Many bands having dove head first into the realms of merchandising and branding, but leave it to KISS to remind us all that if you want the best in band experiences, you got the best.
Some songs unite us because they’re universally beloved, but sometimes songs unite us because we all can’t stand them. Thirty-three years ago, one of those songs was released, and we’ve all been complaining about it ever since.
KISS finally achieved mainstream success in 1975 with Alive!, but their next studio album had to be big, and just six months later, the band answered back with Destroyer.
In music history, it’s not uncommon for different notable moments to share the same anniversary date, but it is rare that those moments complement each other as well as the two now infamous concerts that took place four years apart on January 30th.
Jim Burns, co-creator of MTV Unplugged, passed away this week at the age of 65 from injuries resulting from being accidentally hit by a taxi cab in Manhattan.
KISS’ Music From The Elder was released 36 years ago today (November 10) and was so poorly received that the band didn’t even tour in support of the album. Of course, this is just one of a number of flops the classic rock world has seen. Here’s some of the most notorious.
KISS bassist Gene Simmons is establishing new levels of "deluxe" for his upcoming Gene Simmons: The Vault Experience, a 10-disc box set that features 150 recordings he's made since 1966.
