Letters

Hi KISS Army, [feel free to correct my English :)] Here's a piece about me as City Council member and drummer of a KISS Tribute band. The article translated: 'The double life of councillor Hauser - Kevin Hauser is councillor since the beginning of this year. His summerhit is Rock And Roll All Nite of the American band KISS, originally from the mid '70's,, but for Kevin it belongs to the summer of '97. "I guess I was 8-yo when I found a videotape from my dad with longhaired men on the front, surrounded by scarced clothed girls. Obviously that got my attention," he states. "Curiously I watched the video. I saw men with makeup running over a stage, whilst playing their instruments. Surprised I watched more of the tape and I saw this guy spitting blood. I wanted to try that too! With a bottle of ketchup under the shower I imitated this iconic act of Gene Simmons." But it went further for Kevin, in the mid '90's. "I watched the same tape over and over and got familiar with the songs and became a fan of KISS. In the summer of '97, when I was 10-yo, my dad took me with him to my first KISS-concert. Months before I practiced the songs on my lil' drumkit. What a time that should've been for my neighbours..." The song and the band still are a part of Kevins life. "Now a days I am a drummer in a KISS-tribute band: KISSterious. Councillor at one side, make-up and platform boots on the other; lots of people do not understand the contrast and they often are surprised. In the end, fortunatly, most of them react enthousiastic aswell." - Kevin Hauser