![]() ![]() If the first ingredient on the label is sugar, that's at least honest. "I have a problem when you charge $100 to see a live show and the artist uses backing tracks," Simmons said. KISS frontman Paul Stanley, who has been struggling to hit the high notes in many of the band's classic songs for a number of years, has been accused of singing to a backing tape on KISS's ongoing "End Of The Road" tour.īack in 2015, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons slammed bands who used backing tapes for not being honest enough to include that fact on their concert tickets. But I have nothing against other bands who wanna enhance their performance and have a little background vocal or anything like that. "There's nothing that we're following - we're not following a grid or anything like that - so we're a hundred percent live. "We go out and play completely live," Charlie continued. I mean, if it's a full-on, blown-out lip-syncing thing, like I've seen some pop or rap artists do, then, yeah, I'm against that, but I don't see anything wrong with enhancing the show with whatever, it be a background vocal or a little help. ![]() Asked for his opinion on singers who use backing tracks for their lead vocals, the drummer said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I really don't have an opinion about lip syncing or anything like that. ![]() ![]() For better or worse, pre-recorded tracks are becoming increasingly common for touring artists of all levels and genres and they're not just used in pop music - many rock artists utilize playback tracks to varying degrees.īenante addressed some rock acts' reliance on pre-recorded tracks in a Cameo video message requested by the Syncin' Stanley YouTube channel. In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass for relying on pre-recorded tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consistent. ANTHRAX and PANTERA drummer Charlie Benante says that he doesn't see anything wrong with artists enhancing their show by using backing tracks during their concerts. ![]()
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