KISS Two Official Tour Programs, One Insane Tour_ The KISS Animalize

KISS in the ’80s was a wild ride… and this episode is pure Animalize-era nerding out in the best possible way. Robert John Hadfield and Gary Casella are joined by special guest Jonni Lightfoot (former Air Supply bassist and current Artist Relations at Digitech) for a deep dive into one of the strangest lineup whiplashes in KISS history: the same tour… with two different guitarists… and two different tour books.Jonni rolls in with a collector-level flex: two official tour programs from the Animalize tour—one featuring Mark St. John (blink-and-you-miss-him KISS guitarist) and the other featuring Bruce Kulick, who quickly took over. The guys flip through both, compare photos page-by-page, roast the glam visuals, and debate what really happened with the infamous “hand problem” storyline. Along the way: Paul Stanley’s wild guitar choices, Gene’s unstoppable “Demon even without makeup” energy, Eric Carr love, and the kind of KISS continuity chaos that only longtime fans truly understand.And in a perfect full-circle moment, Jonni adds to the set with a bright green Digitech/DOD envelope filter pedal—because if you’re going to argue about Jackson guitars, Steinbergers, and ‘80s stage aesthetics… you might as well do it with more pedals in the background.