xxxHunterxxx wrote:Their live albums are much better than the early studio records.
They have a bunch of great songs.
For every great song, they have about five shitty ones.
I would like them more if Gene Simmons weren't in the band. That guy is a total wanker.
tango fistula wrote:1. My first concert..Love Gun tour June 1977
2. Also saw them on the OG reunion tour at MSG
3. Kiss is the true gateway band to punk music...so many of us went
from Kiss Army to metal or punk.
4. Kiss HATES HATES punk music btw.
5. The NY Dolls were way better at the glamstomp Kiss were attempting.
6. So were the Dictators...whom Kiss also hates.
7. Kiss should be in the RnR hall of fame...along with the Monkees
and other bands who innovated rock marketing and merch
version sound wrote:xxxHunterxxx wrote:Their live albums are much better than the early studio records.
They have a bunch of great songs.
For every great song, they have about five shitty ones.
I would like them more if Gene Simmons weren't in the band. That guy is a total wanker.
The live records were studio records.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
James wrote:tango fistula wrote:1. My first concert..Love Gun tour June 1977
2. Also saw them on the OG reunion tour at MSG
3. Kiss is the true gateway band to punk music...so many of us went
from Kiss Army to metal or punk.
4. Kiss HATES HATES punk music btw.
5. The NY Dolls were way better at the glamstomp Kiss were attempting.
6. So were the Dictators...whom Kiss also hates.
7. Kiss should be in the RnR hall of fame...along with the Monkees
and other bands who innovated rock marketing and merch
In Joey Shithead's book, he was saying Gene Simmons was at a DOA show in L.A. in the early 80's. I think it was a big bill with some other bands, so I doubt Gene was there to see them.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
WrEtcH wrote:I love KISS. even the non make up stuff. Glad I saw Ace during the reunion tour. Never saw them in the past, but at least I can say I saw the classic line up. I did see them 2x after that. The "Sonic Boom" tour was a great gig.
JGJR wrote:James wrote:tango fistula wrote:1. My first concert..Love Gun tour June 1977
2. Also saw them on the OG reunion tour at MSG
3. Kiss is the true gateway band to punk music...so many of us went
from Kiss Army to metal or punk.
4. Kiss HATES HATES punk music btw.
5. The NY Dolls were way better at the glamstomp Kiss were attempting.
6. So were the Dictators...whom Kiss also hates.
7. Kiss should be in the RnR hall of fame...along with the Monkees
and other bands who innovated rock marketing and merch
In Joey Shithead's book, he was saying Gene Simmons was at a DOA show in L.A. in the early 80's. I think it was a big bill with some other bands, so I doubt Gene was there to see them.
I heard a story about Gene showing up to a Replacements show at CBGBs and hearing their cover of "Black Diamond" and walking out on them because he hated it.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
Gary wrote:WrEtcH wrote:I love KISS. even the non make up stuff. Glad I saw Ace during the reunion tour. Never saw them in the past, but at least I can say I saw the classic line up. I did see them 2x after that. The "Sonic Boom" tour was a great gig.
Only time I've seen them was on the Sonic Boom tour and it was indeed great,had tickets for the first reunion tour but they cancelled. I love up to Love Gun,then Dynasty has some great tunes,Unmasked has about one(I no longer own it so don't quite remember) and love The Elder.
The Ace Frehley solo record is my favourite KISS record.
The last two have been decent too,although Sonic Boom is the better of the two.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
Gary wrote:Unmasked has about one(I no longer own it so don't quite remember)
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
MXV wrote:When I was a kid, KISS were super heroes to me. I still love Kiss but only Kiss with makeup. Kiss without makeup doesn't exist in my world.
I hate the fact they have a fake Ace and a fake Peter.
yourenotevil wrote:i think if you get double platinum, you can cover the bases for most of their best songs. even half of destroyer is filler imo. i do have some of the early albums and they do have some great lesser known songs on there though. i think creatures was the last good album, and only about 4 or 5 tracks were really good.
yourenotevil wrote:i think if you get double platinum, you can cover the bases for most of their best songs. even half of destroyer is filler imo. i do have some of the early albums and they do have some great lesser known songs on there though. i think creatures was the last good album, and only about 4 or 5 tracks were really good.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
SamDBL wrote: I think all the way up to Destroyer are really awesome albums, musically. Catchy, raw, energetic songs that are light years beyond a lot of their 70's rock contemporaries. I could listend to Dressed To Kill or Hotter than Hell all day long.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
tango fistula wrote:That exact CBGB show was on that live Replacements blog that has been taken down...luckily
I grabbed it...
JGJR wrote:SamDBL wrote: I think all the way up to Destroyer are really awesome albums, musically. Catchy, raw, energetic songs that are light years beyond a lot of their 70's rock contemporaries. I could listend to Dressed To Kill or Hotter than Hell all day long.
No love for Rock and Roll Over or Love Gun?
JGJR wrote:Of their '70s albums, I think Destroyer is one of the most overrated (though still overall a very good Lp). If you took out "Great Expectations," it would already be much better!
This is my favorite KISS song of their early era.
SamDBL wrote:JGJR wrote:Of their '70s albums, I think Destroyer is one of the most overrated (though still overall a very good Lp). If you took out "Great Expectations," it would already be much better!
Agreed.This is my favorite KISS song of their early era.
This is what I mean. Paul's voice is cool sounding to me. And yeah.. I guess it's blasphemous of me to say.. but musically I like Kiss better than the NY Dolls (though I love the Dolls). And this song is a perfect example as to why.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
pedro wrote:I have never cared for them. Not one bit.
Sure, I can laugh along with "Christine" and some other songs, but I have never given them a nickel of my money and I can't imagine I ever will.
FlexMyHead wrote:I missed out on KISS, might have been growing up in Europe and not really hearing much about them. I'm more familiar with punk covers than their original .
xxxHunterxxx wrote:I listened to Alive II on the way home from work yesterday. I don't know if it was the weather or the Blue Mountain coffee coursing through my veins but, for the duration of that drive, it was the best goddamn album on the planet.
john stabb wrote:John Lisa did play me some pretty good Ace Frehley solo-stuff that reminded me of The Sweet. Best solo stuff from any of them.
SamDBL wrote:john stabb wrote:John Lisa did play me some pretty good Ace Frehley solo-stuff that reminded me of The Sweet. Best solo stuff from any of them.
I don't anyone can argue this. Those solo records pretty much sucked except for Ace's... which was actually damn good.
john stabb wrote:John Lisa did play me some pretty good Ace Frehley solo-stuff that reminded me of The Sweet. Best solo stuff from any of them.
captain2man wrote:I heard the Vegas Kiss show was nothing short of spectacular. How was the set list? Any surprises? The only time they seem to play deep cuts are on the Kiss Kruises (and I've seen those set lists - and they really do dig out songs you have completely forgotten about).
On a related note - I'm seeing Ace Frehley tonight at the Paramount in Huntington. His last two solo albums have actually been quite good.
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