Like many Gen X rock music fans, I consider KISS to be the band that started me on my rock and roll journey. The music, the mystique and the showmanship all contributed to the intrigue. And though I never got the chance to see them before they “unmasked” themselves, my first KISS concert on the […]
Beyond Gene Simmons’ Ivory Tower…ROCK LIVES!
The moment that I heard Gene Simmons give his reasons for stating that “rock is finally dead,” I thought that he came off as clueless and elitist. After all, Simmons no longer embodies anything that rock is, or ever was, for that matter. Unlike Sammy Hagar, a musician who happens to also be an incredibly […]