1973 – 1975: Coming Alive

Over the course of just three years, the KISS phenomenon was established: Gene and Paul met Peter, they met Ace, three studio albums were released, and multi-platinum breakthrough was achieved with KISS Alive!. Here is the story of how KISS came to be in the early years of the 1970s. Continue reading “1973 – 1975: Coming Alive”

KISS Alive! (1975)

“You wanted the best, and you got it!” The ultimate KISS battle cry opens their first live album, a double record that would come to define KISS more than anything else they have done. Almost fifty years later, KISS Alive! stands tall as a masterpiece. Continue reading “KISS Alive! (1975)”

Dressed To Kill (1975)

There was even less of a gap between the second and third KISS albums. In about a year, they had released three records that are the foundation of everything the band would achieve. Dressed To Kill is a KISS classic, despite not being widely acclaimed at the time. Continue reading “Dressed To Kill (1975)”

1970 – 1972: Pre-KISStory

Before KISS there was Wicked Lester. In the murky depths of time, a strange musical journey began, and the fates of four ambitious individuals from New York City started to intertwine. Continue reading “1970 – 1972: Pre-KISStory”