Condoleezza Rice and the Kiss Army

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has enlisted in the Kiss Army, the largest rock n roll fan club in the world. The picture above is Rice posing with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, and Tommy Thayer. What can I say? She has good taste.

However, I was a bit perplexed by this comment she made: "It was really fun to meet Kiss and Gene Simmons." I'm not quite sure why she qualified Gene Simmons, but it goes to the heart of a fundamental mistake about the members of the group Kiss. Whether or not Condoleeza Rice believes this is uncertain, but I believe that most people with a just general knowledge of Kiss (probably most of the Lair readers) would believe Gene Simmons to be the "frontman" who makes all the decisions and basically keeps Kiss going. This is a very annoying reality for long time fans because Paul Stanley has been the frontman and the glue that has kept Kiss together all these years. Gene even admits this on several documentaries, noting that during the 1980's, Gene had lost sight of the band and was trying everything from producing albums to making movies (you might remember his part in the Tom Selleck movie "Runaway").

Oh well, enough of that. I hope to have a post of some substance on tomorrow. Have a great day.