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Post by Monsters of Rock on Dec 31, 2022 21:59:42 GMT 10
Try as he might, Paul Stanley was unable to break Kiss' trend-chasing ways when it came time to record 1997's Carnival of Souls.
"I was dead-set against doing that kind of an album," Stanley said of the heavily grunge-influenced effort in the 2001 book Kiss: Behind the Mask. "I never believed the world needs a second-rate Soundgarden, Metallica or Alice in Chains."
However, Stanley ultimately acquiesced to the desires of his longtime bandmate Gene Simmons, who was enthralled with the early '90s alternative-rock revolution. "Gene and I had discussions where he said, 'I want to be like Billy Corgan!" producer Toby Wright recalled in the same book. "They were looking for something a little darker, a little edgier, more angry."
It wasn't the first time Kiss had attached themselves to an era's biggest musical trend to increase their popularity. Each time they reached for these golden rings – including the full-on disco of 1979's "I Was Made for Lovin' You," the Pink Floyd-aping 1981 concept album flop Music From 'The Elder' and the Bon Jovi-inspired keyboard pop of 1987's Crazy Nights – Kiss wound up having to course-correct with a straight-up hard rock record such as 1982's Creatures of the Night.
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"I was dead-set against doing that kind of an album," Stanley said of the heavily grunge-influenced effort in the 2001 book Kiss: Behind the Mask. "I never believed the world needs a second-rate Soundgarden, Metallica or Alice in Chains."
However, Stanley ultimately acquiesced to the desires of his longtime bandmate Gene Simmons, who was enthralled with the early '90s alternative-rock revolution. "Gene and I had discussions where he said, 'I want to be like Billy Corgan!" producer Toby Wright recalled in the same book. "They were looking for something a little darker, a little edgier, more angry."
It wasn't the first time Kiss had attached themselves to an era's biggest musical trend to increase their popularity. Each time they reached for these golden rings – including the full-on disco of 1979's "I Was Made for Lovin' You," the Pink Floyd-aping 1981 concept album flop Music From 'The Elder' and the Bon Jovi-inspired keyboard pop of 1987's Crazy Nights – Kiss wound up having to course-correct with a straight-up hard rock record such as 1982's Creatures of the Night.
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