My latest concert

Lately, Chile has ton of bands coming to play. Many of whom I would consider going to see: Radiohead, Aha/Blondie, Oasis, Cure, Sonic Youth, and many more. I decided to limit myself to one for the month: KISS. My decision was made on how much fun I thought the show would be. Honestly, I have never been a big KISS fan. I just know that to see them down here would be awesome. Chile love rock'n'roll, in addition they love hair bands and heavy metal. You might even say that some people are stuck in a 80s metal rut, but who I am to judge.

It took a little convincing for Luis to go. But we were not disappointed! We had a great time. The sold out concert was in a new open air soccer stadium. There was probably 19,000 or more people. All ready for a good time! And chilean are so much fun at concerts. Cheering, chanting, singing along, jumping up in down. I think even Paul Stanley was a bit intimiated by the exuberance of this audience.
They band sounded great. And there were lots of stage antics. I mean, ALOT! Many times though out the night, I pointed at the stage and look over at Luis mouthing "OMG" and laughing. (Yes, we were wearing our earplugs).

The show opened with some loud explosions and fire shooting up from the stage. And the band in the normal makeup, leather-studded outfits with their ridicule 5" platform boots. The stage was set up to look like tier after tier of amplifiers. Throughout the night 3 of the 4 members either floated, flew or levitated. Gene Simmons did his trademark spitting blood. Tommy Thayer shot fireworks out of his guitars. And the whole night was capped off by a fireworks display above the stage. I talking really big, loud fireworks.

We had such a great time! I bought a KISS Army Chile t-shirt from someone on the street. Yes... I consider myself a KISS fan now.

KISS - A 35-year tradition of full-filing every adolescent boy's bedroom Rock 'n' Roll dream.

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