KISS Frontman PAUL STANLEY On Life After End Of The Road Farewell Tour - "Starchild Is Forever, But Me Up There, That's Done"

Guesting on Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern, KISS frontman Paul Stanley discussed adjusting to life following the band's End Of The Road farewell tour. The band's  final show took place on December 2nd, 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Paul Stanley: "There's no way to give that up and not feel a sense of, if not lost, kind of disoriented. It was time, and intellectually it made sense, but that doesn't mean that emotionally, it doesn't play a part in it. So yeah, being home, as I am right now, is normal. What's not normal is I'm not going back out. To not be up there... I see video from 10 months ago, 11 months ago, and it almost seems like a lifetime ago, because I've kind of come to grips with not doing that again. Starchild is forever, but me up there, that's done."

"I think that we've all earned the right, and always have the right, to decide what we do and for how long. An audience has a right to stop coming. But the rest is up to the individual."

In the wake of the final show of their career, KISS shared a video clip along with the following message:

"The end is only the beginning. KISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever. Get exclusive access to the full story, including behind-the-scenes material and the making of the avatars, and be part of the New Era only on kissonline.com." 

Paul Stanley: "What we've accomplished has been amazing, but it's not enough. The band deserves to live on because the band is bigger than we are. It's exciting for us to go the next step and see KISS immortalized."

Gene Simmons: "We can be forever young and forever iconic by taking us to places we've never dreamed of before. The technology is going to make Paul jump higher than he's ever done before."