![]() Live In Virginia Beach follows in the footsteps of last year’s Tokyo 2001, and it finds the band on an impressively belligerent form.Ī revitalised unit in 2004, guitarist Ace Frehley had been replaced by Tommy Thayer and the band sound a tighter unit overall. That said, this is the band who gave the fans the packed, warts and all Kissology DVD sets, and it says much of the superhuman confidence of Messrs Stanley and Simmons that they are happy to let the shows speak for themselves, shorn of fancy packaging and reminiscent of Aerosmith’s Live Bootleg album. In many ways it’s a surprise, given the control Kiss typically seek to exert over every aspect of their image, that the band would opt for something as raw as a bootleg series. ![]() As such, it’s actually kinda strange that Kiss have released so few live albums (a paltry seven, versus the myriad Rolling Stones live efforts), and here is where the Off The Soundboard series seek to redress the balance. It’s that age old combo – hard work and showmanship – and it has kept the fans flocking back year on year. Kiss are a band that have written a ridiculous number of bona fide classics, all the while maintaining a live presence most bands would die for. And not just because, as their critics argue, they pack the show with explosions. And here’s the thing, while the band’s output may not have been entirely even, even the worst reviewed albums in the band’s canon throw up the odd gem, meaning that the band always entertain in the live arena. Basically a living cartoon, they embody the spirit of the American rock ‘n’ roll dream, as envisaged by the likes of Wayne’s World, Bill and Ted or Beavis and Butthead, and they have carried that flame for nearly fifty years.
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