{"id":4241,"date":"2014-04-11T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T11:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/04\/11\/kiss-rock-hall-fame-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2014-04-11T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T11:57:01","slug":"kiss-rock-hall-fame-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/04\/11\/kiss-rock-hall-fame-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"KISS – Rock Hall Fame Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KISS would be inducted by superfan and devotee Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave), whose induction speech was rousing and heartfelt: \u201cKISS was never a critic\u2019s band–KISS was a people\u2019s band,\u201d he said, telling tales of being ridiculed for his fandom \u201cby the self-appointed arbiters of taste in middle schools and high schools across America.\u201d Morello would continue by relating his own personal criteria for nomination to the Hall, \u201cImpact, influence and awesomeness,\u201d and saluted the KISS Army, the band\u2019s legion of fans: \u201cWe KISS fans were right! So let\u2019s celebrate!\u201d Morello would conclude his speech by saying, \u201cTonight, isn\u2019t the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the Rock And Roll All Night And Party Every Day Hall Of Fame!\u201d<\/p>\n

After all of the drama surrounding the band\u2019s nomination, the acrimony in the press towards the Hall of Fame, and their refusal to perform, the acceptance speeches from the original four members–Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss–were genuine and sincere. Simmons had kind words to say for his band members and made sure to mention every member of KISS, past or present; Criss saluted his seven years of remission from male breast cancer while also reminding the crowd, \u201cI\u2019ll always be the Catman\u201d; Frehley confessed he couldn\u2019t read his speech because he forgot his glasses, and told us how he had been sober for seven years; and Stanley closed out the acceptance speeches by taking a swing at the Hall\u2019s nominating process\u2014\u201cThe people buy tickets, the people buy albums, the people who nominate do not,\u201d and concluded: \u201cHere we are, inducted for the same things we were kept out for.\u201d <\/p>\n

Source: Billboard Biz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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