kiss army argentina interview - scott griffin - march 2014

8/12/2019 Kiss Army Argentina Interview - Scott Griffin - March 2014

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Kiss Army Argentina interview with Scott Griffin of L.A. Guns:

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Kiss Army Argentina: %i Scott &hanks for your time for this interview with K'SS Army Argentina(e want to talk about LA Guns an! as you may imagine K'SS as we know you are a fan of theban!#

Scott Griffin: Thank you. Yes, I'm a huge KISS fan! And I'm honored to be interieed by KISS Army Argentina!

Kiss Army Argentina: )efore we !ive into K'SS let*s talk about LA Guns. +ou have alrea!y been inthe ban! for some time an! became the ,ermanent bass ,layer an! last year the ban! issue!“%ollywoo! -orever$ a great album that brings back the ol! soun! of the ban! an! that has beenreceive! with enthusiasm both by fans an! by critics an! that gave you the chance to tour !uring/0 an! /01 in festivals with other ban!s an! artists such as 2att 3okken an! Lita -or! amongothers. 4lease tell us more about these e5,eriences.



Scott Griffin: I think it is a big thing hat re"easing #$o""yood %oreer# has done for us& it roes e're not (ust a band "iing on ast g"ories. )e sti"" hae a "ot to say. *hi" is sti"" riting aesome songs, anda"though I'm not an origina" member, I fee" I'm ab"e to add to the +.A. Guns "egacy in my on ay byriting songs that meet the standards set by reious a"bums.

Kiss Army Argentina: (e have also notice! that LA Guns change! guitarist again as Stacey)la!es is no longer with the ban! after having been there for some years a fact that ha! giventhem certain stability. )earing this in min! what can you tell us about the future ,lans of LAGuns6

Scott Griffin: )e"", +.A. Guns has suried numerous member changes. In fact, eerybody has been out ofthe band at one oint or another. )e ere rea""y sorry to see Stacey go, but e understood he had to dohat he had to do. ut you gotta remember, Tracii Guns, the guy ho started the band, "eft, and +.A.Guns carried on. It obious"y has a "ife of its on. It's a "ifesty"e for a "ot of eo"e. It embodies a oint intime that is ery secia" to a "ot of eo"e, and it's a"so a time and "ace that a "ot of eo"e, een kids thateren't born yet, ish they ere a art of. And +.A. Guns he"s fi"" that need I think.

Kiss Army Argentina: Let*s talk about K'SS now. %ow an! when !i! you become a fan6 (hat isyour favorite album an! your favorite member7former member6

Scott Griffin: )e"", een though I as a kid hen they first came around and a"" my friends ere hugefans, they ere (ust too much for me. They actua""y scared me at the time, haha. I as into stuff "ike -"is,uddy $o""y and huck erry. A "ot of /0's music because my faorite T1 sho as $ay 2ays. I didn'tget into KISS unti" they took their make3u off. ut hat's funny is, that's hen I got into their origina"make3u era stuff! And at the time, it as rea""y out of date and not coo" to "ike the make3u era stuff.-erybody as into +ick It 4 and I as (ust getting into A"ie I and A"ie II. The first time I "iked them asthe #I +oe It +oud# ideo. I thought it as an aesome song. And the ideo, hich as based on teenagerebe""ion, aea"ed to me at the time. ut it asn't unti" I sa hen they took off their make3u for the firsttime on 5T1, that I rea""y got curious about them. So I borroed a friends6 A"ie I and A"ie II a"bums, andthen got into eerything e"se since then. I fina""y caught u to them by the #ra7y 8ights# a"bum.

Kiss Army Argentina: (as being a K'SS fan a circumstance that in some way ins,ire! you to ,ickan instrument an! become a musician6

Scott Griffin: It's funny, I "ayed guitar for years before I became a bass "ayer. ut one of the firstinstruments that I rea""y noticed and "iked as Gene Simmons' a9e bass from the #I +oe It +oud# ideo.That as robab"y a sign. ut unfortunate"y it ou"d take me years to rea"i7e that the bass as myinstrument.

Kiss Army Argentina: (e guess that like most of the K'SS fans your favorite era is the one of theoriginal lineu, back in the early seventies. )eyon! that glorious time which other K'SS eras !oyou en8oy the most6

Scott Griffin: I "ike retty much a"" the eras u unti" around arnia" f Sou"s. not that I don't "ike it, I (ust

didn't fo""o it as much. I actua""y searate the origina" KISS make3u era into three different eras. There3fame era hich is the first ; studio a"bums <KISS, $otter Than $e"", 2ressed To Ki""=, the famous era<2estroyer, >ock 8 >o"" er, +oe Gun=, and then the dec"ining years <2ynasty, 4nmasked, The -"der,reatures f The 8ight=. And I "ike a"" those #eras#, but my faorite ou"d robab"y be the famous era<2estroyer, >ock 8 >o"" er, +oe Gun=. They (ust had it a"" right then. They cou"d do no rong!

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Kiss Army Argentina: %ow many K'SS shows !i! you atten!6 (hich was the first one an! thelatest one6 %ave you ever met any of the guys6 )ecause if you !i! well for any fan that is a!ream come true for sure#

Scott Griffin: I'e on"y seen KISS three times. ra7y 8ights, $ot In The Shade, and the >eunion tour. Ia"so sa them do a fe songs "ie for the @immy Kimme" Sho. I'm so g"ad I got to see them on the>eunion tour. It as one of the greatest concerts I eer ent to! As for the ne9t art of your uestion, I'emet Gene and *au" so far. I met Gene at the Key "ub, and it as retty heay. I had a drinking rob"emat the time, and he basica""y ca""ed me out on it. I don't rea""y drink anymore. 5aybe an occasiona" g"ass ofine. ut Gene ta"king to me "ike a dad that time about it as the beginning of me stoing my a"coho"abuse. And I met *au" at an airort in +.A. recent"y before their "ast tour. )e ta"ked about the ne stagethat he hadn't seen yet and as going to check out. It as aesome, he as te""ing me a"" about it beforeanybody kne anything!

Kiss Army Argentina: (hich are your favorite K'SS albums an! your least favorite ones6

Scott Griffin: 5y faorites are robab"y the first a"bum, +oe Gun, reatures f The 8ight and Anima"i7e.

+oe Gun is robab"y my faorite if I cou"d on"y ick one. ut Anima"i7e is such an under3rated a"bum. Ithink it's more under3rated than any other a"bum. +ike, The -"der has its fans because it as hated somuch, so it's kind of "ike an underdog a"bum. ut no one eer rea""y ta"ks about Anima"i7e, and it's rea""yaesome! And it's heay too! *eo"e forget about that.

Kiss Army Argentina: 's your enthusiasm for K'SS restricte! only to their music or you also likethe merchan!ising too6 9action figures ,ictures etc.

Scott Griffin: Yeah, I got some KISS araherna"ia, haha. I "ike to co""ect things, so it's on"y natura" that Ico""ect some KISS stuff too.

Kiss Army Argentina: After a ;/<year long career what woul! be in your o,inion K'SS* greatestachievement6 )y the way it is known that in general the me!ia has never showe! trueenthusiasm towar!s them but ban!s an! artists such as Ski! 2ow =>tley ?r@e Sebastian )ach=etallica have acknowle!ge! the ban! as a main influence for them

Scott Griffin: I think you (ust ansered your on uestion. It's the imact that they hae had on ractica""ya"" hard rockBheay meta" bands since! )hen you see that and hear a"" these bands saying ho much ofan inf"uence they had. Then you hear some critic say they aren't re"eant or hateer. It makes you rea"i7ethat most critics hae their head u their asses. $o can you say a band that has inf"uenced so manybands that hae made it are not re"eantCCC They i"" a"ays be re"eant through the bands that theyhae inf"uenced. @ust "ike "ack Sabbath, +ed Dee"in, the eat"es and the >o""ing Stones.

Kiss Army Argentina: (hat is your o,inion about the current version of K'SS an! their latestworks “Sonic )oom$ an! “=onster$6

Scott Griffin: )e"", I think it's great that they're sti"" recording ne music hether I think it's their best or

not. They're keeing KISS a"ie and breathing and ne and fresh. I'd rather hear them making an a"bumthat I don't "ike than making no a"bum at a"". $aing said that, I'm not saying I don't "ike it. I hae to behonest and te"" you I haen't rea""y ket u to date on their stuff since *sycho ircus. 5y "ife has (ust beena b"ur since around that time and I (ust haen't had the time. It's easier hen you're a teenager and you'resti"" "iing at home, haha. I do "an on buying a"" the a"bums from *sycho ircus and on one of these daysand giing them a chance. @ust haen't found the time yet.

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Kiss Army Argentina: 'f you ha! the chance to make an album covering K'SS songs which oneswoul! you choose an! why6

Scott Griffin: $mmmm, e"" off the to of my head, ten songs I ou"d ant to do: harisma, See You

Tonight, A"" American 5an, Goin6 "ind, a""ing 2r. +oe, hristine EF, I +oe It +oud, Good Gir" Gone ad,'mon +oe 5e, Ta"k To 5e. 8o articu"ar reason, other than I "ike a"" of those songs a "ot and I think Icou"d sing them, or at "east sing my on ersions of them. I don't hae a ery high oice, so I might haeto change the me"odies. 8o you got me anting to record a KISS coer a"bum, ha!

Kiss Army Argentina: -inally ,lease make any comments that you wish regar!ing your career an!your ,lans. Bnce again we want to thank you for your time an! we ho,e that you continuerocking with LA Guns an! en8oying K'SS#

Scott Griffin: )e"", +.A. Guns are sti"" touring non3sto. )e (ust got back from "aying 5e9ico ity andogota, o"umbia. )e're hoing to go back to South America, ossib"y een Argentina, this year or ne9t.)e'"" definite"y be "aying a"" oer the 4nited States and ossib"y the 4K and -uroe. I don't rea""y knoany definite dates other than the 5onsters f >ock ruise in 5arch and the 5; %estia" "ater in the year.

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