One of my dear friends and fellow "Rockers in Arms" buddies Leslie lived down the block from me,  and Leslie shared my same excitement and passion for Kiss and other great Hard Rock bands.  At the time I had one of those turntable systems that had remove-able speakers on hinges that you could take off and place where you wanted them as long as the cord would allow it.

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My speakers were almost triangle shaped, so they looked like guitars when you held them in your hands. Leslie was a "Gene" fan and I was an "Ace" fan, so we would often make costumes out of of cardboard boxes and paint them along with our faces to look like our Rock heroes!  I also had one of those gel insert lights that would cast colored gel patterns on the wall.  We tore into those and they provided the "Demon Blood" that we would smear on our costumes and faces while jamming to 'Detroit Rock City', 'Shout It Out Loud', and Leslie's personal favorite, 'Sweet Pain'. We were obsessed with our Kiss Rock Gods, and through them we became Rock Gods ourselves.  Rockin' out with Leslie to Destroyer were some of the best times of my childhood.