• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

JON ZAL

Your front-row seat to my nervous breakdown

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact

KISS

Interview: Gene Simmons of KISS

April 23, 2002 Leave a Comment

Photo by Jon Zal

Originally published on April 23, 2002 at SoundSpike.com

In addition to being the singer, bassist and marketer extraordinaire for rock juggernaut KISS, Gene Simmons is also a self-proclaimed egomaniac.

Read the rest »

Filed Under: Music, Portfolio, SoundSpike Tagged With: Interview, KISS, SoundSpike

Interview: Paul Stanley of KISS

March 17, 2000 Leave a Comment

Originally published on March 17, 2000 at Ticketmaster’s LiveDaily.com

It’s 10:40am on a Thursday, and KISS frontman Paul Stanley, calling from his hotel room, sounds tired — which, admittedly, he has every reason to be; he’s just two days away from launching his group’s final tour, and has spent weeks preparing for a show that involves running around in seven-inch platform boots, flying on the end of cables, and dodging more bombs and pillars of flame than one might expect to encounter during a small war.

Read the rest »

Filed Under: LiveDaily, Music, Portfolio Tagged With: Interview, KISS, LiveDaily

Live Review: KISS in Phoenix

March 12, 2000 Leave a Comment

Photo by Jon Zal

Originally published on March 13, 2000 at Ticketmaster’s LiveDaily.com

PHOENIX, Ariz. — “You wanted the best! You got the best! The hottest band in the world … KISS!”

As the band’s name echoed through the arena, the curtain dropped to reveal rock-and-roll’s face-painted foursome, who were lowered to the stage on a platform that descended from the ceiling, arms raised in a victorious pose. The two-hour show that followed contained all the customary theatrics KISS fans — a.k.a. the KISS Army — have come to expect: explosions, pillars of flame, fire-breathing, blood-spewing, rocket-launching guitars, levitating drum risers, and tons and tons of confetti. There was, however, one subtle yet palpable difference about this gig: the band was saying goodbye.

Read the rest »

Filed Under: LiveDaily, Music, Portfolio Tagged With: KISS, Live Review, LiveDaily

Primary Sidebar

FEATURED POSTS

Hell hath no fury like white-male privilege threatened

Daddy Vader

If not for The Force, Darth Vader would have totally gotten his ass kicked, because that suit? Not very practical.

Take Me Out to the Therapist… Take Me Out to the Shrink…

No, really: This job-search thing is like shooting fish in a barrel

There must be a reckoning

Is it November yet?

Turns out I have a bright future ahead of me ... in a field about which I know nothing

Man, this finding-a-new-job thing is going to be easier than I thought

An Open Letter of Apology to President Barack Obama

Zombie Dinner Party … with your chef, Dr. Hannibal Lector

Van Halen (or, The Band That Ate My Life)

Don't miss a thing!

Sorry for yelling. Just trying to generate some excitement. Anyway ... enter your email address and you'll get a notification when I publish a new blog post. (I will never spam you.)

ABOUT ME

Jon Zal @ The Massachusetts State House, Boston

I was born in 1970, raised just outside of Boston, and now live near Philadelphia. As a child, I thought I was going to be…
Read the rest »

Archives

Search

Instagram

Hold my calls. 🤙🏻 Hold my calls. 🤙🏻
Hey now from the Jersey shore. 🤙🏻 Snooki say Hey now from the Jersey shore. 🤙🏻
Snooki says “Hi.”
When the @celtics & @nhlbruins both have a playoff When the @celtics & @nhlbruins both have a playoff game on the same night. 🙄 (Might put the @redsox on my iPhone after I post this.) #BostonStrong
The kind of Type-A madness that compels me to hang The kind of Type-A madness that compels me to hang 700 lights on a tree of this height and size is both a curse and a blessing. Love having this spectacle in my yard & spreading the holiday cheer. Enjoy! 🎄
We did it! The last time I ran an official 10K ra We did it!

The last time I ran an official 10K race, I was 18 and in Basic Training/Military Police School at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Let's just say I'm a bit longer in the tooth and wider in the waist than I was then. 🥵

Proud to have legged it out with my boy yesterday to support @travismanionfoundation. Thanks to all who donated. (FYI: Donation link, which is in my IG bio, remains open through the end of the year.)

Official time: 55:28

#RunWithTheMarines
#MCM10K
The last time I visited the Marine Corps War Memor The last time I visited the Marine Corps War Memorial with my son, he was in utero. 😳 This Sunday, I’ll visit it with him again after we cross the finish line at the MCM 10K.

I’m running in honor of my late grandfather, Finn, a Marine who fought on Saipan, Tinian & Iwo Jima with the 4th Division during World War II.

My son and I are are also running to support the great work of the @travismanionfoundation. If you would be willing to help me reach my fundraising goal, I’d really appreciate it. Link to my fundraising page is in my bio. Thanks!
Follow on Instagram

© 2000–2023 JON ZAL / Contact Me
JZ logo
Twitter / Instagram
Back to Top