On this day in KISSTORY - March 19, 1975 - We released the Dressed to Kill album. Dressed to Kill peaked at #32 on the US charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 28, 1977.
Track Listing: 1. "Room Service" / 2. "Two Timer" / 3. "Ladies in Waiting" / 4. "Getaway" / 5. "Rock Bottom" / 6. "C'mon and Love Me" / 7."Anything for My Baby" / 8. "She" / 9. "Love Her All I Can" / 10. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
50 years ago!
March 16, 1974 - Gene Simmons graced the cover of the New Musical Express. This was the first-time ever that KISS made the cover of a magazine!
Thanks to Alex Menghi for sharing the cover!
On this day in KISSTORY - March 16, 2008 - We kicked off our Alive 35 World Tour in front of 80,000 fans at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia.
Here a great fan-filmed clip of "100,000 Years" from Melbourne.
On this day in KISSTORY - March 15, 1976 - We released our fifth album, Destroyer. Destroyer was certified gold by the RIAA on April 22 and platinum on November 11, 1976.
Track Listing:
Detroit Rock City / King of the Night Time World / God of Thunder / Great Expectations / Flaming Youth / Sweet Pain / Shout It out Loud / Beth / Do You Love Me
On this day in KISSTORY - March 15, 2012 - We attended the Grand Opening of the KISS by Monster Mini Golf in Las Vegas.
March KISS Magazine Covers
Guitar World Magazine USA 2019
Guitar World Legends Presents The Complete KISS Magazine USA 1994
Hit Parader Magazine USA 1977
FACES Magazine USA 1985
On this day in KISSTORY - March 13th, 1973 - We entered Electric Ladyland Studios in New York to record a demo with legendary producer Eddie Kramer, who worked with Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. The demo included "Deuce", "Cold Gin", "Strutter", "Watchin' You", and "Black Diamond" and was funded with studio time from Ron Johnsen, as payment for the $1000 owed Paul and Gene for singing backups on two of his projects, Mr. Gee Wiz and Lyn Christopher.
"Eddie Kramer, to us, epitomized the whole British sound, which was what we were looking for. He was the production king of the world" says Gene. The session was quick but the tape radiated with enough energy to light a city and pulsated like a heart about to explode. "It was full of attitude," says Paul. "Nothing compares to being vehement and vicious in what you do, and when we were recording that demo, we knew nothing could stand in our way. When the four of us were together, it was like a tank - you could fall in behind us and follow, but you couldn't get in front of us. If you did you got flattened. That "take no prisoners" attitude was right there from the beginning and no one was going to change us".
