{"id":1949,"date":"2010-03-29T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatsouthernbrainfart.wordpress.com\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:54:45","slug":"album-review-klown-alive-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=1949","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Klown "Alive II""},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong>KLOWN – Alive II<\/strong>
\nRelease Date: 2009
\nHighlights: Deuce, Mr. Speed, Let Me Go Rock & Roll, Got To Choose<\/p>\n

We wanted the best but the best couldn’t make it so we got Klown.\u00a0 Klown is a KISS tribute band out of Charlotte, NC that has taken the tribute thing to a whole other creepy level.\u00a0 KISS Tribute bands are about a dime a dozen.\u00a0 They are all over the place and competing to do the best “KISS” they can do.\u00a0 Klown on the other hand dresses like “clowns” and even have their own personalities to match.\u00a0 Pyro on bass (Gene Simmons), Astro on guitar (Ace Frehley), Crissco on drums (Peter Criss) and Maestro on guitar\/vocals (Paul Stanley) have gone out and released their latest album “Alive 2”.\u00a0 Why the hell would a tribute band put out an album?\u00a0 Well, for starters, this one is a fucking hoot to listen to.<\/p>\n

Much like the original KISS’ “Alive I & II” albums, from front to back the album is full of “canned” audience noise.\u00a0 Klown has it down!\u00a0 From the cheesy stage banter to the groovless drumming, KLOWN is as close to the real deal as any tribute band I’ve ever heard.\u00a0 The other great thing about KLOWN is that they obviously don’t take themselves seriously.\u00a0 This makes the experience all the more entertaining.\u00a0 The album is actually quite good and very raw sounding.\u00a0 “Deuce” is full of energy and a blast to hear but it’s the performance of the obscure “Mr. Speed” that really turned my head.\u00a0 These guys are obviously fans that are just trying to put their own spin on paying tribute the our heroes!\u00a0 “Let Me Go Rock & Roll” is a real face melter on this one but it’s on “Got To Choose” where they really kick it for me.\u00a0 This track features Dangerous Toys\/Broken Teeth frontman Jason McMaster on vocals and just sounds like a fucking blast.\u00a0 Makes me wish I actually could’ve been there to see this go down.<\/p>\n

Now I couldn’t review this album without talking about the packaging.\u00a0 It’s absolutely out of this world.\u00a0 KLOWN Alive II has been packaged much like the KISS version.\u00a0 The CD looks like an old Casablanca vinyl record and inside the case are goodies like a KLOWN tattoo, trading card, guitar pick and even and KLOWN ARMY sticker.\u00a0 Talk about absolutely brilliant packaging.\u00a0 This album is about as fun as it sounds.\u00a0 It’s a tribute to a great band but yet it’s so much more.\u00a0 It not only captures the energy and greatness of KISS but it also captures the sense of humor of 4 KISS fans from Charlotte who get the joke themselves.\u00a0 Hopefully you’ll get the joke as well as it’s one worth getting and sharing with all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KLOWN – Alive II Release Date: 2009 Highlights: Deuce, Mr. Speed, Let Me Go Rock & Roll, Got To Choose We wanted the best but the best couldn’t make it so we got Klown.\u00a0 Klown is a KISS tribute band out of Charlotte, NC that has taken the tribute thing to a whole other creepy level.\u00a0 KISS Tribute bands are about a dime a dozen.\u00a0 They are all over the place and competing to do the best “KISS” they can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19886,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions\/19886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}