Has Kiss cast aside the major-label life to hook up with an indie punk label? Not exactly, but the band will turn up on Lookout Records sharing a 7-inch with Palo Alto, California's foremost rock daughters, The Donnas. The band's cover of the Kiss classic "Strutter" will grace the A-side of the single, while Kiss is kicking in a version of their "Detroit Rock City" for the AA-side. Only 5000 copies of the clear vinyl 45 will be pressed, and they should hit stores on August 31.
The Donnas recorded their contribution to the 7-inch for the soundtrack of the upcoming Kiss-themed flick, "Detroit Rock City," which hits theaters on August 13.
"They wanted us to do a Heart song at first, 'Barracuda,'" guitarist Donna R. recalled. "They asked if we wanted to do any song, and they had a list." "I really wanted to do [the Kiss song] 'Mr. Speed,' but they said I wasn't Mr. Speed," singer Donna A. said.
"She's not a mister," Donna R. added.
While the band had its sights set on something from the Kiss catalog, the folks putting the soundtrack together had other ideas.
"Also, they wanted us to do a Runaways song," drummer Donna C. said. "We kind of have this rule against that." "We really like them, we've just been compared to them so much," Donna R. explained.
"We don't want to bludgeon that metaphor to death," Donna A. added.
"And we just love 'Strutter,' so we were like, 'Yeah, let's do it,'" [RealVideo] Donna C. concluded.
You can check out the results of that decision when the Donnas-Kiss split 7-inch hits stores on August 31 or when the "Detroit Rock City" soundtrack arrives on August 3.
