Kiss bans Iron Maiden t.shirt worn by interviewer.

There's nothing in their demeanors to suggest they are joking... they appear dead serious about it. So if they are joking, it's an Andy-Kaufman-style "pretending to be a self-important a$$hole" joke. It's possible that's what they are doing, but I don't think the guys in Kiss are known for that style of humor. Seems far more likely they are serious.

 

Neutral is best, really. Guy made a mistake, but he had a solid point that, if anything, he shouldn't be wearing a KISS shirt.

 

No, it's not a common social convention at all. I've seen dozens of interviews where the interviewer has the shirt of a different band than the one he is talking to. It's done all the time. In no way does it connote disrespect. The sports analogy is not apt at all, because bands are not in competition with each other, and being a fan of one band doesn't preclude being a fan of many others, as it does with sports teams.

 

Good thing he wasn’t wearing an Eddie Trunk shirt....

 

I am sure this will create the dynamic that whenever they are now interviewed an Iron Maiden/non Kiss shirt will be worn.

I am also sure if the interviewer wasn't a toddler they wouldn't have tried/felt emboldened.

 

I have yet to meet any that don't write for dumb blogs and websites.

 

Then you are indeed one of the lucky ones, Sir.

You see, I used to live in a place where every single metal and rock bar was filled to the rafters with people wearing mostly vintage tour shirts bought from eBay and patches from band so obscure that the bassplayer's mother didn't even know the band existed (even if they were actually practising in her basement). And among these fine young people it was very common to admire each others clothing and merch.

I thought they were a bunch of elitist w-ankers, but then again I was always too old to want to belong

 

Paul may have been kidding, but Gene wasn't.

 

Wankers and Fascists: Take that shirt off.
Cool People: Cool shirt, we like Iron Maiden, too!

I hope they were joking!

 

Apparently KISS are the only band in the history of rock that has acted like knobs every now and then.

 

How do you infer that from this thread?

 

This happened 5 and a bit years ago, but because it features a popular SHF punching bag, those that feel the need to be outraged will happily contribute to prove " what a bunch of tossers KISS are. "

 

They are not the only tossers.

 

Maiden should start wearing Ace/Peter '78 t-shirts at every interview.

 

Knowing Paul, I highly doubt it. Hell, he's probably even worse

 

If this wasn't scripted, then I kind of get where Paul and Gene are coming from. I watched a history of heavy metal music documentary on TV, and the interviewer would never wear a shirt of the band he was interviewing (always another metal band), and I would think to myself, "If I was the a member of the interviewing band, I would be put off by the interviewer wearing another bands shirt. It's as if the interviewer is dissing the band being interviewed."
I mean would Eddie Trunk wear a MSG shirt when interviewing Phil Mogg (maybe)? Would he wear a Dio shirt interviewing Ozzy? If you are a music journalist and have a pre-arranged interview with someone, the journalist should not wear a shirt of an opposing band. That is poor form.

 

Would have been hilarious if a huge Eddie came out and smacked Simmons and Stanley around a bit.

 

I kind of understand it. If I have the chance to interview Steve Hoffman, I wouldn’t wear a Chris Bellman t-shirt.

 

These are men in their mid to late 60’s. They aren’t teenagers in rival gangs. They’ve had their day and certainly made their money. They can’t seem to get through an interview without taking credit for another band’s success. They come across as whiny, bitchy old ladies...and they always have. This is why, that although I will always like their first few albums, and the live album...they will always be a band that I don’t really have a lot of respect for. They just aren’t cool.

 

A bunch of 60-year old men are out there wearing makeup and costumes and are mad at an interviewer for wearing another band's t-shirt? That is rich. Just when I thought Kiss, a band that sucks anyway, couldn't become a bigger joke, they somehow do.

 

I'm a Kiss fan and I'm not happy about what they did to that young man in that interview. I hate when people bash Kiss relentlessly but after that interview I can't blame people that do. All rock stars at least most have a bad interview at times just wish these other rock stars that have bad interviews would be ripped apart as much as Kiss is getting here. Kiss stunk up the joint with this interview and deserved to be ripped but so does other rock stars who have a bad nasty moment on camera. Still like Kiss regardless just wish they had a more sense of humor.

 

If this was humour than their humour level is way below par. And this happened in 2012? We're not going to confront them with this are we? I mean it happened 5 years ago. May I advise just to listen to their music, as that is what they are good at.

 

It seems to me that Paul was joking in the beginning and things got serious when the interviewer said he had done that in purpose.

Shouldn't had gotten serious though. Sometimes it happens that an artist is a true rival of others but this doesn't seem to be the case between Kiss and Iron, they said it themselves that they love the guys in Iron.

Maybe they know something in the business I don't or they think that by buying Iron merch the guy wouldn't buy a Kiss one. To me it makes no sense but to Ki$$ Inc. it probably does. That talk about a "free" Kiss t-shirt shows that in their minds it's all about the money.

 

When pensioners go b-a-a-a-a-d...

 

People don't generally wear Mastering Engineer t-shirts. Everyone wears band shirts. Not really comparable.