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By Martin Boulton / Sydney Morning Herald

On the phone from Los Angeles earlier this year, Paul Stanley's New York accent was a clear reminder of where the veteran entertainer and rock 'n' roll preacher began his life.

It was just a few days out from the start of what's been billed as the End of the Road tour for Kiss, whose breakthrough 1975 album Alive! opened with the roar of a crowd and a stage announcer declaring: "You wanted the best and you got it, the hottest band in the land, Kiss". Not Paul Stanley, not co-founding band member Gene Simmons or the huge Kiss juggernaut ever looked back.

"It's amazing how life intertwines and how we impact and influence each other," says Stanley, who had just collected his kids from school. "It's pretty astounding to know that a band ... that music can have that kind of power. It's not lost on me."

He was referring to both the rise of the Kiss Army, a growing legion of fans around the world on the back of Alive! and subsequent albums, particularly 1979's Dynasty; and the lasting influence of the band, and no more so than upon the rock 'n' roll disciples far and wide who discovered the power of Kiss and then went on to form their own bands.

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