もう止まらなくなって来たWildman's KISS Storyはいつ終わるかも分りませんので、お付き合いして頂ける方はだんだんと限られてきそうですが、今回も勝手に書かさせて頂きます。(というかKISSの歴史を自分でおさらいしているだけかもしれません) 77年3月18日に日本にKISSロゴ入りジャンボ機で到着したKISS御一行でしたが、はやくも羽田空港でトラブル発生でした。機内で入念なメイクを施し、フルコスチュームで取材陣の前に華々しく登場する予定でしたが、そこは頭のお堅い日本の税関のお役人さま達、そんなメイク姿で入国させてもらえるはずも無く、別室にてメイクを落とし素顔とパスポート写真を確認させられてから、もう一度メイクしての入国となりました。大袈裟が好きなKISSですが、実は本当に抜け目の無いビジネスマン達なのでこの来日にはプロモーション活動の意味もあったのです。77年のこの時点でKISSの人気は本国アメリカではピークに達しつつあり、レコードは売れまくり全ての音楽雑誌の表紙を飾り、各地でライブの動員記録を更新していて、やることなす事全てが上手く行っている状態でした。それでもビジネス戦略はまだ続き、この来日中にアメリカ本国で忘れられてしまわないよう、選出したジャーナリスト数十人を同行させてKISS日本滞在記を(強制的に?)書かせるプランでした。メンバーと同じ飛行機のファーストクラスに乗せ、同じホテルに宿泊し、全ての費用はKISS持ちという無茶苦茶に金の掛かる事を平然とやっていたのです。
そんな事は当時ぜんぜん知らない中学1年生のWildmanでしたが、あの怪獣のようなKISSというグループが日本にやって来るという噂は聞いていました。何しろこの頃、中高生の間ではKISS人気は猛烈な勢いで高まっていて、男子はKISSやAero Smith,Queen、女子は懐かしのBay City Rollersが人気沸騰という感じでした。なかでもKISSはその風貌からメディアも飛び付き、あらゆる雑誌が特集を組んだり、来日記念号?なる別冊の本が多数出版される状況でした(全部持っております・・・)
この日本ツアーは77年のKISSワールドツアーの皮切りとなりまして"Sneak Attack Tour"と名付けられて新コスチューム&セットで世界初の露出となりました。
多くの人の?人生を変えてしまう伝説のTV番組「ヤング・ミュージック・ショー」は77年5月7日15時50分より国営放送?の電波を使いお茶の間に流されたのでした。そしてWildman家でも受信してしまい一少年の人生が変わってしまったのです。 以後続きますが書く事がありすぎて困って来ました・・・
Together with KISS for thirty years. Part II "KISS has arrived!" The Wildmans story will never know where to end as this topic of "KISS" start readers may not bear with his story and decrease but Wildman still wants to write way he wants. (may be just going back the history of KISS) On March 18th 1977, KISS has landed on Japan with Jumbo jet with their Logo on side, and so soon they had trouble in Haneda Airport.They were putting make up on and was to appear in front of Reporters in full costume. But that was the hard headed JAPANESE CUSTOM who gave no way to KISS to enter Japan in full make up and made them take off all make up and check the Face with passport picture. KISS then re did the make up and entered Japan.
The KISS love to make exaggeration but truly they are smart business man So this promotion tour to Japan had real meaning. In 1977 KISS was getting peak to its popularity, Their Record was making high Sales record and being on every music magazine covers and every local live had New Record high number were joined to see their live so everything was going Right for them. But still the business tactics continued with this Japan Tour, To avoid people to forget about KISS during this tour, About 50 of The chosen Journalist went on to the tour to write about the KISS Japan tour.
They went on the first class of the same flight, stayed in same hotel and All cost was on KISS. The KISS was doing something crazy high cost things like that. Wildman didn’t know all about that as he was in Junior high school fresh man But have heard that crazy monster band KISS was coming to Japan. Anyway back then the The KISS was getting so popular in such high speed among the Junior high school students. Boys liked KISS, Aero Smith, Queen and Girls liked Bay City Rollers and they were getting popular too. Among them the KISS was getting all attention from Media and All kind of magazines tried to have interview or special report page And additional Japan Tour Book was released separately. (Wildman has it all) In Japan. The album jacket in picture has "Rock and Roll Over" (the Japanese title has Rockfire from hell. The newest song from the latest album was seen in alive, Wildman thinks this album has best jacket design. It looks great can not be wrong."Finally the KISS has come to Japan, want to see them" The young Wildman didn’t know how to buy the ticket for Rock Concert And even didn’t have way to pay for more than 3,000yen. So unbeieveable But Wildman didn’t go to the very first Japan tour of KISS. But there was something more to ease these boys and girls who couldn’t go. The goddest NHK broadcast has planned to on air the live of KISS. Many people had their life changed by the legend TV program called "The Young Music Show" was broad cast across Japan to every Home in 1977 May 7th 15:50 on National broadcast. And Broadcast reached the home of Wildman which changed the life of Young Wildman. The story will continue but Wildman is worried about that there are much too much things to write.