From: Will Snodgrass
Well, Hmmm. It really was a GREAT show. I haven't seen the band in a LOOOOONG time. It was really great to get to see Kiss as it was supposed to be. The big production, the make-up, all the great songs. I'm sure everyone out there is familiar with the set list now. I would have liked to have heard them do "Unholy", "I Just Wanna" "War Machine" "Forever" and a few others, but hey, you can only play so long. And as Alex Lifeson once said "If you played EVERYBODY"s favorites, you'd be on stage all night." But it was GREAT to hear and see them. Peter was really enjoying himself. It made me hearken back to the days when he really inspired me as a drummer. He really has seemed to go all out for this. He was really mugging it up for the camera. My wife got a kick out of Gene, she has never seen Kiss before and she really got a kick out of seeing him when he would stand and pose and then gesture for the audience to appluad. The video interaction was incredable. Even tho I was not on the front row, I felt like I was. it was awesome to actually see them. Ya know, ya really have to sit BACK to fully enjoy all this. I mean, I know that if you are in the FRO?NT row, you can get up close and actually become part of the show, but the whole production seems to be geared toward the back. Gene really was into it last night. He was the Demon, the god of Thunder, fire-Breathing maniac that he always was. Just not "Quite" as quick as he used to be. I noticed that when they did the flashback videos during "Do You Love Me." But he's still magnificant to watch up there. I had never got to see him fly before, (I missed the dynasty tour and he didn't fly on the Creatures tour) so that was COOL! I think that God of thunder was one of the highlights of the show. As well as Love Gun when Paul went out over the audiance. Technically there didn't seem to be any problems. the sound was great, all the stunts worked right, all the vid screens and lights and pyros went off right. Paul was really in GREAT form. he is truely the Ringmaster. He worked so hard up there controling the crowd. And I gained a new respect for Paul last night. he really worked hard at holding the band and a lot of the show together. Ace was having some problems. I don't know what was wrong, but for the first half of the show, he was not playing in time to the music, he got lost during "Shock Me", paul had to come in and sing Ace's part for him after Ace's guitar solo. Ace started looking around like "what's goin on?" After "Shock Me", he just went up on the riser by Pete and stood there and played during the next song. I noticed him talking to a roadie after that and it got a little bit better. But all night, Ace was late coming back on stage, I noticed him sitting down on the side at one point, he looked very tired. He wasn't sloaching around on stage, he was really playing his heart out, but I guess he was having a bad night. But Paul took on the added burden and carried it all thru the show. He seemed to try and get Ace back into it several times. He always referred to him as "Mr. Wonderful" the two of them exchanged Hi-Five's. Gene and Ace seemed more interacting tho. Gene and Ace would strike the typical pose of Ace playing his blistering leads and Gene would run up and give him the toungue. In spite of Ace's problems tho, the band was GREAT. From the opening Detroit Rock City, to the ending chorus of Rock and Roll All Night, it was GREAT! I'm glad that I got to go see them one last time. After the show, my wife and I equated our cars personalities to the members of Kiss. My Camaro is definately Paul (a center of attention) my Javlin would be Ace (quircky but very cool) and her little truck would be Peter. Nuthin Fancy, but right on target, dependable, and lots of fun. but she wants her next truck to be Gene. Formidable, and so scary that it frightens our neighbors rottwiellers when she drives up and loud enough to break their windows.

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