KISS FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Hottest Band in the Land

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The CNN interview segment had good potential for broad viewer availability with a reach of 343 cable systems nationally. The official outlets for material also tend to be a tad light about the careers of the players in the band from before they joined KISS outside of the original four. While it would not come as a shock that Trixter guitarist Steve Brown has made an outsized contribution to the album, it is unfair to use the resulting constructive methodology to negate the album’s merits. This song is going to be where those who never dipped a toe into the pool of unreleased magic benefit. Marty Cetner’s piece in Cashbox ran in the same issue date as Billboard’s (interestingly, in a side piece adjacent to Peter’s, Cookie Amerson’s recruitment by People Tonight was announced).

You can go from listening to your rock-’n’-roll heroes in a basement in Indiana to flying to New York City to hang with them at a rock-’n’-roll pool party on New Year’s Eve.In other words, fans know his original name and that of Gene Klein, but refer to him as Gene Simmons out of respect.

The various topics that fans discuss late in the night at the hotel bar after a KISS expo when feeling free enough to bring up topics they know would sometimes run them into ridicule otherwise. However, I think that the deeper dive as a standalone feature provides an interesting look into the earliest days of Peter’s post-Kiss solo career and the efforts he made, and made on his behalf, in the almost inevitably futile task of promoting his release. As a more musical niche publication, the expanded scope and space allowed for the creative process to be explored in more depth. Early Recordings: Simmons recorded a number of demos over those years, notably with or for Bull Frog Bheer. Of course, the other thing many people remember about KISS is that they have a loyal fan base commonly referred to as the KISS Army.

A start-up radio station, WPFR-FM, had taken shape and gave in to our KISS demands because they were new and had fewer listeners. If he refused, then by such time, the KISS Army would surround the radio station not allowing him to leave. Instead, it feels far more like a collaboration where multiple parties have played to their strengths with positive results.

When it was all over, we agreed to sit through the first two songs of ZZ Top’s set, just to say we were there. This show wasn’t about the past or halcyon days of yore, it was about sealing the cover of that Kiss Coffin and announcing the future. Walkin’ on the Moon,” keeps the lyrics finely balanced between the sort of comic book cliched kitsch we’d expect from a Kiss original, infused with a more predictable kind of sentimentality. At the end of the road it was imbued with special meaning (clearly there is a disconnect between me/them and opinions no doubt vary). Of course, we’re humbled by the many versions, realizing that our quest to get KISS on the radio station was more like Chinese water torture than a one-day military coup.

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