Metal Anarchy

Last night (December 2), KISS played their final live show at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. However, it looks like the brand will continue with a new show featuring avatars based on the group. The virtual version of the band made its debut during last night’s encore.

The KISS avatars were created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and were financed and produced by Pophouse Entertainment. Some may recognize their work from the “ABBA Voyage” show in London. Per Sundin, CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, told the Associated Press that they plan to keep KISS going for “eternity”:

“KISS could have a concert in three cities in the same night across three different continents. That’s what you could do with this.”

Paul Stanley continued:

“People say, ‘Well, what are you gonna do when you stop?’ Well, the band will never stop. Because we don’t own the band. The fans own the band. The world owns the band.

I mean, we’ve spent 50 years building it to this point. And by working with ILM and working with Pophouse, we’re all sharing this vision of taking KISS to a completely different level beyond being just a music band. And we’ve always thought of ourselves as more than just a music band.

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 added:

“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.”