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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 Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer.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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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 . read less
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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 . read less
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After Attaining Modest Commercial Success With Their First Three Studio Albums Kiss Achieved A Commercial Breakthrough With The 1975 Concert Album Alive! It Was The First Album By The Band To Be Certified Gold And Eventually Went Multi-Platinum. The Success Of Alive! Which Spent 110 Weeks On The Charts Benefited Not Only The Struggling Band But Their Cash-Strapped Label Casablanca Records. Kiss Signed A New Contract With Casablanca In Late 1975 Partly Because The Label Had Been Very Supportive From The Start Of The Band's Career. The Contract Was Only For Two Albums However An Indication That Casablanca Was Unsure If The Group Could Duplicate The Accomplishments Of Alive! Production
Rehearsals For Destroyer Began In August 1975 While The Group Was Embarked On Their Supporting Tour For Alive! Bob Ezrin Who Had Produced A String Of Successful Albums For Alice Cooper Was Chosen To Work With Kiss. The Band Felt That Ezrin Was The Right Person To Help Them Take Their Sound To The Next Level And To Maintain The Commercial Success They Had Achieved With Alive The First Recording Sessions For The Album Took Place From September 3–6 1975 At Electric Lady Studios In New York City During A Brief Break Between The Dressed To Kill And Alive! Tours. The Basic Album Tracks Were Recorded During This Time. The Majority Of The Recording Sessions For Destroyer Took Place In January 1976 After The Conclusion Of The Alive! Tour. The First Demo Recorded During The Destroyer Sessions Was "Ain't None Of Your Business " Featuring Peter Criss On Vocals. The Plodding Heavy Song Written By Country Songwriters Becky Hobbs And Lew Anderson Was Rejected By The Band And Later Appeared On The 1977 Debut Album By Michael Des Barres' Band Detective. Although This Song Was Rejected Other Outside Songs And Suggestions Were Accepted By The Band. In Particular Kim Fowley And Mark Anthony Became Important Contributors During The Songwriting Process. During The Recording Sessions Ezrin Resorted To Numerous Tactics Designed To Increase The Quality Of Music Kiss Recorded. Because None Of The Group Were Trained Musicians Ezrin Halted The Sessions At One Point To Provide Lessons In Basic Music Theory. In An Effort To Instill A Sense Of Discipline He Wore A Whistle Around His Neck And Exhorted The Band With Sayings Such As "C'mon Campers Let's Get Going!" 4 Austria 6 Canada 6 U.S. Pop Albums 11 New Zealand 16 Japan 17 U.K. 22 Germany 36 Certifications
Certifier Certification Sales RIAA U.S. 3x Platinum 3 000 000 Acclaim
The Following Information Regarding List Placements Attributed To Destroyer Is Taken From AcclaimedMusic.Net. Publication Country Accolade Year Rank Rolling Stone U.S. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time 2003 496 Blender U.S. The 100 Greatest American Albums Of All Time 2002 50
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Destroyer Is The Fourth Studio Album And Fifth Album Overall By Hard Rock Band Kiss Released On March 15 1976 In The United States. It Was The Second Consecutive Kiss Album To Reach The Top 20 In The United States As Well As The First To Chart In Germany And New Zealand. The Album Was Certified Gold By The RIAA On April 22 1976. It Was Certified Platinum On November 11 1976 The First Kiss Album To Achieve That Distinction. Coming On The Heels Of The Group's Breakthrough Album Alive! Destroyer Is Easily The Most Ambitious Studio Recording Of Kiss's '70s Catalogue. Bob Ezrin Who Had Previously Worked With Alice Cooper Was Brought In To Produce The Album. Among The Production Flourishes Ezrin Introduced To Kiss Were Sound Effects Strings Screaming Children And Reversed Drums On "God Of Thunder" As Well As A Children's Choir. Destroyer Is The First Kiss Album To Prominently Feature Outside Musicians Such As Members Of The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. However One Musician Was Not Credited Dick Wagner From Alice Cooper's Band Replaced Ace Frehley On Tracks Such As "Sweet Pain" As Frehley Didn't Want To Interrupt A Card Game He Was Playing During Recording Sessions For The Song And Even On A Song That Frehley Himself Co-Wrote "Flaming Youth". Wagner Also Played The Acoustic Guitar Found On The Song "Beth". The Success Of Alive! And Destroyer Enabled The Band To Embark On Their First Tour Of Europe. Throughout The Years "Detroit Rock City" "God Of Thunder" "Shout It Out Loud" And "Do You Love Me" Have Become Permanent Staples On The Band's Concerts. "Beth" Was Last Played Live On The Band's 2003 Concert Kiss Symphony Alive IV After Drummer Peter Criss' Final Departure The Band Permanently Retired The Song From Their Set List. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 496 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. BackgroundAfter Attaining Modest Commercial Success With Their First Three Studio Albums Kiss Achieved A Commercial Breakthrough With The 1975 Concert Album Alive! It Was The First Album By The Band To Be Certified Gold And Eventually Went Multi-Platinum. The Success Of Alive! Which Spent 110 Weeks On The Charts Benefited Not Only The Struggling Band But Their Cash-Strapped Label Casablanca Records. Kiss Signed A New Contract With Casablanca In Late 1975 Partly Because The Label Had Been Very Supportive From The Start Of The Band's Career. The Contract Was Only For Two Albums However An Indication That Casablanca Was Unsure If The Group Could Duplicate The Accomplishments Of Alive! Production
Rehearsals For Destroyer Began In August 1975 While The Group Was Embarked On Their Supporting Tour For Alive! Bob Ezrin Who Had Produced A String Of Successful Albums For Alice Cooper Was Chosen To Work With Kiss. The Band Felt That Ezrin Was The Right Person To Help Them Take Their Sound To The Next Level And To Maintain The Commercial Success They Had Achieved With Alive The First Recording Sessions For The Album Took Place From September 3–6 1975 At Electric Lady Studios In New York City During A Brief Break Between The Dressed To Kill And Alive! Tours. The Basic Album Tracks Were Recorded During This Time. The Majority Of The Recording Sessions For Destroyer Took Place In January 1976 After The Conclusion Of The Alive! Tour. The First Demo Recorded During The Destroyer Sessions Was "Ain't None Of Your Business " Featuring Peter Criss On Vocals. The Plodding Heavy Song Written By Country Songwriters Becky Hobbs And Lew Anderson Was Rejected By The Band And Later Appeared On The 1977 Debut Album By Michael Des Barres' Band Detective. Although This Song Was Rejected Other Outside Songs And Suggestions Were Accepted By The Band. In Particular Kim Fowley And Mark Anthony Became Important Contributors During The Songwriting Process. During The Recording Sessions Ezrin Resorted To Numerous Tactics Designed To Increase The Quality Of Music Kiss Recorded. Because None Of The Group Were Trained Musicians Ezrin Halted The Sessions At One Point To Provide Lessons In Basic Music Theory. In An Effort To Instill A Sense Of Discipline He Wore A Whistle Around His Neck And Exhorted The Band With Sayings Such As "C'mon Campers Let's Get Going!" 4 Austria 6 Canada 6 U.S. Pop Albums 11 New Zealand 16 Japan 17 U.K. 22 Germany 36 Certifications
Certifier Certification Sales RIAA U.S. 3x Platinum 3 000 000 Acclaim
The Following Information Regarding List Placements Attributed To Destroyer Is Taken From AcclaimedMusic.Net. Publication Country Accolade Year Rank Rolling Stone U.S. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time 2003 496 Blender U.S. The 100 Greatest American Albums Of All Time 2002 50