PAUL STANLEY Says KISS Is Bigger Than Its Members

October 5, 2009

The Pulse of Radio reports: With a new album in stores, "Sonic Boom", and legions of fans turning out for their current Alive! 35 tour, KISS is flying high. Recently group frontman Paul Stanley addressed the fact that the band is trying to recapture the magic of their 1975 "Alive!" album without the group's original lineup. In particular, Stanley was asked about fans being upset that Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer have been sporting the costumes previously worn by Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.

Stanley explained, "That there are people who take issue with it is all well and good. To say the vast majority don't agree would be an understatement. The fact is, there are four iconic figures that are what KISS is. To change that because someone is no longer in the band cheats me, because I busted my butt for 35 years making this what it is. So why would I let somebody deny me and the majority of the fans what they expect? That's what we owe to people; the representation and embodiment of what KISS has been since the beginning."

Stanley added that if he left the group, he wouldn't be upset if someone took on his persona. He explained, "I would hope it would happen. It would only affirm that the band is bigger than any of us. That the band is about an ideal, about a point of view, about a way to deliver a show, about a philosophy that puts the fans first. I'm not delusional enough to think I couldn't be replaced."

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