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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 Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer.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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Following Kiss' Highly Successful 1996-1997 Reunion Tour Psycho Circus Was Touted As The First Album By The Band's Original Lineup Since 1979's Dynasty. As With Dynasty And 1980's Unmasked However Many Of The Songs Were Recorded By Uncredited Players. It Is Now Known That Guitarist Ace Frehley And Drummer Peter Criss Were Used Sparingly With Criss Only Playing Drums On "Into The Void." He Had Also Played On Only One Dynasty Track . Frehley Only Played On Three Songs From The Album Not Including Vocals . In A Radio Interview With Eddie Trunk Following His Departure Criss Stated That Only "Into The Void" Featured Instrumental Contributions From All Four Members. The Replacement Of Criss And Frehley On A Kiss Album Was Nothing New. Frehley Had Been Replaced On Songs As Early As 1976's Destroyer. Criss Was Entirely Absent From Unmasked Despite Being Pictured On The Album's Cover. The Same Was True For Frehley On 1982's Creatures Of The Night. However At The Time Of The Release Of Those Albums Kiss Managed To Keep A Lid On The Personnel Changes With Psycho Circus Rumours Concerning Who Played What Were Circulating Prior To The Album's Release. Many Kiss Fans Voiced Disappointment At The Ruse Although In That Respect It Did Preserve The Tradition Of The Latter Albums Released By This Line-Up First-Time-Around. Despite The Controversy Psycho Circus Was The Band's First Top 10 Album Since 1993's Alive III Their Highest Placing In The Albums Chart - At #3 - And Was Certified Gold. U.S. SoundScan Sales Of The Album Total 479 000 Copies. "We Are One" Went #4 On Showbizz Magazine Brazil Radio Chart. Track Listing
"Psycho Circus" Paul Stanley Curtis Cuomo – 5 30 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Within" Gene Simmons – 5 10 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "I Pledge Allegiance To The State Of Rock & Roll" Stanley Cuomo Holly Knight – 3 32 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Into The Void" Ace Frehley Karl Cochran – 4 24 Lead Vocals - Ace Frehley "We Are One" Simmons – 4 41 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "You Wanted The Best" Simmons – 4 15 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons Paul Stanley Ace Frehley & Peter Criss "Raise Your Glasses" Stanley Knight – 4 14 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "I Finally Found My Way" Stanley Bob Ezrin – 3 40 Lead Vocals - Peter Criss "Dreamin'" Stanley Bruce Kulick – 4 12 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Journey Of 1 000 Years" Simmons – 4 49 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "In Your Face"* Simmons - 3 40 Lead Vocals - Ace Frehley Track 11 Is Only Available On Import Version Of The Album Disc Two Japan Europe And Brazil Only "Psycho Circus Live " Stanley Cuomo - 5 34 "Let Me Go Rock 'N' Roll Live " Stanley Simmons - 5 33 "Into The Void Live " Frehley Cochran - 9 10 "Within Live " Simmons - 7 57 "100 000 Years Live " Stanley Simmons - 5 17 "Black Diamond Live " Stanley - 6 12 A Limited Edition Was Released In Brazil On The Wake Of The Kiss Concerts In The Country Adding The Second Disc With Live Tracks Like The Japanese Release But Without The Bonus Track "In Your Face" On The First Disc. In Europe This Expanded-Release Was Tied-In With The Tour Retaining The Prismatic Jewel-Case Of The Original CD-Release But Adding A New Sticker To The Front And Amended Tray-Insert. Personnel
Gene Simmons - Bass Guitar Rhythm Guitar On "We Are One" Lead Vocals Paul Stanley - Rhythm Guitar Lead Guitar On "Psycho Circus" "I Pledge Allegiance To The State Of Rock & Roll" And "You Wanted The Best" Bass Guitar On "We Are One" "Raise Your Glasses" And "I Finally Found My Way" Lead Vocals Ace Frehley - Lead Guitar Credited But Only Appears On "Psycho Circus" "Into The Void" And "You Wanted The Best" Vocals Peter Criss - Drums Credited But Only Appears On "Into The Void" Vocals Additional Musicians
Bruce Kulick - Lead Guitar On "Within" Intro Tommy Thayer - Lead Guitar Kevin Valentine - Drums Bob Ezrin - Fender Rhodes On "I Finally Found My Way" Shelly Berg - Piano On "I Finally Found My Way" And "Journey Of 1 000 Years" Charts
Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1998 The Billboard 200 3 1998 Top Canadian Albums 2 Album - ARIA Australia Year Chart Position 1998 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1
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Psycho Circus Is A 1998 Album By The American Hard Rock Band Kiss. The Original Four Back And In Full Make Up Again. It Is Also The Last Full Studio Album Of New Material From Kiss To Date. It Was Certified Gold On October 22 1998 When It Had Sold 500 000 Copies. The Album Features A Lenticular Cover That Alternates Between A Black Kiss Logo And The Album Title With Pictures Of A Clown And The Band Members. The Track "You Wanted The Best" Is The Only Kiss Song In Which Lead Vocals Are Shared By The Entire Lineup. ControversyFollowing Kiss' Highly Successful 1996-1997 Reunion Tour Psycho Circus Was Touted As The First Album By The Band's Original Lineup Since 1979's Dynasty. As With Dynasty And 1980's Unmasked However Many Of The Songs Were Recorded By Uncredited Players. It Is Now Known That Guitarist Ace Frehley And Drummer Peter Criss Were Used Sparingly With Criss Only Playing Drums On "Into The Void." He Had Also Played On Only One Dynasty Track . Frehley Only Played On Three Songs From The Album Not Including Vocals . In A Radio Interview With Eddie Trunk Following His Departure Criss Stated That Only "Into The Void" Featured Instrumental Contributions From All Four Members. The Replacement Of Criss And Frehley On A Kiss Album Was Nothing New. Frehley Had Been Replaced On Songs As Early As 1976's Destroyer. Criss Was Entirely Absent From Unmasked Despite Being Pictured On The Album's Cover. The Same Was True For Frehley On 1982's Creatures Of The Night. However At The Time Of The Release Of Those Albums Kiss Managed To Keep A Lid On The Personnel Changes With Psycho Circus Rumours Concerning Who Played What Were Circulating Prior To The Album's Release. Many Kiss Fans Voiced Disappointment At The Ruse Although In That Respect It Did Preserve The Tradition Of The Latter Albums Released By This Line-Up First-Time-Around. Despite The Controversy Psycho Circus Was The Band's First Top 10 Album Since 1993's Alive III Their Highest Placing In The Albums Chart - At #3 - And Was Certified Gold. U.S. SoundScan Sales Of The Album Total 479 000 Copies. "We Are One" Went #4 On Showbizz Magazine Brazil Radio Chart. Track Listing
"Psycho Circus" Paul Stanley Curtis Cuomo – 5 30 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Within" Gene Simmons – 5 10 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "I Pledge Allegiance To The State Of Rock & Roll" Stanley Cuomo Holly Knight – 3 32 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Into The Void" Ace Frehley Karl Cochran – 4 24 Lead Vocals - Ace Frehley "We Are One" Simmons – 4 41 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "You Wanted The Best" Simmons – 4 15 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons Paul Stanley Ace Frehley & Peter Criss "Raise Your Glasses" Stanley Knight – 4 14 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "I Finally Found My Way" Stanley Bob Ezrin – 3 40 Lead Vocals - Peter Criss "Dreamin'" Stanley Bruce Kulick – 4 12 Lead Vocals - Paul Stanley "Journey Of 1 000 Years" Simmons – 4 49 Lead Vocals - Gene Simmons "In Your Face"* Simmons - 3 40 Lead Vocals - Ace Frehley Track 11 Is Only Available On Import Version Of The Album Disc Two Japan Europe And Brazil Only "Psycho Circus Live " Stanley Cuomo - 5 34 "Let Me Go Rock 'N' Roll Live " Stanley Simmons - 5 33 "Into The Void Live " Frehley Cochran - 9 10 "Within Live " Simmons - 7 57 "100 000 Years Live " Stanley Simmons - 5 17 "Black Diamond Live " Stanley - 6 12 A Limited Edition Was Released In Brazil On The Wake Of The Kiss Concerts In The Country Adding The Second Disc With Live Tracks Like The Japanese Release But Without The Bonus Track "In Your Face" On The First Disc. In Europe This Expanded-Release Was Tied-In With The Tour Retaining The Prismatic Jewel-Case Of The Original CD-Release But Adding A New Sticker To The Front And Amended Tray-Insert. Personnel
Gene Simmons - Bass Guitar Rhythm Guitar On "We Are One" Lead Vocals Paul Stanley - Rhythm Guitar Lead Guitar On "Psycho Circus" "I Pledge Allegiance To The State Of Rock & Roll" And "You Wanted The Best" Bass Guitar On "We Are One" "Raise Your Glasses" And "I Finally Found My Way" Lead Vocals Ace Frehley - Lead Guitar Credited But Only Appears On "Psycho Circus" "Into The Void" And "You Wanted The Best" Vocals Peter Criss - Drums Credited But Only Appears On "Into The Void" Vocals Additional Musicians
Bruce Kulick - Lead Guitar On "Within" Intro Tommy Thayer - Lead Guitar Kevin Valentine - Drums Bob Ezrin - Fender Rhodes On "I Finally Found My Way" Shelly Berg - Piano On "I Finally Found My Way" And "Journey Of 1 000 Years" Charts
Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1998 The Billboard 200 3 1998 Top Canadian Albums 2 Album - ARIA Australia Year Chart Position 1998 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1