KISS the band with too many fans who HATE their music

Merry "Let's put the X in X-mas" everyone!

I thought I'd offer a brief diatribe on those, who having found KISS records under the tree this year (Who the hell buys C.D's anymore? Vynal lives to win!) Are asking that dreaded question, that has haunted the band and pissed off the people who actually like their music for as long as the band has been making it.

"Hmmm....KISS record....is it HEAVY ENOUGH?"

These are the people who say Hotter than Hell. Creatures and Revenge are the best records but can't seem to acknowledge that those are 3 of KISS's worst selling records, and the people who say they are so good, never bought any of them, and really never liked KISS's music, to begin with. These are the fans who were along for the fire-breathing blood spitting and (truth be told) are fans of the bands show and only tolerate its music. Heavy Metal fans have held this band back its whole career. Can you think of any other band whose every record release is greeted by a chorus of "Is it heavy enough? It sucks! It's not Heavy enough!" NO OTHER BAND IS CONSTANTLY QUESTIONED as to whether their records are heavy enough. This is a band whose first two songs from the first record Strutter and Nothing to lose sound like a Rolling Stones song followed by a little Richard song, but music fans who attended the bombastic shows loved the look.. they wished they were hearing Black Sabbath or Deep Purple instead of The Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, Ramones with guitar solos band they heard.

THAT is why the records didn't sell those "fans" NEVER liked KISS's music and always wished they were a metal band, they wern't and when they tried to be, they sucked (Lick it up, Anamalyze) if KISS had stayed closer to the NY punk scene instead of heading out on the road after 3 gigs, I think they would have appealed to the Blondie, Ramones, Richard Hell and the voidoid's, Johnny Thunders crowd (who they ALL knew anyway, but those bands hung around New York and played clubs, while KISS was out on the road) We would have seen a much more musically comfortable KISS, without any mid-west meat-head always asking:"Is it heavy enough? Does it sound like Sabbath?" I wish those people would leave a band alone that they never liked to begin with.

It's enough to drive a fan of the band's MUSIC to start "liking the taste of alcohol"

So let me answer the question for you, you mulleted (Non-ironic Mullet, I should add) knuckle-dragging, "play Exiter! Play "I've had enough (into the fire) shouting, Mom's basement living genetic misprint....

NO! IT'S A KISS RECORD! THEY PLAY ROCK N' ROLL! GET YER FIX O' CRAPPY METAL ELSEWHERE......

....Goddamn Mark St. John Loving dummy....put on some damn deodorant too...

Go play the new Jackson guitar you got for X-mas and leave this Rock N' Roll band ALONE