Equally important to how much Kiss toured in the '70s was where Kiss toured. "Kiss's grassroots following was built on playing secondary and tertiary markets which other acts avoided," writes former business manager C.K. Lendt in his book Kiss and Sell: The Making of a Supergroup — including places "so isolated that the truck drivers carrying the stage show had trouble finding them on standard road maps." Kiss wasn't just aiming for the middle of the rock audience, it was willing to travel and make a semi-regular home there. It was, according to Lendt, "a vast universe of places like Muskegon, Bismarck, Huntsville, Butte, Salina, Waco, Rapid City, Dubuque, Bozeman, Fayetteville, Dothan, Port Huron, Lake Charles, Evansville, Johnston, Erie, Peoria, Lafayette, Waterloo, Grand Forks, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Johnson City, Beaumont, and Hampton Roads."
Jokes
ReplyDeleteI get them.
ReplyDeleteBecause you used to read Word Up! magazine.
ReplyDeleteBirf days wuz da worse days
ReplyDeleteI'm going going, back back, to Cali...
ReplyDeleteDanimal got any opinion on Lance coming clean?
ReplyDeleteprobably the same as most that have not had to deal personally with the Big C.
ReplyDeletebut since i haven't, he receives permanent status as a douchebag. he sued people for slander prior to this confession. serious c-sucker imho.
From today's Grantland piece on KISS (good read):
ReplyDeleteEqually important to how much Kiss toured in the '70s was where Kiss toured. "Kiss's grassroots following was built on playing secondary and tertiary markets which other acts avoided," writes former business manager C.K. Lendt in his book Kiss and Sell: The Making of a Supergroup — including places "so isolated that the truck drivers carrying the stage show had trouble finding them on standard road maps." Kiss wasn't just aiming for the middle of the rock audience, it was willing to travel and make a semi-regular home there. It was, according to Lendt, "a vast universe of places like Muskegon, Bismarck, Huntsville, Butte, Salina, Waco, Rapid City, Dubuque, Bozeman, Fayetteville, Dothan, Port Huron, Lake Charles, Evansville, Johnston, Erie, Peoria, Lafayette, Waterloo, Grand Forks, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Johnson City, Beaumont, and Hampton Roads."
Awww, yeah. Take me home, Hampton Roads.
Only when it featured Salt N Peppa and Heavy D up in the limousine, Z.
ReplyDeleteAnd you've got the wrong song, TJ. Way to ruin it.
Gee, do I? Wouldve never known without the education from you. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI figured you'd be more excited about Johnson City.
ReplyDeleteYou down with O.P.P.?
ReplyDeletewhoot, there it is
ReplyDeleteThis is what I'm really excited about:
ReplyDeleteFri Mar 15 -- Chester, NY -- The Capitol Theatre
Sat Mar 16 -- Montclair, NJ -- Wellmont Theatre
Sun Mar 17 -- Baltimore, MD -- Rams Head Live
Old 97's and Drive-By Truckers in a dual headline show.
Put your hands together, people.
"coast-dwelling wiseacres"
ReplyDeleteTJ- What song is this from? FUCK YOU.
ReplyDeleteUmm, "Hit em Up"?
ReplyDeleteOr "No Vaseline"?
Both very good choices.
ReplyDeleteI was going for 'The Bitch in You' though.
ReplyDeleteCareless Whisper?
ReplyDeleteTiny Dancer?
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