{"id":491226,"date":"2019-10-14T08:50:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=898357"},"modified":"2019-10-14T08:50:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:50:15","slug":"paul-stanley-of-kiss-plans-to-shock-great-white-sharks-at-oceanside-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/paul-stanley-of-kiss-plans-to-shock-great-white-sharks-at-oceanside-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Stanley of Kiss Plans to Shock Great White Sharks at Oceanside Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kiss<\/a> have done many outrageous things in their nearly 50-year career, from mixing their blood into the ink of comic books<\/a> to selling airbrushed Kiss Kaskets<\/a> as part of their beloved merchandise line. On November 18th, the hard rock icons will take their fire-breathing intensity overseas to the southern coast of Australia, where they\u2019ll perform their first-ever concert for great white sharks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAirbnb<\/a> approached us with this idea that sounded, quite frankly, a little weird, but we\u2019re used to being approached with things that are a little weird,\u201d Paul Stanley<\/a> tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve played for a lot of land sharks. Now I finally get a chance to play for the ocean varieties.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concert marks the launch of Airbnb Animal Experiences<\/a>, where tourists can interact with animals in their own environment while following World Animal Protection guidelines. At 6:30 am in Port Lincoln, Australia, eight guests will board a boat hosted by Matt Waller and shark expert Dr. Blake Chapman. They\u2019ll descend underwater in a glass viewing hull, where they can observe the animals in their natural habitat.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, above on deck, Kiss will perform a scorching set that will be projected down into the water (Stanley guesses the sharks will enjoy \u201cLick It Up\u201d and \u201cI Want You\u201d). Research indicates that great whites are attracted to low frequencies and pulsed sounds, even rock music. \u201cIt\u2019s not like going to the zoo,\u201d Stanley says. \u201cYou\u2019re actually experiencing them in their home. If people don\u2019t cooperate, they\u2019ll be treated like chum and thrown to the sharks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stanley hasn\u2019t had many interactions with sharks before, but seeing Jaws<\/em> in 1975 certainly kept him out of the water. \u201cI\u2019m much more apt to be in a pool than the ocean, but this time I\u2019ve got nothing to be afraid of,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen the sharks see what I\u2019m wearing, they\u2019ll be afraid of me.\u201d The lead singer says great whites and Kiss have one thing in common: \u201cThey\u2019ll stop at nothing to get what they want. Once they have a goal in mind, they reach it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out of the band\u2019s four current members \u2014 Stanley, bassist Gene Simmons<\/a>, drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer \u2014 Stanley believes Simmons is the best swimmer. \u201cGene was once a lifeguard,\u201d he says. \u201cSo yeah, I would say it\u2019s probably Gene. And we may find out when we throw him in the water.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the performance are $50 per person and go on sale today<\/a> at 6:00 pm EST. All proceeds will be donated to the Australian Marine Conservation Society.<\/p>\n

Kiss are currently on their End of the Road<\/a> farewell tour that began in January 2018. A final date has yet to be announced, but Stanley has an idea of when and where it will be. \u201cWe can\u2019t be running around for that much longer in 40 pounds of gear,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing maudlin about it. It\u2019s a celebration with our fans around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to raise the bar again as to what a band can do live,\u201d he adds. \u201cThat\u2019s really what we\u2019ve always done: we\u2019ve always wanted to be the band we never saw. There are a lot of shows out there that have Kiss DNA in them because they really weren\u2019t shows of any magnitude before us.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiss have done many outrageous things in their nearly 50-year career, from mixing their blood into the ink of comic books to selling airbrushed Kiss Kaskets as part of their beloved merchandise line. On November 18th, the hard rock icons will take their fire-breathing intensity overseas to the southern coast of Australia, where they\u2019ll perform […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-491226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 17:13:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}