KISS have now released almost 40 studio albums over 36 years, selling over million albums worldwide. Add to that the largest collection of rock merchandise you can imagine — they have KISS products for just about everything a rock fan could wish for.
Your email address will not be published. Random article. Menu Home Birthday No. Search Search for: Search. Follow us facebook twitter pinterest. Our site 1 Facebook. Kiss has released 24 studio albums if you count the four solo albums. John, this was his one brief moment of fame. He died in , aged For the only time in their career, Kiss used additional writers on every track on this album. But among the 15 tracks were some clunkers, including two tracks written by Simmons with future Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer.
The classic make-up was gone, but Paul Stanley especially was still plastering on the lipstick and eyeliner. All Night. This album also marked the debut of lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, whose brother Bob had auditioned for Kiss back in , and had played an uncredited role, filling in for Ace Frehley, on Alive II and other Kiss albums.
Bruce Kulick would stay with Kiss for ten years. On August 9, came the moment that every Kiss fan had dreamed of: when Ace Frehley and Peter Criss joined Paul and Gene onstage for the first time since From this came the impetus for a full-scale reunion with Ace and Peter. Which was great for the Kiss Army, if not for Singer and Kulick. And on a purely musical level, Kiss Unplugged was a triumph. Nothing could match Alive!
But this third instalment of the franchise-within-a-franchise proved that Kiss were still a great live act, even without the make-up that had been so much a part of the magic. For much of the 80s, Paul Stanley carried Kiss, while Gene Simmons was busy acting in movies and producing and managing other artists.
The success of Crazy Nights owed everything to Stanley. The band disowned it. The critics panned it. Most Kiss fans hated it.
And few bought it. But in terms of artistry and ambition, there has never been a Kiss album to equal it, before or since. Blackwell and Dark Light , all of which were co-written with rock legend Lou Reed. Where Stanley and Frehley took the route-one approach to their solo albums, Simmons went completely off-piste. The album featured Criss on the cover, but was recorded with drummer Anton Fig. By the time Unmasked was released in May , Criss was out of the band.
Timing is everything. And in the same year, Kiss put out a disco song. Parent album Dynasty reached the Top Tonight You Belong To Me is a sensational song with an intense emotional charge — rated by Stanley as one of his best. But on two tracks, he pushed the envelope. But with former Black Sabbath drummer Eric Singer in place of Carr, and producer Bob Ezrin back for a third time, Revenge was a shrewd repositioning of Kiss at a time when grunge was king. It had been 11 years since Kiss had made a new studio record, and Paul Stanley was determined that they should come back with a bang.
Guitarist Tommy Thayer made his debut on Sonic Boom. He even sang lead on one track, as did Eric Singer. And Simmons was back to his best on the sneering Russian Roulette. Beginning in , the new-look Kiss achieved a remarkable comeback. Having already used the perfect title for this album — Unmasked — they named it Lick It Up after a song that was classically Kiss. Guitarist Vinnie Vincent would be fired after the Lick It Up tour, but the album sold well — proof Kiss could survive on their music alone.
The second Kiss album was, like the first one, a flop. Hotter Than Hell peaked at No. It was also the last Kiss album to feature the full original line-up on every track.
But on Love Gun , they still sounded tight. On Shock Me , Frehley sings lead for the first time, sounding effortlessly cool — or maybe just pissed. Destroyer had been considered a sell-out. With Peter Criss singing it like Rod, it was another huge hit. Neil Bogart, the head of Casablanca Records, took a hands-on approach with Dressed To Kill , co-producing the album with the group.
It sounded much cleaner and punchier than the preceding album, Hotter Than Hell. There was a joke about the Kiss solo albums that became received wisdom: they shipped platinum and returned double platinum.
What Ace delivered was a smoking, balls-out, hard-rock record with flashes of his goofball humour. More complex is the story of its creation. By , Ace Frehley had quit. Behind the scenes, several guitarists auditioned.
Amazingly, Eddie Van Halen was briefly in the frame.
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