From: daveintn@... [mailto:daveintn@...]

>My son bought the family tickets to the farewell tour of KISS. The one
thing
>I noticed right off was the wide range of the age of the fans, as young as
5
>or 6 up to grandparents !, you had your legions of fans who showed up in
full
>face paint, it was more of a performance than a concert.

Ah yes. I would have to say that this was probably the best concert I have
ever been to. Considering I worship Metallica (who are also going on a 20
day tour on June 30), it takes a lot for some other band to impress me as
much as KISS did.

I had been trying to see them for their last three tours, and I finally saw
them on the tour that counted.


>The grades..
>Skid Row C- mainly due to the fact that I knew little of their material

Phillips Arena was all but empty when they showed up, but I would guess the
highlights of their performance were "I Remember You" and "Youth Gone Wild."
Still, everyone was still outside buying T-shirts and smoking.

>Ted Nugent B the Motor City Madman was "on" his game

The Nuge was awesome. I was introduced to his style through an LP of 77's
Cat Scratch Fever that my dad had stored. Not too many people can start me
up on my air guitar/headbanging tirade. :-)

>KISS A+++ if you are a KISS fan this is the show to see, they
> played than three hours, they came close to a sell out here in
> Chattanooga, I had been to a KISS show in 78, this was
> much better, and yes, the ears are still ringing!


KISS was absolutely unbelievable. The only other time I had seen one of
their concerts was a taped version of their Halloween show on FOX a few
years back, but everytime I had a chance to see them live, something always
came up.

The stage was filled with everything a pyro freak could want, and the end of
the show was something to remember. Gene is probably my favorite
"character" but Ace can play the heck out of his guitar too.

>PS.. on a side note, Ted Nugent went on a ten minute "pro American" tirade,
>making John Rocker seem like a saint, he did a song titled "kiss my @$$",
in
>which he insulted just about every minority, makes me wonder why the media
>doesn't go after him??

Cuz it's the Nuge!!!! ;-) I think it's expected or at least more common to
hear those kind of words from a music performer than it is for an athlete.
Why? Because it's all show. I mean, off stage, everyone knows about Nuge's
lifelong devotion to conservation. I mean, the guy hunts his own food (with
a bow, not a gun0 and eats everything. He's a member of a number of
anti-drug abuse organizations, and he's anti-alcohol too.

Am I saying that Rocker is a bad guy? No. but we all know how the media is.
I wouldn't expect the media coverage of a Nuge concert to be as big as
Rocker's arrival at spring training.

Glad you liked the show Dave, and if the tour stops by somewhere close to
anyone else, I highly recommend it.


--
Pablo