Wolftooth Post KISS Cover “100,000 Years”
Whatever you might ultimately think of KISS — whether you remember the first time you heard “Detroit Rock City” and it changed your life forever or you’ve been put off by the unbridled moneygrabs of their decades spent merchandising instead of creating and/or turned off by periodic clueless statements about how rock is dead rooted in their own declining ticket sales; or, you know, maybe a bit of both — there’s no denying they’re an institution in heavy rock and roll and hot damn, could they write a hook. Many hooks, in fact. Enough that they’re still celebrating them half a century after the fact and one can’t really argue.
Maybe the 50th anniversary of KISS is something you’re celebrating in your household and maybe not — for what it’s worth, I think their impact has been both positive and negative, like most things — it certainly seems fair enough that Indiana’s Wolftooth are marking the occasion. The song of course comes from KISS‘ self-titled debut, released on Feb. 18, 1974, and while staying true to the original structure and don’t-need-nothing-fancy-when-you-have-songs sensibility of the band who first made it, Wolftooth‘s treatment recalls the heavy they brought to 2021’s unafraid-to-go-big Blood & Iron (review here), which was released through Napalm Records, and if the cover tune is a stopgap on the way to the four-piece’s next LP, you’re not about to hear me argue the point. Dudes are rockin’ it.
Their announcement was quick, to the point, and unlike this post, right in time for Bandcamp Friday. Here it is:
Today we celebrate 50 yrs of one of the most iconic bands in rock history. This song was so much fun to do and we are truly honored to have had the chance to pay tribute the only way we know how! ⚔️(#128058#)⚔️
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