Throughout an look on the “Sound Up!” podcast with Mark Goodman and Alan Mild, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was requested if “quite a lot of the negativity” surrounding the band fades away when he displays on KISS‘s 50-year run, notably because it pertains to former members. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I do not see quite a 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 recollections as a result of all the pieces that occurs each occurs for a cause and is a part of the top consequence. So, should you’re dwelling 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. Everyone contributed one thing, and definitely 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. If you happen to win the lottery, you do not complain about taxes.”
Again in March 2023, radio host Howard Stern requested Stanley why he and fellow authentic 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 mentioned: “[The Rock Hall organizers] have been demanding, fairly actually, that we play with the 2 authentic guys, Peter and Ace, and at this level, that will be demeaning to the [most recent KISS] band, and in addition would give some individuals confusion. ‘Trigger should you noticed individuals on stage who appeared like KISS however appeared like that, perhaps we needs to be referred to as PISS.”
KISS performed its two last exhibits 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 Street” 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 track “Detroit Rock Metropolis” on “America’s Acquired Expertise”.
Early final yr, KISS offered its complete music catalog, likeness and model title 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 intently with Pophouse.
Utilizing cutting-edge know-how, Pophouse Leisure Group, which was based by ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus, will create digital variations of KISS. The mission was previewed on the last KISS present.