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		"There is no official protocol for a funeral to send off a member of the KISS Army, the fan club for the band started in the '70s, but it's hard to imagine doing a better job than the Negri family did for Nino" (nola.com)		78
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postsmacker

2011-11-19 12:35:21 PM

No Kiss Kasket?

Ika7734

2011-11-19 12:38:58 PM

I'm surprised Gene Simmons didn't swoop in and sue for using his merchandising without proper written consent.

Malcolm_Sex

2011-11-19 12:41:46 PM

FTFA "One woman in a smart black suit and heels stood with her back to the parking lot; turning, she revealed an Iron Maiden tank top under her tailored jacket."

It says KISS memorabilia! I always laugh at those people who wear random bands to concerts. Its like the people who show up at hockey games in their basketball jersey.

hbk72777

2011-11-19 12:45:11 PM

They probably could've gotten Ace to show up for a 12 pack

2xhelix

2011-11-19 12:46:44 PM

An Ace Frehley action figure watched over Philip James "Nino" Negri's ashes.

No funeral is complete without one to watch over your loved one's cremains.

Onkel Buck

2011-11-19 12:51:38 PM

hbk72777: They probably could've gotten Ace to show up for a 12 pack

If he wasnt already dead. You new around here?

TravisBickle62

2011-11-19 12:51:53 PM

Would have gone with "Sad" tag

Mugato

2011-11-19 12:52:10 PM

I didn't know there were any Negri Kiss fans.

AcneVulgaris

2011-11-19 12:53:06 PM

Negri, please.

theflatline

2011-11-19 12:55:05 PM

This guy probably hung out in Fat City bars shooting pool, playing foosball, when he was not in Bucktown scoring weed.

RandomAxe

2011-11-19 12:57:02 PM

it's hard to imagine doing a better job

I don't like your assumptions about my intelligence.

Gordon Bennett

2011-11-19 12:59:42 PM

lasercannon

2011-11-19 01:12:36 PM

Ika7734: I'm surprised Gene Simmons didn't swoop in and sue for using his merchandising without proper written consent.

I'm surprised Gene Simmons didn't take the guys organs and try to sell them as Kiss brand human organs.

Clete Orris

2011-11-19 01:15:34 PM

AcneVulgaris: Negri, please.

Came for this.

/Kiss of death

Skarekrough

2011-11-19 01:16:12 PM

I always love the "It's what he would have wanted..." bits.

Seriously...funerals are for the living. The dead have very little to do with it other than being present unless they specifically state they wanted it to be a certain way.

Mr. Potatoass

2011-11-19 01:26:24 PM

There is no official protocol for a funeral to send off a member of the KISS Army

Piss on the corpse and throw it in a landfill?

Sir Cumference the Flatulent

2011-11-19 01:30:40 PM

Mr. Potatoass: There is no official protocol for a funeral to send off a member of the KISS Army

Piss on the corpse and throw it in a landfill?

You're thinking about Juggalos.

AcneVulgaris

2011-11-19 01:36:11 PM

Skarekrough: I always love the "It's what he would have wanted..." bits.

Seriously...funerals are for the living. The dead have very little to do with it other than being present unless they specifically state they wanted it to be a certain way.

Even then, what are they gonna do if things aren't that way? Decompose angrily?

TeddyRooseveltsMustache

2011-11-19 01:54:16 PM

I'd rather have an Iron Maiden themed funeral. :-D

drkats

2011-11-19 02:09:29 PM

Here is my Kiss Army membership card from when I was around 10 or 11 years old in the late 70's. I found it at my parents' house a few years ago and I now keep it in my wallet. The funny thing is, shortly after I became a Kiss Army member, I stopped liking them when I discovered AC/DC and I thought Kiss was for little kids.
I think it was ten bucks to join and you got a bunch of postcard size photos,stickers, a cardboard folder and some other stuff.

thesloppy

2011-11-19 02:23:04 PM

At the close of the service, the deacon stepped behind the pulpit and began an a capella rendition of KISS's 1979 single "I Was Made For Loving You." Some lyrics were subbed out: "I was made for loving you, baby" became "I was made for loving you, Jesus."

As if that isn't awesome.

EdVenture

2011-11-19 02:26:10 PM

postsmacker: No Kiss Kasket?

Done in one.

peewinkle

2011-11-19 02:39:26 PM

RIP ACE FREHLEY

FeedTheCollapse

2011-11-19 02:56:30 PM

kind of the same thing:

cache.ohinternet.com

/hot like the bottle of Faygo that was sprayed on the corpse.

Dumb-Ass-Monkey

2011-11-19 02:56:38 PM

EdVenture: postsmacker: No Kiss Kasket?

Done in one.

No, not really done in one, since the dude was cremated...

Flappyhead

2011-11-19 03:16:00 PM

FeedTheCollapse: kind of the same thing:

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Not really, this service had some dignity.

burber

2011-11-19 03:37:36 PM

thesloppy: At the close of the service, the deacon stepped behind the pulpit and began an a capella rendition of KISS's 1979 single "I Was Made For Loving You." Some lyrics were subbed out: "I was made for loving you, baby" became "I was made for loving you, Jesus."

As if that isn't awesome.

At least we know the deacon watches South Park

Sabyen91

2011-11-19 04:11:38 PM

Sir Cumference the Flatulent: Mr. Potatoass: There is no official protocol for a funeral to send off a member of the KISS Army

Piss on the corpse and throw it in a landfill?

You're thinking about Juggalos.

The KISS Army were the Juggalos of the 70's

postsmacker

2011-11-19 04:20:39 PM

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: EdVenture: postsmacker: No Kiss Kasket?

Done in one.

No, not really done in one, since the dude was cremated...

No Kiss urn?

timswar

2011-11-19 04:22:19 PM

Malcolm_Sex: FTFA "One woman in a smart black suit and heels stood with her back to the parking lot; turning, she revealed an Iron Maiden tank top under her tailored jacket."

It says KISS memorabilia! I always laugh at those people who wear random bands to concerts. Its like the people who show up at hockey games in their basketball jersey.

Yes, but you have to admit that her showing up in an IM shirt kinda adds that authentic flair to the funeral that it would have been lacking with a KISS-only crowd.

/Nice story

Goonie_Goo_Goo

2011-11-19 04:35:42 PM

...was buried in a KISS Kasket

No Such Agency

2011-11-19 04:41:16 PM

AcneVulgaris:
Skarekrough: I always love the "It's what he would have wanted..." bits.

Seriously...funerals are for the living. The dead have very little to do with it other than being present unless they specifically state they wanted it to be a certain way.

Even then, what are they gonna do if things aren't that way? Decompose angrily?

I think that giving the deceased the funeral they would have wanted, no matter how odd, is a true sign of final respect. A lot of families would have quietly sold off his collection on eBay and pretended it all never happened, with black suits and flowers at a totally generic funeral. Instead they paid tribute to an individual's life as he actually lived it.

I really hope this guy actually was Christian though:

At the close of the service, the deacon stepped behind the pulpit and began an a capella rendition of KISS's 1979 single "I Was Made For Loving You." Some lyrics were subbed out: "I was made for loving you, baby" became "I was made for loving you, Jesus." The occasion called for it, notwithstanding that "I Was Made For Loving You" is a song about physical, not divine love, and most members of the original KISS are Jewish. ("Is this really happening?' one friend whispered.)

If not, colour me shocked the Christians tried to hijack things.

elgripe

2011-11-19 05:16:21 PM

I've been a KISS fan for 30 years and I just joined the KISS Army this year for the first time.

For $50 I got a plastic KISS ARMY Membership card, a KISS ARMY bumper sticker, a KISS ARMY guitar pick, a KISS ARMY lapel pin, a KISS ARMY tattoo, a KISS ARMY rubber wristband and a KISS ARMY Tshirt as well as exclusive content on the website and discounts at the store and special advance sales of tickets for events.

And honestly? Best fan-club money I ever spent. I love it. I don't regret a thing. It's awesome.

Rickj

2011-11-19 05:20:46 PM

postsmacker: No Kiss Kasket?

Don't give Gene Simmons any ideas. I'm sure there will be a whole line of KISS funeral products coming soon.

TravisBickle62

2011-11-19 05:30:19 PM

elgripe: I've been a KISS fan for 30 years and I just joined the KISS Army this year for the first time.

For $50 I got a plastic KISS ARMY Membership card, a KISS ARMY bumper sticker, a KISS ARMY guitar pick, a KISS ARMY lapel pin, a KISS ARMY tattoo, a KISS ARMY rubber wristband and a KISS ARMY Tshirt as well as exclusive content on the website and discounts at the store and special advance sales of tickets for events.

And honestly? Best fan-club money I ever spent. I love it. I don't regret a thing. It's awesome.

You, sir, know how to rock ....

dugitman

2011-11-19 06:07:45 PM

Rickj: postsmacker: No Kiss Kasket?

Don't give Gene Simmons any ideas. I'm sure there will be a whole line of KISS funeral products coming soon.

He's been in the funeral product biz for over 10 years. (new window)

ThisNameSux

2011-11-19 06:08:42 PM

I've seen Kiss in concert 5 times, the first in 1984 and the last in 1999. Of the 5 shows, the Tiger Stadium show was the most awesome but all were great. They put on a great show every time.

Vacation Bible School

2011-11-19 06:24:22 PM

Nuno's dead??? Who's going to hold up the Extreme reunion now?

RIP NUNO

Donnchadha

2011-11-19 06:43:33 PM

dugitman: Rickj: postsmacker: No Kiss Kasket?

Don't give Gene Simmons any ideas. I'm sure there will be a whole line of KISS funeral products coming soon.

He's been in the funeral product biz for over 10 years. (new window)

Glad to know that Kiss Kaskets carry a five star collectability rating.

ThisNameSux

2011-11-19 06:46:09 PM

Donnchadha: Glad to know that Kiss Kaskets carry a five star collectability rating.

I have a shovel, a truck and some free time tonight.

RandomAxe

2011-11-19 06:49:32 PM

Skarekrough: Seriously...funerals are for the living. The dead have very little to do with it other than being present unless they specifically state they wanted it to be a certain way.

Maybe in your family. My relatives have a tendency to come back. I have an aunt who got all the way out of the casket during the wake and another who kept knocking on the inside of the coffin during the funeral (awkward because we were carrying it at that point, and one of the pallbearers freaked out -- and coffins are heavier than they look).

I have a great-uncle we had to have two separate funerals for, over five years apart. Family gatherings are awkward because you never know who will show up, including people whose names we don't even know anymore. (There's one couple we just call "The Germans", but it's only a guess.)

My people are very stubborn. I have a sister who, if a zombie attacked her, she'd probably eat the zombie. Even if it had already gotten to her brain.

CZMisfitsFan

2011-11-19 06:57:59 PM

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I'd rather have an Iron Maiden themed funeral. :-D

That's actually what I plan on having. I've requested that "Powerslave" be played as they lower my casket into the ground. Everyone is going to be required to wear Maiden shirts. And a huge banner saying "I'm a slave to the power of death" hanging wherever the funeral is held. Plus the hearse will have to have Maiden blasting out of loudspeakers on the way to the cemetery.

Rickj

2011-11-19 07:03:25 PM

dugitman: Rickj: postsmacker: No Kiss Kasket?

Don't give Gene Simmons any ideas. I'm sure there will be a whole line of KISS funeral products coming soon.

He's been in the funeral product biz for over 10 years. (new window)

I should have known. Or I should have Googled. One of the two.

Uchiha_Cycliste

2011-11-19 07:10:58 PM

TravisBickle62: elgripe: I've been a KISS fan for 30 years and I just joined the KISS Army this year for the first time.

For $50 I got a plastic KISS ARMY Membership card, a KISS ARMY bumper sticker, a KISS ARMY guitar pick, a KISS ARMY lapel pin, a KISS ARMY tattoo, a KISS ARMY rubber wristband and a KISS ARMY Tshirt as well as exclusive content on the website and discounts at the store and special advance sales of tickets for events.

And honestly? Best fan-club money I ever spent. I love it. I don't regret a thing. It's awesome.

You, sir, know how to rock ....
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ElusiveWookiee

2011-11-19 07:39:21 PM

Uchiha_Cycliste:
You, sir, know how to rock ....
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Just a guess (new window)

TheHopeDiamond

2011-11-19 07:51:43 PM

I feel sorry for anyone whose sole accomplishment in life was to join the KISS Army in elementary school.

Broktun

2011-11-19 08:09:29 PM

Malcolm_Sex: I always laugh at those people who wear random bands to concerts.

Rule number 1 of going to a concert:
You don't wear a tee shirt of the band you are seeing to the show.

tequilasundae

2011-11-19 08:26:19 PM

Nuno isn't dead,..he's touring with Rhianna

Dee Snarl

2011-11-19 08:27:14 PM

Broktun: Malcolm_Sex: I always laugh at those people who wear random bands to concerts.

Rule number 1 of going to a concert:
You don't wear a tee shirt of the band you are seeing to the show.

Both wrong.

/do whatever the fark you want
//people do both all the time

dugitman

2011-11-19 08:28:01 PM

Broktun: Rule number 1 of going to a concert:
You don't wear a tee shirt of the band you are seeing to the show.

QFT

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