Kiss: The Curse of the Sphinx
Steve Mascord, Kerrang!, 16 June 1990
In the inauspicious surroundings of small town America it sounds like a storm is brewing. It's the eve of the new KISS world tour and tensions are running high. In the firing line are critics, technicians, and maybe Kerrang! scribe STEVE MASCORD if he's not careful. But he must ask one last question and brave their wrath: Can Kiss survive...
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