Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have been doing a variety of podcasts lately. I’ve heard most of the stories countless times, so these usually don’t appeal to me. However, this one with Richard Marx was better than average. It seems Marx and Stanley are friends, and Stanley especially seems pretty relaxed and open.

He talks about the usual stuff, like the final KISS shows, buying his parents a car, and his R&B ensemble, Soul Station.

I loved how Paul ended the conversation: “At some point, it just comes down to people realizing that there’s nothing more important than family and friends. I’m blessed with Erin, my wife. We’ll celebrate twenty years married, but we’ve been together twenty-three. Evan, Colin, Sarah, and Emmy, you know that’s the center of my universe, and your family and friends should be the center of yours.”

It seems Paul has mellowed with age. I like him embracing the elder statesman of rock persona. I guess, I’ve got to go listen to Soul Station.