The KISS thread

[Dr. Medulla]

My first KISS poster. I actually bought it before I'd heard any of their records. I'd built up what they would sound like in my head and imagine my shock when the first thing I heard by them was on the wrong speed. My mate had the 12" single of Detroit Rock City and I didn't know it played at 45 RPM. I assumed because it was the size of an album it would play on 33 1/3. So I heard these demonic low bass notes and and even more demonic vocal and was thinking "what the fuck?". It sounded like Metallica before they'd formed. I was about to go back to listening to David Soul then my mate informed me of my technical shortcomings.

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In the pilot episode of WKRP in Cincinnati—did that every get aired in Thatcheria?—when Andy, the new program director, decided to switch to rock, that's the poster he put up behind his desk.

Yes, it aired over here but I have no recollection of it. That's funny because buying that poster was my first tentative step into rock. I remember feeling daring buying it, as if some clown faced idiots were gonna piss my parents off. Which I suppose is the essence of rock.

Exactly. Which is why I resent the entire idea of a rock n roll hall of fame. You don't canonize stuff that is supposed to represent rebellion. The best rock music pisses off authority figures. Always.

[Heston]

My first KISS poster. I actually bought it before I'd heard any of their records. I'd built up what they would sound like in my head and imagine my shock when the first thing I heard by them was on the wrong speed. My mate had the 12" single of Detroit Rock City and I didn't know it played at 45 RPM. I assumed because it was the size of an album it would play on 33 1/3. So I heard these demonic low bass notes and and even more demonic vocal and was thinking "what the fuck?". It sounded like Metallica before they'd formed. I was about to go back to listening to David Soul then my mate informed me of my technical shortcomings.

kiss231.jpg

In the pilot episode of WKRP in Cincinnati—did that every get aired in Thatcheria?—when Andy, the new program director, decided to switch to rock, that's the poster he put up behind his desk.

Yes, it aired over here but I have no recollection of it. That's funny because buying that poster was my first tentative step into rock. I remember feeling daring buying it, as if some clown faced idiots were gonna piss my parents off. Which I suppose is the essence of rock.

Exactly. Which is why I resent the entire idea of a rock n roll hall of fame. You don't canonize stuff that is supposed to represent rebellion. The best rock music pisses off authority figures. Always.

Hang on, are you calling KISS "the best rock music?" Sounds like it to me. Inder, close the thread.

[Dr. Medulla]

My first KISS poster. I actually bought it before I'd heard any of their records. I'd built up what they would sound like in my head and imagine my shock when the first thing I heard by them was on the wrong speed. My mate had the 12" single of Detroit Rock City and I didn't know it played at 45 RPM. I assumed because it was the size of an album it would play on 33 1/3. So I heard these demonic low bass notes and and even more demonic vocal and was thinking "what the fuck?". It sounded like Metallica before they'd formed. I was about to go back to listening to David Soul then my mate informed me of my technical shortcomings.

kiss231.jpg

In the pilot episode of WKRP in Cincinnati—did that every get aired in Thatcheria?—when Andy, the new program director, decided to switch to rock, that's the poster he put up behind his desk.

Yes, it aired over here but I have no recollection of it. That's funny because buying that poster was my first tentative step into rock. I remember feeling daring buying it, as if some clown faced idiots were gonna piss my parents off. Which I suppose is the essence of rock.

Exactly. Which is why I resent the entire idea of a rock n roll hall of fame. You don't canonize stuff that is supposed to represent rebellion. The best rock music pisses off authority figures. Always.

Hang on, are you calling KISS "the best rock music?" Sounds like it to me. Inder, close the thread.

Early on, they scared people because no one could figure them out. For, like, 2 years. And that was all presentation, not music. By Destroyer they were fully cartoon characters who scared nobody. I fully give them props for creative marketing, but no more.

[Marky Dread]

My first KISS poster. I actually bought it before I'd heard any of their records. I'd built up what they would sound like in my head and imagine my shock when the first thing I heard by them was on the wrong speed. My mate had the 12" single of Detroit Rock City and I didn't know it played at 45 RPM. I assumed because it was the size of an album it would play on 33 1/3. So I heard these demonic low bass notes and and even more demonic vocal and was thinking "what the fuck?". It sounded like Metallica before they'd formed. I was about to go back to listening to David Soul then my mate informed me of my technical shortcomings.

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From silver lady to silver platform boots.

[Marky Dread]

I had a huge billboard poster about 6ft x 4ft
of this.

Years after my KISS days, I had this. 6' x 4' sounds about right for the dimensions. Fucker was massive.

Better.

[Flex]

the performance of rock n roll all nite from the alive album came on the radio this afternoon and i... did not change the station.

[Heston]

the performance of rock n roll all nite from the alive album came on the radio this afternoon and i... did not change the station.

This is an undeniably exciting spectacle...I challenge the naysayers to watch it!

[Dr. Medulla]

Yeah, I won't say anything bad about that song. It's fun and a half.

[Dr. Medulla]

Started reading KISS and Philosophy tonight. So far, it's thin soup. The first two essays are academics discussing growing up as KISS fans. Yawn, whatever. The start of the third essay reads like drunk Heston:

I love Paul Stanley! If you don't believe me, listen to the 5:18-minute mark, just before "Rock and Roll All Nite," from Nashville, Tennessee, 2009—you'll hear me scream it. If they ever release the Louisville, Kentucky, "End of the Road Tour" on 3-12-19, you' ll also hear me say, "Paul, you're my father!"

[Heston]

Started reading KISS and Philosophy tonight. So far, it's thin soup. The first two essays are academics discussing growing up as KISS fans. Yawn, whatever. The start of the third essay reads like drunk Heston:

I love Paul Stanley! If you don't believe me, listen to the 5:18-minute mark, just before "Rock and Roll All Nite," from Nashville, Tennessee, 2009—you'll hear me scream it. If they ever release the Louisville, Kentucky, "End of the Road Tour" on 3-12-19, you' ll also hear me say, "Paul, you're my father!"

I literally thought you'd quoted one of my posts from earlier in the thread.

[Dr. Medulla]

Started reading KISS and Philosophy tonight. So far, it's thin soup. The first two essays are academics discussing growing up as KISS fans. Yawn, whatever. The start of the third essay reads like drunk Heston:

I love Paul Stanley! If you don't believe me, listen to the 5:18-minute mark, just before "Rock and Roll All Nite," from Nashville, Tennessee, 2009—you'll hear me scream it. If they ever release the Louisville, Kentucky, "End of the Road Tour" on 3-12-19, you' ll also hear me say, "Paul, you're my father!"

I literally thought you'd quoted one of my posts from earlier in the thread.

Please claim your PhD at the table by the door.

[Heston]

Approaching 3,000 posts in the thread, I've been informed this is a record outside of KISS forums.

I remember starting it with some trepidation, would anyone reply? But KISS is like a living, writhing machine, and that's down to you, the fans.

[matedog]

the performance of rock n roll all nite from the alive album came on the radio this afternoon and i... did not change the station.

This is an undeniably exciting spectacle...I challenge the naysayers to watch it!

It’s their magnum opus for sure.

One thing I never understood was Gene’s stage move where he does that like double blow job motion with his arms.

[Dr. Medulla]

Approaching 3,000 posts in the thread, I've been informed this is a record outside of KISS forums.

I remember starting it with some trepidation, would anyone reply? But KISS is like a living, writhing machine, and that's down to you, the fans.

Or its a freak show, and as embarrassing as it is, making you wonder what the fuck is wrong with a species that would produce such a monstrosity, you can't look away.

[Heston]

the performance of rock n roll all nite from the alive album came on the radio this afternoon and i... did not change the station.

This is an undeniably exciting spectacle...I challenge the naysayers to watch it!

It’s their magnum opus for sure.

One thing I never understood was Gene’s stage move where he does that like double blow job motion with his arms.

He's marching with the KISS ARMY.