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![]() ![]() Drummer Eric Carr was deathly ill from heart cancer when they recorded it, and was only able to contribute backing vocals. He plays drums in the video (which you can watch here), but passed away at age 41 just a few months later. It’s one of the few post-makeup songs that Kiss play in their live show today, and one of the only Kiss songs featuring both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on lead vocals. This comes up in interviews every time Reeves is promoting a new movie, and a third Bill and Ted film always seems to be just a year or so away from going into production, but we’ve been hearing that for a good decade now. It seems like no studio is willing to bankroll this idea, and not without good reason. Sequels from long-dormant franchises have a very dicey history. Look no further than Dumb and Dumber To and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles if you don’t believe us.īut we think that Bill and Ted 3 will be different. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey is one of the only comedy sequels in history that live up to the originals. These are iconic characters that paved the way for Wayne and Garth and Beavis and Butt-head. They deserve a conclusion to their trilogy. Hollywood, don’t give us another John Wick movie. While you’re at it, make sure Death (aka the Grim Reaper) has a large role. And when the time comes, maybe have Kiss cover another Argent song, perhaps “Hold Your Head Up” this time.What was special about this song and release is that is the last Kiss single to feature Eric Carr. Eric wasn’t healthy enough to do the drums at the time, but he is featured in the background vocals. And luckily he was healthy enough to be in the video. Eric was extremely ill as he had been diagnosed with heart cancer. He had become so ill, he was no longer able to play, so the drum work on the song was handled by Eric Singer, who also did the drum work on the band’s next album, ‘Revenge’. Eric Carr made his last public appearance with the band shortly after the video at the MTV Musis Awards in September 1991. Shortly thereafter, Carr suffered an aneurysm then a brain hemorrhage and never regained consciousness. He later died on Novemwhich was sadly, the same day Freddie Mercury of Queen had died and that overshadowed his death. The picture disc of this release is really awesome. I do love the picture of Bill & Ted with Death on the A-Side. That alone is worth getting this release. What is also cool is the insert has “A Non-Bogus Guide To A Whole New Language”. It is just as stupid as the movie and yet most excellent dudes!! Basically it tells you what each of the stupid Bill & Ted quotes in the movie mean. #Kiss god gave rock and roll to you wiki movie #Kiss god gave rock and roll to you wiki movie. ![]()
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