Meeting the members of KISS!

My lifelong 'membership' in the KISS Army began one day in 1977 when my older brother brought home the Destroyer album.  From the opening news story and the now infamous guitar riff intro to "Detroit Rock City", I knew instantly THIS is the music and band for me!   In 1979 I got to see the band live for the first time.  I've never really counted how many times I've seen them in concert over the past 25+ years, but it's a lot!  And along the way, I managed to gather quite a few mementoes from the shows in the form of guitar picks and drumsticks.  My interest in the band re-peaked with the MTV Unplugged show in 1995 and the subsequent return to glory of the original four members, complete with war paint. Around this same time, the internet began to blossom, connecting KISS fans from all around the world.  Along with the release of Psycho Circus album 1998, along came KISSonline, the official website for the band. Soon after, I was invited by KISSonline to share my collection with KISS fans everywhere and I gladly accepted. In 2008, the site was moved to KISSFAQ.   Putting together Picks-N-Sticks, the Complete KISStory of Guitar Picks and Drumsticks, has been an enormous amount of work, and quite time consuming and costly I might add.  But it has also been fun, educational and very rewarding. I want to thank the many, many supporters and contributors of this project over the years.  Thank you!   Perhaps the most fulfilling reward of all has been to meet my lifelong heroes. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to meet the late great Eric Carr and I envy those that did.  But I have been fortunate and honored to meet the other nine members.

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Bruce Kulick Indianapolis KISS Expo, February 13, 2000					Eric Singer Louisville KISS Expo, November 10, 2001
Mark St. John Chicago KISSfest, November 25, 2001					Bruce Kulick Chicago KISSfest, November 25, 2001
Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer World Domination Tour, Deer Creek Music Center, Indianapolis, IN, August 17, 2003
		Tommy Thayer HondaFest, Columbus, OH September 10, 2005	Ace Frehley Rocket Ride Tour, St. Louis, MO February 26, 2008
		Bruce Kulick Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 13, 2014	Paul Stanley Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 13, 2014
Bruce Kulick KISS Kruise VII, November 6, 2017
Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer KISS Kruise
Eric Singer Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 12, 2018					Ace Frehley Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 12, 2018
Ace Frehley Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 13, 2018					Bruce Kulick Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 13, 2018
Vinnie Vincent The Gathering 3, Miami, FL, October 30, 2018			Vinnie Vincent The Gathering 3, Miami, FL, October 30, 2018
Ace Frehley Chesterfield Amphitheatre, Chesterfield, OH, May 4, 2019			Tommy Thayer Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 11, 2019
Bruce Kulick and Tommy Thayer Indianapolis KISS Expo, May 12, 2019					Gene Simmons Rupp Arena, Lexington KY, February 13, 2020
Paul Stanley KISS Kruise X, October 29, 2021					Gene Simmons KISS Kruise X, October 30, 2021
Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Eric Singer End of the Road Tour,  EJ Nutter Center, Dayton, OH  May 12, 2022
Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Eric Singer End of the Road Tour,  Heritage Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH  October 19, 2023
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