Comedian Dean Delray has scored some big names for his “Let There Be Talk” podcast in the past few yeras. Prior to the release of their long-awaited “Power Up” album, he talked to every member of AC/DC in some of the band’s first-ever podcast appearances. He’s had numerous hard rock and heavy metal guests including Nikki Sixx, Rob Halford, Jerry Cantrell, Zakk Wylde, Josh Homme and most recently, KISS co-founder Gene Simmons.
KISS is still in the midst of their “End Of The Road” farewell tour, and Delray talked to Simmons about a wide array of topics including what will actually happen when Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer retire from live shows for good.
“We don’t know if it’s [going to be in] New York,” Simmons said of the final curtain call. “I have good reasons why it should be, but the important thing is when it’s the last show, it’ll be the last show. KISS the touring band will stop. But the touring band. KISS will continue in other ways. I have no problems with four deserving 20-year-olds sticking the makeup back on and hiding their identity.“
“KISS will continue in ways that even I haven’t thought of,” Gene predicted. “But I can conceive of… You know, the ‘Blue Man Group’ and ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ tours around the world with different personnel. There could and should be a KISS show, kind of live on stage with effects and everything else, but also semiautobiographical thing about four knuckleheads off the streets of New York that ends with the last third as a full-blown celebration, a full-on performance. Not with us. Although not a problem stepping in every once in a while.”
Recently, Simmons also revealed on Twitter that he turned down an offer to be on the hit TV show, “Dancing With The Stars.” “Thank you @officialdwts Dancing With The Stars for the offer to be on the show. Respectfully passing. Wouldn’t be fair to the other contestants. I won the Twist contest back in the Stone Age”.
Simmons also recently told Classic Rock that the band had hoped original guitarist Ace Frehley and original drummer Peter Criss would join them for encores at select shows on the road, but that doesn’t look like it will come to fruition. “It would be the saddest thing of all if they chose not to be there. But such is life. I hope and wish they’ll get over the victim, ‘look what happened to me.’ No, nothing happened to you. These were all decisions you made. They were in and out of the band three different times. Can you believe that? How many chances in life do you want? That’s the saddest thing.”
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