Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll

lp59aholicDon · 12-18-2007, 12:20 AM

Watching too much VH1, and I Keep seeing those Kiss Promo's

coldsteal2 · 12-18-2007, 12:30 AM

hahah they have always been about the big sell, thats
Gene for you, always the businessman.

My nieces were in the Kiss Army back in 76, they used
to do skits for us in makeup.

lp59aholicDon · 12-18-2007, 12:36 AM

I liked some of their first album, but the whole make up and theatricals turned me off , My good friend Scott though, ever the showman, loved Kiss and drove me nuts with it all

coldsteal2 · 12-18-2007, 12:41 AM

personaly i thought they sucked musicialy, but had a killer
show there are some of the songs that kind of get me moving
my head and saying....coool....i hated the makeup stuff to
till i saw them without it hahahahaha

BOBBO · 12-18-2007, 08:18 AM

While the musicianship was not stellar .. I loved KISS as a kid !!! Yes most of the songs are 3 or 4 chord wonders but they alway seemed to be able to put together songs that made you say ..Hey that's catchy ! I think they inspired alot of young players because their stuff was easy to learn !! I thought there was a POLL ?

JerseyDrew · 12-18-2007, 08:30 AM

The reason I play guitar today is because of Kiss. I'm 42

DeafDumbBlind Kid · 12-18-2007, 08:36 AM

the first, and well, the only band I ever played in, must have had the entire KISS catalog down when I joined them ~ '77. I had KISS ALIVE and Destroyer. I think I threw out Love Gun the day I bought it.

WildeStarr · 12-18-2007, 12:10 PM

KISS Rules.

Gigan · 12-18-2007, 01:07 PM

As a 11 year old they were my world, now they are just good memories for me. I really can't listen to much of their stuff save for a few songs. To me their stuff is kinda hokey...

Darkburst · 12-18-2007, 02:07 PM

I love the Klassic Kiss era! Sure it's cheesy and the lyrics sometimes surpass Spinal Tap in ridiculousness, but it's fun rock n' roll.

loneguitar · 12-18-2007, 05:16 PM

not my cup of tea but I know they influenced alot of players and for that I thank them

Robespierre · 12-19-2007, 08:55 PM

For me, KISS (along with AC/DC) is rock-n-roll. I can honestly say, if it was not for KISS, I would not be the slightest degree interested in guitar. Three-chord stadium rockers are where it's at for me.

FLICKOFLASH · 12-20-2007, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WildeStarr

KISS Rules.

I agree the mystic was killer & those who say they sucked playing wize must of never heard anything other than what was played on the Radio. I believed they inspired more than anyone else kids to expand their dreams & pick up the guitar

YouTube - KISS Destroyer Tour 1976 - Nothin' To Lose

hear the Beatle influence

FLICKOFLASH · 12-20-2007, 05:35 AM

Go back & relisten to their stuff ... man I miss Drumming like that & guitar riffs & changeups & the double leads

you never hear that anymore in todays flash n pan music

murkat · 12-20-2007, 06:00 AM

If you think it sooooo easy, play Parasite. get back to me.....

Kiss Klassic fan here.

YouTube - kiss - parasite (live 1975)

ace924 · 12-20-2007, 06:12 AM

Huge KISS fan here, hence the screen name. I'm more of the original 4 fan. Some of the 80's music was a bit boring. But thats how bands progress and degress (if degress is a word). Anyways Gene is a genius in marketing but I persoanlly think it's TOO MUCH. But heck ride that wave as long as you can.

ace924 · 12-20-2007, 06:18 AM

Some people think they were horrible musicians, but they were actually more acomplished then what most people think. Ace definately aint a shredder but his solo were all feeling. He got stuck in the rockstar rut(drugs booze) and lost some creativity. Paul and Gene write great togather, to bad they stopped after awhile. Has anyone listen to Paul latest solo CD? Great CD! Musically Paul is KISS, business Gene is KISS. Anyways I'm out. This is the most I've ever typed in the forum! LOL

coldsteal2 · 12-20-2007, 07:17 AM

I know all thier early stuff, had to do alot of it in
clubs, i liked the original stuff alot, some of the
stuff in the 80's i wasnt a fan of. I like Gene as
a person. I always thought Ace was really good
and Peter was great.

GLP4me · 01-27-2008, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loneguitar

not my cup of tea but I know they influenced alot of players and for that I thank them

Now that my friend, is a classy answer.

winger · 01-27-2008, 03:01 PM

'nother fan here. Discovered them in 1980. (Was 10 at the time.) After that I got more and more into their older stuff. Ace and Paul are the ones who made me pick up the guitar a few years later.

tarddoggy · 01-27-2008, 03:18 PM

oh yeah...I was on board from late '74-77.the Live albums used to give one hell of a adrenelin surge

Mike60 · 01-27-2008, 03:18 PM

Kiss?..no.Sorry.Can't stand 'em.

Duster340 · 01-27-2008, 06:46 PM

I've been a KISS fan since I was 10 years old (43 now) and I've never stopped. The reason I play and have a love for Les Paul's and Explorer's. I've even got to meet all of the original members and most of the others at various events. I'm the short one in the middle of the attached pic.

winger · 05-06-2008, 02:23 PM

history

Some cool Lester's he had back then...

***b-squared*** · 05-06-2008, 02:50 PM

Heck yeah...1976 or '77 was when I officially joined, had a patch on my jean jacket and everything.

I still like their music; certainly not technical, but man, can they write a hook.

I can remember one day in HS a senior put $5 in the jukebox (we had one in our lunchroom, bought by a previous graduating class) and played Shout It Out Loud at least 25 times in a row. Talk about pickles flying everywhere...

KISS Rawks!

BB

Boleskinehouse · 05-06-2008, 03:13 PM

I've always been a fan of Ace Frehley. KISS, as a whole, never really did anything for me, but I love Ace's style. He never really wanted to be in that band...

BigB · 05-06-2008, 03:59 PM

I was born in 70 and didn't start listening to music til i was around 10 yrs. old. I'm not entirely sure but I think most of their albums were out by then. I don't dislike them but they aren't a personal favorite of mine either. I love Gene's T.V. show though (Family Jewels). That show is great!

kevinT · 05-08-2008, 01:30 PM

I was the biggest "Kiss Freak" around my parts. Me and a friend always tried to outdo each other in terms of who had the best bedroom decked out in Kiss Posters. You literally couldn't see my walls or ceiling in my bedroom because i had every Kiss poster that was ever printed and they overlapped each other because there wasn't enough space on the walls.

You didn't see any Farrah Fawcett posters on my walls or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders like many of my other friends had during the mid to late 70s.....It was all KISS all the time!!!!

Then came the most terrible day....the day Kiss released the album Dynasty. I was so pissed that they had sold out to disco and had a disco vibe to this LP....totally sucked. As a result, i striped my walls of KISS posters and gave all of my vinyl KISS LPs to my cousin.

This is also the time when punk rock was becoming popular i.e., Ramones, Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, The Clash, Buzzcocks, etc...started gettin' into that instead. ...then that faded a bit and metal really began to blossom...AC/DC "If you want Blood, You Got it" was the LP that got me back on track again.

A few years ago, my cousin returned all my KISS LPs after having them for 30 years. When i got them they were in as good a condition as when i gave them to him.

Since then, Kiss has had some killer players, Mark St. John, Vinnie Vincent, and Bruce Kulick to name a few....I am sure glad that KISS got its shit back on track again.

12-18-2007, 12:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
lp59aholicDon V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Carolina in the Mountains Posts: 5,219 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 4 Posts	Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll Watching too much VH1, and I Keep seeing those Kiss Promo's __________________ I am a sheepdog, Its not just a vocation, its my nature Live with it, Lead, Follow, or get the hell outta my way . Tis better to have the sword and live by it, than to reach in need and find the scabboard empty .Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner- Ben Franklin Don't be talkin' the talk if you can't walk the walk

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coldsteal2 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chico, CA "Fly Over America" Posts: 35,131 Thanks: 696 Thanked 102 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll hahah they have always been about the big sell, thats Gene for you, always the businessman. My nieces were in the Kiss Army back in 76, they used to do skits for us in makeup. __________________ Cold Steal soundclick...My YouTube ... Interview.. ...Sunset Strip Rock Alumni 76-83' I'm Insane (pre-ratt)...Scene of the Crime (Pre-Ratt)..Street Legal..Song of Mine..Loved You So I Lied

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lp59aholicDon V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Carolina in the Mountains Posts: 5,219 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll I liked some of their first album, but the whole make up and theatricals turned me off , My good friend Scott though, ever the showman, loved Kiss and drove me nuts with it all __________________ I am a sheepdog, Its not just a vocation, its my nature Live with it, Lead, Follow, or get the hell outta my way . Tis better to have the sword and live by it, than to reach in need and find the scabboard empty .Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner- Ben Franklin Don't be talkin' the talk if you can't walk the walk

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coldsteal2 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chico, CA "Fly Over America" Posts: 35,131 Thanks: 696 Thanked 102 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll personaly i thought they sucked musicialy, but had a killer show there are some of the songs that kind of get me moving my head and saying....coool....i hated the makeup stuff to till i saw them without it hahahahaha __________________ Cold Steal soundclick...My YouTube ... Interview.. ...Sunset Strip Rock Alumni 76-83' I'm Insane (pre-ratt)...Scene of the Crime (Pre-Ratt)..Street Legal..Song of Mine..Loved You So I Lied

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JerseyDrew Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 73 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll The reason I play guitar today is because of Kiss. I'm 42 __________________ Jerseydrew

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DeafDumbBlind Kid Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: southern nh Posts: 237 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll the first, and well, the only band I ever played in, must have had the entire KISS catalog down when I joined them ~ '77. I had KISS ALIVE and Destroyer. I think I threw out Love Gun the day I bought it. __________________ when I was a kid, we had to break pieces off the earth's crust, to have rocks so we could make our own dirt. So, yeah, I've been around for a while.

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WildeStarr V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,058 Thanks: 1 Thanked 62 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll KISS Rules.

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Gigan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 676 Thanks: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll As a 11 year old they were my world, now they are just good memories for me. I really can't listen to much of their stuff save for a few songs. To me their stuff is kinda hokey...

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Darkburst Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,045 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll I love the Klassic Kiss era! Sure it's cheesy and the lyrics sometimes surpass Spinal Tap in ridiculousness, but it's fun rock n' roll. __________________ R9 Les Pauls / Reinhardt Storm 50 / RMC 4 Picture Wah Illustration & Blog \| Photos

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loneguitar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Memphis Posts: 2,370 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll not my cup of tea but I know they influenced alot of players and for that I thank them __________________ " The Love you take, is equal to the love you make"

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Robespierre V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 1,028 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll For me, KISS (along with AC/DC) is rock-n-roll. I can honestly say, if it was not for KISS, I would not be the slightest degree interested in guitar. Three-chord stadium rockers are where it's at for me.

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FLICKOFLASH V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hagerstown,MD USA Posts: 24,363 Thanks: 944 Thanked 2,138 Times in 617 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll Go back & relisten to their stuff ... man I miss Drumming like that & guitar riffs & changeups & the double leads you never hear that anymore in todays flash n pan music __________________ FLICKOFLASH...!!! ® https://www.facebook.com/pages/FLICKOFLASH/112374901404

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murkat V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lush green pastures Posts: 308 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll If you think it sooooo easy, play Parasite. get back to me..... Kiss Klassic fan here. YouTube - kiss - parasite (live 1975) Last edited by FLICKOFLASH; 12-20-2007 at 03:56 PM.

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ace924 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Detroit Rock City Posts: 675 Thanks: 9 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll Huge KISS fan here, hence the screen name. I'm more of the original 4 fan. Some of the 80's music was a bit boring. But thats how bands progress and degress (if degress is a word). Anyways Gene is a genius in marketing but I persoanlly think it's TOO MUCH. But heck ride that wave as long as you can. __________________ "ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT" 06 LPSTD DB HAMMERS PICKUPS MARSHALL JCM2000 TSL100 TU2,CE5,DD3,TR2,EVH PHASE 90, MORLEY BAD HORSIE, ORIGINAL CRY BABY

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ace924 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Detroit Rock City Posts: 675 Thanks: 9 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll Some people think they were horrible musicians, but they were actually more acomplished then what most people think. Ace definately aint a shredder but his solo were all feeling. He got stuck in the rockstar rut(drugs booze) and lost some creativity. Paul and Gene write great togather, to bad they stopped after awhile. Has anyone listen to Paul latest solo CD? Great CD! Musically Paul is KISS, business Gene is KISS. Anyways I'm out. This is the most I've ever typed in the forum! LOL __________________ "ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT" 06 LPSTD DB HAMMERS PICKUPS MARSHALL JCM2000 TSL100 TU2,CE5,DD3,TR2,EVH PHASE 90, MORLEY BAD HORSIE, ORIGINAL CRY BABY

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coldsteal2 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chico, CA "Fly Over America" Posts: 35,131 Thanks: 696 Thanked 102 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll I know all thier early stuff, had to do alot of it in clubs, i liked the original stuff alot, some of the stuff in the 80's i wasnt a fan of. I like Gene as a person. I always thought Ace was really good and Peter was great. __________________ Cold Steal soundclick...My YouTube ... Interview.. ...Sunset Strip Rock Alumni 76-83' I'm Insane (pre-ratt)...Scene of the Crime (Pre-Ratt)..Street Legal..Song of Mine..Loved You So I Lied

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winger Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 72 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll 'nother fan here. Discovered them in 1980. (Was 10 at the time.) After that I got more and more into their older stuff. Ace and Paul are the ones who made me pick up the guitar a few years later.

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tarddoggy V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ohio Posts: 1,968 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll oh yeah...I was on board from late '74-77.the Live albums used to give one hell of a adrenelin surge __________________ '92 Les Paul Studio '96 Les Paul Studio '05 Les Paul Deluxe '07 Voodoo LP Special Traynor YVC-20(stock) Crate Vintage Club 20 WB Pickups:*******,******,67-07 s,67-07 Hotttsss,Greeny 67's [IMG]http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156/John07_album/*******.jpg[/IMG]

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Mike60 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Reflectorland Posts: 8,441 Thanks: 0 Thanked 111 Times in 36 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll Kiss?..no.Sorry.Can't stand 'em.

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winger Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 72 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll history Some cool Lester's he had back then...

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*b-squared* MLP Pacific NW! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northwest WA Posts: 20,550 Thanks: 626 Thanked 701 Times in 100 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll Heck yeah...1976 or '77 was when I officially joined, had a patch on my jean jacket and everything. I still like their music; certainly not technical, but man, can they write a hook. I can remember one day in HS a senior put $5 in the jukebox (we had one in our lunchroom, bought by a previous graduating class) and played Shout It Out Loud at least 25 times in a row. Talk about pickles flying everywhere... KISS Rawks! BB __________________ Life's too short to deal with bad tone!

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Boleskinehouse Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Next to Raleighwood Posts: 27,153 Thanks: 91 Thanked 673 Times in 114 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll I've always been a fan of Ace Frehley. KISS, as a whole, never really did anything for me, but I love Ace's style. He never really wanted to be in that band...

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BigB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA. Posts: 1,371 Thanks: 9 Thanked 19 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll I was born in 70 and didn't start listening to music til i was around 10 yrs. old. I'm not entirely sure but I think most of their albums were out by then. I don't dislike them but they aren't a personal favorite of mine either. I love Gene's T.V. show though (Family Jewels). That show is great!

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kevinT Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Trackin' Down This Rascal That Stole My PAF Posts: 745 Thanks: 24 Thanked 45 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Kiss Fan? Kiss Army Poll I was the biggest "Kiss Freak" around my parts. Me and a friend always tried to outdo each other in terms of who had the best bedroom decked out in Kiss Posters. You literally couldn't see my walls or ceiling in my bedroom because i had every Kiss poster that was ever printed and they overlapped each other because there wasn't enough space on the walls. You didn't see any Farrah Fawcett posters on my walls or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders like many of my other friends had during the mid to late 70s.....It was all KISS all the time!!!! Then came the most terrible day....the day Kiss released the album Dynasty. I was so pissed that they had sold out to disco and had a disco vibe to this LP....totally sucked. As a result, i striped my walls of KISS posters and gave all of my vinyl KISS LPs to my cousin. This is also the time when punk rock was becoming popular i.e., Ramones, Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, The Clash, Buzzcocks, etc...started gettin' into that instead. ...then that faded a bit and metal really began to blossom...AC/DC "If you want Blood, You Got it" was the LP that got me back on track again. A few years ago, my cousin returned all my KISS LPs after having them for 30 years. When i got them they were in as good a condition as when i gave them to him. Since then, Kiss has had some killer players, Mark St. John, Vinnie Vincent, and Bruce Kulick to name a few....I am sure glad that KISS got its shit back on track again. __________________ GUITARFORCE Pickups Checkout BB's Tone Solutions for the Crowdpleaser model. Last edited by kevinT; 05-09-2008 at 10:16 AM.

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