Are you in the Kiss Army!?

[Chicago Democrat]

[no name no slogan]

1. I actually was, as a kid

Had the denim jacket patch to prove it, too! :D

[Chicago Democrat]

2. Was counts!

[no name no slogan]

7. Old KISS Army members never die...

They just grow up and get better musical taste :shrug:

Seriously, though, I saw KISS back on the "last" make-up tour in 1982. Ace Frehley was still in the band, but Vinnie Vincent was the tour guitarist.

Even without Ace, the show was still pretty kickass-- at least to this 13-year-old! The stage set was a giant tank, with Eric Carr's drums mounted on the turret. At the end of the show, the turret would turn and the cannon would go off, and then a speaker cabinet up in the rafters would blow open and sparks would fly out.

Yeah, they're cheezy as hell, but they could put on a hell of a show!

[Dukkha]

24. I saw that show too

It was the Creatures of the Night Tour and I was also 13. KISS was not as much about the music as it was about the whole live theater show experience. Much like Alice Cooper.

and yes I was a card carrying KISS Army member. I had tons of records, cassettes, 8-Tracks, posters, jersey & iron-on shirts, 16 Magazine issues, & the makeup kit.

[CanuckAmok]

3. I always thought there should be a "Queen Army", and that they should...

...fight the Kiss Army.

Ever notice that no other bands have an army but Kiss?

As a progressive, I abhor an imbalance of power.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Tool does

There is a ToolArmy...yep.

[CanuckAmok]

6. Still, you can bet they're alligned.

That's like saying "England has an army". I mean, yeah, they do, but they only do what the US Army tells them to do.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

10. Kinda off topic

but I always thought Dick Army would be a good band name. You know, like the former Republican Majority Leader, except without the "e."

The band could be totally depraved. I'm sure he'd love it.

Edit: Spelling.

[CanuckAmok]

12. What's off topic about that?

As a matter of fact, not only is it not off-topic, but it's possibly the best idea I've ever read.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

15. All the "members" of the band would have to wear these:

4...3....2....1....delete.

BTW, thanks for the endorsement, Canuck.

[CanuckAmok]

16. Okay, buddy, you just crossed a line.

See, in comedy, we have this thing called "restraint".

Now I'm going to be plagued with nightmares for months.

[tigereye]

17. sheesh Paul

well there's a true distraction!

I am speechless!

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

18. It was literally the first image that came up...

on a google search for "penis costume." :rofl:

[tigereye]

20. I, I, the mind boggles!

:evilgrin:

or is it what Gene Simmons ghost will look like some day?

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

21. I think that's what all men look like

in the spirit world. This is a just a peak at the afterlife that awaits us.

I'll spare you the female equivalent of the same costume. :D

[tigereye]

22. that is probably wise

:)

[Dukkha]

25. Ministry has a "Piss Army"

http://www.pissarmy.com

[alarcojon]

5. No, never was

not even a Kiss lunchbox.

[frylock]

8. i've been meaning to ask this for the longest time..

I enlisted back in '77 after the release of Love Gun, which incidently, was the first concert I ever saw.

[Fenris]

9. I was driving through Houston last week and saw a KISS sticker

On a minivan's back window. It was a big KISS die-cut sticker, too. The lameness was overwhelming.

[flamingyouth]

11. I was as a kid

Child of the '70s!:headbang:

[Maddy McCall]

13. Yes, when I was, like, 11.

[Zomby Woof]

14. Hell yes

"Deuce", "Strutter", "Black Diamond"... those were some good tunes! I make no apologies I was a big KISS fan back in the day. After Bob Ezrin's masterful production of "Destroyer", it got kind of shaky, but what the hey. I had my tennis racket and 12 year old energy!

[CanuckAmok]

19. Can you avoid the Draft if you volunteer in the Kiss Army?

That would make sense.

That is, if anyone currently of draft age likes Kiss.

[Lilith Velkor]

23. The Tool Army makes more sense

We old Kiss Army fogeys can back them up with a barrage of cheesy pyrotechnics, or something.

[Zhade]

26. Overrated, overplayed, yawn.

No offense to the KISSers here, I just find them very boring.