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Yup. Not North Korea or at least not yet. You WILL go to the KISS show or there will be grave circumstances in store for you!
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Terry (01-11-2023)
The thing is you always want to quit when you are still considered good. You don’t want to stay and turn KISS into PISS.
Which they might be a bit late for, mostly due to Stanley's declining voice.
I mean, honestly, the show I saw last year...yeah, ideally Criss and Frehley I would have liked to have seen onstage. The reality is that Criss can't physically get through a full set and Frehley isn't in great physical shape, either. Thayer and Singer performed ably.
Stanley's voice was pretty shot.
I dunno if their market value is declining, but the venue they were playing in, the price for tickets is usually double what KISS were charging. The concert was fairly well-attended, but far from packed to the rafters.
Kiss to Release Rare 1984 Mark St. John Show as Next Live Album
"Kiss is set to release the only known soundboard recording from their brief time with guitarist
Mark St. John. Kiss – Off The Soundboard: Poughkeepsie, New York, 1984, the fifth entry in the
band's career-spanning live-album series, will arrive on April 7."
"According to Kiss Concert History Online, St. John played part of the band's Nov. 27, 1984, show
in Baltimore, and then the entire Nov. 28 Poughkeepsie and Nov. 29 Binghamton shows before being
dismissed from the group. Bruce Kulick, who had been filling in for St. John since the tour began
in September, was hired as the band's fourth lead guitarist and remained in that position for
more than a decade."
Full story at:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss...hn-live-album/
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Terry (01-27-2023)
Paul Stanley, Ozzy, Billy Idol, Joan Jett and Gary Clark Jr. featured in
Workday’s Super Bowl Ad Wants Execs to Stop Calling Each Other ‘Rock Stars’
https://www.adweek.com/creativity/wo...ock-stars/amp/
KISS on the Howard Stern Show Wednesday, March 1. Rumor has it the final show will be announced.
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Who has done more farewell tours now? The Two Guys who used to be Kiss, or the Two Guys that used to be The Who?
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Well, technically, The Who only did one tour which was specifically stated as being such by the band...I think. I could be wrong.
KISS have had...what, two or three farewell tours now in the last 20 years?
The KISS show I saw in the fall of 2021 and the venue I saw it at, KISS was charging about half of what other name acts usually do re: ticket price. The venue is an ampitheater with a combination of venue chair seating and lawn seating. Attendance was good, but I've seen that place quite a bit fuller for other concerts. And this was ostensibly the resumption of the farewell tour begun in 2020 that was cancelled due to covid. So, I'm not sure KISS undertaking a farewell tour or announcing a 'final date' is going to mean much to anybody: you can only cry "we're retiring" so many times, one would think.
Final shows December 1 and 2 at Madison Square Garden
I think some these guys just can’t give it up because they love doing it. One of my college roommates grew up just down the street from Rick Nielsen. He’s good friends with Rick’s oldest son Erron. Erron says his dad would have to be incapacitated or dead to stop him from performing because he loves it so much.
Which, if I'm not being hypercritical about it all, why not? If these geezers can make a buck off it and still want to do it, why not keep doing it? It's not compulsory that people attend these shows, and certainly with the proliferation of audience-shot footage available for free viewing over the last twenty years it isn't as if potential ticket buyers can't due their due diligence beforehand re: is it a band still worth paying to see.
Shout it Out Loud was Motown?? Who knew.....
they did Rock and Roll All Nite twice because they fucked up the first time
"Why did you choose Shout It Out Loud?"
Real answer is it's one that they can still play live.
Seriously I think that was a decent performance if you like KISS and it's maybe the first time I've heard them play live in decades if ever.
It's a shame they don't have the guts to try and play their whole set live or retire.
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And it aired around 9 am east coast, and they were in the Sirius XM Garage in LA.
CBS Morning show did a bit on the end of Kiss lip-synching. Gene is going to cry. Just wondering if that will be piped in too?
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Yeah, but even back in the 70's heyday when they were actually playing live, KISS even more than most rock bands was about making a buck...to the point where the music (much of which I enjoyed) was secondary to the spectacle and the image of it all. In that context, for a band like KISS to now be miming to piped in vocals...hardly a shock, lame as it is.
March 31 theatre release for Spinning Gold - story of Neil Bogart & Casablanca Records.
https://www.spinninggold.movie/
Three videos added to The Midnight Special YT channel:
Duece - July 11, 1975
Black Diamond - July 11, 1975 (Peter trashes his kit at the end)
She - Nov. 28, 1975
https://www.youtube.com/@themidnight...ltvshow/videos
Dave probably dances to Sinatra’s I’ve Got You Under My Skin every time Sam has a triggered by Dave moment which seems to be a lot. Sorry Sam. Van Hagar was never as big as the original lineup. Your run in the band has been forgotten already. Nobody wants to hear Dreams.
Sam puts Gene Simmons to shame. That motherfucker is always banging on the window trying to sell you something. Someone needs to unload two barrels of rock salt in his ass.
GENE SIMMONS Performs With BRUCE KULICK And ERIC SINGER At 'An Evening With' VIP Event In Las Vegas
Setlist:
"Plaster Caster"
"Charisma"
"Domino"
"Nothing to Lose"
"Going Blind"
"Watchin' You"
"Deuce"
"Radioactive"
"I Was Made for Lovin' You"
"Christine Sixteen"
"Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-...t-in-las-vegas
Fucking awful
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F A T Ace:
Bruce Kulick on Alive III's 30th anniversary
Shmackamagob!
He mentions Gene being a solid bass player and his early album work being an example of how he could be a good bassist. But didn't they often have other guys record their album parts? Paul and Gene at least?
Simmons is totally full of shit.
Either is a false memory or Geddy was just being polite.
Recalling the time he offered a few bass tips to Lee, he explains: "I'll tell you a telling story. KISS took out Rush on their first tour. They came out to support us, you know, because we liked what they did. And this was in the, in their Working Man period, when they sounded kind of like a Canadian Zeppelin, which I still prefer, sound-wise, but obviously, they've done very well, and we used to hang out with the guys and joke around everything.
"One night back at the hotel or backstage someplace, Geddy [Lee] and I were sitting down, trading licks, and I said, 'Do you want to do a blues scale? You go first, and then I'll continue the chord pattern,' and he said, 'I don't know what you mean.' At least from what I recall, Geddy didn't understand what a blues scale was or what '1,4,5' meant. That also bears noting that when you go '1,4,5' to a musician, that means something, it's a relationship of notes or chords," he continues.
"So I go, 'Well, okay then, you hit a G, either octave or low,' and he said, 'Which one is that?' Geddy played purely by ear. Now of course later on, he learned what the notes were and stuff like that".
He also said that the Edge didn't know how to play chords in the beginning which is also bullshit Whatever you say about the Edge is he played chords for BB King. Gene Simmons never even smelled BB's asscrack!
Bob Kulick did a lot of session work for Kiss.
There's a site (not wiki) that lists who played what on the albums but I can't think of the site name.
Terry (07-22-2023)
Wikipedia says Ace played bass on three songs on each of those records. And also three songs on "The Elder". The next record after that (Creatures of the Night) Ace didn't play bass OR guitar at all, but replacement drummer Eric Carr played bass on one track & there were session guys playing bass on two other songs.
I didn't look beyond that, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that Chaim was barely in the studio at all on some of those 80s alleged "Kiss" albums.
Here you go. It's on the internet so it has to be true!
https://www.kissmonster.com/reference/who_played.php
KISS (1974)
Nothin' To Lose - Bruce Foster on piano, Bobby on hand-claps
HOTTER THAN HELL (1974)
No substitutions/extras currently known, however...
Parasite - Ace is rumored to play bass
DRESSED TO KILL (1975)
Ladies In Waiting - Gene Simmons on guitar
C'mon And Love Me - Paul Stanley on lead guitar on intro
DESTROYER (1976)
Beth - Dick Wagner on acoustic guitar
Great Expectations - Brooklyn Boys Choir on backing vocals
Detroit Rock City - Paul and Ace share lead guitar, Bob Ezrin as news-reader
** Bob said it was him, Gene has said it was Bob (Regardless of who YOU think it sounds like)
Flaming Youth - Dick Wagner guitar overdubs; Bob Ezrin caliope
Sweet Pain - Dick Wagner on guitar solo; Tasha Thomas & Carl Hall on backing vocals
God Of Thunder - David and Josh Ezrin as kiddie voices
ROCK AND ROLL OVER (1976)
See You In Your Dreams - Gene Simmons on rhythm guitar
I Want You - Paul Stanley on lead guitar
Ladies Room - Gene Simmons on guitar
Hard Luck Woman - Paul Stanley on acoustic 12 string guitar
LOVE GUN (1977)
I Stole Your Love - Paul and Ace share lead guitar on solo
Christine Sixteen - Gene Simmons on guitar and piano
Got Love For Sale - Gene Simmons on guitar
Love Gun - Paul Stanley on bass and all guitars except solo
Hooligan - Paul Stanley on end solo
Almost Human - Gene Simmons on rhythm guitar, Jimmy Maelin on congas
Plaster Caster - Gene Simmons on guitar
Then She Kissed Me - Paul Stanley on lead guitar
** Background vocalists, The KISSettes: Tasha Thomas, Ray Simpson, and Hilda Harris
ALIVE II SIDE 4 (1977)
All American Man - Bob Kulick on lead guitar
Rockin' In The USA - Bob Kulick on lead guitar
Larger Than Life - Bob Kulick on lead guitar
Rocket Ride - Ace Frehley on bass
Any Way You Want It - Paul Stanley on lead guitar
** The KISS box set details that Rick Derringer played on "Larger Than Life." However, Rick's official discography omits this alleged contribution, while including his later work with the band ("Exciter"). Some also question the drummer...
DOUBLE PLATINUM (1978)
No substitutions/extras currently known
** It's been long rumored that Peter didn't play on the re-recording of "Strutter '78," but it certainly wasn't Anton Fig.
DYNASTY (1979)
I Was Made For Lovin' You - Anton Fig on drums, Vini Poncia on keyboards & backing vocals
2,000 Man - Anton Fig on drums, Ace Frehley on bass
Sure Know Something - Anton Fig on drums, Paul Stanley on guitar solo, Vini Poncia on backing vocals
Dirty Livin' - Peter Criss on drums & lead vocals
Magic touch - Anton Fig on drums, Paul Stanley on bass
Hard Times - Anton Fig on drums, Ace Frehley on bass
X-Ray Eyes - Anton Fig on drums
Charisma - Anton Fig on drums
Save Your Love - Anton Fig on drums, Ace Frehley on bass
** Richie Fontana drums on NOTHING.
UNMASKED (1980)
Is That You? - Anton Fig on drums, Paul Stanley on guitar solo
Shandi - Anton Fig on drums, Tom Harper on bass, Holly Knight on keyboards, Paul Stanley on lead guitar
Talk To Me - Anton Fig on drums, Ace Frehley on bass & lead trout
Naked City - Anton Fig on drums
What Makes The World Go 'Round - Anton Fig on drums, Paul Stanley on lead guitar
Tomorrow - Anton Fig on drums, Paul Stanley on bass
Two Sides Of The Coin - Anton Fig on drums, Ace Frehley on bass
She's So European - Anton Fig on drums
Easy As It Seems - Anton Fig on drums, Paul Stanley on bass and guitar solo
Torpedo Girl - Anton Fig on drums, Ace Frehley on bass
You're All That I Want - Anton Fig on drums, Gene Simmons on rhythm guitar, Paul Stanley on lead guitar
** Vini Poncia plays keyboards, percussion, and sings backing vocals throughout the album; Anton Fig drums on all tracks...
MUSIC FROM "THE ELDER" (1981)
The Oath - Paul Stanley on lead guitar, Ace Frehley on bass
Just A Boy - presumed session player on lead guitar
A World Without Heroes - Paul Stanley on lead guitar
Dark Light - Ace Frehley on bass
Escape From The Island - Bob Ezrin on bass
I - Allan Schwartzberg on drums
Odyssey - Allan Schwartzberg on drums, Tony Powers on keyboards
Only You - Gene Simmons on rhythm guitar
The Summoning - Robert Christie & Anthony Parr as spoken voices
** Bob Ezrin performs additional keyboards and percussion throughout.
KILLERS (1982)
Nowhere To Run - Bob Kulick on lead guitar
Partners In Crime - Bob Kulick on lead guitar; Paul Stanley on bass
Down On Your Knees - Bob Kulick on lead guitar, Mikel Japp on guitar, Paul Stanley on bass
I'm A Legend Tonight - Bob Kulick on lead guitar; Paul Stanley on bass
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT (1982)
Creatures Of The Night - Unknown (pos. Mike Porcaro) on bass; Steve Farris on lead guitar; Adam Mitchell on guitar
Danger - Jimmy Haslip on bass
I Still Love You - Robben Ford on lead guitar; Eric Carr on bass
Rock And Roll Hell - Robben Ford on lead guitar; Jimmy Haslip on bass
War Machine - Gene Simmons on rhythm guitar
** Other session players on this album may even include Bruce Kulick! Bob Kulick did record guitar parts for the album, but his work wasn't used. Vincent Cusano is the album's primary guitarist.
LICK IT UP (1983)
Exciter - Rick Derringer on guitar solo
ANIMALIZE (1984)
Thrills In The Night - Jean Beauvoir on bass & backing vocals
Get All You Can Take - Jean Beauvoir on bass & backing vocals; Mitch Weissman on ryhthm guitar
Under The Gun - Jean Beauvoir on bass & backing vocals
Heaven's On Fire - Paul Stanley on bass
I've Had Enough (Into The Fire) - Paul Stanley on bass
Lonely Is The Hunter - Bruce Kulick on guitar solo
Murder In High Heels - Bruce Kulick on guitar; Mitch Weissman on bass
While The City Sleeps - Mitch Weissman on ryhthm guitar
** Alan Schwartzberg performed additional drum fills, and Desmond Child backing vocals, on some tracks...
ASYLUM (1985)
Tears Are Falling - Paul Stanley on bass
Uh! All Night - Jean Beauvoir on bass
** Alan Schwartzberg performed additional drum fills on some tracks...
CRAZY NIGHTS (1987)
Hell Or High Water - Bruce Kulick on bass
** Both Phil Ashley and Paul Stanley perform keyboards on the album; Tom Kelly sings backing vocals...
SMASHES, THRASHES & HITS (1988)
No substitutions/extras currently known.
HOT IN THE SHADE (1989)
Rise To It - Paul Stanley on slide guitar
Betrayed - Tommy Thayer plays some acoustic & electric guitars
The Street Giveth, And The Street Taketh Away - Tommy Thayer plays some acoustic & electric guitars
Little Caesar - Eric Carr on bass/vocals, Bruce Kulick on all guitars
Forever - Bruce Kulick on bass, Phil Ashley on keyboards
Prisoner Of Love - Jesse Damon on backing vocals
Hide Your Heart - Phil Ashley on keyboards
Silver Spoon - Charlotte Crossley, Valerie Pinkston, and Kim Edwards-Brown on backing vocals
Cadillac Dreams - Pat Regan and Paul Stanley on 'brass'
Read My Body - Eric Singer is rumored to play drums
King Of Hearts - Kevin Valentine is rumored to play drums
You Love Me To Hate You - Kevin Valentine is rumored to play drums
** Since this album was comprised of "beefed" up demos, it is also suggested that Eric Singer appears on some of Paul's songs.
REVENGE (1992)
Unholy - Gene Simmons on "guitar scratches" intro
Domino - Gene Simmons on rhythm guitar
Every Time I Look At You - Bruce Kulick on bass; Paul Stanley on acoustic guitar; Dick Wagner on guitar solo
Carr Jam 1981 - Eric Carr on rhythm guitar
Take It Off - Kevin Valentine on drums
Tough Love - Bruce Kulick on bass
God Gave Rock And Roll To You II - Eric Carr on harmonies
Several songs - Johnny Z on harmonica
Several songs - Tommy Thayer, Jesse Damon, Jamie St. James, on backing vocals
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1995)
I Will Be There - Bruce Kulick on bass
Rain - Bruce Kulick on bass
Master & Slave - Bruce Kulick on bass
Jungle - Bruce Kulick on bass
It Never Goes Away - Bruce Kulick on bass
I Walk Alone - Bruce Kulick on bass & lead vocals
In The Mirror - Bruce Kulick on bass
PSYCHO CIRCUS (1998)
Psycho Circus - Bruce Kulick on bass
We Are One - Paul Stanley on bass; Gene Simmons on guitar
I Finally Found My Way - Bruce Kulick on bass; Shelly Berg on acoustic piano; Bob Ezrin on Fender Rhodes
I Pledge Allegiance - Bruce Kulick on bass on chorus
Within - Bruce Kulick on backwards guitar intro
You Wanted The Best - Ace Frehley on guitar solo
Dreamin' - Bruce Kulick on rhythm guitar
Journey Of 1,000 Years - Shelly Berg on acoustic piano
** It's pretty obvious that there are other players on the album, mainly Tommy Thayer (providing the majority of lead guitar) and Kevin Valentine (drums). The only song the original four members play on is "Into The Void"...
DETROIT ROCK CITY OST (1999)
Nothing Can Keep Me From You - Bruce Kulick on bass; Steve Ferrone on drums; guitarist unknown.
WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY, A TRIBUTE TO THE RAMONES (2003)
Do You Remember Rock 'N Roll Radio - Gene Simmons on bass/vocals; Paul Stanley on guitar/vocals; Eric Singer on drums; Scott Paige on saxophone; Derek Sherinian on keyboards
SONIC BOOM (2009)
No substitutions/extras currently known.
MONSTER (2012)
No substitutions/extras currently known.
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