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fandomhigh2016-03-29 01:51 pm
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Subcultures 101, Tuesday, Period
"Welcome back," Didi said easily, once the students were gathered. She was dressed in her usual black tank top and matching jeans, but the makeup under her eye was more exaggerated than the norm. "I'm glad Atton could cover last week. I had a family thing to take care of."
"I know he talked about heavy metal, and I want to kind of stay with that. Even though the band we're going to talk about isn't one most people would call metal. And that band is KISS. The band is best known for its members' comic book-style costumes and makeup -- which were influenced by their personal histories -- as well as stage shows that featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. Their most fervent fans are known as the KISS army."
She went on for a bit, reviewing the band's discography and musical style. "But basically," she finished, "this was a rock band that made its fans -- some of whom were kids -- feel like a literal army. And to drive home the point that this was for young people, the band did things like appearing on a cartoon Halloween special. That's what we're going to watch today."
And with that, she hit play on a cartoon in which KISS worked with a gang of meddling kids to solve a mystery, rocking out along the way. It was terrible on every objective level but also somehow great.
"I know he talked about heavy metal, and I want to kind of stay with that. Even though the band we're going to talk about isn't one most people would call metal. And that band is KISS. The band is best known for its members' comic book-style costumes and makeup -- which were influenced by their personal histories -- as well as stage shows that featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. Their most fervent fans are known as the KISS army."
She went on for a bit, reviewing the band's discography and musical style. "But basically," she finished, "this was a rock band that made its fans -- some of whom were kids -- feel like a literal army. And to drive home the point that this was for young people, the band did things like appearing on a cartoon Halloween special. That's what we're going to watch today."
And with that, she hit play on a cartoon in which KISS worked with a gang of meddling kids to solve a mystery, rocking out along the way. It was terrible on every objective level but also somehow great.
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