"The thing that I loved about The Beatles is they all looked like they came from the same Beatle mother," he said.
"It was like the perfect band in terms of look - merchandisable, eternal. Except they never trademarked their haircuts or anything much about their faces. KISS was the first band of any kind to ever trademark their faces. It's in the Library of Congress."
Which explains, he says, why KISS has so many merchandise items.
"We have 'Kiss Kondoms' and 'Kiss Kaskets'. We'll get you coming, we'll get you going."
God those things are hideous. The original Love Gun bears Spencers gifts had in 1998 however were fantastic. Even the mediocre Dynasty bears were better than things things.
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