S5. Episode 4. Under The Rose

About this episode

The panel discusses the artistic ambitions and mythology surrounding KISS's album 'Music From The Elder'.

In this installment of  Regarding… Music From The Elder , the panel gathers once more in the echoing halls of prophecy to determine what, exactly, just happened. And table read. Chaz Charles, Greg “Wolfie” Wolf, Scott D. Monroe, Corey Morrissette, and guests Laura Morrissette and Michael and Debbie Pastore conclude their latest descent into KISS mythology by addressing the expanding cinematic ambitions of  The Elder  — including Scott’s taking up a quest to locate filmmaker  Seb Hunter , who once attempted to turn the album into an actual motion picture. Was it crushed by fate? Was it too ambitious? Did Bob Ezrin sneeze and blow several grand worth of Bolivian marching powder on the master and call it good? No one knows. But we intend to find out. The conversation drifts — as all noble quests do — into references to other towering rock epics, complete with knowing nods and the faint suspicion that everyone involved may have been borrowing from everyone else since 1969. There are priests, temples, and “great computers” briefly invoked, because of course there are. From there, the tone shifts into something both reflective and mildly self-aware. The panel…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chaz Charles, Greg Wolf, Scott D. Monroe, Corey Morrissette

Guests: Laura Morrissette, Michael Pastore, Debbie Pastore

Topics covered

• KISS mythology
• artistic misfires
• cinematic ambitions
• rock epics
• screenplay project

Keywords

• KISS
• Music From The Elder
• Seb Hunter
• artistic ambitions
• rock music
• screenplay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KISS, Bob Ezrin

Books & works: Music From The Elder

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