![]() If anything positive came from Eric Carr’s death, it was that Kiss were going to put all that anger and frustration back into the music. Carr’s death was barely mentioned in the news, including Rolling Stone magazine who missed it completely, prompting a harsh reply from Kiss: On the same date, Freddie Mercury of Queen succumbed to AIDS. Although everybody hoped Eric would make a full recovery, he passed away from a brain haemorrhage on November 24, 1991. He was afraid he was going to be replaced, permanently, and his relationship with the band was strained. Unfortunately a rift was developing, with Eric Carr feeling shunned and excluded from Kiss. He gave his all, and did a full day’s shoot, with excellent (pun intended) results. Eric Carr, in a wig, was able to play for the music video taping. Eric Singer, who had performed so well on Paul Stanley’s solo tour, filled in on drums. Having little choice, Kiss recorded without him. ![]() Carr underwent surgery in April, with chemotherapy following. Simultaneously, Kiss received an offer to record a song for the sequel to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Flu-like symptoms turned out to be heart cancer. It was to be another album, another tour, but suddenly real life interfered.Įric Carr hadn’t been feeling well. When the tour wrapped up in November, Kiss took a few months off before gearing up again in the new year. Vai once even walked onstage to the sound of people chanting “Yngwie! Yngwie! Yngwie!”, but he had never been booed until the incident with Kiss in Toronto. Steve Vai later stated that it was the first time he had ever been booed. When Whitesnake hit the stage, it was to a chorus of boos. Paul Stanley used his stage raps to complain that Whitesnake wouldn’t let them use their full setup, including a giant sphinx. Kiss were third on a four-band bill, with David Coverdale, Steve Vai and company in the headlining slot. The tour was unfortunately highlighted by the Jdate in Toronto, igniting a feud with Whitesnake. Kiss’ Hot in the Shade tour wasn’t a sellout, but it was well received by fans who appreciated that a bunch of older songs were back in the set. And when the time comes, maybe have Kiss cover another Argent song, perhaps “Hold Your Head Up” this time.– “God Gave Rock & Roll to You II” (1991 Interscope single) While you’re at it, make sure Death (aka the Grim Reaper) has a large role. Hollywood, don’t give us another John Wick movie. They deserve a conclusion to their trilogy. These are iconic characters that paved the way for Wayne and Garth and Beavis and Butt-head. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey is one of the only comedy sequels in history that live up to the originals. Look no further than Dumb and Dumber To and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles if you don’t believe us.īut we think that Bill and Ted 3 will be different. Sequels from long-dormant franchises have a very dicey history. It seems like no studio is willing to bankroll this idea, and not without good reason. This comes up in interviews every time Reeves is promoting a new movie, and a third Bill and Ted film always seems to be just a year or so away from going into production, but we’ve been hearing that for a good decade now. So About That Gay Cowboy Movie Starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. It’s one of the few post-makeup songs that Kiss play in their live show today, and one of the only Kiss songs featuring both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on lead vocals. ![]() ![]() He plays drums in the video (which you can watch here), but passed away at age 41 just a few months later. Drummer Eric Carr was deathly ill from heart cancer when they recorded it, and was only able to contribute backing vocals. It was the most attention a new Kiss song had gotten in quite some time, but it came at a very dark time for the band. Kiss modified the lyrics to the point where they felt compelled to change the title to “God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll To You II,” but the message of rock music as a unifying force remains. They then break out Kiss’ cover of Argent’s 1973 tune “God Gave Rock and Roll To You” with a new guitar solo by Steve Vai. We never hear a note of this actual music until the very end of 1991’s Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey – when our heroes return from “16 months of intensive guitar training” to finally play one of these magical songs we’ve heard so much about. Throughout both Bill and Ted movies, the titular teenage metalheads are presented as little more than dim slackers barely able to play their instruments, even though we learn they’ll one day make music so righteous that it will put an end to famine and war, uniting the planet and ushering in a new utopia for mankind.
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