#creaturesfest

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@mxliv-oftheendless AND I WERE THERE!!!

May 28, 2022

Sonesta Nashville Airport Hotel - Nashville, Tennessee

Vinnie Vincent made his first appearance in years at the inaugural Creatures Fest.

Vinnie was shredding as people entered, Standing high above the crowd on top of the incredible tank created for the event with blue and pink lighting. the crowd was told not to film or photograph.

The Holy Trinity performed together for the first time ever.

"Vinnie wanted to showcase Ace and I, so he won’t be playing any lead guitar. I never looked at performing with him as a competition more a meeting of guitarists doing their own style on classic KISS songs. But after I saw Vinnie in person while he was leaving his soundcheck, everything I heard was confirmed from him in his own words. He was cordial and friendly about it all, but nothing I could say to him would convince him to take a solo when Ace or I were on stage." - Bruce Kulick. "I purposely wore a headscarf covered in ankhs which I always called the 'Vinnie Vincent headscarf'.”

"So the “Holy Trinity” with all it’s surreal glory was now part of KISSTORY. Although many things were controversial for a concert evening featuring Vinnie Vincent, my take away was still positive. I know how much it meant for the fans to see us all perform together. It was certainly a dream come true for many in attendance. Vinnie did perform, something many were betting against." - Bruce Kulick

[ohblackdiamond]

Number 7 for the KISS asks, please?

absolutely! thank you!

7. What you dislike about each member?

woo, boy...

paul --paul is actually a buzzard. paul is defensive, needy, incredibly self-conscious, incredibly self-pitying, and an absolute master at driving people away. he has retained a level of bitterness against people he hasn't worked with in two or more decades that is nothing short of spectacular. paul will rework himself to whatever he thinks john q. public wants, because he doesn't like who he actually is offstage.

gene --gene's arrogance is not entirely a put-on. gene will say anything and do anything to get attention. gene's constant cheating on girlfriends and his attitude towards women in general is reprehensible. gene is unsympathetic to others and views or has viewed addiction and mental problems as character failings while excusing his own serious issues with infidelity/using women as a "what do you expect" rockstar schtick. additionally, i would not go into business with gene for all the tea in china.

peter --peter has created or exacerbated a whole lot of his own unhappiness. peter is hotheaded and probably a gigantic pain to deal with/work with, even now. peter is very unforgiving. peter makes or has made very poor financial and career moves and really spent those fifteen years post his first kiss firing talking about stuff he was doing rather than actually doing too much of anything (tiny handful of albums that went nowhere, that he didn't even try to promote, tiny handful of bands that for the most part, other than criss, never even played!), while continuing for a number of years to receive a cut from a band he was no longer in, per contractual obligations (i'm not saying he should've noped out of it, but it's very easy to see where paul's resentment of him comes from).

ace --ace has wasted so, so much potential that it's unfathomable. he has never been willing to strike while the iron is hot, to his eternal detriment. he has set fire to decades of his life via rampant addiction-- yes, he's clean now, and i'm proud of him for it, but the damage he did to himself and his relationships with family and friends is not necessarily repairable. ace also overrates himself and has proven willing to do slimy things for the almighty dollar (selling out peter and the empty threats re: gene and paul).

eric carr --as someone who has my own issues with insecurity, i could see where eric's issues there could get old to deal with very, very fast. i get his frustrations with the band/gene and paul, but i don't think he went about things in the right way. i think he played off of gene and paul too much-- i think had he been more accepting of his hired gun role, things might have played out a little differently. i think he could've gotten hired/more creative control in a different band in the mid-eighties and been happier.

vinnie --CREATURESFEST. i was there.

mark --... is there anyone besides peter criss who can corroborate accusation against him? just curious. i'm not sure why this one is believed so wholeheartedly when i've never heard it from anyone else (and when the fandom as a whole is pretty particular on what negative accusations are believed about the band). if it's true, then yeah, that's more than reason enough for him to be scum, but if it's not, then it's hard for me to really find something to dislike about him-- he was in the band for a grand total of one album and about three shows.

bruce --bruce is... staid. you know what you're getting with bruce. but where is the fun with bruce? bruce is not going to do anything unexpected. bruce's hair is nice, bruce's guitar is in tune, and bruce is going to let paul skid/slide under him and play guitar on his back so he can have all the attention during a solo, because bruce is just that guy.

also bruce's serious fetish for stockings is not something i ever needed to know about him and i resent him for publicizing it. thank you, @bangbangyou

eric singer --eric is wasted in kiss like f. scott fitzgerald was wasted in hollywood. it's like watching scott joplin play chopsticks.

tommy --see bruce's section. tommy is just not fun. there are no surprises with tommy. he'll shoot the rockets. he'll do the backbends. but a deer is never going to fall in tommy's pool and drown, causing him to nearly be late for a show. it's consistent. it's also mildly depressing.

[mxliv-oftheendless]

Expo Swag!!

So @cosmicrealmofkissteria and I were at the expo part of CreaturesFest for literally an hour and a half, but I got SO MUCH STUFF!! And for good prices too! So without further ado, behold my haul!

A pin of Paul and a shirt (a nice man at the Starbucks held it up for me so I could take the picture)

Albums galore!! The tapes are Revenge and Alive III, the CDs are the Eagles, Jethro Tull, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the vinyl is KISS’s Rockin’ at the Ritz.

These two awesome posters! The Creatures of the Night album cover with Vinnie on it and a promo poster from the 70s!

And finally, my favorite out of all the stuff I got:

Yes, that is indeed the Playboy issue with Gene on the cover lmao I bought it on a whim and I regret nothing.

The expo is going on for the rest of the day and tomorrow, so you can definitely expect me to come back with more!!

(Also a lot of this stuff came from the vendor for KISS Army Warehouse, so check out their online store!)

[ladyshandioftheendless]

FOUND KISS KONDOMS!!

[livingdeaddrummer]

Creatures Fest in Nashville was a blast. I had a great time and got to meet @vinnievincentofficial, saw @acefrehleyofficial & @bruce.kulick perform with him. Met the ORIGINAL Wednesday Addams, Lisa Loring! Oh yeah, and rocked out with @prettyboyfloydband of course. Plus got to hang with so many great KISS fans who traveled from all over the world to be there! Swipe for photos & Video ➡️➡️➡️ @creaturesfest #PrettyBoyFloyd #AddamsFamily #WednesdayAddams #VinnieVincent #Kiss #KissArmy #CreaturesFest #AceFrehley #PeterCriss #Nashville #LivingDeadDrummer (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeL-6r4r_ng/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ladyshandioftheendless]

SO KUARANTINE IS PRETTY DAMN SWEET AND COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO 80'S KISS

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ACE MADE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE POOL PARTY!! 💙💙

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BRUCE 🧡 VINNIE 💖 ACE 💙

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I HAD TO SHARE THIS~

MY CREATURESFEST POSTER CAME TODAY!! I'M SO HAPPY THEY HAD THEM ALL SIGN IT!!

💚💙💖🤍

[ladyshandioftheendless]

PJ FARLEY SPOTTED!!!

[mxliv-oftheendless]

No one:

Not a single soul:

Chip Z’Nuff: THIS IS A REAL GOOD SONG TO FUCK TO!!

[ladyshandioftheendless]

AUTOGRAPHED BY BROOCE!! ❤️❤️

[ladyshandioftheendless]

A FANTASTIC FIND!!

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AUTOGRAPH ACQUIRED!! 💚💚

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MY PICS WITH PETER AND BRUCE!!

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EricCarr.com bringing the goods to CreaturesFest!! 🧡🧡