Months after saying KISS were retiring based on "pride and self respect," Gene Simmons has hinted that the band could continue with a new, younger lineup after the original iteration calls it quits.
On a new episode of Dean Delray's podcast Let There Be Talk, Simmons said he once pitched a reality show to find a new generation of KISS that never came to fruition. Despite this, he still believes that the band could be continued after their End of the Road Tour — which is currently ongoing with seemingly no end date in sight.
"We don't know if it's [going to be in] New York," he said of KISS' last show [via Blabbermouth's transcription]. "I have good reasons why it should be, but the important thing is when it's the last show, it'll be the last show. KISS the touring band will stop. But the touring band. KISS will continue in other ways. I have no problems with four deserving 20-year-olds sticking the makeup back on and hiding their identity."
On the podcast, Simmons also hinted that next form of KISS could be a theatrical show. "KISS will continue in ways that even I haven't thought of," he said. "But I can conceive of… You know, the Blue Man Group and Phantom of the Opera tours around the world with different personnel. There could and should be a KISS show, kind of live on stage with effects and everything else, but also semi-autobiographical thing about four knuckleheads off the streets of New York that ends with the last third as a full-blown celebration, a full-on performance. Not with us. Although not a problem stepping in every once in a while."
While the End of the Road Tour is ongoing, Simmons has previously mentioned that 100 more dates will be added to its roster. Maybe rock 'n' roll really isn't dead.
On a new episode of Dean Delray's podcast Let There Be Talk, Simmons said he once pitched a reality show to find a new generation of KISS that never came to fruition. Despite this, he still believes that the band could be continued after their End of the Road Tour — which is currently ongoing with seemingly no end date in sight.
"We don't know if it's [going to be in] New York," he said of KISS' last show [via Blabbermouth's transcription]. "I have good reasons why it should be, but the important thing is when it's the last show, it'll be the last show. KISS the touring band will stop. But the touring band. KISS will continue in other ways. I have no problems with four deserving 20-year-olds sticking the makeup back on and hiding their identity."
On the podcast, Simmons also hinted that next form of KISS could be a theatrical show. "KISS will continue in ways that even I haven't thought of," he said. "But I can conceive of… You know, the Blue Man Group and Phantom of the Opera tours around the world with different personnel. There could and should be a KISS show, kind of live on stage with effects and everything else, but also semi-autobiographical thing about four knuckleheads off the streets of New York that ends with the last third as a full-blown celebration, a full-on performance. Not with us. Although not a problem stepping in every once in a while."
While the End of the Road Tour is ongoing, Simmons has previously mentioned that 100 more dates will be added to its roster. Maybe rock 'n' roll really isn't dead.
