You can watch the closing statements here:

You’re on your own re the audio quality, I had nothing to do with the making of this recording.

On another note, I did a bit of research regarding sales in big box stores.  And my experts told me that KISS would have a difficult time making a big box deal.  Big box deals are all about foot traffic.  They’re not so much about selling the CD of the act involved, but getting people into the store, where they’ll buy other stuff and experience the retailer firsthand.

The Eagles worked for Wal-Mart because there hadn’t been a complete album of new material in decades.  The price and band visibility were icing on the cake.

Same deal with AC/DC, which blew out a ton of CDs at Wal-Mart.

But don’t forget the Bryan Adams album was a stiff.

And then we’ve got the curious case of Axl Rose and Best Buy.  An incredible sales disappointment.  Even though the band had been away for eons and had never had a failure.

KISS has had a string of less than successful albums in the marketplace.  Unlike AC/DC, they have not been absent from the boards for the better part of a decade, they’ve been touring their asses off.  What is the demand for new KISS material?  Limited.

Maybe Gene can make a deal with Kragen Auto Parts.  Or some other outlet that does not normally sell CDs.  But the conventional big box CD retailers have become extremely picky.  And the door is closing every day.  With CD floorspace and demand evaporating, just like Circuit City. Could be that KISS is just too late to enter this marketplace and play this game.

Hell, I’d say Gene would be better off hooking up with Bob Ezrin and writing only ONE track, that he could whore out to ESPN and a bunch of other outlets.  One killer cut that could drive up his grosses and goose demand for further material.  It’s a whole new era, the shifting sands of time have about swallowed the old music business model.  Which makes me wonder why Gene is playing the old game.

But that’s where we started.