https://strangewayskiss.com/2026/02/04/destroyer-1976/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/destroyer10.jpgdestroyer10https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/destroyer4.jpgdestroyer4https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/destroyertour8.jpgdestroyertour8https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/destroyerezrin1.jpgdestroyerezrin1https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/destroyer3.jpgdestroyer3https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/destroyercover.jpgdestroyercover2026-03-07T09:18:39+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/03/04/kiss-alive-1975/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/alivetour6-1.jpgalivetour6KISS on stage in the Alive! era in 1975-76.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/alivetour7-3879993466-e1680774965686.jpgalivetour7KISS on stage in the Alive! era in 1975-76.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/peter1975.1.jpgpeter1975.1Peter Criss behind the Catman drums on tour in 1975-76.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gene1975.3.jpggene1975.3You can't see it when you play the record, but this is Gene Simmons live on stage in 1975-76.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ace1975.2-3311465571-e1680707290224.jpgace1975.2Ace Frehley rips a lead on stage in 1975-76.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/peter1975.2.jpgpeter1975.2Peter Criss behind the Catman drums on tour in 1975-76.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/alive1.jpgalive1KISS at the time of Alive!: Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/alivecover.jpgalivecover2025-11-22T13:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/03/03/dressed-to-kill-1975/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dressedtokilltour2.jpgdressedtokilltour2KISS during a Fin Costello photo shoot on stage, as their Dressed To Kill era was morphing into the breakthrough Alive! era.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dressedtokilltour3.jpgdressedtokilltour3KISS live on stage as their Dressed To Kill era was morphing into the breakthrough Alive! era.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dressedtokill3-1751387002-e1680774382471.jpgKissKISS do a Clark Kent-to-Superman in Bob Gruen's classic New York photo session for Dressed To Kill: Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/alivetour6.jpgalivetour6KISS live on stage as their Dressed To Kill era was morphing into the breakthrough Alive! era.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dressedtokill2-526597100-e1680774367353.jpegdressedtokill2https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dressedtokillcover.jpgdressedtokillcover2025-11-22T13:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/03/02/hotter-than-hell-1974/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hotterthanhelltour7.jpghotterthanhelltour7KISS on stage during their 1974-75 tour of North America, during which they took a little time out to record Hotter Than Hell in Los Angeles in August 1974.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hotterthanhelltour1.jpghotterthanhelltour1KISS on stage during their non-stop 1974-75 tour, during which they took a little time out to record Hotter Than Hell in Los Angeles in August.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hotterthanhelltour2.jpghotterthanhelltour2KISS on stage during their non-stop 1974-75 tour, during which they took a little time out to record Hotter Than Hell in Los Angeles in August.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hotterthanhell2.jpghotterthanhell2The 1974 line-up of KISS in a photo shoot for their Hotter Than Hell LP: Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hotterthanhellcover.jpghotterthanhellcover2025-11-22T13:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2025/03/05/1973-1975-coming-alive/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/alivetour6.jpgalivetour6https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/alivetour2.jpgalivetour2https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/alivetour1.jpgalivetour1https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/alivetour5.jpgalivetour5https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hotterthanhelltour1.jpghotterthanhelltour1KISS was starting to draw in bigger crowds, even selling out arenas in some cities, but the numbers were not translating to album sales. This fueled a division between the KISS camp and their record company.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dressedtokilltour4.jpgdressedtokilltour4KISS was starting to draw in bigger crowds, even selling out arenas in some cities, but the numbers were not translating to album sales. This fueled a division between the KISS camp and their record company.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/popcorn-pub-queens.webpPopcorn Pub QueensThe Popcorn Pub in Queens, where KISS started and ended 1973 in concert.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/kramer4.jpgKramer4Engineer and producer Eddie Kramer in recent years.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/kramer3.jpgKramer3Engineer and producer Eddie Kramer in recent years.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/kramer2.jpgKramer2Eddie Kramer for Waves at LA FX with the MPX plug in. Photography by Brian Petersen at <a href="http://www.brianapetersen.com" rel="nofollow">www.brianapetersen.com</a> © 2010 Brian Petersen2025-11-22T11:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/02/05/ace-frehley/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ace1977.2.jpgace1977.22025-10-24T05:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/04/05/welcome-to-strange-ways-the-unauthorized-history-of-kiss/2025-08-03T11:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/03/01/kiss-1974/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/kisstour1.jpgkisstour1KISS live on stage around the time of their debut album in 1974.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/kiss1974.2.jpgkiss1974.2The 1974 line-up of KISS working to project an aura of danger and mystery, clockwise from top: Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/alive1.jpgalive12025-07-24T07:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/02/03/1970-1972-pre-kisstory/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/newyork1.webpnewyork1New York City was the place where KISS came to be in the early 1970s.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/early13.webpearly13Stanley Eisen and Gene Klein, in 1971 or 1972, as their journey together has just begun.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/early1.jpgearly1KISS taking form in early 1973: Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Petter Criss.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/early6.jpgearly6Wicked Lester turns into the beginnings of KISS when Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons start rehearsing with drummer Petter Criss in September 1972. Note the quite plain whiteface and eye make-up.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wickedlesterlaughingdogscover.jpgwickedlesterlaughingdogscoverThe Laughing Dogs' 1979 debut album features the cover image that was originally intended for the Wicked Lester album that never saw the light of day.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wickedlester1.jpgwickedlester1https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wickedlester3.jpgwickedlester3In the days of Wicked Lester: Stephen Coronel (left) on the guitar and Gene Klein on the bass.https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wickedlester2.jpgwickedlester2Wicked Lester around the time of making their unreleased album: Gene Klein top left, Stanley Eisen in the middle, Brooke Ostrander in the back, Tony Zarella front right, and Ron Leejack with the guitar.2025-07-10T05:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/02/01/gene-simmons/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gene1977.2.jpggene1977.22025-07-01T04:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/02/04/peter-criss/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/peter1977.1.jpgpeter1977.12023-04-04T08:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/2023/02/02/paul-stanley/https://strangewayskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/paul1977.1.jpgpaul1977.12023-04-04T08:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://strangewayskiss.com/kiss-catalog-reviews/2021-05-28T06:29:23+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.com/kiss-members/2021-05-28T06:18:33+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.com/kiss-history-features/2021-05-28T06:17:23+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.com/members-of-kiss/2021-05-28T04:21:42+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.com/kiss-catalog/2021-05-28T04:15:56+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.com/history-of-kiss/2021-05-28T04:15:54+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.com/home/2021-05-27T16:24:48+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.com/blog/2021-05-27T14:23:25+00:00weekly0.6https://strangewayskiss.comdaily1.02026-03-07T09:18:39+00:00