Listen, I hate capitalism as much as any other grad student whose face is glued to the Chomsky Vs. Foucault PPV and that includes parasitic creatures such as Gene Simmons who would rather sell "fans" tampons than condescend them by putting out another record. KISS' values suck, but anyone with a frontal lobe worth a shit already knows that. Although they are a band which literally represents everything that is antithetical to my personal beliefs (the commodification of art, the subjugation of women, phallocentrism, should I go on?), not all of their albums "suck," or "blow," or whatever other homoerotic negative descriptive adverb that the "punks" or "indies" can throw at them.
"Creatures of the Night" was released in 1982 and is the first album to feature drummer Eric Carr and the last (for a while) to feature infamous lead guitarist Ace Frehley. "Creatures of the Night" is heavy, abrasive, and one of the hardest hard rock records of the early 80s, period kids. Take a listen!!!
"War Machine," definitely one of the best riffs ever written by human beings and one of many greats on this record. You don't want to like it, but it's good....kind of like the fat girl that gives great head. You sneak the fat girl that gives great head into your house late at night (we can't let the roommate or anyone know that she's there of course), you always feel like a chauvinist for taking advantage of her mouth even though you can't stand her or her ridiculously boring conversation, and you can't stand that your attraction to her is at odds with most of what makes up your personality. Nevertheless, this rocks, and so does that BJ. Sometimes we have to set our convictions aside for a moment and just indulge in the superficial, the carnal, and the primitive. If we don't do that, how can we truly call ourselves progressive? If liking KISS means I can't one day write for Maximum Rock n' Roll or ever be invited to Thurston Moore's house, so be it.
Here's another great gem from "Creatures..."
- Joe
*DISCLAIMER*
Please don't let KISS know that I used their name and or likeness as I am sure that my effort to encourage the appreciation of their music will not prevent them from suing the living fuck out of me....peace.