It was 37 years ago today that KISS stormed Cadillac Michigan in response to the Homecoming request of Cadillac High School. Quite a lot of amazing events went on that day and a wonderful summary with some of the highest quality image of the event appear on none-other than the ESPN Sports Page 2 website.
Warring Abbott
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It was 1974 — the straitlaced football heyday of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler — and in northern Michigan, you could hear a pin drop in the way-too-tight Cadillac High School football locker room before games.
That’s when an enterprising assistant coach named Jim Neff had a brainstorm. Why not rev up the Cadillac defense by playing a little pregame rock and roll? Like, for example, KISS?
When the bold plan led to a big winning streak — and a conference title — Jim Neff and the band he loved hatched a daring plan … to make Homecoming the following year an event the town of Cadillac would never forget.
Nearly 35 years later, no one has.