It seems to me that the story that I heard on some show about the Alive album (possibly Classic Albums?) is that the overdubs weren't as wholescale as the legend now suggests. The dubs also weren't because KISS couldn't play the songs well live, but that no one had tried to record a band like KISS live before. The pyro was being picked up by the mics, Paul didn't get close enough to the mic a lot of times and his vocals would fade in and out. Gene would bang the mic stand with his bass and it would make a thump. Etc.
If you've seen KISS on the Midnight Special from 1975 or so, playing live, you hear that they actually could play the songs well, and they sound very much like the Alive album, just a little more raw. If you have the KISSology DVDs, the entire performance in on there, and they are clearly a band that is hungry and playing their asses off, knowing they have a national audience.
If you've seen KISS on the Midnight Special from 1975 or so, playing live, you hear that they actually could play the songs well, and they sound very much like the Alive album, just a little more raw. If you have the KISSology DVDs, the entire performance in on there, and they are clearly a band that is hungry and playing their asses off, knowing they have a national audience.
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