By returning to its roots, he believes KISS could push other bands to deliver showmanship in concert along with their music. Clearly, people are bored with what's out there. Less isn't more. Less is less. Less is nothing.
People are tired of paying for that.
But Stanley doesn't dismiss all new music. If you just want to listen to music, the sofa is a perfect place. Welcome to the amusement park. Yet even KISS abandoned its wild stage personae in 1983, going without makeup and costumes for the first time, onstage and off. By then the band had splintered.