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>>> WELCOME BACK TO TONIGHT WITH CASSIDY, WE ARE WITH
TOMMY THAYER, A.K.A.
THE SPACE MAN, AM THE LEAD
GUITARIST FOR KISS -- AND THE
LEAD GUITARIST FOR KISS.
>> WILL THAT BE A NEW KISS SONG?
>> WE ALREADY ONE -- ALREADY
HAVE ONE, CALLED DOCTOR LOVE,
AND YOU ARE DOING A
COMMENCEMENT SPEECH.
COMMENCEMENT SPEECH. I AM READY.
>> YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE BAND
FOR 15 YEARS.
>> 15 OR 16, YES.
>> MACY'S DAY PARADE GOT
PERFORMED WAS SYMPHONIES,
MILITARY BASES, IS THE REMOTE
THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU AS OH,
MY GOSH, I'VE MADE IT, THIS IS
CRAZY?>> WE'VE DONE SOMEBODY
GREAT THINGS, THE SUPER BOWL,
THE OLYMPICS, AND THIS THING,
THE GREATEST TURING, EUROPE, WE
PLAYED IN A 2000-YEAR-OLD ARENA
IN VERONA, ITALY, BUILT BY THE
ROMANS, ALL KINDS OF GREAT
EXPERIENCES.
EXPERIENCES. ONE TAKE -- ONE THING AFTER THE
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. >>
OTHER. >> WHAT ADVICE WILL YOU SHARE
WITH THE GRADUATES?>> PEOPLE
ASKED ME THE KEY TO SUCCESS,
AND I THINK THE NUMBER 1 THING
IS PERSEVERANCE, AND
PERSISTENCE.
PERSISTENCE. I'VE KIND OF LEARN THAT THROUGH
MY LIFE, IF YOU KEEP GOING FOR,
HANG IN THERE, DON'T GET
DISCOURAGED, DON'T GIVE UP,
WHEN OTHER PEOPLE WOULD, YOU
WOULD BE SURPRISED WHERE YOU
CAN END UP.
>> STILL WORKING VERY HARD?
>> WE ARE.
THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE SLOW,
HEADLINING SOME FESTIVALS IN
EUROPE, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, BUT
NEXT YEAR, GEARING UP FOR BIG
TOURING IN 2019 AND 2020.
>> PAUL STANLEY SAID THAT THE
2019 TOUR WILL BE THE BIGGEST
ONE YOU HAVE EVER DONE?
>> IT'S TRUE, I AM HERE TO TELL
YOU THAT'S TRUE.>> WILL YOU GET
TO SEE US -- SEE YOU IN
PORTLAND?
PORTLAND?
PORTLAND? >> WE WILL HIT ALL THE BIG
MARKETS THROUGHOUT NORTH
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD CUP KISS
CONTINUES TO DO HUGE BUSINESS,
THIS IS GOING TO BE
PHENOMENAL.>> WHEN YOU ARE BACK
IN PORTLAND, WHAT DO YOU DO
AROUND TOWN, ARE THERE PLACES
THAT USED TO HANG OUT OR
PERFORM THAT ARE STILL HERE
FROM WHEN YOU ARE GROWING UP?>>
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE
HERE, WE USED TO PLAY A CLUB
CALLED THE PIGEON TOED ORANGE
PEEL.
PEEL.
PEEL. IT'S NOT AROUND ANYMORE.
>> I LOVE THE NAME.
>> ON JUNE 2, I'M DOING
SOMETHING AT THE DUCK FOR THE
LOUNGE, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE
HAS CANCER, WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE A LITTLE EVENT ON JUNE 2,
AT THE LOUNGE, COME ON DOWN AND
CHECK IT OUT, RAISING A LOT OF
MONEY TO HELP THEM OUT.>>♪
>> A PORTLAND GAME FOR YOU,
KISS OR DISAPPEAR SOME PORTLAND
THINGS -- KISS OR DISS. FIRST
UP, PORTLANDIA?
UP, PORTLANDIA? >> KISS.
>> KISS.
>> KISS. >> VOODOO DOUGHNUTS.
>> KISS.
>> KISS.
>> KISS. >> MICRO BEER.>> KISS.
>> THE EUNA PIPER.>> THAT IS A
DISS.
DISS.
DISS. >>
DISS. >> AND PORTLAND?>> I'VE LIVED
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR
YEARS, AND COMING BACK DRIVING
CRAZY, THE HUMIDITY.
>> THE NAKED BIKE RIDE.
>> DISS, I'VE SEEN THOSE
PICTURES.
PICTURES.
PICTURES. >> GOAT YOGA.
>> DISS , IS THAT COOL OR
SOMETHING?
SOMETHING? >> HIPSTERS?>> DISS .
>> LAST FROM AT LEAST -- LAST
BUT NOT LEAST, PEOPLE WHO HAVE
KISS TATTOOS?
KISS TATTOOS? >> THAT IS A KISS, THEY ARE THE
KISS ARMY.
KISS ARMY. THOSE ARE THE MOST DEDICATED
FANS IN THE WORLD, THEY HAVE
KISS TATTOOS, THEY LIVE KISS,
IT'S THEIR RELIGION.
>> MAYBE WE WILL SEE THOSE AT
THE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
COMMENCEMENT.
COMMENCEMENT. >> SOME GRADUATES COMING IN
KISS MAKE UP, THAT WILL BE
SOMETHING, THAT'S EXCITING.>>
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOMORROW, HE