Rig Rundown Kiss Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Tommy Thayer

Article and photos: Not many bands can claim as much influence on todays hard rock and metal scene as the makeupwearing, bloodspitting, pyroshooting foursome. PG caught up with current guitarist Tommy Thayer, along with Francis and Michael Berger, to dig into all the axes (in some cases, literally), effects, and amps that the band brought out on their 2014 tour with Def Leppard. Tommy Thayer is a longtime Les Paul man and brings several on the road with him. A Custom Shop 59 Stan