Lightning struck my curiosity and took me over when I heard KISS blaring out of our garage in an out-of-the-way little country town in rural Australia. There was something different about the quality of the sound. It was palpable, alive and it sounded like KISS were IN MY GARAGE!

To back it up for a second, I was 10 years old at the time and just starting to get into the rock bands of the late 80's/early 90’s, like Motley Crew, Poison, Guns n’ roses, Aerosmith and ACDC. Don’t judge me, I was 10 at the time.

I’d watch these bands on TV and I started to have some fantasies of being a one of them, but it all felt so out of reach.

Musicians seemed like mythical creatures that would magically appear on the radio and on MTV out of the ether. They would project this energy, flamboyance, creativity and intensity that was somewhat otherworldly.

I wasn’t conscious of it at the time, but music lit me up and went in so deep that it had a grip on me.

I didn’t choose it, it took a hold of me like nothing else in life.

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