The Dolls were great, but I prefer Johnny Thunders other group, The Heartbreakers:
Posted on 05/30/2008 5:27:31 AM PDT by The_Victor
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In a departure from her normally staid diplomatic duties, Rice met the legendary glam rock quartet when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital. Rice was in Stockholm on Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out gig to play on Friday.
"I was thrilled," Rice said of her late-night encounter with frontman Gene Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in the executive lounge of the Sheraton Hotel where they signed autographs and handed out backstage passes and T-shirts to her staff.
"It was really fun to meet Kiss and Gene Simmons," she told reporters, noting they seemed well informed about current events. The band had asked if she could stop by after she finished dinner with the Swedish foreign minister and Rice readily agreed, she said.
Simmons and his crew, who are on a European tour, weren't wearing their trademark stage makeup, but were recognizable as rock stars to even non-fans by their hair, according to State Department officials who were with Rice.
Rice, a classically trained pianist, said she has eclectic musical tastes ranging from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen. Hard stadium rockers like Kiss are included in the mix and Rice said her favorite tune of theirs is "Rock and Roll All Nite."
But, she conceded she had never seen the group in concert.
In fact, although she frequently attends classical music performances, Rice claims to have been to only four rock concerts in her life. The first was in the early 1960s when she went as a 10-year-old to see Paul Revere and the Raiders in her home state of Alabama.
After her family moved to Colorado, Rice went at the age of 16 went on her first date with an Air Force cadet to see Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. She later saw Earth, Wind and Fire in Denver and her last rock and roll show was a U2 concert in Washington, she said.
[video] http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/show/segments/view/backstage-gene-simmons/
I'm not sure what I'd classify Poison as -- pre op trannies playing hair metal? Motley Crue wannabes?
I’m sure glad you mentioned that! I saw that episode on his show too. I’m so surprised that it hasn’t been mentioned on FR by anyone before! He also does shows where he has US Marines on stage with other members of his backup band. He also invites military members in the audience to come up and sing with him, and those in the audience as a whole.
Other old rockers from the past that are big supporters of both the current military and veterans are Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad and Paul Revere from Paul Revere and the Raiders. There is Ozzy Ozbourne too. Probably many others are too, but those are a few who come to mind!
OOps, I just remembered Ted Nugent! I thought of him just after my other post. Ted Nugent is on my list too!
Glam Rock: 80s phenomenon that included Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella.
Glitter Roack: 70s phenomenon that included David Bowie, Slade, the Sweet, and Gary Glitter.
Kiss is the bridge between the glitter rock of the early 70s and the glam rock of the 1980s.
The Dolls were great, but I prefer Johnny Thunders other group, The Heartbreakers:
LOL. I love that Geico commercial with him in it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em-b0wQzQ-0
80s (and 70s...and 90s...and even now...) Rock and Roll Ping!
Poison was the DEFINITION of Hair Metal, Glam Rock, 80s Excess, whatever!
While not the most talented band out there, they do what they do well, and have fun doing it.
Furthermore, they don’t take themselves too seriously, either.
They also put on a great live show even today.
I think so.
” The first was in the early 1960s when she went as a 10-year-old to see Paul Revere and the Raiders in her home state of Alabama. “
That’s one band I would have never imagined a black girl going to see .
I saw Rush and Kiss open for Blue Oyster Cult at Bucknell in 1975. My head pounded for three days. Seriously. My head was throbbing so bad it made me sick to my stomach.
Man, she needs to knock back some shrooms and get to a Dead concert.
Do her a world of good.
That’s not glam, that’s hair metal. Glam has a much older history dating back to T-Rex, and Warner’s answer to KISS Angel. Kiss is glam metal. Always was always will be.
Out of curiosity, I checked AllMusic.com and both descriptions are listed for (the) Sweet. As a side note, two of the four band members are since deceased.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hifuxqr5ldae
Those chicks look kinda weird.
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