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Kiss
History

This is a short walktrough in the KISS history. (with credits to Alex Carranza,
from whose KISS FAQ I got most of the material) Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley
met for the first time in 1970, when Gene played one show with Pauls band Uncle
Joe. In 1971 Gene formed the band Rainbow along with Stephen Coronel. Paul
stanley wants to join Rainbow, but is beeing turned down on the phone. This does
not stop Paul from turning up at the auditions, and this time he gets hired.
1972 Rainbow develops into Wicked Lester and gets a record deal with Epic
Records. They record their debut album, but Epic drops the band and the record
is never released. Gene and Paul discovers Peter Criss through an ad in Rolling
Stone Magazine and the band changes name to KISS. In 1973 KISS advertises in
Village Voice for a guitarist, and after auditions they hire Ace Frehley. Now
the band starts wearing makeup, and Ace comes up with the KISS logo. They enter
the Electric Lady Studios in June and record their first album KISS, and in
August they sign a record contract with the new label Casablanca Records. The
album is released in February 1974, and KISS starts of their first tour. In
August they start recording their second album Hotter Than Hell at Village
Recorder Studios in LA, and in October the album is released. The touring goes
on until February 1975, when they start to record their third album Dressed To
Kill, released in March that year. More touring was to come and the recorded
live material resulted in KISS Alive!, released in September 1975 and sold gold
in December. In March 1976 Destroyer, their second goldselling album was
released. The same year in May they made their first performance in Europe on
the "KISS Around The World" tour. This year they also released a tour
album to promote the summer U.S. tour, and Casablanca released the compilation
The Originals, which consisted KISS first three studio albums. In November they
released Rock and Roll Over, and Destroyer recived their first platinum
certification. Love Gun, released in June 1977 became their first record to ship
Platinum, and later that year their second live album Alive II does just the
same. The Alive II tour went on until February 1978, and in April that year the
greatest hits compilation Double Platinum was released. In May and June 1978 the
film KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park was filmed at Magic Mountain in
Valencia. The film had premiere in October. In September no less than four KISS
albu...

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