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Detroit Rock City by Kiss

Artist Biography For Kiss

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 Criss And Frehley Subsequently Left The Band Again And Have Been Replaced By Singer And Tommy Thayer.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 .

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Detroit Rock City

Detroit Rock City Is A Song By The American Hard Rock Group Kiss Featured On Their 1976 Album Destroyer. The Song Was Written By Paul Stanley And Bob Ezrin And Is About A Real Kiss Fan Who Was Killed In A Car Accident On His Way To A Kiss Concert In The Intro You Can Hear A Report On A Car Accident Narrated By Gene Simmons . The Song Recorded And Released As A Single In 1976 Was The Third Single Off Of Kiss's Album Destroyer And Was Planned To Be Their Last In Support Of The Album. As A Single It Did Poorly In Sales And Radio Play Other Than In Detroit And Failed To Chart In The U.S. Even Though It Would Prove To Be A Fan Favorite. It Came As A Surprise That The B-Side "Beth" A Ballad Sung By Drummer Peter Criss Wound Up Catching On In Different Markets In The United States So The Single Was Reissued With "Beth" As The A-Side And "Detroit Rock City" As The B-Side. During The Love Gun/Alive II Tour Paul Changed The Lyric "I Know I'm Gonna Die Why?" To "I Know I'm Gonna Die And I Don't Care!" The Song Was #6 On VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs And Is Featured On The Album Heavy Metal – The First 20 Years Which Was Released On July 25 2006. The Song's Title Was Used For A 1999 Motion Picture In Which A Group Of Teenage Kiss Fans Travel To Detroit To See The Band In 1978. The Detroit Tigers Use The Song When The Players Take The Field And Also On Various Radio And Television Broadcasts Of Games. It Is Also Sometimes Played Right Before The First Face-Off In Detroit Red Wings Games. The Song Was Tributed As A Fictional Venue - The Rock City Theater Located In Detroit Michigan - In The Music Video Game Guitar Hero II. It Is Also Featured In The Video Game Rock Band In Which The Master Track Is Used - However The First Solo Appears Extended And The Ending "Get Up!/Everybody's Gonna Leave Their Seats/Get Down!" Was Cut Off The Song. Kiss Also Played The Song On An Episode Of Gene Simmons Family Jewels.

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