WHO: Kiss
WHERE: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas
WHEN: August 11, 1976
My first gig was Kiss with Bob Seger and Artful Dodger. I was a wee, small lad, about a month shy of my 12th birthday. My dad had never been to a rock show, and he bought a roll of tickets for us: him, me, my brothers, and their friends.
Following Artful Dodger and Bob Seger it was, “You wanted the best…”, etc. And, of course, what you think happened next, did. Party anthems set to fire-breathing, smoking guitars, blood-spitting, Destroyer-era black-and-silver costumes and platforms, glitter, make-up, Gene’s tongue, Paul’s self-absorption, explosions, pyro. It was the greatest thing I’d seen and heard in my life. My tastes have changed, but it was one helluva PAWTY!
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