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Love Gun (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 Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer.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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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Love Gun

Love Gun Is An Album By The American Hard Rock Band Kiss. It Was Certified Platinum On June 30 1977 When It Sold 1 000 000 Copies. Love Gun Was The Second Kiss Album To Ship Platinum And Would Eventually Achieve Triple Platinum Status. Love Gun Is Notable For Being The First Kiss Album To Feature A Lead Vocal Performance From Lead Guitarist Ace Frehley. This Makes Love Gun The First Kiss Album To Feature Lead Vocal Performances From All Four Band Members. It Was Also The Last Album To Feature The Entire Original Lineup Of Kiss On Every Track As Drummer Peter Criss Was Replaced By Session Drummer Anton Fig For Much Of 1979's Dynasty. A Cardboard "Love Gun" Assembly Required Was Included Inside The Album Along With A Kiss Merchandise Order Form. Songs "Plaster Caster"
Even Though None Of The Band Members Attended A Cast Session The Song "Plaster Caster" Was Inspired By Cynthia Plaster Caster A Former Groupie Who Is Infamous For Casting Penises Of Famous Rock Musicians Like Jimi Hendrix As Well As Breasts Of Female Music Artists. "Then She Kissed Me"
The Album Includes "Then She Kissed Me" A Gender-Reversed Cover Of The Crystals' 1960's Pop Classic "Then He Kissed Me". "Love Gun"
The Title Song "Love Gun" Has Been Played On Every Kiss Tour Since Its Release. Singer Songwriter And For This One Song Only Bassist Paul Stanley Has Cited It As One Of His Favorite Kiss Songs. "Christine Sixteen"
"Christine Sixteen" Has Also Been A Permanent Staple On The Band's Shows. Then Unknown Guitarist Eddie And Drummer Alex Van Halen Played On The Demo Of This Song. "Shock Me"
The Song Was Inspired By An Event That Took Place During Kiss's Rock And Roll Over Tour When Frehley Was Nearly Electrocuted. On December 12 1976 Kiss Performed A Concert At The Lakeland Civic Center In Lakeland Florida. During The Opening Number Frehley Touched A Metal Staircase Railing Which Was Ungrounded. Frehley Was Knocked To The Ground And The Concert Was Delayed For 30 Minutes. The Show Was Eventually Completed And Frehley Claimed To Have Lost Feeling In His Hand For The Remainder Of The Concert. On March 16 2008 Current Guitarist Tommy Thayer Made His Vocal Debut With The Song During The Band's Performance At The Melbourne F1 Circuit. Track Listing Side One
"I Stole Your Love" Paul Stanley – 3 04 Lead Vocals/first Guitar Solo - Paul Stanley "Christine Sixteen" Gene Simmons – 3 12 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Got Love For Sale" Simmons – 3 28 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Shock Me" Ace Frehley – 3 47 Lead Vocals - Ace Frehley "Tomorrow And Tonight" Stanley – 3 38 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley Side Two
"Love Gun" Stanley – 3 16 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Hooligan" Peter Criss Stan Penridge – 2 58 Lead Vocals - Peter Criss "Almost Human" Simmons – 2 48 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Plaster Caster" Simmons – 3 25 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Then She Kissed Me" Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector – 3 01 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley