I first became a KISS FAN in 1974, when I bought their eight track tape, because of the cover. It has all of their faces on it, and I had never seen anything like that before. So I bought it. I used to drive around the Sonic Drive In (Bartlesville) with my windows down and "STRUTTER" booming out of them, it was great!

I first saw them in concert in Tulsa with my wife, I was hooked. When they came back to Tulsa I always took others to introduce them to KISS. I took my Daughter to the concert in Oklahoma City when they played with Aerosmith.

We got real close to the stage, and when Gene Simmons walked over and performed in front of her, she was hooked also. She hardly took her eyes off him all night long! This year is going to be the best. Dec. 6 I'm going to Dallas to see them with my 11-year-old godson and my niece (his Mom). Then, on Dec. 8, I'm going with three other guys that have never seen KISS in concert before.

Two KISS CONCERTS in three days, it doesn't get any better than that!

I have put Gene's makeup on twice. One time at a girls softball tournament in Broken Arrow. I was one of the coaches and it was a Halloween tournament. We all had a lot of fun!

Then the other time was at our graduation celebration where I work at (Tri County Technology Center) . I'll be fifty four years old in December, I collect KISS stuff, and I have a KISS tattoo (that my Wife was mad at me for two weeks for getting), and I AM A DIE HARD KISS FAN!!

Thank You!
Benny McClintock
Bartlesville