KISS have been working on the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sonic Boom in Los Angeles for a 2012 release. For the Monster album, KISS is planning a massive 2012-2013 world tour which will take the band around the globe.
During an extensive three-hour chat with BraveWords.com recently, KISS drummer Eric Singer says that Monster “isn’t The Elder where we have a theme for the whole record. It’s a straight-ahead rock KISS record and I think this stuff so far is stronger better material (than Sonic Boom). It’s more riff-y which makes it more interesting. This album will have more production (than Sonic Boom), so in that sense it might be leaning more towards a Destroyer type approach. I’ve asked to have my drums put in a bigger room because I want to get a big sound… a more bombastic drum sound. We’ve taken more time to get better sounds on this recording.”
Read the entire interview here.
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the release of Music From The Elder, the most bizarre and unsuccessful album ever released by KISS, comes the first chapter of an upcoming book exploring this strange, misguided and yet oddly lovable record.
Music From The Elder: The Unauthorized Story Of the Most Spectacular Failure In The History Of KISS will be released in the spring of 2012. The book will explore the odd circumstances that led the traditionally hard-rocking band to attempt a classical and Broadway-influenced concept record about a young boy’s medieval quest to become a warrior (or something), and the effect its commercial failure had on the band.
For further details and to sign up to receive Chapter One for free, visit this location.
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