The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.





Turns out they removed anything remotely negative about Tuesday's concert on their "Kiss Alive 35" U.S. tour. Then, to add insult to injury, they posted my review with others under the hilariously labeled link "Even the Critics Love Today's Kiss." For the record, I did not love that show.





New Times, but they did it without asking (and we signed nothing agreeing that the review would be used on their site) and they lamely didn't link back to our music blog, where someone might have discovered my true feelings on the show.

So, again, I generally liked the concert. But it was my third time seeing Kiss since their reformation in makeup in 1996, so I discovered few surprises and I was underwhelmed by the two new songs inserted into the tried-and-true setlist of mostly '70s-era classics. I probably wouldn't have paid money to see Kiss this time around, but given the opportunity to review them for work, I jumped at the chance. How did this happen? I'm not sure, exactly. They credited me, photographer Luke Holwerda, and, but they did it without asking (and we signed nothing agreeing that the review would be used on their site) and they lamely didn't link back to our music blog, where someone might have discovered my true feelings on the show.

Much of the review was positive: The band (especially with Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer replacing Peter Criss and Ace Frehley on drums and lead guitar, respectively) was tight and energetic, Gene Simmons' voice was as strong as its ever sounded, the stage show was no less an unabashed spectacle than it was in the band's late-'70s heyday, and the setlist gave the people what they wanted: "Strutter," "Detroit Rock City," "Shout It Out Loud," "Deuce," "Cold Gin," "Rock and Roll All Nite," and on and on.



