From: Mercedcountytimes.com
Day 2 of the four-day Aftershock festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Friday was dominated by heavy metal head banging, musical fireworks, gory onstage antics and 90-plus-degree heat.
Danzig, Lamb of God, Gwar and Clutch were out in force with powerful performances, but the true heroes of the day were the legendary rockers of KISS who pulled out all the stops and let loose a dazzling stadium-sized show for legions of KISS Army fans.
The “Gods of Thunder” proved once again that today’s rock theatrics, pyrotechnics, and elevated platforms started with them taking it to a new level decades ago.
Fans were treated to everything they would expect from a KISS show — Gene Simmons blowing fire, spitting up blood, and rising up to literally the rafters of the stage lighting above; Paul Stanley still nailing those soaring vocals and energizing the crowd; Spaceman Tommy Thayer going off with a smoking lead guitar that shot out sparks across the stage; and Catman Eric Singer on drums adding maybe the best vocals of the night during “Black Diamond” and of course a dramatic drum solo lifted him skyward.
