[Stardust]

In my mid 40's, I'm still chasing KISS! We are going to our THIRD farewell tour concert this August! I had the fortune to see most all of the great 70's rockers, though I was too young to appreciate it at the time. Sounds like a lot on here like Southern Rock, which I like, but is not my favorite. Chicago and Journey produced the two songs that is "Our Song" for my wife and I. Throw in Styx, Asia, Yes and you have some really nice date music. But they were too slow for me to consider as my style. I've always been a Metal Monster fan. Give me the fast strings and powerful percussion, and you have my style of rocking. As for being a fan of Rock, I can say I probably have tried and like them all. Individual, I have to put Ozzy as the single biggest influence to the 80's rockers. Add Alice Cooper and KISS, and you get the creativity of shows that makes concerts a "Show".

A close second for me to KISS is another 70's band that took most of their influence from KISS and that is Angel. I recommend you check them out, they were the opposite of the KISS look dressing in all White but also wore the 7" white platform shoes. They had the heavy drive of KISS and a sound that was close. They were more popular in Europe than in the US, but they were darn good!