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From: Flint Journal Why so long? Stanley, regarded by many KISS aficionados as the guy who kept the band going during a rocky stretch in the 1980s, said he had neither the time nor inclination before. "Honestly over the years, there was so much going on in the band that was, I guess, threatening to the existence of the band. If I was ever off doing other things, there might not be a band to look after," he says. It could be that recent events in Stanley's life gave him plenty to write about. He underwent hip replacement surgery, got divorced, remarried and welcomed son Colin Michael Stanley to the world on Sept. 6. "That really wasn't the motivation," Stanley said of recent ups and downs. "This was something that was long overdue, but I will say when you're in the midst of something traumatic and tragic, it's hard to realize it will pass. It's hard to realize that you can wind up in a better place then you were. Sometimes you don't want to give up what you have. You can't imagine what will take its place, but if you do a little bit of work you can find out." Certainly his other marriage - to fellow KISS founder, holdover and unabashed capitalist GENE SIMMONS - can get a little frustrating. Stanley said he welcomed the chance to work outside the KISS framework for a change. "Let's be honest. In a band you're dealing with other people's opinions and there's a certain amount of diplomacy that can be a good thing and not always a good thing," he said, adding that it's a nice change to have "a clear vision and not having to hear from the chorus." Any doubts about his decision to do a solo album evaporated when he hit the road with the house band from TV's "Rock Star," playing new songs, KISS staples and at least two songs, "Magic Touch" and "A Million to One," that the band has never played live. A European tour is in discussions, and Stanley is planning another solo album in a few years. Kiss, he says, isn't done by any means. The group's never-ending stream of new products includes a fragrance, a recently issued box set of the 1978 solo albums, and two releases coming Nov. 21: a box set of live material and a third volume of its "20th Century Masters" anthology. "I was with my manager last night and said, 'You know, I've earned this.'" Stanley said. "There's always time for KISS. That's inevitable. But I'm doing this for a whole lot of reasons and will continue doing it until I'm ready to go back to doing KISS. But KISS is alive and well and waiting." |
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