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Quoted from kiter67:AC/DC is an awful idea. might as well give poison their own. they were always 2nd fiddle to van halen with roth. they just weren't innovative enough.
AC/DC has sold 200 million albums.
Van Halen sold 80 million.
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So no doubt, VH will always be second fiddle to AC/DC.
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Roth always wanted to be a clone of BOA's Jim Dandy. The high kicks, half spoken lyrics, the clothes. Big Jim Dandy had better hair though...
Quoted from badbilly27:I would never buy Metallica nor put a quarter in the machine on location. F them... they are major A holes.
If you REALLY want to hate Metallica, try and sit through their documentary "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster".
Don't watch it if you like the band, as you will absolutely hate them afterwards.
What a bunch of crying little girls they are...
Kiss has a instantly recognized branding that lends itself to pinball. They are a living comic book. They merchandise themselves on everything from Lava Lamps to Coffins.
What would a Bad Company, Foghat, Oasis, Foreigner or Coldplay, pinball machine look like? Great bands, but what do the members look like? What are their names? You would probably have to look it up.
Kiss, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden (think Eddie), Elvis, The Misfits...all bands that would work great in a pinball theme appealing to 50 year old males.
I remember being so excited hearing that The Who had a Tommy pinball game finally coming out.
Imagine my disappointment when I went down to the distributor only to find a big yellow packman with none of the great imagery from the band or the movie. I'll give the design credit that it was the first kinda gay themed broadway game I'd seen. It was ahead of its time, really. Had it come out today with a Moulin Rouge or Wicked theme, it could have saved pinball.
Quoted from gambit3113:I would venture to say that easily 95% of college students today couldn't name you a single KIsS song
College kids are not playing or buying $7000 pinball machines.
Anytime I'm in Ann Arbor I hit up Pinball Pete's on campus. Kids are shooting pool or playing air hockey.
Never a single kid on Tron LE, Iron Man, Elvis, RS, TOM, AFM, G&R, or NASCAR, ever.
Quoted from gambit3113:KISS is identifiable for being the band that wore cool makeup and had huge pyrotechnics on stage, and spawned a reality show and a midget band that are now more popular than the original band.
Kiss fans still sell out Kiss cruses ($3000 per person 4 day cruse with Kiss), over 500 Kiss coffins @ $5000 (now they have a new 2and run @ $4000 each), $300 wall murals.... SOMEBODY is buying this crap.
Quoted from gambit3113:I also doubt that Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper or the Misfits could sell enough machines today to make it a viable option.
I just said they had the "look" to be a pinball machine theme, they certainly will never have Kiss' fan base.
Quoted from mnpinball:Maiden is liked by all ages [
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Indeed! At least a few of the kids are keeping the memory of classic rock alive.
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Some kids are keeping the Misfits alive too (Should we let Stern know?):
The BitchFits and the MisFats:
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