Kiss Is Overrated
Let’s be clear about something. No one actually thinks Kiss is good. Not even their fans. They’ll never admit it, but even for the most ardent Kiss followers, their fandom has nothing to do with music. Kiss is a band tween boys dug in the ’70s because they looked like comic-book superheroes. Then those kids became adult man-babies who couldn’t let go of their toxic nostalgia. But make no mistake: They’ve been pretending for 40 years that “Calling Dr. Love” (or whatever) isn’t lame as f—. — Jarobi Dorr.