I LOVE Ghost—I love the songs, I love the costumes, I love the facepaint...I mean, to me, they scratch the same itch as KISS.
That all said, the whole 'Papa Whatever the IV' thing is, by far, the dumbest thing ever (In my opinion). It is completely lost upon me.
It is completely lost upon me.
Same. I don't really care for the lore of the band. I'm here for the music.
It's just something more, a fun and nerd way to play around with the image of the band.
What if Kiss at a point got tired of wearing the same makeup and the band members came up with new characters? it's a bit like that.
Of course, there was really no "need" for the character to change, every normal band changes their outfits and appearances from tour to tour so there's nothing preventing Tobias from playing the same character who changes the appeareance to fit the overall theme of the album / tour, but well, he felt at the beginning to do this trick (and it even played well with the lore, when the band was small and anonymous enough for some people to really assume there was a singer change, rather than just a character change), so I guess this is the deal.
I personally don't mind and I even enjoy the lore, it's something more for nerd people who like this kind of stuff, but it's not so distracting to the point that you "have" to follow the lore to enjoy the live show. You can still be a fan, listen to their albums, go to their live shows, and you don't miss out on absolutely anything if you don't follow the lore of the band.