The Kiss Army's new recruitment tool: reality television

It's official: Kiss really is going to rock and roll all night and party ev-er-y day. Longtime band manager Don McGhee recently confirmed that the group will use a reality TV show to replace Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, eventually replacing all four members of Kiss. The show will ape American Idol, leaving the viewers to vote in would-be rockers as the new members of the band.

According to McGee, "I believe that Kiss can go on forever. I believe that there is a way - and we are talking to people and we're pretty close to getting it done - about finding the four new members of Kiss."

Hold up. Forever? Is this the moment history will mark as the founding of the Kiss dynasty? Will successive generations of Kiss fans bear the Detroit Rock heraldry of the Demon, Starchild, Space Ace and Catman until all that's left is four glam-rockers wandering the post-apocalyptic ruins of industrial Michigan in the far future?

If so, at least they'll be dressed for the occasion.

Related links:
KissOnline.com
YouTube: A History of Kiss
Kiss on Myspace

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