Marko Syrjala and Petteri Limnell of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
PAUL STANLEY: I think [MONSTER] it’s terrific. I mean I have said it so many time already, you know, the idea wasn’t to make an album that sounded like we once sounded. It was to make an album that sound like we have never sounded. The idea of making of an album that is a retro album… I wasn’t interested of that. I wanted to make an album that has vitality and passion and that’s a great rock album. I don’t want to make a great KISS album. I don’t want to be judged by other KISS albums. It’s ok to judge KISS by KISS but it’s also nice to open up the gates and say not how good is this compared to KISS albums but how good is this comparing to the albums that I love.
I think it’s all we wanted it to be. It’s not a great KISS album, its great rock album. I didn’t want us to make an album, some bands remember saying, “Oh, they are making an album that sounds like they did”. I wanted to do an album that sounds like we never did. Something that’s new...
PAUL STANLEY: I love life. Every day is an adventure. We don’t know what life holds for us, we don’t know what the future is and as much as we may like to plan, life happens. And while we are making plans life is happening. So I’m just waking up every day to my plans, but I’m also open to see what the other day holds for me. I have always been a very private person and haven’t change in that sense, but yes, there will be an autobiography out next year.
What is the state of KISSOLOGY 4.... Is it coming out this year?
PAUL STANLEY: Yeah, yeah. Read more at Metal-rules.com
