Dear Kiss,
Just wanted to share a Polaroid from 1980 at my home in Melbourne, Australia. Kiss formed the year I was born 1973. I was 7 in this pic and it was taken before putting on a Kiss concert for my family in the backyard. My 2 cousins and sister made up the rest of the group. My first concert was Kiss at VFL park in the same year 1980. Not a bad first concert to go to. I have always enjoyed performing. Kiss made it possible for me to perform on stage as an actor and musician. Music is a massive part of my life. I still play guitar and I also do standup comedy. I think Paul Stanley is indirectly responsible for my standup career from listening to him on the Alive! album chatting to the audience. The first album I had was Dynasty which was huge in Australia. I immediately was hooked by everything you did and then bought your first album followed by Alive! The rest is kisstory. I still like to put the makeup on now and again, like if I?€™m going down to the convenience store to buy a loaf of bread.
I had tickets to your final Tour on Australia that got canceled due to Paul?€™s sore throat. I hope to get tickets to the rescheduled Melbourne concert. I would really love to meet you in person and will be bringing my daughter who is also a fan of you guys and music. She?€™s a way more talented musician than myself.
Hope to catch you guys for one last time. That would bookend the first and last time you played in Australia.
Warmest regards,
Andy.
Posted on 06/24/2021