Paul Stanley recently talked about the challenges of aging as a performer on ‘Rock of Nations with Dave Kinchen and Shane McEachern.’ He opened up on how aging impacts a singer’s voice and what it means to think about not performing anymore.
Paul Stanley opens up on the matter
“I would be lying to say that I’m the singer I was 20 years ago, 30 years ago. 50 years ago? Of course not,” the KISS frontman said. “No prize fighter is the fighter that they were, no basketball player.”
“I think that we’ve all earned the right, and always have the right, to decide what we do and for how long,” he continued. “An audience has a right to stop coming. But the rest is up to the individual.”
“It’s always interesting when I hear someone say, ‘Oh, I wish so-and-so would retire from sports or from entertainment because I wanna remember them the way they were.’ Well, if you wanna do that, stop watching. But to impose that will, it’s ludicrous.”
Stanley bid farewell to touring with KISS in December last year, concluding their ‘End of the Road’ tour in New York City. He confirmed during the chat that he wouldn’t go back on the road but noted, “KISS remains.”
“We’re so involved in what’s going on now and the future and this phenomenal, mind-boggling KISS avatar show,” he explained.
“But, yeah, to not be up there — I see video from 10 months ago, 11 months ago, and it almost seems like a lifetime ago, because I’ve kind of come to grips with not doing that again… Star Child [Paul’s stage character] is forever — but me up there, that’s done.”
Industrial Light & Magic and Pophouse Entertainment teamed up with the band to create their digital versions through the same technology ABBA used in ‘Voyage’ shows. The project cost around $200 million while KISS’s music catalog, image rights, and brand recently went to Pophouse for reportedly $300 million.
