Meet the brand new KISS – not the identical because the previous KISS, however a model that might reside endlessly.
KISS closed out what was billed as the ultimate efficiency of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour Saturday evening at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
During the encore, cofounders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons and guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer returned as digital avatars, as Stanley shouted that the devoted had made the band “Immortal.”
The KISS avatars then carried out “God Gave Rock and Roll to You.”
The avatars have been created by George Lucas’ special-effects firm, Industrial Light & Magic, in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment Group, the latter cofounded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. The two firms just lately teamed up for the “ABBA Voyage” present in London, a full live performance by the Swedish band as carried out by their digital avatars.
Sundin, CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, says this new expertise permits KISS to proceed their legacy for “eternity.” He says the band wasn’t on stage throughout the digital efficiency as a result of “that’s the key thing,” of the future-seeking expertise. “KISS could have a concert in three cities in the same night across three different continents. That’s what you could do with this.”
KISS carried out in movement seize fits to create the avatars.
“What we’ve accomplished has been amazing, but it’s not enough. The band deserves to live on because the band is bigger than we are,” KISS frontman Paul Stanley stated. “It’s exciting for us to go the next step and see KISS immortalized.”
“We can be forever young and forever iconic by taking us to places we’ve never dreamed of before,” KISS bassist Gene Simmons added. “The technology is going to make Paul jump higher than he’s ever done before.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.