With the grandfathers of shock rock in town, one starts to realize just how far supply chain management has crossed into the world of music.
The official Kiss merchandise count today is 441 items (all available at the Kiss Alive 35 online store ). Not bad for a bunch of rockers out of New York City. Today’s daily paper quotes Gene Simmons saying that he’s prouder of the development of the Kiss doll coffin than he is of his songwriting. Though I think he should re-evaluate his back catalog, cutting off their supply chain would probably hurt him more than turning off the power supply that enables the band to rock.
