John 5: “When I heard KISS, it was like monsters with guitars and I was blown away…”

Everyone has one band who turned them on to rock music. That one band that turned your head to the dark side of music and changed your life forever. In the 70s and 80s, the height of the glam and hair rock era, a quartet from New York City going by the name of KISS was that band for many millions of music lovers the world over. Offering something new, exciting and slightly dangerous, the larger-than-life personalities, the equally as large outfits and the huge rock anthems, KISS were the entire package and like nothing rock music had seen before. Growing up in Detroit, KISS caught the eye of a young John 5 who soon became obsessed with the rock monsters. From the moment he clapped eyes on the band, the Motley Crue guitarist was hooked and soon found himself fully immersing himself in their...

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