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Creatures Of The Night (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 Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer.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: Creatures Of The Night

Creatures Of The Night Is A 1982 Album From U.S. Hard Rock/heavy Metal Band Kiss. It Is The Band's 10th Studio Album And The Last For Casablanca Records The Only Label The Group Had Ever Recorded For Up To That Point. The Album Was Also Dedicated To The Memory Of Casablanca Founder And Early Kiss Supporter Neil Bogart Who Had Died Of Cancer During The Recording Sessions. The Album Represented A Conscious Effort On Kiss's Part To Return To The Style Of Hard Rock/heavy Metal That Had Helped Them Achieve Commercial Success In The 1970s. That Success Had Been In Decline Since 1979's Album Dynasty And 1980's Unmasked. Kiss Knew It Needed To Deliver On Their Earlier Promise Of A Heavy Record If They Were To Continue As A Band. The First Key Ingredient Was Songwriter/guitarist Vincent Cusano With Whom The Band Had Recently Begun Writing And Recording And Was Soon To Replace Frehley As The Band's New Lead Guitarist. Frehley Didn't Perform On This Album And This Was Vinnie Vincent's First Album With The Band. On The Tour Vincent Was Introduced With Ankh Warrior Makeup. Some Early Pressings Of The Album Mistakenly Contained One Full Side Of John Cougar's American Fool. Both Kiss And Cougar Were Under The Umbrella Of Mercury Records At The Time. Today Those Mistake Albums Are Highly Sought After By Kiss Collectors. Creatures Of The Night Was Certified Gold On May 9 1994. "I Love It Loud" Remains A Permanent Staple On The Band's Live Performances. "I Still Love You" And "War Machine" Have Been Sporadically Played On Some Of The Band's More Recent Shows. Album Background As Shown On The Back Of The "I Love It Loud" Single Ace Frehley Bottom Left Was Still Portrayed As A Member Of Kiss Despite Ceasing His Active Involvement With The Group In 1981.By 1982 Kiss' Popularity In The U.S. Had Plummeted. This Was Due Partly To The Changing Landscape Of Popular Music But Also Due To The Fact That Kiss Had Strayed From The Hard Rock Style That Had Made Them Popular In The First Place. 1979's Dynasty While Commercially Successful Alienated Many Fans With The Disco-Flavored Track "I Was Made For Lovin' You". 1980's Unmasked Fell Still Further Into The 'pop' Category And Was Their First Not To Achieve Platinum Status Since 1975's Dressed To Kill. The Band Did Not Even Tour The US Behind The Album And Was Soon Faced With Its First Lineup Change - Founding Member Peter Criss Who Had Not Participated In Any Of The Unmasked Recording Sessions Officially Left Kiss In 1980. He Was Replaced By Eric Carr A Drummer Much More In The Mold Of John Bonham Than Criss. Fan Hopes Were Raised In Late 1980 When Kiss Announced That They Were Going To Record Their Heaviest Record Yet. Instead However The Band Released Music From "The Elder" In Late 1981 A Concept Album Originally Intended To Complement A Movie Called The Elder That Was Ultimately Never Filmed. The Album Was Storyline-Based And Had Ballads A Short Orchestral Piece And Lyrical Themes More In Common With Bands Like Rush And Yes Than With Kiss. The Album Failed To Achieve Gold Status And Having Cancelled Their United States Unmasked Tour Just A Short Time Before The Band Cancelled Their Planned Tour For Elder. Furthermore Original Member Ace Frehley Soon Left The Band Expressing His Displeasure Over The Path The Band Had Chosen And Having Begun To Drift Into Heavy Alcoholism. Kiss' Label Situation Had Changed As Well. Casablanca Records Founder Neil Bogart Had Sold The Label To Its Distributor PolyGram And Went On To Briefly Form The Boardwalk Recording Company Before Being Diagnosed With And Later Succumbing To Cancer. Using A Clause In Their Casablanca Contract That Gave The Band An Option To Leave The Label If Bogart Did Kiss Became Free Agents And Signed A Multi-Million-Dollar Deal With Mercury Records. Ironically Mercury - A Label Also Owned By PolyGram - Reverted The Band Back To Their "old" Label Though In Name Only. When Recording Sessions For Creatures Of The Night Began In July 1982 Kiss Was Essentially A Trio. Frehley Still Made Appearances With The Band But Had Ended His Musical Involvement With Kiss. Frehley Looked Completely Out Of Sorts In Promotional Appearances For The Album — In Cases Where The Band Was Lip Synching To Recorded Tracks It Is Obvious That He Did Not Know The Material. It Was Only After The Album Was Released And A Short Tour Of Europe Was Completed That Frehley Officially Left Kiss. The Lead-Guitar Replacement For Frehley For The Creatures Tour In The U.S. Was Cusano Who By Then Had Taken The Stage Name Of Vinnie Vincent And Adopted "Ankh Warrior" Makeup. Musically Creatures Of The Night Was The Band's Heaviest Recording Since Love Gun In 1977 And Was Matched Later Only By Revenge In 1992 And Carnival Of Souls The Final Sessions In 1997. The Progressive Rock Stylings Of Music From "The Elder" And The Pop Of Dynasty And Unmasked Were Completely Absent From Creatures Of The Night – Which Was Of Course The Point. "I Still Love You" The Only Ballad On Creatures Was Still Heavier And Darker Than Any Ballad Kiss Had Released In Earlier Years. The Production Values Contributed To The Heaviness - In Particular The Drum Sound Was Louder And Heavier Than On Any Previous Kiss Album. Creatures Of The Night Is The First Kiss Album To Have All Lead Vocal Duties Handled By Either Gene Simmons Or Paul Stanley Exclusively. All Previous Studio Releases Solo Albums Notwithstanding Contained At Least One Song With Lead Vocals By Another Band Member. The Band Released A Video For "I Love It Loud" Which Received Moderate Airplay On MTV. In It Was A Stage Setup That Featured Eric Carr's Drum Kit As A Giant Metallic Tank With An Exploding Turret . Flames And Explosions Were Also In Abundance As Kiss Attempted To Produce A Video That Reflected The Music On Creatures Of The Night. Although Frehley Had Not Played On The Album He Did Appear In The Video As The Rhythm Guitarist Albeit Stanley Is Shown Playing The Seven-Note Solo. Despite Positive Reviews Creatures Of The Night Did Not Return The Band To The Commercial Standing They Had Held Five Years Previous. Although The Album Charted Higher Than The Elder #45 Compared To The Elder's #75 It Would Not Attain 'Gold' Status Until 1994. Even More Dramatically The US Tour That Followed The Band's First Since Dynasty Was Essentially A Flop – Cancelled Shows And At-Best Half-Full Arenas Were The Rule Not The Exception. In Later Years Kiss Fans And Researchers Have Come To Regard Creatures Of The Night As One Of The Band's Best Albums Matched Only By 1976's Destroyer. However It Is Clear That Multiple Shifts In The Band's Lineup Image And Musical Styles From 1979 Through 1981 Had Done Severe Damage. As A Result Though Musically Rich Creatures Of The Night Is Still One Of The Major Commercial Disappointments For Kiss. Creatures Of The Night Was A Huge Success In Brazil. It Was Certified Gold In Brazil In 1983. Album Cover
Three Different Covers Of This Album Exist The 1982 Original Issue The 1985 Reissue Featuring Bruce Kulick And The Band Without Makeup And The 1997 Remastered Version Same Photo As The Original But With Minor Variations In The Logo And Lettering . Song Uses In Popular Culture
Beavis And Butthead Have Been Shown To Be Humming Or Singing The Rhythm Of The Song "War Machine" And Has Had The Video To "I Love It Loud" Featured On An Episode With The Comment By Butthead "Pretty Cool For A Bunch Of Mimes." Professional Wrestler Tazz Used The Song "War Machine" As His Entrance Music In ECW Before Changing To A Remixed Version Of The Song. Track Listing
"Creatures Of The Night" Paul Stanley Adam Mitchell – 4 01 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Saint And Sinner" Gene Simmons Mikel Japp – 4 50 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Keep Me Comin'" Stanley Mitchell – 4 00 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Rock And Roll Hell" Simmons Bryan Adams Jim Vallance – 4 08 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "Danger" Stanley Mitchell – 3 55 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "I Love It Loud" Simmons Vinnie Vincent – 4 12 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "I Still Love You" Stanley Vincent – 6 06 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Killer" Simmons Vincent – 3 19 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "War Machine" Simmons Adams Vallance – 4 13 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons Personnel
Gene Simmons – Bass Guitar Lead Vocals Rhythm Guitar On "War Machine" Paul Stanley – Rhythm Guitar Lead Vocals Ace Frehley – Lead Guitar Credited But Does Not Appear Eric Carr – Drums Bass Guitar On "I Still Love You" Uncredited Musicians
Vinnie Vincent – Lead Guitar On "Saint And Sinner" "Keep Me Comin'" "I Love It Loud" "Killer" And "War Machine" Backing Vocals Bob Kulick – Lead Guitar On "Danger" Robben Ford – Lead Guitar On "Rock And Roll Hell" And "I Still Love You" Adam Mitchell – Rhythm Guitar On "Creatures Of The Night" Steve Farris – Guitar Solo On "Creatures Of The Night" Jimmy Haslip – Bass Guitar On "Danger" Charts
Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1983 Pop Albums 45 Singles - Billboard United States Year Single Chart Position 1983 "I Love It Loud" Pop Singles 102 Singles - Billboard Austria Year Single Chart Position 1982 "I Love It Loud" Pop Singles 76 Singles - Billboard United Kingdom Year Single Chart Position 1982 "Creatures Of The Night" Pop Singles 34

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