Kolossal KISS Equipment Fail! Longest Intro Ever!

The riser that was meant to lift the three guitarists up and over the drum kit to start the show fails and instead of walking out they keep waiting for it to work. And waiting. And waiting. June 5th 2010 Nuremberg Germany. Sonic Boom tour.

[@thefonzkiss]

The riser that was meant to lift the three guitarists up and over the drum kit to start the show fails and instead of walking out they keep waiting for it to work. And waiting. And waiting. June 5th 2010 Nuremberg Germany. Sonic Boom tour.

[@addickkelders2265]

What did they do to you being such a madman all the time. Just must be Peter.

[@robinlove2729]

@@addickkelders2265yes they do blame everything on Peter & Ace😠

[@tproudboomer5965]

More like a “Semisonic Pop”👌🏻😂

[@YouAintChris]

You mean the USED set piece, Doc bought from the Backstreet Boys or whoever that was. Doc is all about reclaimed stage gear; the first giant video screen around 2012 was bought from George Lucas’ company. It was used on the “Star Wars In Concert” arena symphony tour.

[@lukefrehley5774]

Who cares they are legenda abd you fonz a looser

[@rhythmpeople]

I heard they're doing Stonehenge for their next performance

[@johnglynhughes4239]

You beat me to it 🤣

[@grimmy5595]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@averyetvspecial1487]

This reminds me more of Derek Smalls being stuck in his pod for all of Rock ‘N’ Roll Creation

[@duane8829]

I’m hoping for jazz odyssey

[@Mikey_Sea]

I think it would work better if they did it in Dubbly.

[@robinriel3384]

Damn that Abner Deveraux! At it again!😂

[@Kissfan96dr]

For a minute I thought they were just simply hanging out at the pool...but then I remembered, Rock n rollers don't bathe.

[@brendannahor1460]

​@@Kissfan96drPhantom of the Park! Good one! 👍🏻

[@davidmorton4936]

Ok I almost spit my drink out on that one 😊

[@mikemasiello5965]

Devereux!

[@efilnikufesin2069]

Easy Catman they are SERIOUS!!! And they've got Gun's!

[@Pihasanddunes1]

Genius. Watching that blank stage and watching and watching and watching. Like something straight out of Spinal Tap.

[@TrayXCooper]

Got to appreciate how they kept playing the same riff over and over and over again while having all that go on in the back haha

[@RoosterCogburn2112]

The tape plays on

[@AarosConcerts]

@@RoosterCogburn2112that’s not a tape. Tard

[@TrayXCooper]

​​@@RoosterCogburn2112'm a guitarist. That was actually being played live cuz of the nuances in each time the riff played. Plus just listen to 1:38 one either paul or tommy had their hand not strum a part probably due to moving around and the chord just rang while the other kept playing😊

[@thefonzkiss]

@@TrayXCooper yeah you can hear them screwing it up occasionally, it’s legit.

[@mandrakeblackstone5838]

they had the backdub tape running on auto relay

[@stemikger]

Half the crew had pink slips by the time Gene came on stage

[@leokimvideo]

Just proves they can get away with not even appearing on stage. The audience didn't seem to notice there was no band playing.

[@thefonzkiss]

They were hypnotised by the pretty lights.

[@leokimvideo]

@@thefonzkiss and PYRO

[@rodneyhowell6677]

Eric singer is playing the drums. Waiting for the rest to walk around is what I see.

[@shaneedwardlee]

@@rodneyhowell6677 you’re a genius!

[@blackpillrising3164]

@@shaneedwardleeyour moms a genius

[@jamescarriere8478]

Probably making sure the check cleared before going on stage. They took something that was magic in the 70s and pissed it away. And before anyone starts trashing Ace and Peter how come they didn’t use the fox and “Egyptian warrior” if the original lineup sucked.

[@grahamyoung3433]

The Kiss Krap Circus 🎪🤹‍♀️🤡🤡🤡🤡 kontinues. I see the gimp-clone came swaggering out first before Paul, I'm sure that must have at least conferred a $5 fine out his wages.

[@tproudboomer5965]

The “gimp-clone”!😂😂

[@MrDuneedon]

You wanted the jest, you got the jest!

[@ChristianCousineau]

a very spinal tap moment !

[@timothytessier2702]

YOU WANTeD THE beST You PAID for the BEST You got it Lip Syncing and Backtracking !!!! Have fun kids

[@AlanSmithback-iz9wr]

This is SPINAL TAP

[@777zippy777]

Makes you wonder how many dozens and dozens of other mishaps occurred back before everyone had a video camera in their pocket.

[@djcrane65]

I wouldn't call this a fail...love the way they stayed with it until they got it worked out. It jacked the crowd up too.

[@mandrakeblackstone5838]

Funny how they can play while no one is on stage

[@AndrewChavez-x7c]

Yeah the farewell tour shoulda ended when it started back in 2000

[@smithies_jocks]

They just need a miniature Stonehenge to complete the comedy act.

[@frankrusso9200]

With those heels they may unknowingly trod upon it.

[@tproudboomer5965]

They could have at least had the courtesy of getting stuck on one of their better riffs!😂

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Keep the loop going Gene hasn't finished on the 🚽 yet

[@thefonzkiss]

Someone dropped a penny between the seat cushions backstage

[@tproudboomer5965]

@@thefonzkiss😂😂😂😂

[@Duck_Dodgers]

​@@thefonzkissyes they pulled their pants down dropped it in the bowl

[@hankchampion8831]

Kiss does everything bigger…even mishaps! 🔥💥🔥

[@bobbyKimball9999]

FUNNIEST THING I’ve seen all year!

[@pipoarroba789]

They got stuck in traffic … it happens to all of us… relax!

[@anthonylove821]

Well this was a kiss concert so this was about as normal as u will get with a kiss show…. Delays, tracks, lip synching, wigs Kiss is as fake as it gets Guess the end of their goodbye tour should be called “ karma sucks” lol

[@kevinbernatek7875]

Not only are KISS in their 70’s….the road crew IS, as well!

[@syncinstanley2332]

If that song didn’t suck enough already!😂😂😂

[@thefonzkiss]

The Van Stephenson one they ripped the title off from isn’t bad.

[@earld158]

best song on that album though

[@thefonzkiss]

@@earld158 Russian Roulette

[@PaulyV56]

Lol exactly. F kiss

[@BlideoBlames2439]

Recently gave Sonic Boom a listen, MDD and Say yeah are... tolerable, the songs in the middle got these biring intros that makes me skip everytime.

[@don.richard8823]

This was horrible Glad i didnt waste my money on this and backing tracks !Glad i seen the original Kiss years ago..

[@rmartin7558]

They're opening shows with Modern Day Delilah now?😂😂😂. In fairness, technical issues sometimes arise with live performances and credit where credit is due they are playing it live.

[@bloodyassault803]

Once the final shows happen this December. Could we get a huge compilation of screw ups like this Fonz style?

[@thefonzkiss]

The final shows _will_ be a huge compilation of screwups.

[@bloodyassault803]

@@thefonzkissCalled it.

[@Xfactories]

Genius. Love that Gene just stopped playing halfway through

[@thefonzkiss]

Good catch, didn’t notice that before.

[@glengamble526]

He was busy firing people.

[@thefonzkiss]

@@glengamble526 and having a backstage enema

[@titaniabell6680]

What a joke this band has become..........freaking sad 😥

[@SwingRiots]

​@@titaniabell6680Awww, you're one of the people who took them seriously. Bless your heart 😂😂😂

[@rwcrsarrc]

After all the big stage productions over the years im suprised so little problems have occurred

[@syndicatedsatellite7288]

The whole show is just repeating the same moves... When something happens they don't know how to improvise very well... Imagine if the lip synch machine broke...

[@DaP84]

This was 9 years before incorporating vocal backing tracks

[@syndicatedsatellite7288]

@@DaP84 I wouldn't doubt some lip synching stuff was snuck in even then...

[@DaP84]

@@syndicatedsatellite7288 nah, there was no lip sync before (with exception of some tv performances), alway looked and sounded natural

[@syndicatedsatellite7288]

@@DaP84 As if you saw their complete catalog and every single show... 🎉

[@earld158]

when you are on a stage that big with that many things everything is contingent on keeping things the same. I don't think they were using tracks at this point but I am pretty sure they were playing to a click which times everything out and coordinates the video/pyro, etc. I am obviously not in a band this big, but I have been actively gigging for the past 10 years straight. Being on stage is a weird thing- tings don't sound they way they do out front and if you aren't a band that improvs a lot you don't want to just suddenly do that because nobody is expecting it

[@borisiwanow]

Even though it’s really boring, this riff must have been a pain in the ass to maintain this long. t’s full of hammer ons, slides, pull offs … Kudos to them for playing it for 2 mins without a flinch! Also crazy how Eric was a human clock at this time. Nowadays he is a shadow of himself, always missing beats or stumbling during fills. His drum solo on this tour is really a shame compared to what He did in the past.

[@thefonzkiss]

The one where he rolls up the towel and dabs at his face? It’s just odd. Bring back the 2001 flaming drumstick solo he did, that was actually good.

[@Cvrchak88]

Nowadays shows are tied up to a click and backing track and even slightest mistake mess the whole song. Singer is still human clock for to play that kind of whole show with backing tracks of vocals that cant adjust is just silly. No matter what I still love the band and its kinda funny to watch some of this fails :)

[@pauli.vanili]

That was what I was thinking too, I have my doubts that they could play that riff for so long without a hitch, I could be wrong but I'm thinking it was a backing track.

[@borisiwanow]

@@pauli.vanili No it would have been too complex to create a loop on the spot with a pre recorded track playing. Here they really play. There’s enough evidence on Fonz’s channel to show that if anything goes wrong for 1 bar, the rest of the song is screwed until the end of the tape.

[@borisiwanow]

@@thefonzkiss - "Hey guys I’ve got the most crazy idea for my drum solo!" - "Really? What could be crazier than flaming drumsticks and a bazooka?! - "See that towel in the toilets ? …"

[@arildthordal810]

It ruined the whole thing😂

[@stefaniverson2739]

An yes when the band still played 100% live. I remember this tour. Paul sounded horrendous the entire tour, but the band did play live with no backing tracks.

[@thefonzkiss]

Yup.

[@nathanlansford1882]

He's sounded much worse than this, since. The KISSWorld Tour, from 2017-2018 was the lowest point.

[@jurgencuypers8350]

with no = without

[@3AmericanPie]

PFFF,, YEA,, OKAY- LMAO😂

[@DMSProduktions]

Oh HOW embarrassing!

[@timtaylor164]

Handled it like the pros they are…

[@anthonylove821]

Yeah professional con artists lol😂

[@Threwonthree]

Yeah no one even noticed but that’s mostly because the audience are mouthbreathers

[@Threwonthree]

Comedy of errors

[@charlesbronson4282]

They should've just hired Fonzie to come out in his leather jacket and blue daisy dukes to jump the electronic shark from Jaws...and then try to ram his log in the sharks "fireplace".... That would have "STOLE" the really BIG show as Ed Sullivan would say...

[@seansweeney3532]

Not sure if they were using tracks back then, but i can see it becoming more necessity... he sounds like my deaf neighbor yelling in his yard. He doesn’t know how loud he is, tho...

[@glengamble526]

😂’Hello Cleveland!’😂

[@KISSbestfan]

2:11 "Gene where you at?"

[@thefonzkiss]

I’ve always suspected he was still on the riser yelling at the techs thinking he would be the big man and go over on it just by himself. They just couldn’t get it working so he had to finally waddle out.

[@insideinfo2355]

I figured you out, Fonz! You’re Peter Criss 😂

[@thefonzkiss]

_Cos you matter to me_ _And that’s why_

[@venutiraines2413]

Bc thry dont actually play live its all a show with 100 percent 💯 backing tracks lip syncing its fake. Thry take your money but dont give you anything for it

[@MrKastaway66]

I hate when this happens.

[@PhillipPahinui]

Gene was late because he was with human resources signing pink slips.

[@randlerobbertson8792]

I have always put Kiss in the same category as the Bay City Rollers, And if they played at the end of my street, I'd probably give them a miss. 😮

[@88kwthomas]

you won't be missed

[@randlerobbertson8792]

@88kwthomas good to know. They don't help themselves though do they ?

[@tproudboomer5965]

Nobody gives a sht what u think

[@grahamyoung3433]

@@88kwthomasMissed from what? The hypothetical Kiss concert at the end of his street that doesn't exist?

[@randlerobbertson8792]

@@88kwthomas Happily I agree, I mean, look at them 🤣🤡

[@richardhall916]

The best!? The hottest band in the world!?😳😆. Why people pay good money for this is laughable

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

Being that this was in Germany, could this be their punishment for the Nazis??? I'm just kidding.

[@yourhouseprice]

The backing track is skipping again. Flip over Alive 2 quick.

[@williamjamesayers7719]

Different opening at least. Usually it's Detroit Rock City but they opened with Modern Day Delilah

[@markdepeppo4274]

This intro reminds me of God of Thunder.

[@batphink2655]

Guarantee someone lost their job after that? Maybe a techie or roadie was getting back at one of Paul's or Gene' rants?

[@gnarshred1239]

That's honestly how it feels to me on the ears when they use psycho circus as an intro

[@lancerobichaud4644]

as always you got them with their pants down around their ankles again lol lol lol

[@thefonzkiss]

It hasn’t been much of a challenge these last few years to be honest.

[@lancerobichaud4644]

@@thefonzkiss thats so true

[@patrickrancourt4782]

Fun fail on stage !!! Show much lil longer

[@funnyuniverse1]

Bruh 💀 😂

[@AlmostReady504]

Slow week Arthur? This is old as balls! Such a Potsie

[@markdp1983]

This is old though I hadnt seen it. I thought for a second the Fonz got hold of footage of Pauls track skipping that he mimes to! "Feel uptight on a Saturday night, chhrr, Feel uptight on a Saturday night, chhrr, Feel uptight on a Saturday night, chhrr, Feel uptight on a Saturday night, chhrr, ".... Just a matter of time..

[@Poohdaddymagic]

Thank God it's nearly over

[@simonjamesdean2307]

That was well over 10 years ago! 🙄 Sometimes things break... it's not the band's fault.

[@thefonzkiss]

Thanks for protecting KISS

[@simonjamesdean2307]

@@thefonzkiss Just speaking the truth 🙂

[@riansettles2506]

Ha!!! Fuckin ridiculous.

[@dwardosmythe9511]

That's real Milli Vanilli s*** right there

[@metalhead-mf2zf]

Next stop...the mariana trench...

[@Annkristen]

Change the KISS sign to one that says SUCKS

[@SN-nh6pq]

You wanted the best & you got PISS!!!

[@BB-je8hm]

MKGA!

[@emiistanley]

What!? Never in my life have I seen something like this.. what the hell??

[@daves_not_here_mannn]

Eric is on the kit playing, tbe others are playing on a failed peice of equipment that was supposed to bring them on stage.

[@John-kw3nd]

ouch, Paul's voice

[@jmilne5751]

What an absolute dull song to start with....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@thefonzkiss]

@@jmilne5751 yeah hardly greatest hits material is it. I wonder who Paul bought it from because it doesn’t sound like anything he’s ever written before or since.

[@rachelflair4835]

How lame do you want it?

[@dr.roberts4508]

The annocer not even in to it.

[@tainteddreams9117]

You're pointing out their mistakes and fails, why don't you point out yours

[@thefonzkiss]

I’m not the one charging big money for tickets, lying about lip synching etc. Thanks for the comment.

[@Cryptosifu]

Sounds like a loop

[@guitarzan2626]

Air guitar.

[@spaceman87186]

Spinal terp.

[@Shlamm1]

This is Comedy

[@petewarrell3734]

Omg that's bad

[@nurknanker6105]

Sonic boo boo.

[@torstenbest5775]

Equipment falls by all bands Sometimes haopen

[@thefonzkiss]

Interesting grammar.

[@joels3659]

Lmfao 🤣🤣

[@rockinyouallnight]

Modern Day Diarrhea

[@thefonzkiss]

Hit single from album Sonic Bomb!

[@charlesbronson4282]

You mean Sonic Poo

[@rockinyouallnight]

@@charlesbronson4282 Sonic Poo: available exclusively at Wal-Shart

[@anthonylove821]

Might wanna add chlamidyia as well lmao😂

[@ericsperry2481]

Detroit Rock Shitty

[@tonymillebloogiant6620]

WTF

[@Gottoyzforsale]

Awesome show til they came out and started singing.🤣

[@thefonzkiss]

Ha

[@robinlove2729]

Ha ha ha

[@acerob7173]

so they were playing the same riff for all that time? I tought it was a playback... 😂

[@mikewiley7529]

Goddamn they somehow managed to make that horrible song sound even worse. So embarassing to see a band hang on for WAY too long, decades too long

[@pdinardo9472]

ANOTHER BAND THAT CAN'T PLAY LIVE ANYMORE!!!!👎👎

[@davidlane9138]

Yeah. Motley crue are even worse. 🙉

[@infoguy1978]

we'll show you how the big boys do it.- gene simmons. there is no way they just started lip synching this tour

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Rock n roll is dead and this krap killed it

[@get1rocstartim5]

All washed up.

[@MrKastaway66]

The (intro) song remains the same.

[@thomaskotch4770]

I loved these guys but they are a parody of themselves now

[@thefonzkiss]

Totally!

[@tproudboomer5965]

Actually I think they’re a parody of a parody of a parody of themselves.

[@markusdickson3615]

Spinal tap moment ,so what

[@Kissfan96dr]

as a drummer I would have taken the queue to jam out a solo to that riff.

[@thefonzkiss]

That would not please The Elders.

[@glengamble526]

Naaah…but Tommy should have definitely improvised and soloed over the chord progression. Sadly, he’s probably afraid to in case he gets yelled at or throws them off. Weirdly, any decent bar musician I know would have instantly covered this by soloing/jamming. At least it would have been more interesting than listening to that same shit wannabe-90’s grunge, Pearl Jam rip off riff over and over…

[@earld158]

@@glengamble526 not really in those situations it's best to just keep the groove going until things are fixed. If the ithers aren't expecting you to do that stuff t can throw them off because they are already distracted due to trying to get things fixed. They were just all trying to make it down to the stage

[@glengamble526]

@@earld158 thanks for the advice but as a musician of 40 years experience (with 2 gold records on my wall) I disagree. Cheers!

[@earld158]

@@glengamble526 well if you have 2 gold records you are lucky because anybody who plays would recognize what is happening. Thanks for sharing how great you are tho4ugh- you are amazing man- thx for letting me know that. BTW it wasn't advice- it was a statement.. I have 38 years experience myse;lf, though I don't feel the need to boast to everybody to give my statements credibility. If you are in a band like Kiss- everything is structured-it's not a jam band- you don't start changing stuff they aren't expecting- you kee5p things going so everybody knows where they are. If you are in a band more jam oriented- yeah, but not in a band like that

[@insightvideo6136]

LMAO! Time for the equipment to retire as well!

[@smokerise]

Don't care, I'd still enjoy the show...Metallica was notorious for these, and always blamed the light guy...🤘😎🤘

[@saulhudson302]

Ah shit happens

[@PaulyV56]

So basic.

[@Rextum]

I thought KISS was not allowed to use their original logo in Germany (because of Nazi-ss) but had to replace the ”lightning ss” with two regular ss. Which meant that every Kiss coverart was ruined in the German editions.

[@thefonzkiss]

They’ve never changed the actual onstage sign there except for the 1980 shows.

[@derralle5705]

Define "allowed". The kiss Logo was never illegal in germany. The people at the record company pondered wether they would sell more records with the controversial logo or a more streamlined version and then decided to use the reversed "Z".

[@sanfranman4919]

That intro mustve been pre-recorded

[@thefonzkiss]

Nah you can hear them flub it occasionally.