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The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Most often on Last.fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information.
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Sometimes, single releases may be credited to Various Artists when their profits are going to charity and, usually in high-profile cases, are sometimes known by a group name. Examples include Band Aid with their releases of Do They Know It's Christmas? and USA for Africa with We Are The World.

Various Artists is also an actual performance name for Torsten Pröfrock, who runs the German DIN label. Torsten performs also as Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, Traktor besides some others. He's a good friend of Robert Henke and since the Fall of 2004, he is a member of Monolake.

Various Artists was also a short-lived Bristol punk band formed by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (originally from Birmingham). Other members were also simultaneously in Art Objects who went on to become The Blue Aeroplanes, the latter the Key brothers also co-wrote some songs and were involved in. When Various Artists imploded, the Key brothers went on to form Either / Or.

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Will Horting

1y↑1

Speaking of school and teachers.........
The year of my little story was 1978. I was 14.
The school I attended was in a tiny town of about 250-300, in rural Kansas.
The music/choir teacher at our school was a woman, who was around 40 at the time.
Very devout Christian.
Anyway...One week, she told my class, that if we had any "rock and roll albums", we each could bring an album to class, and we could play a song or two from each of them (on the turntable), during class, to show diversity in musical tastes to the rest of the class.

I brought in my copy of KISS Alive II.
Kept it hidden all day, because I knew that I would be teased by my classmates (I always got teased and bullied, even without them knowing that I liked KISS).

The moment I took out my album, and the teacher seen the cover... she freaked out!🤣
I remember her shouting, "We aren't going to listen to any of that devil worship filth!!"
And she refused to let me prove that it wasn't any worse than anything anyone else had brought.

And I was right... from that day forward, I got teased even more, because I liked KISS.🤣

All these years later, they are still my favorite band.😎

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Professor of Rock

1y↑36

Poll: What is your pick for the best "LIVE" song of the rock era?

Damouze

1y↑1

Thin Lizzy - "Roisinh Dubh" and "Emerald" from the 1981 "Life" album.

Erik DeMann

@The_Jaguar_ Knight Good choices.

The_Jaguar_ Knight

1y↑1

Kiss - God of Thunder,
Judas Priest - Green Manalishi

David O'Leary

@DT I just finished scrolling through the whole list of top picks and was very surprised that the Brothers weren't mentioned until your post. I agree, AB Live @ Fillmore East is definitely one of the best, possibly the best ever. Some of my other top picks: The Band - Rock of Ages, Before the Flood (with Dylan) and the Last Waltz (with so many great performances), Lou Reed's Rock 'n' Roll Animal (already mentioned by others), Neil Young's Live Rust (espec. sides 3&4 but the whole album is great). I'm sure there are others that I'm not thinking of right now but reading through these messages fills up my "in my head playlist" for the next week or two!

Erik DeMann

KISS Alive! -100.000 Years.

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The Real Corn Pop

1y↑126

I was in basic training in September of 1974. One of the guys was asking everyone if they had heard of KISS, and went on about how good they were live. Nobody had heard of them and of course we gave him an extremely hard time about the name KISS, if you know what I mean. Then, a little over a year later, there they were, busting out with a hard hitting rock album. Memories.

Redneck Shaman

@JOE BARNES once you go black, it's like smoking crack ❤️

JOE BARNES

1y↑2

I still have my kiss army membership card from 1975. And I still crank it up every time kiss comes on the radio

Redneck Shaman

1y↑1

I'm addicted to pigger nussy 😃

Demon Saint

1y↑4

While not in Basic Training I was in the Army at the time. I ran into a guy that was doing the same with The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Same story just a few years later.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑9

Did you tell them, “Wait until you see their faces!”?

Eric Williams

1y↑115

As Paul Stanley says at the end of every show, it's "The rock n roll national anthem!" I discovered KISS back in 1977 when my mom let me pick out a record from the record club (10 albums for a penny). I picked Destroyer because of the "monsters" on the cover. I was 6. When I got it and played it, I was hooked. Been a KISS fan ever since.

Malandar

@Will Hey it's not our fault you don't know squat about good music.

Bruce Hanna

@William schaft I remember that commercial. I had that album. I had them all from Alive to Creatures of the Night.

DDKaraokeOutlaw

@David 👍

David

@DDKaraokeOutlaw I like Shout It Out Loud better too.

Andrew King

One of the best hard rock albums

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J Price

1y↑8

At my wedding 25 years ago I had only one request of my bride. The last song of the reception would be the LIVE version of Rock and Roll all Nite. It had to be the live version and we had a crowd singing to the top of their lungs…it was great. Still a huge fan today. And I appreciate that Gene and Paul are genuine about their stance on drugs and alcohol.

the1cruzr

1y↑5

Great story! The energy in the live version has kept this song alive for so many years! For all the crap that Peter gets, his drumming carries the energy from the first to the last note, leaving room for chorus and solo’s to shine with Ringo-esque perfect drumming for the song kind of way. While the main beat is fundamental rock and roll, the little rolls and fills are subtle but necessary to the feel. Both Eric’s play this song well, but the feel is a just different… more mechanical, whereas Peter’s jazz influence brings a unique style. AND THE DRUMS ARE NOT OVERDUBBED!!

Elizabeth Sturdivant

1y↑38

I can't believe how long it took them to get into the Hall of Fame. When I think of a band that personifies Rock and Roll, KISS is always the first band that comes to mind.

Bruce Hanna

@DMSProduktions RS was a corporate ruse to try to influence who the public liked. (Padding their own pockets) KISS owned their own rights and wrote their own music. No wonder they got so little air time on the radio stations. They were not one of the good ol’ boys. Love or hate their music, respect for their drive to succeed is necessary.

spiderfan1974

@Duke Craig KI$$ is was and always will be a trash band. $immons trashing the HOF and then flip flopping like the fake he is when the Hall calls them. Jhonny Rotten trashed the Hall and told them to promptly slag off when they were wanting to induct them. Not like the fakes KI$$ is.

DMSProduktions

@timmmahhhh RS IS a joke! Always was!

DMSProduktions

Well it WAS run by RS Mag, & they absolutely REFUSED to ever cover KISS during the 70s! WHY would they induct a band they snubbed for 40 years into their hall of 'fame'? RS only LIKED the Grateful Dead!

Duke Craig

1y↑2

But Run DMC was in!!!
Joke.

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rose

1y↑5

KISS ALIVE ! was modeled after Uriah Heeps live album released in April of 1973 and peaked at #37 on the US charts which was very high for a live LP . This was also a double live LP complete with a gatefold cover and pictures of the band inside . KISS took it a step further ( in usual KISS fashion ) and inserted a really cool booklet . That being said , after I rushed out to buy a KISS LP after seeing them on the Paul Lynde Halloween Special , I couldn’t believe my poor little Carpenter loving , AM radio listening ears . During Paul Stanley’s rap in the middle of 100,000 years , I just KNEW he was going to mention “ getting high “ when he said “ I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU “ . I knew if my dad heard this he would have FREAKED so I did my best to keep him from listening . When he did say “ let me hear this “ , I played the intro of side one . My dad said “ did he just say , You Wanted It You Bastard “ ? LOL . Anyway I started playing guitar because of ACE and my new album will be out this spring . Rock on 🤘🏻

Frosted

Rose,
Thank You !

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were huge fans off Slade, Uriah Heep and Deep Purple!

They copied Deep Purple for both Alive I and Rock and Roll All Nite!

hellradiolives

1y↑52

KISS Army inductee here. 😊 My favorite Kiss story: Hot in the Shade Tour, lots of young kids not paying attention to the classics and sitting down in our area, in visual line with the stage. Kiss starts playing my favorite song Deuce. I start jumping up and down, singing along. Gene Simmons looks at me laughing. I realize it is me he is looking at so I stop and point at myself in a "me?"gesture. He laughs even harder raises his hands, jumps and nods for me to keep jumping😁. The Power of KISS!!!

Patch Stewart

1y↑2

@SIXPACFISH I was too young to get to see them with makeup, finally got to see them at Municipal Auditorium in Nov of ‘85 (I was 11 yo). It wasn’t until the reunion tour that I got to see them with makeup (Preds arena).

SIXPACFISH

1y↑2

I never got to see kiss when I was young. They only played Nashville in the dead of winter. It was 35 miles of hilly 2 lane roads to get to I-40, then 100 miles to Nashville. And there was always around a foot of snow on the ground. By the time KISS started playing TN in summer they had wiped off the paint. I didn't want to see that show.

Budman 4044

1y↑5

I worked security for the Hot In The Shade tour concert in Des Moines. I was in front of the stage during Faster Pussycat and the Road manager tapped me on the shoulder and said "Follow Me." We went to the room where radio contest winners were going to meet Kiss. I just had to make sure no one ate the food at the buffet. The DJ started laying out posters for Kiss to sign. I ran out in the hall and grabbed and 8x10 poster of the Hot In The Shade that was taped to the wall. I asked the DJ if it was OK if Kiss signed it. He said he'd see what he could do. They did sign it and I did get to talk to them.
Afterwards, I was back out in front of the stage. Gene Simmons was standing on the speakers behind me and was throwing out pics. 2 of them landed by my feet. We weren't supposed to keep those but I stepped on one and when I reached down to get the other, I scooped up the one under my foot an tossed the other into the audience and casually stuck the other into my pocket.
I had the poster send the pic framed and hung it on the wall.
Unfortunately I forgot to grab it when I went through my divorce.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑4

OMG, what an amazing experience! I would have gotten the chills!

Nothing Like Vinyl

1y↑14

After 40+ years, "Alive!" is still one of my top two live rock albums. Words aren't enough to describe what I felt the first time I heard it.

james hagan

“Alive,” “Frampton Comes Alive,” and “Tokyo Tapes” (Scorpions) are my three game changers in the live album department

THE SWORD

1y↑1

Thin Lizzy-"Live & Dangerous"
Judas Priest-"Priest Live!"
Are also both very good!!! If you don't have them, you should.
And I forgot:
Scorpions "World Wide Live".

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birdsoffir

1y↑15

I immediately went out and bought the album and saw them live for the first time on the Destroyer tour in 76. Absolutely one of my all time favorites and I love all genres of music from Bach to rock!

Chuck Russell

At age 6, I stood on the front porch and cried as all the other older kids in the neighborhood was being taken to the concert by their parents and mine would not let me go. Well, at least I got to go to others later in life, but at the time I was destroyed by not getting to go.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Same here!

Professor of Rock

Rock on!

Larry Corcoran

1y↑3

Love hearing how you were introduced to KISS. My older cousin introduced me to KISS in 80, the Double Platinum album.

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Jeremiah Rose

1y↑2

It's insane, I didn't get into KISS until 1991...yes 1991..they are my favorite band by far. I heard that people didn't like their first few albums, why? When I was station overseas I bought every album right away....and loved all of it, especially anything from the 70's even their first few albums.

netminderchuck

1y↑1

This album makes me feel 14 years old again every time I play it. I saved up my paper route money and bought it as soon as it was available in the the record store, Musicland, in my local mall. 47 years later it’s still one of my favorite albums.

Jeremy

1y↑11

The members of KISS definitely weren't Saints, but they weren't the evil Demons they were painted as either. They actually cared about their music and their fans and gave back to their communities. They're still taking care of their own today. They were amazing and no one can ever truly replace them as the best live band.

TheKeymaster

1y↑37

I was only 3 when this album came out but I was absolutely fascinated with this band as a kid. When I would go to the grocery store with my mom, I would go straight to the magazine rack and check out all of the rock mags with Kiss on the cover. The makeup and outfits were just mesmerizing.

timg185

1y↑4

I was 3 as well. I inherited my Aunts and uncles records when they switch to 8 tracks. Loved Kiss since I was 3 or 4 . I remember begging my Mom to let me stay up late when they performed on late night shows.

SuryaDas

1y↑3

Same! 😎👍💥💯💥

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑4

Their costumes totally remind me of Halloween. They’re such cool guys.

W1NGXER0

1y↑5

I have a similar nostalgic memory.

Professor of Rock

1y↑7

How could you not be!

Dib Crew

1y↑45

I never got into KISS but my friends who did absolutely loved them. I went to see them live in 84 and it was an awesome show.

Duke Craig

@olikat8
Oh wow, when you were in Turkey or anywhere else out that way did you ever have the chance to go over to Egypt and see the Great Pyramid's? It's always been a dream of mine to see them, it's just so mind boggling that they were built 4,000 years ago, to put things in perspective it was as long as from when they were built to the time of Cleopatra as it is from her time until now.
When was it that you were traveling around with your dad from one posting to the next? What years?

olikat8

@Duke Craig lived in Turkey, UK, & several states. The absolute butt-hole? Wright-Patterson in Ohio. Just a complete hole

Duke Craig

@olikat8
Ok, so you weren't in the military but you were a dependent of someone who was.
Did your dad's postings take you to any other adventurous locations? I certainly hope not in the midwest, I went from Germany to Kansas and boy did I hate that place, I was so miserable there for the rest of my enlistment I couldn't even begin to describe it, my entire unit was moved there from Germany and it wasn't long that things like DUI's and suicides started skyrocketing among the ranks, we were all just so miserable in that place, it was awful.

olikat8

@Duke Craig my dad was at Patch as the USAF arm. For those who didn't know, that's where the final "Launch" order is given for US forces. You'd see all branches on this little army post

Duke Craig

1y↑1

@olikat8
Oh wow, just out of coiriosity what had taken you there?
I had to enlist in the military to go to Europe to see where my ancestors came from, if there was another way of doing it I sure would have liked to know back then.

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Zeke's Miata Channel

1y↑9

This was the album that turned me on to Kiss... They were my favorite band until I discovered Rush's 2112 album shortly afterwards. I still love Kiss, but Rush took the number one spot for life after I heard that album. Kiss was the first concert I ever saw, and I saw Rush for the first time in the same year. Kiss had the stage show, but Rush had Neil Peart. That was all the stage show they needed. RIP Neil.

Rich Hope

1y↑1

Kiss and Rush go hand and hand.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

It’s so tough picking just one of them!

Bob Buttface

1y↑2

Adam, you did it again you have summed up those days when Kiss came on the scene perfectly. I was 7 years old when “Kiss Alive” came out and it was why I started playing drums. Those were great times for sure! Thank you! You are the best!!

Tom Ansuini

I'm a high school music teacher and band director and Kiss was one of my 2 favorite bands when I was growing up in the 70s. I was blown away by their raw energy and I loved all their songs. I had the privelege of seeing them live 5 times in Montreal. The radio stations in Montreal were too stuck-up at the time to give Kiss fair reviews, but I didn't care. Some of my friends were surprised that I liked Kiss since I was studying classical piano at the time, but Kiss to me was just amazing and I just loved listening and analysing every part of their music. Today, I try as much as possible to incorporate the Kiss stage show elements into my student's pop band concerts. Parents think I'm crazy, but they just love listening and WATCHING their kids perform a pop repertoire on a live and colorful stage (yes, even with simple pyrotechnics). Kiss really influenced me in regards to the stage experience that I share with my students :)

George Edward

1y↑12

Kiss Alive was the first rock album I ever bought when it came out in '75. I wore the grooves out. And then they hit me with Destroyer.

Just some dude you know

1y↑1

I picked up alive 2 at a garage sale for 10 cents. Became my favorite lp of all time. The drum solo on alive 1 is incredible and not easily matched by anyone. I was listening to an interview with paul stanley talking about going to their manager at one point in their earlier years to ask for a raise for the band. He walked into the guys office and their manager was kicking back at this desk on the phone with his legs up on the desk. Paul sat down and the first thing he saw was that their manager had duct tape on the bottom of his shoes to cover the holes he had. Was so broke he couldn't afford new shoes. Paul abandoned the idea of asking for a raise. lol

Bizzy Nomo

1y↑1

Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!! KISS was my first concert and I saw them in Portland, OR in 1976 when the Alive album was blowing up among the teen rockers demographic. The vibe of that show was amazing and is still one of the best concerts I've seen at a pure rock spectacle standpoint. And yes, we were all burgeoning 16-17 year old musicians that immediately formed a band and learned KISS tunes. Fun times!!

robster

1y↑23

Great story about finally getting the formula right for this band. Kiss was as much about the experience (the costumes, the act, the pyrotechnics) as it was about the music and that album's success really confirmed it. Many felt they were too gimmicky when they first came out, but they sure have stood the test of time. Full credit where credit is due! Thx Adam!

David

@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz I remember my younger brother telling me he Listened to Rock and Roll Over album again after not hearing for quite a while. He said man that is a great album.

Jeremy

1y↑2

They were an amazing group to see live no doubt.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑2

They had so many great songs, for sure.

Professor of Rock

1y↑7

Thanks Robster! You get it!

Malandar

I don't remember when I heard KISS the first time, but my first KISS album was Double Platinum, and I managed to get most of their other work even though I was only about 14, the first time I played Double Platinum I was hooked. I managed to finally go to a KISS concert during the Animalize tour. Best concert I have been to. The funny thing is my favorite KISS album is The Elder. (I am heavy into fantasy and I love music with story to it.)

DFX Darrell

1y↑1

Thank you for covering KISS once again, my favorite band! Too many stories to share here other than meeting Gene, Paul and Peter in 1997 during the Reunion Tour. Amazing first concert with their makeup back on. Turned me into a little kid again. I was dressed as Gene with makeup and boots and full costume. Good times! Thanks for the memories, well done.

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Sir Alleycat

I remember seeing Kiss for the first time on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. They just blew me away with "Nothin to Lose". I don't know how it was in the rest of the country, but in Los Angeles, they rocketed to the top. Once they came out with the "Kiss Army" stuff and action figures, they may have become huge in the teenybopper circles nationally, but in my book, they sold out and were done. Hotter than Hell was the last album I bought by them. They had a few hits later, Beth and Detroit Rock City stand out, but they were mostly partied out.

Kolchak357

I remember hearing this album when my older brother bought it. He brought it home and put his speakers in the bedroom window and played it for his neighborhood friends. I don’t remember the first time I heard many albums, but I remember this one. It was magic to me.

Fred Upstairs

1y↑12

Professor could you please do a segment on Slade? They were mentioned several times in this edition and they deserve more recognition then they receive. You rightly describe how Kiss was an influence to many bands yet it was Slade that was a major influence on Kiss. They were a great band that was huge in England but never quite translated to the American market at the time. Cum on Feel the Noize, Gudbuy tJane, Mama Weer All Crazee Now etc. are some of the best pure rock songs ever.

Carey Lee

@Drahculia My Oh My from the same album "The Amazing Kamakazi Syndrome" in the UK was Number 2 so yeah what was popular in the States didn't translate

Drahculia

1y↑1

What was successful in the early 1980s in USA was not necessarily what was successful in the early 1980s UK. Just ask Twisted Sister: their signature song and 1983 UK Hit "I am (I'm Me)" went unknown in the USA. While their softened-sounding 1984 USA hit album "Stay Hungry" and its USA hit "We're Not Gonna Take It" killed their UK audience dead and buried, and they never recovered in the UK from that sell-out.

Drahculia

1y↑1

"Run Runaway" was a hit for Slade in USA in 1984, (yet seemed to have little effect on their native UK). A great song with a great music video! (And yes the music video is on youtube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMxcGaAwy-Q
It's from the 1984 Slade album "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply". Sadly, it's not easy to get album on CD.

Carey Lee

I absolutely agree with this, Slade are the band that deserves way more recognition than they get, their influence goes beyond what most bands have set in Rock Music and I’d like to see them finally be recognized for their contributions and influences.

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1y↑1

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1y↑4

As a Kiss fan, I had each album when they were first came out. I thought each album was better than the last leading up to the great Alive album. As much as I love Rock and Roll All Nite live, the song that I thought really jumped off the record compared to the original was C'mon and Love Me. Probably my all time favorite Kiss song.

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Neil Ferreira

1y↑4

Love your channel and appreciate the knowledge you drop to keep rock n roll alive!

OPT50

The first Kiss album I remember hearing in the 1980's was Love Gun. My oldest brother got it on an 8 track tape, and my other older brother and I would go into his bedroom to listen to it on his big stereo. He had to keep it down low enough though, because my mom and step dad made a rule of no Kiss allowed in the house because they believed what the rock seminar preachers and church pastors were saying, about Kiss standing for either Knights In Satans Service or Kids In Satans Service. Then I also heard it in the house of another school kid who was in my class. I the Love Gun album really rocked.

ghost stories

1y↑4

Thank you for all your hard work putting together all these rock n roll history videos! I love learning about musicians histories. You're my new favorite youtube channel! 🍻♥

Kirk S

1y↑2

"Standing on Higher Ground" (originally from Gaudi album) sounds so much better live on his Alan Parsons: The Very Best Live CD. That whole album is amazing for being live

Michael Wride

My first Kiss album was alive. I was 12 years old and I played that album for weeks. It will always have a place in my heart. Yes, I was in the Kiss Army from 1975 to around 1979..

Brett Hibbs

Kiss is a great band I first heard them way back in the late 70's when K-tel had a record out with all the great bands of that era and I've listen to them ever since and the live version of rock and roll all night is just frickin awesome.

Aamon Deville

I was 14 in 1976. KISS was the pushback against disco that was so prominent at that time. I think rock and roll all nite has stood the test of time and still gives me a chill when I hear it, always got to crank it up!

Laurie's Window

1y↑19

KISS definitely made an impact on us teens in the 70's. You could feel the excitement and energy immediately change at dances when their songs were played. I remember in '76 at our high school Halloween dance we had 4 seniors show up at school that day dressed in complete KISS regalia. I can only imagine how much work was put into those costumes. Great memories.

Will Horting

1y↑1

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

One of my teachers remembers listening to music turntable style as a teen in the 70s. I’m gonna bring up KISS to her today and see if she remembers.

Robert Ross

1y↑3

As a child my parents signed our family up for one of those mail-order album clubs. My little sister’s first full-length lp was Destroyer by Kiss which actually introduced me to their music; at the time I was more into blues and soft rock. Nowadays I’m more of a metalhead and I have Kiss for bringing me into the world of harder rock!

mayormike - Mike Mortimore

Watching this at the age of 63 warms my heart. Living in Wyoming, I had to wait until 1977 (or 78) to see KISS. But I thought there were great hits on the first 3 albums long before the live album that sealed it all. The big live albums of that generation were Frampton Comes Alive, KISS Alive, and Nugent's Double Live Gonzo. I can remember being excited with each new KISS album. You don't get that anymore. - MayorMike

mayormike - Mike Mortimore

And as far as overdubbing... I have never seen a performance by Frampton of Do You Feel Like I Do that sounds as good as the one on the live album. If it was overdubbed, they did a good job.

Morris Gautreau

1y↑1

I figured out this mystery, KISS was my first favorite band when I was in my pre-teens! Then it was Metallica in '85, and TOOL in '92 until today! So, yeah, I knew this story well. But, I remember my uncle bringing that debut self-titled album. I was hooked from the beginning. But, KISS ALIVE changed everything, it when you realized, it's not just you whom likes this, others do too!

Raven Page

Kiss Alive was my first Kiss album. I was in the 6th grade and had to have it. I think my Mom let me have it just because she was intrigued on how different (costumes/makeup) it was compared to what she was used to. I was a lucky kid that my Mom was always pretty cool about music. We always had music playing. My Mom had an extensive 45 & album collection too. Don't even get me started the first time she saw David Lee Roth on MTV with his chaps/loin cloth outfit. LOL.

Dr Ace 2025

1y↑2

My brother borrowed the first KISS album in the summer of 1974. I was 6 years old and I had never seen anything like them before. I was just in awe. Been a fan ever since. Saw them in December 1979 for the first time. They put on a great show every time I've seen them. Never disappointed.

amsterdamsel

1y↑4

I was 12 or 13 when this album came out. I have to admit that at that age I was influenced heavily by the derisive opinions of KISS by my older brothers (musicians all). I didn't begin to really appreciate them until I was in my 30s. They are still not my favorite rock band, but I do concede their ability to work a crowd of young partiers.

Cat on the Moon

Kiss Alive was an unbelievable album. I remember listening to it on 8-track no less over and over while we all played ping pong down in the basement of my friends house....good times! 👍

Rob Rabionet

The 1st live album I ever purchased after my 1st album Boston in 1976. Till this day I considered Boston on of the best top LPs of all time. Kiss Alive was so incredible , I used to crank it in my bedroom and just rock, I was 8 years old and forever became a rock fan in the mist of a high Disco era. I still rock today the same way I used to rock in 1976 with the Alive album. Thanks to that Kiss Army I was able to put posters all over my room next to the iconic Farrah Fawcett poster every kid had on their wall!!

anxietyOFTHEspectacle

A lot of the time I feel like you (the prof) are doing that "BACK IN MY DAY THINGS WERE BETTER..." thing that every generation feels I think (which is totally understandable) but you are spot on when it comes to the power of sampling sort of stripping away some creativity. Having to actually experiment and find the sound a band/engineer is trying to get is definitely more impressive than just loading a sample. I also think a lot of technological limitations have led to some cool artistic innovation. One big example to me is that CLASSIC Nintendo game music we still remember (Mario, Tetris, Zelda, etc..) is iconic because those composers were limited to this little 8 bit technology.

As far as this song, I hate KISS hahaha...but rock on ya'll who love them.

frank rodrigues

Kiss Alive was my introduction to Kiss. A truly amazing live album. Ended up buying the albums that had failed previously. Rock and roll all night, was and is a classic anthem. Saw them a couple of years back and their shows are as brilliant as ever. Everytime an explosion went off, the arena would heat up.

Andy Brown

My first live show ever - August 1979 in Nashville, TN at the Municipal Auditorium - the Dynasty tour!! I was 13 and it shook my whole world! I still have vivid memories of that show! Love live the KISS Army!

MurderMostFowl

Funny enough… I just experienced this in my own way the other day. I had been playing KISS songs on Apple Music, letting it play random, and the original studio version of this song popped up. I had never heard it before… and I was like “what is this??”
It sounded so “small” and the slightly anemic sounding drums ( and tambourine even iirc!? ) It was so weird to my ears. I knew immediately why the live version was a success.
They needed this song to sound massive and the live version gives it the feel it deserves.

Up In Flames

Fantastic job Adam!
KISS was my favorite band 1975-2000! Kiss Alive was a phenomenal record produced by Eddie Kramer. 🤟😎❤️🔥

Matthew Cragg

My number one favorite band of all time. I started listening to them about when "Rock and Roll Over" was released. I'm still listening to them today.

Steve Hennessy

My first live concert was KISS with opening act Cheap Trick. I was 15/16 and boy did it light a fire inside me. Joined the KISS Army after that and have been a fan ever since. Alive was the best live album followed by Head East Live. Both great albums that really ROCK!

I saw KISS in concert a second time - this time with Aerosmith in Kansas City. Took my son with me this time - was great to relive my youth and show my son with real Rock n Roll was. KISS had the show and Aerosmith was the music. What a great memory for both my son and I.

charlie pickard

I was a huge Kiss fan but I had a few buddies who were and their love for the band ended up growing on me. Definitely a huge part of Rock history.

Jo Fry

1y↑2

I graduated from junior high in '76 and the school made us have the theme from Mahoganny as our song. We all wanted "Freebird"...Not really a KISS memory but what popped into my head after listening to this :)

Corey Sosner

Card carrying member of the KISS Army ! My first album blew my mind played awesome tennis racket down in my basement listening to this record over and over and over !!! The most influential band of the 70s hands down ! My first concert in 1977 my Mom drove me and my BF we were 13 those were the days

mrjmorovis

Kiss Alive and Frampton Comes Alive were my favorite live albums in my early teens and they still hold up today.

Deucealive75

In early 76 at 12 years old I first heard Alive. Prior to this I had heard about the band from others but never seen pictures of them or heard their songs. When I saw the album cover my first though was that they looked odd but there was something cool about it. After just seconds into "Deuce" I was completely blown away. KISS got me into heavy rock and I'm forever grateful.

jC3drums

This is one of my all-time favorite rock songs. I was hooked when I first heard it at 6 years old, and somehow convinced my parents to buy Alive for me - my first album. My second album was ELO's Out of the Blue. Man, music was so much better back then.

Scott Kononiuk

Kiss Alive is still my favourite album. After almost 50 years it still rocks

John Bradley

The '70s were a golden era for live records. Off the top of my head, I can think of three acts that didn't hit until their monster live albums: Kiss, Peter Frampton, and Cheap Trick.

Have there been bands since then that didn't make it big until they did a live album? I could argue U2 with "Live at Red Rocks", but I can't think of any others.

Gillian Tracy

Big Yup to all this. I was a teen in the mid 70's listening to a lot of Elton John when I told a friend I wanted to listen to something a little harder rocking. He handed me a copy of Alive. Yes it was an escape from reality that was sorely needed by teens in the 70's. And it changed my life! Thanks for this great summation of a great record!

dolfandon

THIS was the album. Summer of 76 and I got my first job. I walked to the record store and was leafing through the albums and came across this. It was like it called to me. I sat stunned when I started listening to it. It was like the music reached into my soul and said you are home. I've been a Kiss fan and rocker ever since. Funny, "Rock and Roll All night" is a great song but it was "Black Diamond" that really grabbed me. Hit it!

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David Davies

Fascinating how they were influenced by Slade, who never seemed to make it big outside the UK. Several months ago, I went through the UK charts from my early childhood and hadn't realised just how big Slade were in the UK at that time. They had 6 No. 1s and another 6 top 4 singles in the space of 3-4 years. Then their popularity dropped like a stone from 1976 onwards. Still managed 3 more top 10 hits, including a No. 2, long after their heyday.

Desiree Foster

1y↑2

I was a sophomore in highschool and this album, this band was my heart beat and the music of my adolescent soul. A proud member of the KISS Army too. In the summer of 77 I finally saw them live twice in a two week span. First at the Salt Palace, my first rock concert. Next back home in Phoenix at the Colosseum. I had front row seats at that one, my right ear still rings. Admittedly RUSH took my heart as time passed, but I will always count myself a proud fan of KISS

Sean Roe

1y↑1

Getting ready to get on the Kiss Kruise 11 and this is still one of my top 5 songs. I have seen them over 40 times, I even like Music From the Elder. I am a proud member of the Kiss Army!

luv basses

Subsequently, KISS ALIVE for me was it! At 9 years old for whatever reason I knew that THIS was the album that was HUGE. After getting this live set I acquired the first three studio efforts. After delving I was left bored and distracted, like many others apparently. It’s no coincidence that ALIVE scooped up many thousands more fans. The release did it was intended to do.

Mechanic 66

KISS was the first concert I went to. I saw them in Phoenix I thought in 78 but their tour dates show they were there in 77 and 79. My dad took me. He had press box seats. Great show. Gene Simmons platform rose up from underneath the stage when it opened. The only band that put on a better show was Deep Purple for the Perfect Strangers tour. I may only have thought that though because I was tripping at that show.

Louis M

1y↑1

KISS Alive was so big it resulted in a 3 record package of the first 3 albums being released called the Originals. Destroyer was the first album I heard with some friends when I was a kid. Been a fan since. Was lucky enough to see the original 4 in Hamilton Ontario on the Farewell tour, and the current line up on the Monster tour. Great memories.

Paul Walsh

1y↑10

"Rock and Roll All Nite" is my absolute fav KISS song. One of the first KISS songs I ever heard way back in the 70's when I was a kid and wasn't allowed to listen to KISS, but it was everywhere on the radio along with "I Was Mad For Loving You" which I'm positive was the first KISS song I heard on the radio back then.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

Same. One of my favorite 70s songs. I bet a lot of people hated their children listening to KISS just because they looked freaky.

Steve Twede

For the nitpicker crowd, Double Live Gonzo had only 1 overdub, a bass line where the cabinet buzzed. Strangers in the Night, none. At the end of the day, we all have our parameters of measure, & what the meaning therof is. Paul Stanley's vocals are fantastic, as are his audience raps. I may step on some toes here, but he is better than Oz in this regard with his repeat lines '"we love you", let me see your hands!! lets go crazy!! same stuff over & over for decades. Paul much better I say.

Cory Simek

Amazing that you were there for that first show.. the history of this band like them or not is fascinating

Victor Magana

One of my friends came over to my parent's pool party. They played Kiss Alive on their parent;s van. it just blew me away. from then was a Kiss fan. Never heard anything like it. My brother and I joined the Kiss Army. were into Kiss for the longest time. Even today I get into a mood to just rock out, I'm 62 yrs young. I still rock. My brother went to one of the set when they were making a music video, I thought he was pulling my leg, until he showed me the pic's, he got one with him and Gene. it was great. Kiss was my teen years.

Ray Haris

I remember buying the 1st LP and playing it till it wore out. 50 yrs later its still my #1 LP.

sean guns

1y↑1

Have seen them 4 times starting with the reunion tour in 96 and they still put on one of the best live shows I have ever seen

R N

1y↑14

This album personifies my teen years. The back cover art is hauntingly familiar. I was always grounded whenever they came to town so sadly I never got a chance to see them before they took off their masks.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

So sorry to hear that. The makeup makes their stuff even more fun!

Anna Trail

1y↑3

My mom used to say they should of left the makeup on.

Bob Basanti

1y↑1

I had a buddy in high school who knew every Kiss fact, album, bootleg, history - the supreme fan! Thanks GM! Those were great times cruising in your Pinto station wagon. One of the greatest, fun groups ever.

Musclecar Mitch

1y↑3

Awesome episode Professor! KISS was the first concert I went to in 1979! I'm sure you can imagine how big of a fan I've always been! Thanks for keeping the music "Alive"!

Kevin Kaatz

1y↑4

Song has a great bass line. Gene is one of the most underrated bassists

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Jeff Weimer

My first introduction to KISS was when I was 6 and my older cousins introduced me to DESTROYER, which was a good album all by itself.

LJ Miller

I thought you were talking about Cheap Trick's anthem "Surrender" failing as a studio release but becoming a huge hit out of the Live at Budokan album but Rock n Roll All Night is a great one too. The live Surrender is one of my favorite live songs along with Frampton's Do You Feel Like We Do.

pbofan

1y↑7

This was my first KISS album, but I had no idea that it was the album that changed their trajectory. Always great to learn new things on this channel!

Mr. 2cents.

I love the music they made in the 70's and first half of the 80's.

MrGuitarzan985

Man, I miss the 70's and 80's, music was so much more fun at that time. Been a huge KISS fan since the middle 70's.

Silver Tiger13

1987 My best friend in high school got me into KISS. By this time they were out of the makeup. My bud passed away senior year. But along with the countless memories together he left me with a love of KISS. Glad I've gotten to share them in concert in makeup with my family twice now.

A Jonesy

My older sister bought me that double live when I was just 7 years old. I played it ALL THE TIME, then Destroyer came out and it was bedlam.. Those were great memories.

elemental fractal

1y↑5

I was in Jr High when Kiss Alive came out. I never heard of them before that. I'm not a Kiss fan but to this day I still have this cd in my collection. It's a kick ass music collection.

David

I saw KISS in 1975 on the Dressed to Kill tour just before KISS ALIVE hit the stores. It was my first concert at the young age of 16, and it blew me away. It took me a long time to figure out why when I saw them they were wearing different outfits from Alive, and anytime since Alive, until I recently looked up the concert date. That is when I figured out it was on the Dressed to Kill tour. This was my favorite concert experience until just recently when I saw Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening. Watching Bonham's band was so good it was like listening to Led Zeppelin albums. I never got to see Led Zep back in the day, so this experience has now become my favorite, but KISS live in 1975 still has a very special place in my heart as well as the two other times I saw them in the late 70s, early 80s.

Sal LoPiccolo

1y↑2

I bought KISS ALIVE when it came out and it's still the best album I ever.

sweetums76

1y↑1

This was a great story and I love how you told it, man. Thank you.

DT

Now this, THIS! My 1st paid for concert= a bicentennial KISS show as an early teen. Alive remains one of my VERY favorites. It"s also one that wound up on a late '70's deep south church parents bonfire...rebought of course. Dressed to Kill was good too, in fact, in later years, I often used that studio version of C'mon & Love Me as a sound check on bar/club speaker set ups. If the opening riff was clear & the drums popped but didn't rattle, I was golden. AANND I/we LOVED the Hotter than Hell album. Parasite!!! and my personal favorite KISS cut, Gotta Choose. You could like Sabbath, ZZ Topp, Zappa KC & The Sunshine Band & EWF all at the same time, but The Hottest Band in the World would ALWAYS either instantly make you a friend or alienate you from that person forever. Saw, among many others, KISS, Heart, James Brown, Prince, Skynyrd, M. Hatchet ALL at that SAME old auditorium that's long since been torn down. Funny that KISS was that DEFINITE demarcation line in those days.

Mark Ledbetter

1y↑3

This album was played at every house party and high school parking lot in 76. Damn I’m getting old but I got to see some great concerts.

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OZARKMOON1960

1y↑1

Alive was the first KISS album I had. Man, that double album and the music blasting through the headphones was just amazing to my teen self who didn't get out much at all. As stated before, my KISS Army sticker is still on the back of my large dictionary that saw me through high school and college. Funny, in the mid-90s, my cousin's two boys (in their early 20s) had KISS cd's they brought on vacation and were shocked when I came to that one and said, 'pop that in and turn it up' -- thinking they were the cool ones and their nearly-40 second cousin would not appreciate it. Blew their minds when I sang along. Thanks for jogging that memory, Prof.

JMRG GRMJ

I loved kiss since the first time I heard them, I didn’t know much since I didn’t have a big brother and all my family was in to salsa ( important part of my life as well) but no one really was in to rock so I’m like the odd one every rock/metal band I known I have discovered by my self. but somewhere at some point I listen to them an loved it. I finally got to see them with the psycho circus tour with my little brother it was amazing and then again with my now wife, it’s the only band along side Iron maiden that I have seen twice in concert.

Patrick Lynch

Can’t explain how big kiss was to me and my friends when we were in grade school in the 70s they were the music,our super hero’s we collected cards and posters we spent every penny on merch! It was a magic time

Grateful Pipe and Cigar

Great episode! I was born in 73 and kiss was the first music act I was aware of. I agree 100% that it doesn’t matter if they did some overdubbing here and there and whatever. They delivered exactly what they intended to, a magical rock ‘n’ roll experience.

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FumeDrummer

I wish I could "Like" this video more than once! I'm glad you pointed out that the Ace Frehley solo was so much more powerful on the live version than the studio one... mainly because there was no solo on the studio version. That was probably to keep the run time under 3 minutes. I love the fact that overdubbing had to happen because the final product was awesome and no one cares. I was one of those teenagers that brought this album home in the 70s and rocked out to it with my friends. After buying the Alive! album, I eventually got those previous three original albums. Compared to other records I had at the time, those three albums almost sounded like they were recorded over the phone. After Alive! became successful, their next album, Destroyer, brought in a new producer who finally gave the band high fidelity sound in the studio.

drakulie

1y↑2

My favorite band growing up in the 70s. 🤘

I remember playing drums in front of a packed stadium of over 250,000 screaming fans in my bedroom. Shoe boxes, frying pans, and pencils as drum sticks. I rocked it!! 👍

drakulie

1y↑1

@james robert we played with passion, energy, and gave it our all!! 👍🤪

james robert

1y↑1

I was playing the guitar solos on a badminton racket.

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Texeq

Its one of my all time favorite singles by any band. It was a sort of an anthem for fridays at high school. If we were to send out a space probe with examples of great human endeavors, Rock & Roll All Night would have to be 'the' depiction of what rock music is.

M

Grew up in a strict household and we couldn't even watch Kiss commercials! Needless to say that only stoked my curiosity. In the '80s, I was familiar with their current tunes but I always swore that if they reunite and tour with full makeup - I'll go. That happened in 1996. Seeing them live was everything you want. Saw them again in 2000. In the 2000 show - at the Anaheim Pond, it was a full on Spinal Tap night. First - Paul got stuck in the air while he was going to be transported by wire to a second stage (I was only like 20 feet from that stage so that was a bummer). Them getting Paul down was EXACTLY like the roadies opening the shell for Nigel on Spinal Tap. Then some jerk tackled Paul on stage. It was literally not Paul's night. Great concert. Also - Black Diamond is truly their Stairway to Heaven - it's really a magnum opus.

One-Eye

Most official live albums have studio tinkering in them.

KK Downing said that with Judas Priest's iconic 'Unleashed in the East' that wheh they were playing those shows in Japan it was one of the very few times Rob Halford's voice was shot. So what you're hearing is the live audio of the band playing, but Halford recorded his vocals later after he had recovered.

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