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Kevin O'Connell - Deceased - 1954 - 2019

Kevin O'Connell - Deceased - 1954 - 2019

February 10, 1954 - May 12, 2019
In 1996 I got a call from a gentleman who was working on an upcoming KISS reunion tour. The band would be performing a song called "Firehouse" and they needed a siren to blast at a certain point in the song. I gave him a few options and he seemed to be attracted to a 1957 S8B. "Is it loud?", he asked. I proudly answered, "Oh, yeah. In fact, I guarantee this siren to give you an honest 110
dB(A) at 100 feet." Silence. Finally, he said, "Well, I guess we could mike it up...." We haggled over the price and finally agreed on some cash and 4 floor seats at one of the L.A. shows in 1997. I'm not a big KISS fan but the show was great.

Tuesday I got a call from an electrician on the current tour. They're still using the (now 52 year-old) siren 13 years later! Some one knocked over a road case and spilled battery acid on their siren and controls, ruining the brake. They'll be in L.A. on November 25. A siren brake oughtta be worth a couple of floor seats, don't you think?

Here's a link to a performance of "Firehouse". The siren sounds at 3:00 or so and runs through the end of the song. The band is so loud that it's difficult to recognize what kind of siren they're using...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0xIebTO23I&feature=email[/ame]
 
Can't stand that kind of music but I did enjoy the reality show. Often wondered if the stories about him and his 1001 partners were true. :p
 
battery acid

If they would use one of the new Optima batteries they would not have a problem with acid. No pun intended.
Mike
 
Mike Stevens said:
If they would use one of the new Optima batteries they would not have a problem with acid. No pun intended.
Mike
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Actually, I suggested that when they bought the siren. As often happens in show business there was probably a last minute crisis resulting in a last minute purchase of whatever they could get. I now recommend the Odyssey battery, which is an AGM (Absorbred Glass Mat) type with staggering capacity for abuse.
 
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