From: Michael Johnson

Well, KISS is a band that will live forever. Nobody can top their performance, attitude, or charisma. It goes to show that age doesn't matter.

My mother, father, a friend of mine, and I arrived at the Five Seasons Center around 3:30pm so that meant we had to wait three hours outside in the 15 degree weather which was very horrible. The Five Seasons is a general admission arena that can seat probably around 8-9 thousand people.

Once we finally were in the arena we got our seats about fifteen yards or so from the guys' left side of the stage. They were great. After that, I went and bought a great looking t-shirt with tour dates and a naked chick on the back. It was $30 but how often does KISS come to town.

Econoline Crush opened the show with a fairly descent set of songs. In the three KISS concerts I've been to, they were the best by far and might have a future.

I have read in other reviews that people don't like the songs that they have been playing and wish that they could change the setlist. I have read a few reviews that were downright ignorant and stupid. As the tour goes along I'm sure they'll they change some songs but you should just be happy to see them.

They obviously started out with "Psycho Circus" which was great and that led to "Shout It Out Loud" and "Deuce". Paul did the flying rig which was neat and Ace had a few new gadgets to work with. Gene did a great "God Of Thunder" with the blood vomiting and Peter's drum solo was excellent. He has really improved from the last tour.

The 3-D was kinda cool. It added another dimension to the show and I think it went over well with the crowd.

Another thing tonight that really stood out was all the girls on the floor that didn't wear their shirts. Paul made jokes about "I didn't know Cedar Rapids was famous for milk". I don't want to give a lot away to the people that haven't seen the show so I'll stop right now. I recommend that you see it because I think you'll enjoy it. Don't let negative reviews stop you from going to see them. Most of them really don't know what they are talking about.

And to the assholes with the laser pointers, either leave them at home with your mommas or shove them up your asses you pricks. You can really blind someone with those goddamn things.

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