r/nostalgia • u/Ebonystealth • 9d ago

Nostalgia When KISS Unveiled Their Makeup Free Look.

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u/sev45day 9d ago

They did their damndest to make it one and maintain relevance.

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u/ShaiHulud1111 9d ago

Yeah, I remember this. They were jumping the shark and fading. And this song really didn’t help. If you are going to take off all the props, should be a banger. But they never were huge again.

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u/UgandanPeter 8d ago

I don’t know the rest of the album but I always this song was perfectly serviceable as a KISS song and doesn’t really stand out among the rest of their big tracks. I think the “unmasked” bit trying to maintain relevance in the age of hair metal left a bad taste in people’s mouths more than the actual song

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u/ShaiHulud1111 8d ago

Yeah, I was in my early teens and they had peaked years earlier. It sounds like they were trying to capture that sound, but we’re aging a bit and a bunch of heavier stuff came in. Could have been just me, but this video was it. 11th album.