I can go on forever about my boys KISS. Ace Frehley was my first guitar hero. (I was 9 and later got into Hendrix when I was 11.) In my bedroom, I literally had my walls covered with KISS posters and pictures. Anyway, anyone here digs KISS. The 70's version. The o.g. line up.
Anyway, my top 10 KISS albums from the original line up are as follows:

Destroyer
Rock n Roll Over
Kiss
Hotter Than Hell
Kiss Alive
Love Gun
Dressed To Kill
Kiss Alive 2
Ace Frehley solo album
Dynasty

Kiss Alive 2
Double Platinum
Hotter than Hell
Rock and Roll Over
Dynasty

How about top Kiss toys?
I had the Destroyer board game, Model touring van, Colorforms, Lunchbox, Halloween Masks of Gene and Ace and a whole lot of Kiss trading cards.

What can I say, they marketed to us young kids!

you want the best... u got the best.....

TheRealFiness said:

The Hottest Band in the land....KIISSS!!!

Holy crap! Kiss fans in the org? Yippee! I still think that the first six studio albums are insanely underrated. Gene and Paul, and to a lesser degree Ace, don't get anywhere near the credit they deserve as songwriters.

I've always been meaning to get into Kiss, but so far I haven't got any of their albums. (I know a few of their songs though, of course)

Where should I start?

minneapolisgenius said:

Their first album has great songs on it. Songs that they still play to this day. I see u dig Jimmy Page. So do I. He was a wizard in his time.

blackguitaristz said:

Yeah, I am a bit of a Jimmy Page fanatic. I had him in my last avatar, but it was so small most people didn't recognize him.

I'll have to check out the first Kiss album though.

blackguitaristz said:

Those songs sound best on 'Alive'.

ooh man I love it when I learn of other Kiss fans!!

Natisse said:

yeah, big time Kiss fan here. I was in the KISS Army when I was little.

I was never much of a big Kiss fan, but I traded for a bunch of 70s concerts on DVD recently Detroit,SF, Budokan,Dallas .They all rock!!

I'm sorta a Kiss fan since my very first album of my own was Destroyer. I may have been the only nine year old black kid wearing an Ace Frehley iron-on patch on my t-shirt ( at least the only one in my school ). I wanted the first issues dolls way back when, but my parents passed on buying them for me. Once rap & hip hop came through, Afrika Bambatta, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, etc... I found a new thrill and out went Kiss. I have seen them in concert and got the face paint to party along with the crowd, so there is still a soft spot for them in my heart.







p.s.... anyone have a Gene Simmons doll form the Todd McFarlane series back in 96? Of course he stands on the K stand, nd it would complete my colletction of that series. Preferably it still in its package, unopened.

wow, a "black guitarist" on the prince forums who is big into kiss (the other important nyc band, after the ramones)
we got a lot in common
...been rockin' "destroyer" (on vinyl, no less) for 'bout a week now...

I know for a fact that I was the only Bro. on my block rockin the Ace Frehley mask(complete with hair) after halloween. Man, I had many a one man concert in my room back in the days! It was fun being a Kiss fan! I can still smell that hard ass gum that came with the trading cards.

Favorites:

Alive2
Double Platinum
Hotter than Hell
Unmasked (I liked the pop stuff too, especially Shandi)
Dynasty
Ace's solo


p.s
Firehouse is the shit!!

0V3RF13ND said:

Right on!

found1 said:

Yeah, for trick or treat, I would always go as Peter Criss. As a kid, he was my fave for some reason. Alltime fave KISS song is "Great Expectations" and second is 'Goin Blind".

blackguitaristz said:

yep me too I still am...I was into Kiss before I was into Prince!! HUGE fan

me with Gene a couple of years ago almost

ALIVE II
ALIVE
DESTROYER
CREATURES of THE NIGHT
Best of The Solo Albums
DOUBLE PLATINUM
ROCK & ROLL OVER
LOVE GUN
DYNASTY
UNMASKED


*** Hi Tisse!...


Ronny...

Natisse said:

Cool pic.

minneapolisgenius said:

Yep, very cool. I met Gene back in 94 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. We talked for like 15 minutes. Very cool and funny man.

RR2004 said:

big brother!!!!! hope you're well...good to see you here

blackguitaristz said:

cool!!!!! I didn't talk with him that night because it was at the end of an impromptu signing session that I was virtually the end of...consequently he was veeeeery tired when he got to me

blackguitaristz said:

Huge fan here -- just saw them on August 3 (sans Ace & Peter), with Eric Singer on drums and Tommy Thayer on guitar.

It was a great show, there wasn't an empty seat to be found, and as long as Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are out front, KISS will always be KISS. What Paul Stanley does night after night on stage at his age is truly remarkable.

Top 10 Albums (Makeup years, regardless of lineup):

Alive! - 1975
Destroyer - 1976
KISS - 1974
Creatures Of The Night - 1982
Dressed To Kill - 1975
Alive II - 1977
The Elder - 1981
Hotter Than Hell - 1974
Love Gun - 1977
Rock N Roll Over - 1976

Other Recommended Albums:

Revenge - 1992
Paul Stanley - 1978
Ace Frehley - 1978
Lick It Up - 1983
Animalize - 1984
Hot In THe Shade - 1989
Unplugged - 1996
Carnival of Souls - 1997

Natisse said:

Good 2 'see' u 2 BabySis, hope u and Sandy had fun this weekend...

Talk 2 u during the week...

"R"...

RR2004 said:

yep, we sure did pics coming LOL...keep an eye on your email

hope you and E are well and good too!!!

Ah....KISS! My first concert. 11 years old. Couldn't hear for days. Ace blew his guitar up with lasers and electrocuted himself in the process. I got my first contact high from pot. Don't forget the Gene Simmons solo album. I thought this was the best solo album. "Living in Sin" (at the Holiday Inn!) and "When You Wish Upon a Star" How diverse can you get? Did anyone catch Paul Stanley at opening night of Musicology in L.A.? Black Diamond! Kiss Alive is my favorite. Dynasty was cool too.

Natisse said:

Cool, look 4ward 2 seeing them.

We r both well, hope u r 2.

"R"...

I really want to do a cover of Love Gun, maybe me and black guitarist can work this out one day!