"Why have Kiss lasted in a town like Detroit? 'Cos we appeal to the real masses, the great unwashed of America." In 2003, Kiss fans coughed up $1,000 for front-row seats on their 2003 US tour with Aerosmith, and we joined the throng

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley onstage in 2003.

In 2003 Kiss invited Classic Rock to go on the road with them on the US leg of their World Domination Tour with fellow rock heavyweights Aerosmith. During interviews with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, subjects covered included Kiss's appeal, their mentality, each other, and what might happen next. "When someone talked to me about a 2005 tour a few days ago," said Simmons, "I first thought that they were out of their mind."

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