Local man has KISS connection

Tiffany Fry | The Brazil Times

Buckingham and his children got their photo taken with KISS during their backstage experience in September. From left, Gene Simmons, Justin Buckingham, Eric Singer, Jessica Buckingham, Paul Stanley, Mark Buckingham and Tommy Thayer pose for a photo.

One Brazil man now has a connection to a band he’s been a fan of for more than 35 years.

Mark Buckingham recently designed drumsticks for KISS’s drummer Eric Singer, and the drumsticks are currently being sold at the band’s concerts.

In 2011, Buckingham painted a drumstick for Singer with a picture of him in full makeup and one of his outfits.

Brazil resident Mark Buckingham designs drumsticks for KISS drummer Eric Singer. The designed drumsticks are now being sold at the band’s concerts for $25, unsigned.

“We’ve been talking back and forth for a long time,” Buckingham said. “In May, my daughter and I went to a convention and (Singer) asked me then if I’d be interested in doing some artwork for him. He wanted me to draw a full body image of him on his drumstick, and he said he might possibly print them on drumsticks.” Continue reading