Kissolgy 2: The Rundown

[Mr Badguy]

Following the six-times-platinum success of "Kissology: Volume One 1974-1977", KISS has announced that "Kissology Volume 2" will be released on August 14, 2007!

The "Kissology Volume 2" DVD set will encompass 1978 - 1992, and include seven hours of live KISS on three DVDs. A bonus fourth DVD will be made available via exclusive distribution outlets.

The DVD track listings are as follows:

Disc One:

* Land Of Hype And Glory with Edwin Newman - (1/10/78)
* The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder - (10/31/79)
Additional material pending

Disc Two:

* "Shandi" (music video) - (1980)
* CNN Interview with Peter Criss - (9/24/80)
* Countdown - (9/21/80)
* Rockpop - (9/13/80)
"She's So European"
"Talk To Me"
* KISS Invades Australia - (11/80) Documentary
* Sydney Showground: Sydney, Australia - (11/22/80)
"Detroit Rock City"
"Cold Gin"
"Strutter"
"Shandi"
"Calling Dr. Love"
"Firehouse"
"Talk To Me"
"Is That You"
"2000 Man"
"I Was Made For Lovin' You"
"New York Groove"
"Love Gun"
"God Of Thunder"
"Rock And Roll All Nite"
"Shout It Out Loud"
"King Of The Night Time World"
"Black Diamond"
* Fridays - (1/15/82)
"The Oath"
"A World Without Heroes"
"I"
* Top Pop - (11/82)
"I Love It Loud"

Disc Three:

* Maracana Stadium: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil -(6/18/83)
"Creatures Of The Night"
"Cold Gin"
"Calling Dr. Love"
"Firehouse"
"I Love It Loud"
"War Machine"
"Black Diamond"
"Rock And Roll All Nite"
* MTV Special: KISS Unmasking -(9/18/83)
* Cascais Hall: Lisbon, Portugal - (10/11/83)
"Creatures Of The Night"
"Detroit Rock City"
* The Spectrum: Philadelphia, PA - (12/18/87)
"Love Gun"
"Bang Bang You"
"No, No, No"
"Crazy Crazy Nights"
"Reason To Live"
* The Palace At Auburn Hills: Detroit, MI - (10/14/90)
"I Stole Your Love"
"Deuce"
"Heaven's On Fire"
"Crazy Crazy Nights"
"Black Diamond"
"Shout It Out Loud"
"Strutter"
"Calling Dr. Love"
"I Was Made For Lovin' You"
"Fits Like A Glove"
"Hide Your Heart"
"Lick It Up"
"God Of Thunder"
"Forever"
"Cold Gin"
"Tears Are Falling"
"I Love It Loud"
"Love Gun"
"Detroit Rock City"
"I Want You"
"Rock And Roll All Nite"
* Music Video - (1991):
"God Gave Rock ‘N' Roll To You II"
* Day In Rock - (11/25/91): MTV News excerpt

Bonus Fourth Disc:

"The Crazy Nights Tour" (4/21/88) – Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall
"Love Gun"
"Cold Gin"
"Crazy Crazy Nights"
"Heaven’s On Fire"
"War Machine"
"I Love It Loud"
"Lick It Up"
"I Was Made For Lovin' You"
"Detroit Rock City"

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Not bad, even if three version of "Crazy, crazy nights" don`t give you a hard on.

The Sydney, Rio and MTV unmasking stuff should be worth the price, look at the rest as a bonus.

[binnie]

That looks worthwhile, if it's a reasonable price I'll probably get it.


The first two discs look particuarly interesting....

[Hardrock69]

Hmmm so I thought this was supposed to cover the period from 1978 to 1992. Surely there must have been a concert or two they could include from 1978 or 1979...
:confused:

[lafours]

unfortunatley it doesnt have the pro shot Animalize concert from Cobo..this came out on VHS back in the day and was a regular on the MTV concert shows

[indeedido]

I got the Animalize show on dvd from Brazil. Great quality. I know it all by heart from the old MTV concert shows they showed like you mentioned.

Looks to be a good set. Surely there is more Creatures tour than the 8 songs. The set was longer than that!

[indeedido]

The cover.....

Exit Peter Criss, enter the Fox

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/indeedido/2_kiss_vol2_cover_hi-res.jpg

[ace diamond]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
Hmmm so I thought this was supposed to cover the period from 1978 to 1992. Surely there must have been a concert or two they could include from 1978 or 1979...
:confused:

the dynasty tour 1979 show from the capitol center in largo,maryland

i wonder why this is not included

[ace diamond]

and why is the "animalize:live&uncensored" not included?

[Mr Badguy]

Well, maybe they`re keeping some stuff in the vaults for some $ later?

[jharp84]

Nice how they cover 2 decades on two box sets released w/in ONE YEAR!!! CVH will cover 2 videos released in 4 decades! If ever??

[Mr. Vengeance]

Looks good. I wonder if they include the best parts of the Tom Snyder interview, where Ace is drunk and hilarious?

[Terry]

Originally posted by ace diamond
the dynasty tour 1979 show from the capitol center in largo,maryland

i wonder why this is not included

Would have thought that show would have been a given, too.

But it does have enough pre-Lick It Up stuff in it to retain my interest. Was hoping for it to have both a 1979 show and maybe even Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park, but as it does have the 1980 Down Under footage and the 1983 Brazil footage, I'll probably get it long as the price is around $30, despite the fact that outside of Brazil not much on disc 3 interests me.

Perhaps the 1979 live stuff will still be put on disc one, as there is additional footage pending.

[binnie]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
Well, maybe they`re keeping some stuff in the vaults for some $ later?

Yup, Gene knows exactly what he's doing......

[Vinnie Velvet]

Originally posted by Terry
Would have thought that show would have been a given, too.

But it does have enough pre-Lick It Up stuff in it to retain my interest. Was hoping for it to have both a 1979 show and maybe even Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park

Actually I heard it will have Phantom of the Park on there. Except it isn't the NBC aired version we all saw.

Included is the European "theatrical" version called "KISS in ATTACK OF THE PHANTOMS."

Apparently its the same movie, but with some edits and different scenes.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Some info on the difference between the 1978 original US version and the European 1979 version, re-ttitled "KISS in ATTACK OF THE PHANTOMS":

In 1979, Avco-Embassy released Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park in theaters outside the United States, with translations of the title Attack of the Phantoms. In some countries — Italy, in particular — the film was simply titled Phantoms. The theatrical release featured a vastly different version of the film, with several scenes that did not appear in the original television airing added to the cut. In 1980, Attack of the Phantoms was shown at an Australian drive-in as part of a double-feature, alongside Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare.

The overseas film's overall soundtrack also differed from the original — much of the Hanna-Barbera fight music was replaced by music from the band's own catalog, primarily from their four solo albums. In some edits, the promotional videos for "I Was Made For Lovin' You" and "Sure Know Something" were also edited into the film.

[eddie78]

I'm interested in seeing some "Creatures of the night" & Vinnie Vincent footage.
Kissology volume 1 was incredible & i got it here in Boston for a mere 15.99 at Newbury Comics!
There's enough stuff i'd like to see to get Volume 2.
I lost interest after 'Creatures', though.
It pisses me off that VH & WB just sit on all the archive stuff they have & give the fans jack. How insanely selfish & stupid to let this material never see the light of day.
Gene Simmons may be all about the mighty dollar, but at least he gives the longtime fans what they want & then some.
VH business sense is just so poor.

[indeedido]

Just popped up on Kiss' website today.


One of the more intriguing features in the set is "Kiss in Attack of the Phantoms" on disc one, the previously unseen European theatrical version of the 1978 cult classic film known in the U.S. as "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park."

So it will be included. Nice

[cMb]

I have 'Attack of The Phantoms' on DVD. The soundtrack sucks & at times the Kiss songs that they use don't match the 'mood' that is supposed to be created. It is awful.

It sux as bad as the US version.

I'm sure Gene-O will have Tommy 'Scab-boy' alter it to make it a little less embarrassing, but there's no polishing that turd.

[jharp84]

I'll break down and buy it!! Because I am a "collector" ANYONE else suffer from the same DISEASE?

[ace diamond]

yup

[DLRdelight!]

Originally posted by jharp84
I'll break down and buy it!! Because I am a "collector" ANYONE else suffer from the same DISEASE?

yeah i do but not really for kiss

[jharp84]

Originally posted by DLRdelight!
yeah i do but not really for kiss

OF FUCKING COURSE NOT! You are to young! I grew up w/these FUCKS!!!

[ace diamond]

Originally posted by jharp84
OF FUCKING COURSE NOT! You are to young! I grew up w/these FUCKS!!!
me too. i got the old kiss logo tattooed on my left arm,that is my statement of fucking loyalty to the kiss army.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
Looks good. I wonder if they include the best parts of the Tom Snyder interview, where Ace is drunk and hilarious?

Unfortunately, there will only be an EXCERPT of the interview on the DVD set.

Which fucking sucks.

But you can get boots of it and watch the whole thing on youtube. :)

[Terry]

Originally posted by Vinnie Velvet
Actually I heard it will have Phantom of the Park on there. Except it isn't the NBC aired version we all saw.

Included is the European "theatrical" version called "KISS in ATTACK OF THE PHANTOMS."

Apparently its the same movie, but with some edits and different scenes.

Would still be good to include, even if it is the European Theatrical release, which I've never seen but from what I've read about that alternate cut, the differences are so few it doesn't sound like it matters much.

As long as they include the 1980 and 1983 live footage, I'm gonna end up getting it. Any 1979 live footage and any version of the 1978 tv movie would be a bonus.

[WACF]

Supposedly some footage was left out because most of the material has been covered in the shows included.

Makes sense but as far as I am concerned include all the shows and let us choose which one we want to watch...

[Terry]

Originally posted by WACF
Supposedly some footage was left out because most of the material has been covered in the shows included.

Makes sense but as far as I am concerned include all the shows and let us choose which one we want to watch...

Agreed. Most are gonna want this stuff for the makeup-era footage anyway. Even the band must know this, because the cover is virtually the same as the first one, with Gene, Paul and Ace in the same makeup and poses, only subbing Criss with Eric Carr in the fox makeup.