"I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows"
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The quote also reads like a quiet bid for belonging inside the KISS machine. Carr was the “new guy” in a group with a mythic past and a fanbase trained to compare eras. When he promises “the biggest show we can have,” he’s speaking the language of spectacle that KISS practically trademarked, but he adds a crucial pivot: “different not like the old KISS shows.” That’s not just hype; it’s a preemptive argument with nostalgia. He’s positioning the upcoming tour as evolution, not imitation, and by extension positioning himself as more than a placeholder for what came before.
There’s an edge of determination in the vagueness, too. He can’t specify what “different” means, because the specifics are still being built, negotiated, sold. What he can offer is appetite: movement over stasis, future over legacy. It’s the sound of a drummer trying to out-run the narrative and hit something loud enough that people stop asking him to be someone else.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Carr, Eric. (2026, January 16). I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-wait-to-get-out-its-been-much-too-long-i-111045/
Chicago Style
Carr, Eric. "I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-wait-to-get-out-its-been-much-too-long-i-111045/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-wait-to-get-out-its-been-much-too-long-i-111045/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

