Critics who have dismissed modern-day Kiss as nothing but a cartoonish merchandising machine take note: you’re probably still right. But the band has proven that there is some rock and roll left in the tank, and this week celebrates the highest charting release in its history as “Sonic Boom” landed in the No. 2 slot on the Billboard charts, selling 108,000 copies.
Rock Music Menu caught up with drummer Eric Singer after the grease-painted foursome played an explosive, career spanning set at the Wachovia Center Monday night and talked about what it is that makes the new album so appealing.
“Everyone knew what the task at hand was,” Singer said. “We all got on board in the same vehicle heading down the same road and we knew what are destination was.”
Singer joined Kiss in 1991 initially as temporary substitute for drummer Eric Carr, who was battling heart cancer and subsequently passed away later that year. He played on the 1992 record “Revenge,” which, like “Sonic Boom,” is seen as a touchstone in the band’s catalog and a return to form after many had left them for dead.
Read the entire article in DAILY TIMES (Friday, October 16, 2009)
