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Kiss Aren’t Really Saying Farewell, Paul Stanley Says

Kiss have been on their farewell tour for years now, but that doesn’t mean the band will go away for good. In a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, Paul…

KISS Performs At Staples Center

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 04: Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley of Kiss perform onstage at Staples Center on March 04, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ABA)

Kiss have been on their farewell tour for years now, but that doesn't mean the band will go away for good. In a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, Paul Stanley says the band will be present in some form even after they wrap up their End of the Road farewell tour.

"Kiss is like an army or a sports team," Stanley said. "When the MVP is no longer playing or retired, the team doesn't call it quits. On a battlefield, an army, when they lose soldiers, doesn't wave the white flag. Somebody else picks up the weapon and runs forward. So in one form or another, I believe there will always be a Kiss."

He added, "I didn't invent the wheel. I may have polished it a bit, but what am I, except a combination of all of the people who inspired me? When I added my individuality to it, it became essentially what people know as Paul Stanley. But to believe that I’m the only person who can do that is a bit self-centered and egocentric. Is there somebody else out there who could pick up and wave the flag? Absolutely. I'm not saying there should be a copy of me. I'm not a copy of anybody else. But I'm certainly a combination of many people that inspired me."

Stanley also discussed how acts retiring from the road are continuing to connect with fans. Earlier this year, ABBA debuted their Voyage virtual concert residency at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Stanley thinks it was a great concept and execution.

"I think it's terrific," he said. "I've only seen excerpts of it. When we're back in Europe, I'll of course go see it. I think that when it's done properly, installed into a theater — as opposed to setting up a screen tonight in Pittsburgh and tomorrow night in Boston — it has to be done with a lot of care and a lot of knowledge of technology to pull it off in a way that allows you to transcend and escape reality. The ones that have been out there other than the ABBA one are cheesy. They point more to what's lacking than what should be there."

Stanley also emphasized that Kiss is not over.

"We're far from done," he said. "I'd like to say that this is the end of the road, but they keep paving more road. The only people that seems to bother are the people who hate us. Quite honestly, they've never mattered and they still don't. The people who want to see us are thrilled. The people who wish we'd go away are going to have to wait. And in one form or another, we're never gonna go."

40 Albums That Turn 45 in 2022

These 40 albums that turn 45 in 2022 feature timeless debuts and some of the most iconic titles in rock.

Scroll through the gallery below to see which albums are turning 45 in 2022..

Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rumours’

fleetwood-mac_rumors_Warner-Bros.jpgWarner Bros.

Released on February 4, 1977.


Sex Pistols - ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’

sex-pistols_Warner-Bros.jpgWarner Bros.

Released on October 28, 1977


David Bowie - ‘Low’

Bowie_RCA.jpgRCA

Released on January 14, 1977.


Television - ‘Marquee Moon’

television_Elektra.jpgElektra

Released on February 8, 1977.


Steely Dan - ‘Aja’

steely-dan_ABC-Records.jpgABC Records

Released on September 23, 1977.


Elvis Costello - ‘My Aim Is True’

elvis-costello_Columbia.jpgColumbia

Released on July 22, 1977.


David Bowie - ‘“Heroes”’

Bowie_Heroes_RCA.jpgRCA

Released on October 14, 1977.


Iggy Pop - ‘Lust for Life’

iggy-pop_RCA.jpgRCA

Released on September 9, 1977.


Lynyrd Skynyrd - ‘Street Survivors’

skynyrd_MCA.jpgMCA

Released on October 17, 1977.


Pink Floyd - ‘Animals’

Pink-Floyd_Animals_Harvest.jpgHarvest

Released on January 21, 1977


Ramones - ‘Rocket to Russia’

Ramones_Sire.jpgSire

Released on November 4, 1977.


Talking Heads - ‘Talking Heads: 77’

talking-heads_Sire.jpgSire

Released on September 16, 1977.


Bob Marley and the Wailers - ‘Exodus’

Marley_Island.jpgIsland

Released on June 3, 1977.


Jackson Browne - ‘Running on Empty’

jackson_Asylum.jpgAsylum

Released on December 6, 1977.


Cheap Trick - ‘In Color’

Cheap-Trick_Epic.jpgEpic

Released in September 1977.


Meat Loaf - ‘Bat Out of Hell’

Meat-Loaf_Epic.jpgEpic

Released on October 21, 1977.


Kraftwerk - ‘Trans-Europe Express’

Kraftwerk_Kling-Klang.jpgKling Klang

Released in March 1977.


Ramones - ‘Leave Home’

ramones-leave-home_Sire.jpgSire

Released on January 10, 1977.


Rush - ‘A Farewell to Kings’

rush_Anthem.jpgAnthem

Released on September 1, 1977.


Electric Light Orchestra - ‘Out of the Blue’

elo_CBS.jpgCBS

Released on October 3, 1977.


Billy Joel - ‘The Stranger’

billy-joel_Columbia.jpgColumbia

Released on September 29, 1977.


The Clash - ‘The Clash’

Clash_Sony.jpgSony

Released on April 8, 1977.


Ted Nugent - ‘Cat Scratch Fever’

ted-nugent_epic.jpgEpic

Released on May 13, 1977.


Steve Miller Band - ‘Book of Dreams’

steve-miller-book_Capitol.jpgCapitol

Released in May 1977.


Queen - ‘News of the World’

queen_news_UMG.jpgUMG

Released on October 28, 1977.


Thin Lizzy - ‘Bad Reputation’

thin-lizzy_Mercury.jpgMercury

Released on September 2, 1977.


AC/DC - ‘Let There Be Rock’

acdc_atlantic.jpgAtlantic

Released on March 21, 1977.


Jethro Tull - ‘Songs from the Wood’

jethro-tull_Chrysalis.jpgChrysalis

Released on February 11, 1977.


The Runaways - ‘Queens of Noise’

runaways_Mercury.jpgMercury

Released in January 1977.


Sammy Hagar - ‘Sammy Hagar’

sammy-hagar_Capitol.jpgCapitol

Released in January 1977.


Cheap Trick - ‘Cheap Trick’

Cheap-trick-debut_Epic.jpgEpic

Released on February 3, 1977.


Foreigner - ‘Foreigner’

foreigner_Atlantic.jpgAtlantic

Released on March 8, 1977.


Kansas - ‘Point of Know Return’

kansas_Epic.jpgEpic

Released on October 11, 1977.


Heart - ‘Little Queen’

Heart_Sony.jpgSony

Released on May 14, 1977.


Styx - ‘The Grand Illusion’

Styx_AM.jpgA&M

Released on July 7, 1977.


KISS - ‘Love Gun’

KISS_Love-Gun_UMG.jpgUMG

Released on June 30, 1977.


Yes - ‘Going for the One’

yes_going-for-the-one_Atlantic.jpgAtlantic

Released on July 15, 1977.


Neil Young - ‘American Stars ‘n Bars’

Neil-Young_stars_Reprise.jpgReprise

Released on June 13, 1977.


Eric Clapton - ‘Slowhand’

eric-clapton_RSO.jpgRSO

Released on November 25, 1977.


Richard Hell - ‘Blank Generation’

richard-hell_Sire.jpgSire

Released in September 1977.


Aerosmith - ‘Draw the Line’

Aerosmith_draw_Columbia.jpgColumbia

Released on December 9, 1977,

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