# The Daily Feud: Rock, Roll, and the Road by SSG Schwartz \[Game Over\]

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**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-rock-roll-and-the-road-by-ssg-schwartz-game-over/487251 "2009-02-24T19:17:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-rock-roll-and-the-road-by-ssg-schwartz-game-over/487251/101 "2009-02-27T14:49:42Z")

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As far as KISS goes… I was a card carrying member of the KISS army back in the 70’s and they helped me aspire to being a rock star musician, as did The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Hendrix, Eddy Van Halen, etc… In fact, there is a whole generation of musicians who admit “Frehley” to be influenced by KISS to some degree.  
Today, I realize how limited their musical proficiency was (is?), but there is no doubt that they had a massive influence on Rock music and especially it’s live presentation, from the make-up, lights, pyrotechnics, hydraulic risers, and timeless rock anthems. Anyone who has been to a live KISS show especially during the make-up days knows that it’s always been about the performance and the music is secondary.

While I haven’t listened to them in years, sometimes, I catch myself emulating Ace or “stealing” some of his phrasing while playing/soloing …and I’m not alone, apparently, there’s a whole army of us.😃

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