KISS Guitarist Talks New Album, Upcoming Tour (Video)
May 22, 2012StarCam's Jennifer Tapiero conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer at The Heart Foundation Gala at the Hollywood Palladium on May 10 in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below.
KISS recently completed work on its 20th studio album, "Monster", for a tentateive fall release. The follow-up to 2009's "Sonic Boom" was again produced by KISS fronman Paul Stanley and was described by bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons in a recent interview with Billboard as "either the best or one of the top three records we've ever done. It's like 'Revenge' meets 'Destroyer' — just guitar and drums, nothing else. No keyboards, no little boys' choir, no strings, no nothing. Band-written; literally we'd get in and strum guitars like the old days."
"Monster" will be accompanied by an over-sized art book containing paintings, drawings, photos and other impressions by various artists, inspired by KISS. According to Simmons, the book "should weigh 100 pounds or more" and come with its own stand. "It's something you can't put on your coffee table, 'cause it'll crush it. It IS the coffee table," he said.
Songtitles set to appear on "Monster" include "It's A Long Way Down", "Back To The Stone Age", "Shout Mercy", "Out Of This World", "Wall Of Sound" and "Hell Or Hallelujah".
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