From: Mike McCormick
Having experienced so many technical mishaps at their concert in Anaheim several months ago, I expected the band to "kill" at Irvine last night to make up for it. They didn't kill but it was wildly apparent that it is truly time for Kiss to die. Maybe I'm just being picky but the tone was set for the evening during the first song when Peter completely screwed up the classic drum break in Detroit Rock City. Gene's bass hit a truly awful note during the intro to Shout it out Loud. The entire band appeared lost during Do you love me as Paul sang the same verse twice. All night long Ace struggled with guitar solos he should be able to play in his sleep. Many of the band's harmonies sounded terrible. The venue was only about half sold and we were easily able to move from our side stage seats to almost dead center to witness a band going through the motions.

With Bruce and both Eric's Kiss was a great band. They were tight and professional. Nostalgia is a powerful thing and I am truly sad that I have seen Kiss for the last time with the original line up but even nostalgia can't forgive a performance like the one I saw last night. Still, it was Kiss and what they have accomplished in their career is incredible.

Even though they are hardly the band that they were 25 years ago it was a comforting feeling knowing that Kiss was still out there to remind everyone that there was a time when rock and roll had heroes. With the end of this tour that era is officially over. Don't get me wrong, their performance sucked last night but then again so what? There will never be another band like Kiss and even though their true motivation may be to milk one last pay day out of the Kiss machine I have to give them a heartfelt thank you. They are my heroes and always will be.

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