Kiss debut album11/10/2023 ![]() "'Cold Gin' represented my first writing contribution to the band. Songs backward and forward." -Kiss-Behind the Mask, p. ![]() They were as green as were were.production-wise Was the first time I ever did a real album. It was one of our best records because it had that spontaneityĪnd that tough kind of sound. KISS re-recorded Strutter as a "new" track for 1978's Theme From KISS was the first single released by the band. It was the artist's idea to put the dots on Peter's whiskers and such. All three of the other members did their own make-up. Was changed on the day of the photo shoot by a make-up artist against To get the silver look in his hair, Ace used silver spray-painted that ![]() The band wanted the cover to resemble the The cover of KISS was created by having the band sit under a heavy (and Gene's hair caught on fire several times while performing his fire breathing KISS' biggest musical influences were Alice "Kiss" was the first long play album to be released on A single from Bill AmesburyĮntitled "Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do") was actually the first release,Īlbeit a single. Kiss was the first band to sign to Neil Bogart's Casablanca label,īut "Kiss" was the second release on the label. November 1, 1973-KISS signs with Casablanca records for a four-album Skirt, or Kings In Satan's Service, or any other acronym) Was what KISS stood for was never true either. TheĪcronym Knights In Satan's Service that many anti-rock preachers claimed Gene was once quotedĪs saying that he wanted to call the band F**K but thought it wouldn'tįly with record companies. Names for the band before KISS was decided on included "Albatross", KISS' first gig was at The Coventry in New York on January 31, 1973-only After the concert, I forget who said it, but someone said, "What if we have four Alice Coopers?" We had been battling to be more gang-ish in a way, a tougher, almost biker don't-fuck-with-us attitude. But we wanted to be tougher than the Beatles–more like the Stones, but not quite the Stones. We wanted the Beatles' wite, the same type of fun paired with a high level of creativity, too. The four of us got together after the concert, and it all started coming to us. Alice was in full makeup, and the kids in the audience were freaking out over this guy who came out with a huge snake and got hung on stage. Gene and I sat in our chairs in the back, but we were all equally impressed by Alice. Alice and his band came on, and Ace and Paul ran all the way up to the front of the stage like groupies. The KISS epiphany happened the night we went to Madison Square Garden (in 1973) to see Alice Cooper play. In January 1973 to become the hottest band in the world. Peter was enlisted around April 1972 and Ace followed Lester, they even recorded an album's worth of demos for Epic Records Named Steven Coronel in 1970 after Coronel introduced the two. Stanley andĮugene would form a group called Wicked Lester with a mutual friend Playing in various bands at night hoping to get discovered. George Criscuola (Peter Criss) was in several bands including Lips andĬhelsea and Stanley Paul Eisen (Paul Stanley) was a struggling art student Set was released with a live version of "Acrobat" from 2/17/74)īefore the release of the album, Eugene Klein (Gene Simmons) was workingĪs a school teacher Paul Frehley (Ace Frehley) was driving a taxicab Song was played by the band as late as June 1974. "Love Theme from Kiss" had been performed in concert by the band in anĮxtended version titled "Acrobat" before the recording of "Kiss". #79 on June 22 after five weeks on the charts. The song fared somewhat better on the Cashbox charts, reaching The song didn't reach anywhere near the success of the original song hitting Lyrics were altered from the original song as the band and their managementįelt some of them didn't quite fit the band's image. Radio station, the song was never originally titled "Twistin' Time." The While it is true that the song was used for a contest on the Promote a kissing contest to promote both the band and WSHE, a rock radio Rumor was that a famous DJ from Nashville suggested that Kiss reviseĪnd record the Bobby Womack song "Twisin' Time" to "Kissin' Time" to help "Kissin' Time" (Mann/Lowe) is a cover of a Bobby Rydell The album was reissued in July 1974 to include "Kissin' Time". Pressings of "Kiss" do not include "Kissin' Time". KISS only reached # 87 on Billboard's charts and dropped off very quickly. KISS was the first and only album distributed via Warner Bros. 49) However, I think the 18th was a typo. According to Black Diamond, "Kiss" was released NB-9001 / US, 2/74 w/o "Kissin' Time") This is the more sought after Album Originally Released: February 8, 1974.
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