KISS Concert Review Essay

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On October 29th, I attended the KISS concert held at the Honda Center in Anaheim with a fellow classmate. It wasn't exactly a concert that I have been dying to go see, but time was running out and I needed a concert to write this report on. We left for the concert about two hours in advance in an effort to avoid the hassle of heavy traffic and minimal parking, which proved to be a little too fruitful as we arrived nearly forty-five minutes prior to showtime. Our seats, to my surprise, were quite decent for only costing us thirty dollars a piece. Smack dab in the middle and about five rows from the floor. Our seating, along with the aid of two larger-than-life monitors, left us with an exceptional view of the performance. Despite the sub-par seating arrangements which left everyone with little to no leg room, the impressive showing put forth by these four middle-aged men were more than enough to make up for the lack of quality accommodations.
KISS was formed in 1973 by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, throughout the years there have been changes in their lineup but Simmons …show more content…

This song also featured two electric guitars, a bass guitar and drums but the lead vocals were preformed by Gene Simmons instead of Paul Stanley. To be honest, I very much preferred Simmons as the lead vocals with Stanley and Thayer backing him up. I really liked this song because, unlike some of the other songs, I could hear nearly all the lyrics and the guitars were extremely crisp and clean. The dynamics of this song were quite loud, but no where near as loud as “Tears Are Falling” and the guitars were much less overdriven. Tommy Thayer also played an impressive guitar solo towards the end of the song which made the venue go wild and was about all you could hear for the rest of the song. Overall, with the combination of Simmons vocals and Thayer’s solo, this was one of my very favorites of the

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