This is a test. It is only a test. We're coming back from the dead. Famous last words.
Letters to Kiss & Notes to Self
I am not trying to downplay the contributions of the newer Kiss members, but what if those Beatlemaniacs had played with a continuation of the classic band? An updated, new but same old formula version of the devolved Beatles throughout the 70s and 80s? "Come on, they're classic! We have to go!" Paul says to the general public. But Peter interupts him, "NO WAY!!! It's not really the Beatles, man. It's like their album, Beatles for Sale!!!" The first thing that would happen is nothing at all - the band wouldn't grow because they would sound like 60s Beatles forever, only contrived and trapped in a Beatle box, including during the era of Van Halen and shredder guitar. The Fab Two would have eventually been playing in dives with pool tables, at the Off Ramp or the Firehouse. Would they have been legitimate Beatles? Would you just focus on the original members? Now consider if it had worked! If they were still playing the Hollywood Bowl, were the members of Beatlemania in the 1970s potential Beatles replacements?
There is a rumor spreading as you read this that the original Kiss will reunite to play for the Queen, that I am starting.
When Gene was unable to get a single Yes from any of The Beatles to appear on his 1978 Kiss solo album for obvious reasons (they must have been rolling on the floor!) what did the guy do Kiss fans? Right. He recruited members from Beatlemania. That's almost as good, right? Sound familiar?
I am not trying to downplay the contributions of the newer Kiss members, but what if those Beatlemaniacs had played with a continuation of the classic band? An updated, new but same old formula version of the devolved Beatles throughout the 70s and 80s? "Come on, they're classic! We have to go!" Paul says to the general public. But Peter interupts him, "NO WAY!!! It's not really the Beatles, man. It's like their album, Beatles for Sale!!!" The first thing that would happen is nothing at all - the band wouldn't grow because they would sound like 60s Beatles forever, only contrived and trapped in a Beatle box, including during the era of Van Halen and shredder guitar. The Fab Two would have eventually been playing in dives with pool tables, at the Off Ramp or the Firehouse. Would they have been legitimate Beatles? Would you just focus on the original members? Now consider if it had worked! If they were still playing the Hollywood Bowl, were the members of Beatlemania in the 1970s potential Beatles replacements?
There is a rumor spreading as you read this that the original Kiss will reunite to play for the Queen, that I am starting.
