Paul Stanley's Folgers commercial is still better than anything by KISS
The story had receded into legend. In 2000, around the same time that KISS began its recovery from washed-up symbol of greed, cynicism, and tastelessness to reinvigorated symbol of greed, cynicism, and tastelessness, Paul Stanley made this outrageously awful commercial for the worst coffee on the market.
It was never broadcast, but somehow, Stanley's Folgers moment has finally been leaked online, probably by the North Koreans.
It's tempting to remember the Bill Hicks quote about entertainers who do commercials—"Off the artistic roll-call forever"—except that KISS was never on the artistic roll-call to begin with. (Except for The Elder.)
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Steve Newton
Dec 22, 2014 at 2:17pm
The first KISS album was great, though. "Strutter", "Deuce", "Black Diamond". Downhill after that.
Adrian Mack
Dec 22, 2014 at 2:23pm
And The Elder.
James Blatchford
Dec 22, 2014 at 3:21pm
Folgers and Kiss were made for one another...big-ass popular American brands that were hideously over-rated.
Carl Spackler
Dec 26, 2014 at 10:42pm
Hotter than Hell is pretty killer.
Martin Dunphy
Dec 27, 2014 at 12:10am
Hasn't anyone ever accused the makers of <em>The Matrix</em> with stealing their basic idea from <em>Music From the Elder</em>?