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From: KISSOnline Below is some of the interview with Paul and Gene from the Japanese TV Show EIGO DE SHABERA NIGHT. The photos and the interview where taken from the shows website, www.nhk.or.jp/night/archives.htm#02 and was sent to KISSONLINE by KOL supporter Alain! Speaking of smoking guitar: what better example than KISS! This rock band took the '70s by storm.The wild circus make-up and costumes, and the flamboyant performances, influenced pop culture everywhere. This Japan-loving band will perform their first outdoor concert here in July. Who's interviewing KISS in LA? Japanese actress Tamura Eriko, who's now based in the US. Tamura Eriko (TE): Where did this full make-up and this costume idea come from? PAUL STANLEY (PS): Some people when they first saw it, they looked at it and went, "Ah, kabuki," you know? TE: With this white make-up.... PS: Yes. But for us, it is part of our personalities. We try to take what is inside us and put it outside so that people can tell who we are. That's why we all look different. Many people all around the world will agree you can't always look like KISS but in your heart, you feel like KISS. So we are you. GENE SIMMONS (GS): This is not fashion. This is not style. This is who we are. In the '80s KISS decided to ditch that trademark make-up and perform just the way they were. TE: There are times where you performed without make-up. PS: Yes. Let's take the make-up off and we will become KISS without make-up and if people don't like our music, we do not deserve to survive because it's about the heart. So let's see if the spirit and the heart and the passion are big enough because this is only second. TE: That sounds like a risk. PS: Yes, and we saw that we sold many albums, people came to the shows and then at some point we said, "Now we are worthy of putting it back on." Back in make-up, and weathering some major changes, KISS has played and recorded for 30 years. Paul and Gene are now in their 50s, but their passion for performance hasn't changed. TE: Did you know that your band KISS was going to last all these years? PS: When we first started, we hoped - I hoped, five years. TE: Really? PS: Yes, because then, no band had lasted more than five, six, seven years. What we saw was that as time went on, rock and roll was the music of freedom and singing about life. Life never ends until you die. So we can sing rock and roll forever. And KISS can be the music of the people. We want to sing about what people feel. So there's no reason for it to end. KISS keeps on rocking. Japanese fans, get ready! |
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