Strutter, a Tribute to KISS, at the International

Most of us have a bucket list, and may have done a thing or two on there already.  For me to talk about what is on mine is beyond the scope of this post.  However, I will say there are many significant events in history I will never experience;  I would know about them only through other sources.  One of them is the eternal natural high someone felt after seeing KISS in concert.  

Strutter , a KISS tribute band from Akron, Ohio, allowed me to live in a moment as closely as possible to that.  

From the "tongue action" Billy (as "Gene Simmons") gave, 

to "Ace" giving a killer guitar solo, 

to Bobby Taylor doing the same drums, 

it was everything a rock concert should be, lest we lose sight of it.  To have the awesomeness of the music is a given, playing the hits, including but not limited to "Detroit Rock City," "Doctor Love," "Shout it Out Loud," and even "Beth".  What also made it great was the smooth transitions from one song to another, the band having their show as an interactive, and having them throw out guitar picks.  The question is:  Who didn't get one?  I sure did.

I, and everyone else, was hoping the band would play "Rock and Roll All Night". They got through the whole set without doing it and attempted to exit the stage.  After a nearly effortless request from the audience for an encore, they played that immortal, timeless song.  If that was intentional, to tease the crowd, they did well at that. 

Most of all, they did well in allowing me to capture a moment, to live in it.