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Hotter Than Hell (Album) by KISS

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Kiss Often Stylized As KIϟϟ Was An American Rock Band Formed In New York City In January 1973 By Paul Stanley Gene Simmons Ace Frehley And Peter Criss. Well Known For Its Members' Face Paint And Stage Outfits The Group Rose To Prominence In The Mid–late 1970s With Its Shocking Live Performances Which Featured Fire Breathing Blood-Spitting Smoking Guitars Shooting Rockets Levitating Drum Kits And Pyrotechnics. The Band Has Gone Through Several Lineup Changes With Stanley And Simmons Being The Only Members To Feature In Every Lineup. The Original And Best-Known Lineup Consists Of Stanley Vocals And Rhythm Guitar Simmons Vocals And Bass Frehley Lead Guitar And Vocals And Criss Drums And Vocals . With Their Make-Up And Costumes The Band Members Took On The Personae Of Comic Book-Style Characters The Starchild Stanley The Demon Simmons The Spaceman Or Space Ace Frehley And The Catman Criss . Due To Creative Differences Both Criss And Frehley Had Departed The Group By 1982. In 1983 Kiss Began Performing Without Makeup And Costumes Thus Marking The Beginning Of The Band's "unmasked" Era That Would Last For Over A Decade. The Band Experienced A Commercial Resurgence During This Era With The Platinum-Certified Album Lick It Up Successfully Introducing Them To A New Generation Of Fans And Its Music Videos Received Regular Airplay On MTV. Eric Carr Who Had Replaced Criss In 1980 Died In 1991 Of Heart Cancer And Was Replaced By Eric Singer. In Response To A Wave Of Kiss Nostalgia In The Mid-1990s The Original Lineup Re-United In 1996 Which Also Saw The Return Of Its Makeup And Stage Costumes. The Resulting Reunion Tour Was Highly Successful Grossing $143.7 Million Making It The Band's Most Successful Tour To Date. Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer. The Band Has Continued With Its Original Stage Makeup With Singer And Thayer Using The Original Catman And Spaceman Makeup Respectively. In September 2018 Kiss Announced That After 45 Years Of Recording And Performing It Would Be Embarking On Its Ongoing Final Tour The End Of The Road World Tour Which Started In January 2019 And Concluded In December 2023. Kiss Is Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Rock Bands Of All Time As Well As One Of The Best-Selling Bands Of All Time Having Sold More Than 75 Million Records Worldwide Including 21 Million RIAA-Certified Albums. Kiss Also Holds The Title As America's No. 1 Gold Record Award-Winning Group Of All Time Having Earned 30 Gold Albums. Kiss Has 14 Platinum Albums With Three Albums Being Multi-Platinum. On April 10 2014 The Four Original Members Of Kiss Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Kiss Was Ranked By MTV As The Ninth "Greatest Metal Band Of All Time" And Placed Tenth On VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" List As Well As Being Ranked As The Third "Best Metal And Hard Rock Live Band Of All Time" By Loudwire Magazine. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Kiss_ Band Studio Albums
Kiss 1974 Hotter Than Hell 1974 Dressed To Kill 1975 Destroyer 1976 Rock And Roll Over 1976 Love Gun 1977 Dynasty 1979 Unmasked 1980 Music From "The Elder" 1981 Creatures Of The Night 1982 Lick It Up 1983 Animalize 1984 Asylum 1985 Crazy Nights 1987 Hot In The Shade 1989 Revenge 1992 Carnival Of Souls The Final Sessions 1997 Psycho Circus 1998 Sonic Boom 2009 Monster 2012 ___________________________________________________________________
There Are More Artists With The Same Name 2. Kiss 키스 Or K.I.S.S. Was A Korean Female Pop Trio. Their Debut Single "Because I'm A Girl" Was A Hit In 2001. The Music Video Stars Actress Goo Hyejin And Actor Shin Hyunjoon Which Increased Initial Public Interest In The Song. The Song Remained A Karaoke Staple In Korea For Many Years. This Helped To Launch The Career Of Kiss With An Album Quickly Following. However The Group Quickly Disbanded Afterwards Due To Internal Conflict That Could Not Be Resolved. "Because I'm A Girl" Has Been Covered By Numerous Artists Including Korean Female Duo 2NB. 3 Kiss Was A Short Lived Taiwanese Group Made Up Of Three Girls Cai Pei Lin 蔡裴琳 Zhang Shuo Fen 张硕芬 And Wang Tingxuan 王婷萱 In The Late 90’s Early 2000. They Only Released One Full Length Album Let's Wait And See And One CD Single Shut Up .

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Hotter Than Hell 1974 Is The Second Album From The Rock Group Kiss. Move To Los Angeles
The Production Team Of Kenny Kerner And Richie Wise Who Had Produced The Group's First Album Was Chosen For The Follow Up. Since The Pair Had Relocated To Los Angeles Kiss Flew There To Work With Them. The Band All Native New Yorkers Immediately Developed A Dislike For Their New Surroundings. Paul Stanley's Guitar Was Stolen His First Day In Los Angeles. The Music
Musically Hotter Than Hell Is Darker Than The Band's First Album. This Is Partly Due To The Murkier Production Values But Also To The Lyrical Content Of Some Of The Songs. "Goin' Blind " Which Details A Doomed Romance With An Underage Girl Was A Song Written By Gene Simmons And Stephen Coronel During Wicked Lester's Existence. The Original Title Was "Little Lady." "Comin' Home" Co-Written By Stanley And Ace Frehley Summed Up The Band's Feelings About Being In Los Angeles Oh Girl It Seems The Whole Wide World Seems To Say
Hotels That All Look The Same
Just Seem To Drive Me Insane
But I Can't Get Away
Until I Receive A Call That Tells Me That Will Be All
And Then I Hop A Plane Hotter Than Hell Featured Far More Overdubs Than The First Album. While Kerner And Wise Wanted To Produce A Record That Captured Kiss As A Live Act They Decided To Take Advantage Of The Experience The Band Had Gained As Recording Artists. Although The Album Featured Two Songs Penned Solely By Frehley He Did Not Sing On Either One Of Them. His Lack Of Confidence In His Singing Abilities At The Time Led To Lead Vocal Duties For "Parasite" And "Strange Ways" Going To Gene Simmons And Peter Criss Respectively. Photography Session
The Album Is Also Known For Its Striking Cover The Front Featured Japanese Manga-Influenced Artwork And The Back Cover Showed Individual Band Shots Taken By Norman Seeff At A Wild Party And A Composite Of All Four Band Members' Makeup Designs. Everyone Present At The Session With The Exception Of Simmons Was Drunk For The Entire Photography Session. Stanley Was So Drunk He Had To Be Locked In His Car. Paul's Drunken State Can Easily Be Seen On The Album's Front Cover As It Appears Peter Criss Is Holding Him Up While Paul Holds Onto Peter's Leg. The Japanese Character On The Bottom Of The Album Cover Is Chikara Which Means "power." It Would Later Be Used On Various Forms Of Kiss Material During The 1970s And 1980s Most Prominently On Eric Carr's Drum Kit. The Japanese On The Top-Right Corner Of The Album Cover Is Jigoku No Sakebi Which Means "Hell's Shout" Or "The Shout Of Hell." Ace Frehley's Image On The Front Cover Is Actually Airbrushed As A Side Of His Face Was Injured In A Car Accident And Was Without Makeup On The Afflicted Area At The Time Of The Photo Shoot. Also The Japanese Characters Used For Ace's Name Pronounces It Wrong. The Characters Are Eisu Fyuuri Which Would Translate To "Ace Fury." The Characters Should Have Been Eisu Furiiri . A Commercial Disappointment
Despite The Intense Touring Schedule Kiss Maintained In 1974 Hotter Than Hell Failed To Outperform The Band's First Album. In Fact It Did Considerably Worse. This Was Due Partly To The Fact That Casablanca Records' Distribution Deal With Warner Bros. Records Had Ended. The Publicity Push Behind The Album Was Not Nearly What It Was For Kiss. One Notable Exception Was A Television Commercial Aired To Promote The Album. The Only Single Released From The Album "Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll " Was Distributed In Low Numbers And Failed To Chart. Less Than Three Months After The Album Was Released Kiss Was Called Back Into The Studio To Record A Follow Up. Hotter Than Hell Was Certified Gold On June 23 1977 When It Sold 500 000 Copies. Live Performances
With The Exception Of "Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll" Much Of The Album Is Rarely Played By The Band In Live Performances. However Many Of The Album's Songs Were Revived On The Band's 1995 Appearance On MTV Unplugged. In Addition "Goin' Blind" Was Performed Live With The Melbourne Symphony Ensemble On The Band's 2003 Live Album Kiss Symphony Alive IV. Track Listing
"Got To Choose" Paul Stanley – 3 52 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "Parasite" Ace Frehley – 3 03 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "Goin' Blind" Gene Simmons Stephen Coronel – 3 34 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "Hotter Than Hell" Stanley – 3 30 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll" Stanley Simmons – 2 16 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "All The Way" Simmons – 3 17 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "Watchin' You" Simmons – 3 45 Lead Vocals – Gene Simmons "Mainline" Stanley – 3 50 Lead Vocals – Peter Criss "Comin' Home" Frehley Stanley – 2 37 Lead Vocals – Paul Stanley "Strange Ways" Frehley – 3 20 Lead Vocals – Peter Criss Cover Versions
The Smelly Tounges Covered "Parasite" On Hard To Believe Kiss Covers Compilation. Personnel
Paul Stanley – Rhythm Guitar Lead Vocals Gene Simmons – Bass Guitar Lead Vocals Ace Frehley – Lead Guitar Peter Criss – Drums Vocals Production
Kenny Kerner – Producer Richie Wise – Producer Warren Dewey – Engineer Norman Seeff – Photography Art Direction John Van Hamersveld – Design Art Direction Joseph M. Palmaccio – Remastering Chart Peak
Position U.S.A. 100 Austria 98 Canada 97 Japan 46 Certifier Certification Sales RIAA U.S. Gold 500 000 Charts
Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1974 Pop Albums 100