more than half the fans in the place had seen the band at least once; some of us were seeing Kiss for the fourth time in 10 years or so. But at some point repetition becomes something more rewarding, like ritual or tradition; that's why some of us still watch "A Christmas Story" three times a year, every year. Likewise, a Kiss concert is all about knowing exactly what you're going to get and enjoying it anyway.

 
Thursday's show lasted about 10 minutes over the two-hour mark; the setlist comprised 18 songs;  and for the most part, the energy level of the show stayed relatively high all night. It dipped hard once, during the prolonged guitar-duel between Stanley and Tommy Thayer; and it waned a bit during the two new songs, though a chunk of the audience was very familiar with both of those.

Like thousands of other Kiss shows, this one started off with the one-two-three punch of "Deuce," "Strutter" and "Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll." Kiss at 35 still looks like the old Kiss, but at times it sounds like the older Kiss. Stanley's voice is passable and he's still fleet-footed in those two-story platform boots. But his falsetto has lost a lot of its range, which became most apparent when he tried to hit a few skyscraping notes as he did that sing/speak thing. And during "Lick It Up," he didn't come close to hitting Roger Daltrey's note during the short refrain from "Won't Get Fooled Again." 

 
Simmons was up to his usual tricks: tongue-wagging, fire-breathng and blood-spewing. He spit the blood before "I Love It Loud," while perched on a platform atop the light-rigging way above the stage. Kiss may be 35 but it hasn't lost its touch for those kinds of visuals. Thayer re-created Ace Frehley's fire-shooting guitar trick. During the encore, Stanley rode a zip line out to a satellite stage at the other end of the arena; and two hydraulic lifts lofted Simmons and Thayer a few stories high during one number.

The stage was video-manic: One enormous video screen beamed images of the band and the crowd; under Eric Singer's huge drum riser, more than two dozen smaller monitors beamed other visual stimuli. And there were flashpots, fireworks, fog on stage and one long blizzard of confetti.

 
The setlist was stocked with the songs that made the band famous and that the band has been playing regularly for 25 years. Before "Modern Day Delilah," Stanley plugged the new album, "Sonic Boom," and the mega-retailer that has exclusive rights to sell it, Wal-Mart. "Hey, I'm not proud," he said without explaining whether he  meant he's not too proud to plug his merch or not proud to be selling it only at Wal-Mart. 

The crowd was an array of baby boomers in 20-year-old Kiss T-shirts, 30-somethings with their young children in Kiss makeup and teens in Blink-182 or Green Day T-shirts. Stanley directed the videographers in the house to focus on the kids in the crowd (and made an off-color crack about "open legs" as he did) and vowed that the band would still be around when they were adults. "Kiss Alive at 55" may sound ridiculous but at this point I wouldn't bet against it.

The Dead Girls: This local foursome won a radio-station's contest for the opening spot in Thursday's show. For a band that is accustomed to playing clubs like the Brick (where they are Friday), they did a fine job of filling the arena with their appealing and propulsive indie-rock/pop. The arena was more than half-full for their 30 minute set and most of it prompted a postitive response, especially considering how many were hearing the band for the first time.

| Timothy Finn, The Star

Setlist: Deuce; Strutter; Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll; Hotter Than Hell; Shock Me; Calling Dr. Love; Modern Day Delilah; Cold Gin; Parasite; Say Yeah; 100,000 Years; I Love It Loud; Black Diamond; Rock and Roll All Nite. Encore: Shout It Out Loud; Lick It Up; Love Gun; Detroit Rock City.

Comments

[Zod]

Dead Girls kicked ass.

[Keith in KC]

I have seen The Dead Girls a few times before and thought they were completely the WRONG choice to open for KISS. In fact, a few in my section up in the clouds were almost going to riot when they found out that the announced openers, Buckcherry, were not on the bill. Wonder what happened there. Although I don't really care for Buckcherry, many were there to see them and the big screens on the sides of the stage were advertising their new album before the show.

Anyway, The Dead Girls Power Pop were certainly the right choice when I saw them open for The Posies at the old Hurricane a few years ago (Killer show), but they seemed out of place and SMALL on the Sprint stage. There was even a smattering of BOOs in my section during their set (now THAT'S not nice!). KISS, however, gave fans a loud, colorful spectacle that left most of us happy and satisfied.

Sure, Kiss is a guilty pleasure for some (Present!) and bona fide Rock Gods to others, but not many bands show their fans the consideration and respect that KISS does and how can you hate THAT?? I felt like I was 16 again, which is the age in which I first saw them and for me anyway, that was WELL worth the price of admission. Gene's antics, Paul's stage banter, Tommy and Eric's fine playing, yep, you could do MUCH worse than a KISS show. I enjoyed the hell out of last night's early Christmas present.......

[Chuck Schick]

The Dead Girls were very amateur. What was going on with the really fat one slinging his hair back and saying" Rock N Roll' a dozen times. He should stop watching Jack Black movies and wash his clothes before he is going to play in front of 10,000 people. At least act like you have been there before. They should really be called "The Fat Girls".

[Nick]

KISS has been good--and always will be. Now I have seen KISS four times, but how can you dismiss the fact that they didn't play Beth, Firehouse, or I Was Made For Lovin' You. I don't care how much people don't like I Was Made For Lovin' You, they love it-they should have played it. At some point repetition gets old. They have everything they want to make a "new" good show and still rock out arenas. Gene can still have all his antics, but in the last ten years...nothing has changed. I understand that is what people come to see, but when I can sit in the stands and predict everything they are going to do and say--not very entertaining, it was the first few times, but like I said they have everything they want at their disposal to make a "new" good show, try it. I have seen a lot of concerts but their stage show always, always rocks and I have never seen a band whose stage show is better. I am not dogging on KISS in anyway, just simply saying they let their fans down with not playing those songs, even if Peter Criss was the orginal voice of Beth. Eric can sing it, I have heard him sing it. Firehouse, just flat out rocks, and those songs were missed.

[wadkc]

A little history of Kiss moments. Saw KISS in 1975 in OKC with a country band, Mountain Smoke, opened up...with Vince Gill no less. Saw KISS sans makeup in St. Joe during a snow storm that had Paul sick and Gene singing all the songs. Classic. Finally a KISS show that was different and spontaneous. Front row to several, scattered about to others.

While I might own a KISS pinball machine and many, many other artifacts, I'm not a crazed fan, just a band that I enjoy.

All that being said here's some observations from last night.

Paul has breasts! and flabby arms. and 2 chins. I know he's 60, or close but please wear an outfit from the Dynasty tour or something, it has sleeves and closed chest. He did move a bit but nothing like he use to.
HIs voice was strange. Like he had reverted to his Brooklyn roots and put on the thick accent. He sounds nothing like that in interviews. Madonna's english dialect thought that Paul's accent was a little heavy.

Gene was his usual. He still looks like a seal when he tries to get the crowd to clap. His voice has held up better than Pauls. His bass solo before he splits blood is still a cacophony of noise. Really? You can't put some type of bass groove together?

Tommy Thayer got zero respect when he sang "Shock Me". That use to be a highlight and a crowd pleaser when Ace sang it. Everyone sat down when Tommy got to the mic. Playing was standard. Tim, you're so right about that crap Tommy and Paul were doing together. My son and I looked at each other and screamed "Spinal Tap" at that exact moment. Zzzzzz and long!

Eric Singer was energetic and added some different versions of Peter's stuff. His voice is the best. Black Diamond was great.

Overall the sound was muddy and mid-rangey all night. Eric's cymbals could not have been miked because I couldn't hear 'em. Snare, snare and more snare. If you didn't know the vocals already, good luck understanding them, except the chorus. I sat right behind the sound booth.

Visuals were fantastic and camera work perfect. My son now has confetti from 2 KISS shows to go along with mine from 1976. We passed on the $40 tshirt. KISSonline.com sells the same ones for $15.

Guess what? We had a great time.

[Congrats to Dead Girls]

BIG CONGRATS to the opening band. I must say your name is odd, but you guys did good.

DO NOT LISTEN TO THE JEALOUS FKN PUSSYS ON THIS WEBSITE.

You did something most people do not have the guts to even try. Playing in front of 10 people, let alone 5,000 takes some nerve. KNOW FOR A FACT THAT most of these wimpering lil fgs are unworthy to say a word about what you did.

BE PROUD, PLAY IT LOUD !!!

KEEP ON ROCKING MEN.

[Anthony L. Taylor]

Praise God, for the blood flowing through you veins, and know that Jesus is Lord, one day every knee will bow, so do it now at your own will.Amen

He is extremely great!

Merry Christmas!

[Josh]

I guess Anthony is trying to save us from all this 'devil music'?

[Granimal]

I didn't get to this show, but I would have figured KISS would play more than 2 songs off Sonic Boom.

[Scott]

Gene was his usual. He still looks like a seal when he tries to get the crowd to clap.

- wadkc

Very funny!

[Bryan]

I agree with everything 'Congrats to Dead Girls'said. Looking forward to the show at the Brick tonight guys!

[The DLC]

That glimpse of Gene's upper thigh in the photo is making me naseous.

[kmoon]

show was a blast!
Dead Girls sounded pretty cool - may try to catch one of their shows sometime. We were right by the stage where u could feel the heat from every flashpot. Gene sure was stingy with the picks! Too much fun - but I hope everyone else doesn't feel like crap this morning like me!!

[I will NOT be at The Brick tonight.]

Stand up for the Dead Girls all you want (I'll bet a band member or two wrote these comments of praise), but they are REALLY bush-league at best and had no right being on that stage last night. They embarrassed themselves with their borderline emo-nonsense....and yeah, all of 'em could use a few sessions at the gym. Beyond that, KISS made up for their weaknesses and despite their age and Spinal Tap precision, they put on a Rock & Roll show that most bands could learn from..........

[Wasn't JACKYL available??]

It's funny that someone would call those who didn't really care for the Dead Girls, "p*ssys" & "F*gs," when that band plays such an weak and effete attempt at Rock. Man, you have NO room to point the finger at anyone, 'Congrats.' The openers were the one blemish on last night's stellar show. What, KISS couldn't spring for a competent opening band that more than five people have heard of?? What's up with that??

[wadkc]

I think Anthony meant to say Merry Kissmas.

[Gary Dean`]

Look for a review at http://www.hardrockhaven.net soon

[Arrowch4]

Well the night started off bad. Sprint center sold me 7 tickets on the first row of sec. 108. Seats 3-9. $125.00 a seat. Yes that made me sick. the only reason I paid that much was I was taking my whole family. And my kids wre getting to see KISS for the first time.Corner stage in your face. One problem. There is only 1 seat in row1. So after standing around for about 15 min. they got us 7 seats in row 13 same section . Good seats but about a 25 degree difference on stage view. So to make up for the disgusting mistake. The gave me free passes to this place were you can go up behind lower level seats and buy a drink($8.00 beers) and not have to walk around. You can just stand there and no one will mess with you. Bite me. I was mad about this the whole night . Every time Gene, Paul or Tommy Thayer came over to the corner where my youngest daughter was supposed to be standing. I was pissed. I did not let that ruin my night though.

Dead girls. Well I was expecting Buckcherry but got dead girls instead. They were good but they were no Buckcherry. They are playing downtown somewhere tonight. (Friday)They play well and sing well. I would recommend if you have nothing better to do. Go check them out.

You wanted the best. You got the best. The hottest band in the world KISS. They were completely over the top as you might expect. Opening with Deuce and followed the setlist that I posted earlier in this thread. They did not play "Do you love me?" and “She.” And “Parasite” was played after “Cold Gin”. Gene’s fire breathing was standard. Tommy Thayer’s guitar solo was off the chart. I thought it was amazing. When he shot explosives out of his guitar the blast knock four lights loose falling about 50 ft. directly in front of the stage and narrowly missing some security guy by 3 ft. and from where I was sitting the guy looked to be about 60 years old. “100.000 years” was a lot like it was on KISS Alive. The drum solo was mostly the same. There were some changes in the middle of it. But at the beginning and the end was pretty much the way Peter Criss did it. It is one of my favorite drum solo’s ever. And Thayer hammered down the solo at the end of the song. Thayer did a good job singing “Shock Me” and Eric Singer did a good job singing “Black Diamond”. Gene base solo was the same way I have seen it 8 times. Finished off with a bloody face. Always great. When they came to ”Rock and Roll All night.” the confetti storm was wild . They had a blizzard that covered the entire floor seats . Even the seats in the back of the arena. The encores were good. ”Love Gun” was wicked. Stanley flew to a small stage behind the mixers and at that moment. I got the feeling of the larger than life eccentric rock stars of the 70’s. Out there on this little rotating stage with all the fans in the background it felt like this is something special. Stanley took his shot at other rock celebrities. Saying “We are a rock band. So if you came here to hear about global warming. If you came here to hear us tell you how we can achieve world peace. You came to the wrong place. You will not hear us tell you how to fix world hunger. And neither can any other rock band. You came here tonight to take a break from a crazy world. And when you wake up tomorrow the world will be just as messed up as it was today”. Then KISS pounded home “Detroit Rock City”. that song rocks. Gene and Paul’s vocals were very good . The only time I heard cracking in the voice was when Paul was talking to the crowd. These 2 old guy’s from the 70’s and the 2 younger members were very good tonight. Very professional. Unlike Motley Crue at Crue fest. That was a train wreck. Those who say that they are not musicians. Well they are not classical or jazz guitarist. But they make fun music that has stood the test of time. The very first song that was played tonight was put out 35 years ago. And there is an entire new fan base out there under 15 years old. Who (if KISS is physically capable) could keep this band touring for another 20 years. And that is amazing. How many other band wish they could reach that level of success. And what was even greater to me was the look on my 13 year old daughters face when she told me. That Gene Simmons looked at her when he was flying up to his spot on top of the lights. After his Bass solo and prior to “I Love It Loud” I just agreed with her and smiled. For those who wished they went. You should have. It was well worth it and if they come again in 3-5 years I will go then and remember the times when I was a kid and those guy‘s to me were larger than life…..

[rhonda]

Dead Girls won a contest to open the concert. They were voted out of 5 local bands to open. If you are going to bash them, at least get the facts straight.

They are all huge KISS fans and they were honored for this opportunity and did a great job in a difficult position of having to open for the awesome spectacle that is KISS.

If you don't like them that is fine, you should have voted for one of the other bands to open that was more to your liking. Or, you could have went and done some push ups during their set since physical fitness is obviously so important to you.

[wadkc]

Arrowch4. You da' man. The family man.

I can totally see why you were pissed. bummer. But I have to give you the "tip of the cap" for taking your whole family and bucking up. It's not easy. They'll remember that family event forever. Nice job

[Chubby]

Lighten up on the Dead Girls guys. Van Morrison, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, BB King and Curtis Salgado are all fat, and no one makes a direct link between that and their musical ability.
If, after giving it a fair trial, you don't like the Dead Girls music then that's OK, but you don't need to resort to personal insults.
I say well done guys, you got the chance of a lifetime, a little known local band getting to open for a huge act. I thought you did well considering this was your first show in front of several thousand people. To me you seemed to be relishing every moment of it. Good luck guys.

[Great job Dead Girls!]

I love that people are making fun of the Dead Girls because they're not in peak physical shape. Did y'all see the members of KISS? Flab, flab, flab, flab. At least the Dead Girls were wearing clothes that fully covered their bodies!

I think the Dead Girls did a great job and should be proud of the show they put on last night.

[Bubba]

My 8th time I've seen KISS now and this was their LONGEST I've ever seen them play - set lasted over two hours! GENE and PAUL show NO sign(s) of slowing down whatsoever. WAY to go guys! Thanks + happy holidays!

[SImon]

Kiss rocked! Dead Girls flopped! Best concert I have ever seen!

[Timmy P]

We must have missed the dead women we got to the show late.

Buckcherry sounded nothing like their CD's and have reinvented their look since we saw them at Rockfest years ago. My Daughter did get the ringtone they advertised right after their set.

We got to the show late and I didn't catch their first couple songs - I wish I would have heard "Lit Up" and "Next to you". Also didn't like that they didn't even have a backdrop, you think a band like them would have one.

KISS WAS AWESOME.

Point Breakdowns for the evening
+2 for Kiss
-1 for Buckcherry
-1 for the sprint center not letting me bring in my own chair
-1 for the sprint center not letting women take their tops off

[Steve]

Kiss could tour this show basically indefinitely, right? But I think Simmons and Stanley could bow out and hire someone else to play their roles. They'd still own Kiss, but it's not like they have irreplaceable abilities as performers. I see Kiss becoming like Menudo, with a series of replacement parts. To be honest I think most people wouldn't notice the difference. The show is what they're going to see.

[Karen]

It is the Summer of 1974. A shy and awkward 13 year old girl sits on the kitchen floor. While the radio plays in the background, her finger is set in the rotary dial of the telephone ready to release the first numeral of the local radio stations phone number. The station is giving away a KISS album to the first caller. She is faster than all the other callers and scores the prize! Her father refuses to drive her to the radio station to pick up her prize, so she rides her bike to get it. She is mesmerized by the cover art. She has never seen anything like these guys before! The girl can't wait to get home and listen to her prize... She spends the rest of her summer lying on her bedroom floor listening to the album. She learns each and every song by heart. She loves them all but her favorites are "Strutter", "Cold Gin" and "Deuce". Her Parents beg and bribe her to stop listening to such trash. They would like her to come out of her room and join the family in some other activity. She cannot be pried away from the magic spell that has her in it's grip!! Fastforward to the year 2009. KISS plays the Sprint Center in Kansas City. The girl, now a 48 year old woman sees her heros in person for the first time! Gene even wags his tounge at her! All the old memories come flooding back. She slips back in time to the year 1974. She realizes that she is the same girl she was back then, only with loads more confidence! Could it be that the time she spent internalizing the words of these Rock Gods has had something to do with her metamorphosis? She would like to think so!
Thanks guys for the great show. I have had a smile on my face since last nights performance. You still rock!!!!!!

[KISS was pretty cool, though]

Who WAS that lousy opening band?? Sheesh......

[Don]

Hard to believe the Dead Girls won a contest to play. Hey it is what it is, but it makes you wonder how horrible the bands they beat must have been!

[Avoid The Brick 2-nite]

No truer words spoken, Don.

[Bubba]

I thought the DEAD GIRLS were definitely a non-fitting opener for KISS. Thanks for NOT canceling on Kansas City, there - KISS. If SIMMONS and STANLEY ever got replacement players to take their place, I for ONE would stop going to see them. MAIN reason I wanted to go, is you never know when KISS might return.

Funny how The Fox 101 radio station offered KISS tickets for $10 each recently - then around the same time, ALMOST KISS - a tribute band plays here in town. What a WAY to truly bring 2009 to a close.

[John Thomas]

Show was awesome. I'm 42 and can only hope I'm in the kinda shape Paul and Gene is in at 60. Flab, give me a break. Sounds like the reviewer needs to lighten up a bit. I'd rather see the kind of show Kiss puts on every night of the week versus some band who sit in chairs and think your lucky that their playing for you. It's nice to see that as long as they've been doing this Kiss truely enjoy it and are gracious to their fans. They could of retired a long time ago. And as far as the "endless tour" remark, give me a break. How many other bands have done the same. I think the last time Kiss played K.C. it was on the Rock The Nation Tour or maybe it was the World Domination tour. Doesn't sound like Alive 35, but whats in a name. People ought to appreciate a band like Kiss cause there's not another like them. They are Performing Legends and I count myself as lucky enough to say I've seen them.

[Mark Knopfler]

I can't believe that people pay so much to basically see Spinal Tap, minus the intentional jokes.
Lames-ville.

[Stashanna Poyntynski]

Dead Girls sucked! That was awful. It ruined the entire warm-up for KISS. They can at least wear clothes that don't look like they just got out of bed. What happened to Buckcherry? How perfect that would have been. Dead Girls - stick with playing bar rooms where no one listens and is just interested in picking up a companion.....or just stick to your garage.

[Pint]

8th Row...Second time watching KISS...well done guys...you still have it and I paid $125/ticket...do not for one second regret that purchase...

For those complaining about the opener, do your homework. I knew BuckCherry would not be opening because i checked both KISS and BC's websites...Buckcherry has been in KC I believe either 2 or 3 times in the last 18 months...sorry, but they can't play here again so soon. I would have loved to have seen them again, but too bad.

I had some prebeers and skipped on the Dead Girls after listening to a song or two on their website...good luck to them and kudos for winning the contest...great job performing..just not my type of music...

ROCK ON KISS...well, well done.

P.S: Quit flirting with my girlfriend GENE! :-)

[DEAD GIRLS ARE ....]

I love it when people say to me..."dude you play guitar like crap"....

I always say ..WOW!!! ... YOU SAID I PLAY GUITAR, THANK YOU.

Until you have sucked in front of 5000 people, you have no right to say a word about anyoned doing it, you fkn losers..

I WAS NOT THERE, I AM NO FAMILY MEMBER, but I do know it is easier to peck away at a keyboard and bash guys like that, in a band who just played the biggest hall of thier lives...you are just jealous,,,,I bet you could not speak in front of that crowd, let alone play..... LOL..SO UNTIL YOU DO IT...STFU....

ON THE OTHER HAND.....FK KISS
KISS is pathetic. They played a farewell tour, years ago, and for them to keep comong back is a joke. The only bigger joke is you idiots who paid to see them AGIN.......morons.

I will go to the brick tonight, and check out these fatties you losers are bagginging, at least they are up and coming, NOT HAS BEENS with stupid TV shows....freekin losers like gene simmon, that grandpa is A JOKE!!.

[Bubba]

Why did BUCKCHERRY cancel? So many other bands I would have loved to see open for KISS - list is too long to list here.

KISS in certainly no SPINAL TAP!! Love it when patrons slam bands like KISS, AEROSMITH, NUGENT, etc. As LONG as the money is there, the$e guys won't retire - why would / should they?

[Yeah, I'm SOOOO jealous!]

Yep, we are all just JEALOUS of that ridiculous "up and coming" band that shamefully played before KISS last night. Yeah, yeah, I know that a couple of those guys are pushing 40 and still working in Sub Shops hoping their Rock & Roll dream comes true, although it didn't happen in their FIRST lame band, Ultimate Fakebook (Is that Michael Chiklis on Bass??). The other two look like a ham and egg wrestling tag-team. Hey, it's THEIR lives they are wasting with their deluded quest, so hey, good luck with THAT. But to state to the many here who didn't care for their weak act that we are somehow jealous is pretty effing funny, my friend. Have fun at The Brick (sounds like a Gay Bar, but whatever......).

[Rob]

Wow, there are some horrible KISS fans or just horrible rock fans posting here. These guys never fail to put on a great show. Letting Tommy sing Shock Me was a treat.

Some of you who are saying they're flabby, etc. have not met the guys up close as I have on this tour (Dallas just last week). These guys are in GREAT physical condition. I hope I look that good at 57 and 60 years old, let alone be able to jump and nearly kick my own butt while wearing 6" boots. Incredible!

These guys have so many classic songs it's impossible to hear them all. The set list was great considering the tour is more about the anniversary of the Alive album than the release of Sonic Boom. Eric's 180 degree drum kit and Paul's 360 degree stage were a good addition while Gene's antics with the blood and fire never get old regardless of the songs they use. Heck, I could have griped on her about not hearing God Of Thunder, but the list was a good mix of old and new.

Buckcherry didn't cancel, they were only contracted through Dallas which was to have been the original ending date for the 1st leg of the U.S. tour (to answer one person's question). And Anthony, Merry Christmas to you too, but Kiss is anything but Satanic so please don't judge me for seeing them over and over again and I will not judge you for posting here.

I love Ace, but Tommy does an excellent job and there are few drummers in the world better than Eric Singer today. They were absolutely great to the fans during the meet and greet session allowing cameras and personal items for signatures. Thanks for the memories and thanks for continuing to blast out the music.

Hopefully the good folks at the corporate Rock and Roll HOF will induct them, but if not, they're still one of the best ever and the politics the HOF plays cannot stop that.

[Peter]

The people that say KISS can tour and be successful without Paul and Gene are the suckers that KISS targets.The same people probably believe the sewage that Obama spews every week. These are the people that buy every piece of garbage that KISS sells. They can put someone in Paul and Gene's makeup and they will not be playing arena's, they will be playing dive bars with the opening band "The Fat Girls".

[tombiv]

obvious troll is obvious. The Dead Girls rocked hard. Haters. Go, and continue to let the marketplace make your decisions for you.

[Mike Unt]

Peter - you're right about the weekly trash that spews out of (falsely) elected President Obama! I've spoken with several voters that now say they regret voting for Obama.

I, of course tell them - "I told you so!!"

[Gene Simmons' house boy--Raoul]

"The Dead Girls rocked hard."

REALLY?? I guess if you think that band ROCKS hard, you don't get out too much, do ya? MAN, were they PEDESTRIAN.......and how did my homeboy OBAMA get brought into this maelstrom?? Unless he was in attendance at the big KISS show the other night, leave him outta this, comprende?

[bam bama]

The only thing worse than half-a-KISS is that freekin loser obama. What a mistake that guy is. If he had any scruples he would have turned down the peace prize. He is nothing but a bought and paid for whore war monger like Bush, it is pathetic.

[Bubba]

It's been nearly 72 hours since KISS blessed our fair city and I'm STILL very much feeling the vibe of the show. Great holiday gift, no? The Sprint Center seems to have REALLY turned Kansas City's music scene into something good again. Who's with me on this? Leave feedback if you like.

[KC is Rockin']

True Bubba, and don't forget all the cool shows that The Midland has brought to KC lately. So much live music downtown with Crosstown Station and The Crossroads. As someone who works downtown, I never thought I'd see the day..............

[Bubba]

KC Is Rocking - well, I still haven't been to the Crossroads. I won't go see JUST any band. I wanted to catch RATT and BLONDIE there but did not.

The Uptown and the Midland has brought some cool shows in - like the B-52's, MOTORHEAD, MARS VOLTA, CHICKNFOOTm ROB ZOMBIE, etc.

[Matt]

God, Kiss is an embarrassment and needs to die. Also, congrats Kiss fans for proving what a bunch of out of touch losers you are in these comments.

[Chubby]

Lighten up dude, it's just a harmless rock band, there's no need for anyone to die!

[The unmitigated nerve!]

Congrats accepted, Matt! What's wrong, my son? Jeez, did Mommy forget to pack Oreos in your lunch today?? So, according to you, I was one of the "out of touch losers" at the KISS show the other night? Oh well, I can live with that.

I went and saw a damn good Rock Show for a decent price, while you probably sat at home and re-read the Harry Potter books or watched Season Two of UGLY BETTY on DVD....man, you Lady Gaga fans are simply VICIOUS!