Thoughts about recent comments by Eddie Trunk

I don't know that there are even a dozen active members of this group anymore.  I have done my best to try to save it, to keep it alive and interesting.   Sadly it just seems like no one cares anymore or people are so wrapped up in Facebook they have forgotten MFA.

Anyway, recently Eddie Trunk gave some opinions, and good ones, about KISS.  His write up on his recent feeling about the band is well written and respectful.  My respect level for Mr Trunk has gone way up after reading it.

So along that line I have written my thoughts and am posting them here for anyone to read and respond to.

I respect Eddie Trunk's opinions, and I'm an Eddie Trunk fan. I don't agree with his opinions about the makeup thing, I say the band made their decision, either accept that or as Eddie put it jump ship. It's a debate that goes on and on with fans and as long as it's respectful I don't have a problem discussing it. I do know for a fact that the current lineup is four amazing guys who love what they do and put on a killer show. No, it isn't the same as when it was the originals, and yeah, it is weird to hear Shock Me and see the rockets being launched from the guitar and know it isn't Ace Frehley doing it. It was weird to hear someone else sing a song that has been near and dear to me for years, one of my favorite KISS ballads, and look up on the stage and not see Peter Criss. Peter singing Beth was a special part of the show when he was in the band, it's a song he wrote before he even joined KISS. So I'm thinking why the <censored> is Eric Singer performing it (he did do a nice job on it though)? The thing for me is that, aside from the music, I do not own any KISS merchandise that isn't the originals. The original fearsome foursome of Gene,Ace, Paul, and Peter will always be the real deal to me, that's KISS at their best in my opinion. However, I loved Eric Carr, never really cared for Vinnie, Mark wasn't in the band long enough to have an opinion on, but he was really good! Bruce was awesome and the lineup of Bruce, Eric Carr, G & P is my 2nd favorite. Now, after almost 40 years of being a fan I can say that I think the makeup decision was the worst decision the band ever made. The prices they ask for some items is insane. But there is no other band that can make me feel like KISS does. When I go to a show and the words we all know ring out, the curtain drops, all Hell breaks loose, and I am transported back in time, I feel young again, and I watch my heroes (the Spaceman, the Demon, the Starchild, and the Catman) in action. No, it isn't the same, but it is still KISS and I will love this band till the day I die (I insist that their music be playing at my wake!) I say be respectful of all fans, with all opinions, but keep it civil. It really breaks my heart when I read some of the horrible arguments among KISS fans, it just shouldn't be that way. Do Journey fans that like Arnel give the Steve Perry fans Hell and vice versa? Do Guns and Roses fans get crap for liking the current lineup of that band? Do AC/DC fans that loved Bon (I'm one of them) give the Brian Johnson fans heat for liking him? No other band invokes passions in their fans like KISS does, it truly is an amazing phenomenon.