KISS ALIVE II

So the other night I put KISS Alive II on the player (like that Candy Butchers song Kiss Alive II "I Gave You Benny and the Jets, You Gave Me Kiss Alive II") and sat on the couch to read a book. I'm a moron. You cant read to KISS. They just rock too hard. I'm sure that isn't true for all things KISS but for purposes of this post suspend some belief. But it's hard to argue that a song like Detroit Rock City (1st track on Alive II) isn't hands down cock-rock tastic.
After a moment of thought and probably not an original one, KISS are a lot like the Dolls (even though the guys under the KISS makeup are a bunch of sellouts) in the fact that they play prototypcial New York rock and have shtick. They both play simple bare-bones rock and haven't tried to hard to alter that successful formula. Maybe if the Dolls had worn more makeup and little bit less of the fruity clothing they would have been a mega cash chinging, got your own pinball machine triumph. It's possible, afterall both bands hit the NY scene at the same time. They both played at Max's and a bunch of other venues and both may have even had the same fanbase for a while, although KISS's obviously got just a little bit larger then David JoJo and Co.
To KISS's credit it had a great idea which they have been banking on for 30 years. And I am just bored enough at this point that I want to experience the fake blood, spitting fire and 12 inch heels that make up KISS's stageshow. And am seriously considering purchasing that DVD I posted about below which is going to have 2 discs of shit from the band's first couple of years in the spotlight (no I'm not a member of the KISS Army. Not yet) and before they sucked hard, before the makeup came off, and then on again and then never off, except for a Gene Simmons reality TV show. On a side note, Gene Simmons is a marketing genius and if you don't beleive that check out all the KISS shit out there or that Gene has filled his house up with, but what the fuck took him so long to rival Ozzy for a reality TV show. I mean the Osbournes have been off the air for 5 years or something and now Gene Simmons is bringing his KISStastic life to the airwaves? Somebody let this dude onto the track a few laps into the race. And he ain't that fast anymore.
Anyway, next time you feel like throwing a NY Dolls record on, listen to KISS instead. I'd be interested to see if it settled the crave.