The KISS Avatar Band Is F*cking STUPID!

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  • @carltonvonhammerstein
    @carltonvonhammerstein 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Gene Simmons saying that rock is dead while also putting in a big-name studio movie budget into what is essentially AI is the definiton of of hypocracy and selling out. This reminds me of a TH-camr called Kwebblekop, who thought it would be a great idea to replace himself with an AI version to run his channel. If the KISS Army has even an iota of intelligence, they will have the same reaction to this as Kwebblekop's fans did with Kwebblekop AI.

  • @xtransxcorex
    @xtransxcorex 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Gene Simmons! why did you create Kiss 2?
    "I like money!"

  • @hectorThechilldudeonacouch
    @hectorThechilldudeonacouch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I have never been a kiss fan but this is just embarrassing.

  • @ritual_slaughter66
    @ritual_slaughter66 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Kiss really be like “I don’t care about our fans, I only care about their money”.

  • @ThesharkStrangler
    @ThesharkStrangler 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    As a fan of Kiss, I think this has just as much of a chance to be cool as it does to be stupid. Mainly because ILM and the people who did the Abba holograms (which I’ve heard nothing but positive things about) are also working with it. And the the fact that the band also had an active part of putting it together makes it more legit and less of a cash grab than the Dio hologram from a few years ago in my opinion. But for something like this to work they really need to be smart about it and honestly undercutting their final show to announce it wasn’t a good start especially since it’s clear that the avatars need a lot of polishing. I feel like they should’ve waited to test it on the Kiss Cruise to see if people actually like it or not. The best way for this to work is if it’s a more small scale thing like something in VR or even a straight up video game could be cool, or keep the show in one fixed location (like Abba) and make it more of a fun little Kiss “experience” rather than a replacement concert. But if they try to make it too big or straight up not good, it’ll be just another forgotten Kiss oddity like Arena Football team they owned

    • @johnpatterson4272
      @johnpatterson4272 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So very well said, and don't forget the Psycho Circus 3-D concerts, played in stadiums with a technology meant for a movie theatre. The idea of 'a test audience' on a smaller scale is a good one. Albeit, the KISS Kruise is filled with obsessed and well-heeled basement-Kiss-Room 'tards who will buy dogshit from Gene Simmons pooch if it was for sale. Probably not the most impartial or objective crowd out-there.

    • @johnpatterson4272
      @johnpatterson4272 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EasyAsItSeems Gene Simmons has stated since Dec. 2nd he still prefers a living, breathing KISS 2.0 in the vein of the Blue Man Group. In a recent interview GS used the third-party term 'they're' when describing the forecasted dollar-amount to be spent on the avatars development. IMO that indicates KISS now has a third-party financial interest involved in business decisions.

  • @gianalfredo
    @gianalfredo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This makes a lot of sense to the generation that frequented laser light shows inside the local community center.

  • @EncoreASMR
    @EncoreASMR 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Metal Meltdown having a justified meltdown. Gene loves that $$$ 💰 🤑 💸. "Final tour" and "final concert" has to be the best marketing gimmick in the music business 😂

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Fr, so many bands have made absurd amounts of money continuously retiring and then coming back out of retirement and hyping up 'final concerts'.

  • @MadMike1
    @MadMike1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    If Kiss is going to spend $200M on a project, why not have it be an adaptation of their comic book series?
    Straight up, I'd watch that. Cuz those comics were wild.

  • @paradoxrift2600
    @paradoxrift2600 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    They were always "Style over Substance: The Band" even in their prime tbh.
    Besides, at this point Gene is more interested in selling toilet plungers with his face on them (or whatever it is he does) than actually doing anything related to music.

  • @mindful2864
    @mindful2864 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Gene Simmons wants more money after his band’s retirement. Why am I not surprised? This band has always been mediocre who are more well known for their image, live shows, and merchandise than they are their music. Also, Gorillaz and Dethklok are still real bands even if virtual. Even Hatsune Miku would be more real than a virtual Kiss.

  • @mrcoolguy32
    @mrcoolguy32 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Hearing Metallica doing a concert in ROBLOX has me crying 😭

    • @Androsferum
      @Androsferum 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      wait until you get to know Metallica died in 1986...

    • @IdontKnow-jt2oz
      @IdontKnow-jt2oz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Androsferum🤓

    • @c4gam1ng12
      @c4gam1ng12 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Androsferumok boomer

    • @spaghettisploitation1029
      @spaghettisploitation1029 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@c4gam1ng12If you think they've made anything worth hearing since after the Black album, you're the fucking boomer.

  • @ElliYeetYT
    @ElliYeetYT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Oh I think I know what this is. It must be “The End Of Reality” tour! 🤪

  • @drengillespie
    @drengillespie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Hatsune Miku show at The Anthem is 800 at this point. I can’t imagine spending money on that.

  • @PeytonBass-wl3ld
    @PeytonBass-wl3ld 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Imagine going to see your favorite band from the 80s to see this shit…

  • @user-cy5yt6dj1j
    @user-cy5yt6dj1j 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The hottest cash grab in the world-KISS!🤑

  • @CrustaceanCraigory
    @CrustaceanCraigory 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I love kiss. They were my first music love. I wouldn’t be a metalhead without having seen them in 2014. The reason I started drums. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
    With that said, WHAT THE LIBERAL SCROTE BALL BUSHS BAKED BEANS MR KRABS is this shit?
    Just…stahp. Retire. Relax.

    • @carltonvonhammerstein
      @carltonvonhammerstein 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This comment just made my day.

    • @Protometal66
      @Protometal66 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mentioning liberalism on a video about over the top capitalism...weird

  • @dimmufrost666
    @dimmufrost666 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Simmons has a tendency to embellish things to make them sound larger than life. They probably spent $200,000.

  • @sVieira151
    @sVieira151 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can already do this if I want to see a fake Kiss concert. I just need to play Tony Hawks Underground

  • @girlswanted7
    @girlswanted7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your video made me smile man….

  • @evilone1079
    @evilone1079 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I’ll never get the appeal of this band in general. Their music is tacky schlock rock and their image is ridiculous. I just think they should give up and go away.

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Preach. A few songs here and there hit, other than that I've never cared much for KISS.

    • @bilbobaggins9451
      @bilbobaggins9451 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I liked them as a kid. But I haven't genuinely given a crap about their music since I was maybe 14. Only song I can listen to by them is "God of thunder"

    • @evilone1079
      @evilone1079 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@themetalmeltdownofficial Let’s face it, if they didn’t have that image and it was just the music, they would have been forgotten about years ago.

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@evilone1079 💯💯💯

  • @astralmass
    @astralmass 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Replacements's version of "Black Diamond" somehow EVEN BETTER...
    Without becoming strangely ironic.
    Good Tune for a Hologram, I guess.
    Icky.

  • @6stringfit187
    @6stringfit187 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I couldn't agree with you more! When news first surfaced of the Kiss Avatars at the end of their Dec. 2nd final show at MSG, this was not only ridiculous, but utterly laughable!! To top it off, investing $200 million in this CGI facade tells me that both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley's remaining brain cells left the building a long time ago! If I'm going to ever listen or go see any Rock or Metal bands, Ghost, Steel Panther and Amon Amarth are the way to go, IMHO! Keep up the good work!

  • @snowerra5881
    @snowerra5881 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    why did i think of the BAND avatar first 😭😭

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I wish we were talking about them instead

    • @gianalfredo
      @gianalfredo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too. I was here for the “avatar sucks” rant but stayed for the lols

    • @halyomorpha
      @halyomorpha 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was thinking they were passing the torch to them, and was like...ok? Why? What an odd choice.
      The reality was much more boring.

  • @minimumrage323
    @minimumrage323 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Slipknot is on the same path

  • @FeelingShred
    @FeelingShred 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Frank Zappa is just an imitator of his childhood friend that was raised in the same neighborhood Captain Beefheart

  • @Texasdoge
    @Texasdoge 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You already know some people are gonna pay to see that shit too.

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh absolutely, and they'll pay an arm and a leg for it too.

    • @mylerwilson4879
      @mylerwilson4879 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@themetalmeltdownofficialand their retirement savings and the care-homes bank account

  • @kierenbuckley370
    @kierenbuckley370 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    would hope bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica don't do something like this to when they finally retire

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I dont think they would, most of these bands have more common sense and integrity than KISS.

  • @Skurk12498
    @Skurk12498 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They have always seemed like narcissists to me, but this is a new level.

  • @ghostrunnerco6791
    @ghostrunnerco6791 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    can’t wait for Phantom of The Park 2

  • @FeelingShred
    @FeelingShred 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    we should encourage them and bait them into actually investing into this shit so they would actually lose money in the end 🤣🤣

  • @FeelingShred
    @FeelingShred 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what they are calling "holograms" is a shitty pre-recorded MP4 video file 🤣🤣🤣ridiculous

  • @drengillespie
    @drengillespie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How did Cats look that bad when the tech made to make Avatar was used a decade prior?

  • @ALIGATORXZXZ
    @ALIGATORXZXZ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It would be like watching a movie, so as long as it is cheaper than an actual ticket when they played...
    Im in

  • @johnpatterson4272
    @johnpatterson4272 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The good news is Gene Simmons has already stated since Dec. 2nd he still wants to see a living, breathing KISS 2.0. The AI avatars have already died-on-the-operating-table in KISS fandom, with the announcement of this poor-man's video game crap not happening until 2027. It's likely the push-back from real KISS fans, and the still extremely expensive technology which is making Gene (Simmons anyway) hesitant to embrace an AI only KISS. In the blabbermouth article you read on-video, did you notice Gene used the third-party term "they're" when explaining the cost of the AI avatar production. For a guy whom is obsessed with the control of spending money, personal wealth and highly possessive of the KISS brand, why would he say 'they're' when referring to future KISS business? Perhaps, part of the 'Brand' has been sold to a third-party enterprise similar to other heritage acts, like Springsteen and the Beach Boys. It's just a thought on my part yet Simmons alluded to the possibility of a partial licensing deal with a share of Brand revenue to an entity similar to Universal Music Group, as long as Paul and Gene could maintain some level of creative-control.

  • @747jono
    @747jono 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video Robert

  • @matthewmutchman6360
    @matthewmutchman6360 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Next video will be the angry Kiss fan boy drinking game

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      no pissy comments so far so I doubt it. Seems like we're all in agreement on this.

    • @mylerwilson4879
      @mylerwilson4879 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@themetalmeltdownofficialBecause their fanbase are too old to figure out how to type on a phone or a keyboard, and the care-homes haven’t had wifi in a while

  • @girlswanted7
    @girlswanted7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Kiss Avatar is complete stupidity and hopefully our society isn’t that stupid to waste their money on stuff like this. It’s a total cash grab.

  • @jasonboaden1032
    @jasonboaden1032 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks as immediately dated as the interactive experience they released circa 1998 to coincide with Psycho Circus.

  • @tomasjonsson7141
    @tomasjonsson7141 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Abba did the same thing 😅🤣😂

  • @hypnovertigo7200
    @hypnovertigo7200 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw Paul McCartney once, can confirm this!

  • @justinfendelet8675
    @justinfendelet8675 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Avatar KISS is a big FAT joke😅😅😅😅😅

  • @KnightlyTruth
    @KnightlyTruth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Gene and Paul are greedy are you surprised they want to continue lol and yes the avatars are lame

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes and no. Not surprised they want to continue, but surprised that THIS is how they want to continue.

    • @KnightlyTruth
      @KnightlyTruth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@themetalmeltdownofficial I thought they would find new members etc my self. But even Paul called Gene greedy amongst other lovely things in his first book.

    • @carltonvonhammerstein
      @carltonvonhammerstein 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KnightlyTruth Yeah, I fully belive that this was soley Gene's idea. I wouldn't be suprised if he bought out most of Paul's and the other two's shares in KISS.

    • @KnightlyTruth
      @KnightlyTruth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@carltonvonhammerstein remember when Paul said this “Gene Simmons is a sneaky spoiled greedy narcissist” so I agree with you

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      rare Paul Stanley W

  • @reaverofjillsandwiches
    @reaverofjillsandwiches 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As stupid as this is, and I agree with everything said in this video, I think it would be even stupider if people pay full concert ticket prices for this ridiculous show. Can I call it a show? I mean an annimated movie is a show. But this??

  • @ryangioia2358
    @ryangioia2358 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And apparently the first concert featuring these avatars won’t be until 2027…
    I love KISS (yes, I said it, shut up), they were the band that got me into rock, but this whole avatar thing is too much. But then again, it’s KISS. They’ll do anything to make some money, and this is no exception.

  • @girlswanted7
    @girlswanted7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Our society lost its mind!

  • @Hecatecrossways
    @Hecatecrossways 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An image band like Motley Crue now sounds like crap and looks like crap. But people waste their money to see these 25 Farewell Tours

  • @andrepinzetta
    @andrepinzetta 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that's ridiculous. But also, I don't care about Kiss enough to even be angry. A shame all that money going to waste though

  • @__414.88b_
    @__414.88b_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kiss could finance the ukrainian army with customized guns and loads, that would be some nice advertising

  • @j.jester7821
    @j.jester7821 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never had any interest in Kiss after Ace Left the first time.

  • @DashieNegan41
    @DashieNegan41 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I feel bad for you suffering from this news on Kiss.

  • @girlswanted7
    @girlswanted7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another bad idea cash grab having musicians that have nothing to do with the band use the makeup and play kiss music where hard working fans pay to see a band that isn’t actually Kiss 🤔🤜. You have to kidding me.

  • @lionlissauer7104
    @lionlissauer7104 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes, it's appalling if u think about it but does it really surprise anyone? Anyone who has even sporadically followed Gene Simmons over the past 20 years??

  • @user-qu2ch9dn9j
    @user-qu2ch9dn9j 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I could tell you two different about gorillaz and kiss gorillas is a cartoon band kiss is not

  • @ManekiNeko1972
    @ManekiNeko1972 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    KISS is trying to bilk more money out of their fans

  • @Vinylincantation
    @Vinylincantation 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pathetic lmao

  • @davitt66
    @davitt66 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hard to disagree with anything Robert said.

  • @NoelRojasGtz
    @NoelRojasGtz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    we can all agree , regardless of the genre we like. This is just awful and ultimate cringe

  • @lunchboxdreams4538
    @lunchboxdreams4538 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m with you the AI idea is terrible

  • @robinlove6981
    @robinlove6981 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah you can shit on them for making themselves into a franchise but I bet some of your favourite films milked the market as well. They haven't put out anything decent for a while but their live shows are fucking awesome. You don't have to go and watch the avatar show so i don't see why the sour grapes. It's not for us, it's for people who haven't been able to see them live and all they have are TH-cam videos or live recordings. Everyone seemed to love the abba show so I don't see why it will be bad at all.

  • @christianhaynes1954
    @christianhaynes1954 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kiss blows 👍

  • @user-yw5ry3mu7v
    @user-yw5ry3mu7v 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is awful. What the heck is Kiss thinking?? 😡😡

  • @lawrencefine5020
    @lawrencefine5020 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's always been about the money for Kiss.
    Paul and Gene can't face up to that they are in their 70s now, and they can't live forever.
    They should retire the band with dignity and let it rest in peace.
    On the other hand....
    200 million invested into VR and entertaining people is a better thing to do than giving money to Ukraine Not-Sees.
    So there's that.
    I've been a Kiss fan since 1976 (60) and I think Kiss should have hung up their costumes after their solo albums and called it a day.
    This is just silly.
    Gene, Paul, stop it.
    It's over.

  • @Jayagebee
    @Jayagebee 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like their music, but Paul and Gene are awful people…

  • @carlos_srn08
    @carlos_srn08 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's a great time to be a Kiss hater

  • @BobbyMitchellMusic
    @BobbyMitchellMusic 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blah.

  • @fclefjefff4041
    @fclefjefff4041 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's weird that grown adults are so flustered about goofy shit like this 😄

    • @themetalmeltdownofficial
      @themetalmeltdownofficial  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Says the grown adult who is repeatedly flustered by thumbnails lmao

    • @fclefjefff4041
      @fclefjefff4041 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@themetalmeltdownofficial I’m not reacting to your thumbnail, I’m stating my opinion about people who are flustered about goofy shit like this

    • @fclefjefff4041
      @fclefjefff4041 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Although, to be fair, I do think this style of clickbaity thumbnail is moronic. Your content is consistently great, though.