Gene Simmons

We have a, quote, legacy, whatever.

You know, we lasted longer than the Beatles.

Beatles lasted seven years and put out all this astonishing stuff.

and never as far as i'm concerned never decayed just kept moving evolving but of course nobody is the beatles and so you know i gave in i said okay let's see what happens and this lick it up record happened which was okay and you had some big hits off yes lick it up and a few other things

I could argue the ACDC or Metallica idea, which is you stay true to the DNA.

Well, it's an argument that works well for them and Iron Maiden.

Well, we didn't have a choice because we gave in.

There were those first records that had, you know, sort of Chuck Berry crossed with this and that, Little Beatles, Little Motown, Little this, Little that.

Whatever that thing was, the identity, the fingerprint was diluted as members within the band started to

veer from the band.

There are other bands that have stayed true to who they are and have survived, become bigger.

And by the way, I don't do that.

I go, that's their journey, this is ours.

Sure, but I prefer to make dollars.

Oh, that's another one!

The only thing I care about is a brand new five-year-old who experiences KISS or the imagery, even if it's not the music, just somehow gets seduced and beguiled by that thing.

That's the magic for me.

And when that...

that feeling comes even if it's just from the visual side and then maybe you like some of the tunes because there are there are fans who kind of go oh i like that who's you know who's that then they discover the visuals but they dress up like us in halloween it's a deeper kind of thing but i'm a snobby musician and i want to make a snobby musical argument about you okay well that's why everybody's got their own journey

Well, look, a painter paints a painting, a writer writes a book, or Disney puts out a new cartoon character, and the buyer, the audience, makes of it what they will.