“Times they change my friend,” so says the lyrics and so does the public. Back then, Kiss were a killing machine and related to any sick thing in rock/metal. As every living thing in this sad and lonely planet, Kiss’s members are getting old, and unfortunately, too old for rock’n’roll. But, as we’ve watched before countless times with other loved bands, as Scorpions, Ozzy, the guys might have other plans.
Over the weekend, Stanley stopped by the Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp and was asked by teenage radio host Miles “The Shoe” Schuman if fans can expect to hear anything new from KISS prior to the completion of the group’s “One Last Kiss: End Of The Road World Tour”. He responded (see video below):
“No. I don’t think so. Look, it’s a different time now. I could write ‘Let It Be’, and people would still say, ‘That’s great. Now play ‘Detroit Rock City’.’ And I understand it, because when songs have a history with you, they’re kind of like a snapshot of a time in your life, and that’s not something that anything can take the place of overnight.”
He continued:
“It’s interesting that I think ‘Modern Day Delilah’ or ‘Hell Or Hallelujah’ are as good as anything we did [on the earlier albums], but I understand that people are more connected to those old classic songs. I understand it.”
“Look, if you put on a live video concert of any band — if you put on [Paul] McCartney, if you put on THE [ROLLING] STONES — and you turn off the volume, I will tell you every time they’re playing a new song, because the audience sits down.”
Stanley added:
“It’s always interesting that people say, ‘When are you gonna churn out new material?’ But when those acts, or any classic act turns out new material, people tolerate it. They’re asking you to do it and they’re asking you to produce it, but at the same time, they really don’t want it. So, at some point, I go, ‘Really, what’s the point?’ Unless it’s something that’s fulfilling for me, to go back in the studio just to record new KISS material, I think everything we’ve done so far speaks volumes and it’s enough of a legacy.”
Watch the full interview here:
