Peter Criss Talks the Nightmare of Recording KISS' Destroyer!

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  • @therealandrecorbin4050
    @therealandrecorbin4050 5 місяців тому +9

    That album was magic when I was 10 years old.

  • @nitro501
    @nitro501 6 місяців тому +43

    Trunk loves to hear his voice way too much.

    • @kurtstergar1042
      @kurtstergar1042 5 місяців тому +3

      Trunk is conditioned to fill time.

    • @ndlouder
      @ndlouder 5 місяців тому +4

      Yes he does!

  • @seanabbottband
    @seanabbottband 5 місяців тому +12

    Destroyer was a masterpiece, they couldn’t have done it without Bob Ezrin!

    • @santosmadrigal3702
      @santosmadrigal3702 18 днів тому

      Peter and Ace should just go be miserable somewhere . I believe it's hard work to be Kiss . Peter and Ace just wanted to party .

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 6 днів тому +1

    I ❤ Ace and Peter

  • @BrentPhilpot
    @BrentPhilpot 6 місяців тому +15

    I like both versions. But the person ahead of me said it right without a Bob Ezrin there would be no Detroit Rock City and no shouted out loud. But I also agree with Peter about cutting out the kids.

  • @troywindle8308
    @troywindle8308 6 місяців тому +11

    Destroyer, 4 great songs and that's about it

    • @toke7342
      @toke7342 5 місяців тому +3

      Detroit rock city, King of the night time world, Shout it out loud, i guess?
      Which one is the fourth?

    • @robertzemko6590
      @robertzemko6590 5 місяців тому +2

      @@toke7342 Sweet Pain?

  • @edbernardmusic3599
    @edbernardmusic3599 6 місяців тому +23

    Trunk is insufferable.

  • @steveclem
    @steveclem 6 місяців тому +19

    This is years old!!!

  • @rwsimmons8812
    @rwsimmons8812 6 місяців тому +12

    OMG! Ezrin worked w/ Peter to play better than he ever did before...what a nightmare!

    • @ssbsnb1200
      @ssbsnb1200 6 місяців тому +2

      Thought it was just me. They sound like they are trying way too hard to make something out of absolutely nothing.

    • @ochocabra1542
      @ochocabra1542 6 місяців тому +2

      straighter, not necessarily better

  • @purplehouse26
    @purplehouse26 6 місяців тому +22

    he is right. I hated the production on Destroyer. One of my least favorite Kiss albums. The original Kiss has always been a simple, raw, garage kick ass hard rock band. Bob way over produced them. Peter is 100% right. They should've taken out all of those effects for the re release and put Beth with just an acoustic guitar like the way it sounded on the Phantom Of The park movie.

    • @dougroth5453
      @dougroth5453 5 місяців тому +1

      Put the crack pipe down. Destroyer was awesome!

    • @kurtstergar1042
      @kurtstergar1042 5 місяців тому +1

      Agreed , destroyer was way over produced. Rock n Roll over was 10 times better.

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah... some people don't know when to leave well enough alone!

  • @Ohionortheast
    @Ohionortheast 6 місяців тому +4

    The story Ace tells. they went into the studio to record destroyer and Bob had a mountain of coke on the sound board and introduced Ace and Peter to it…after that Peter just went downhill until kiss had to fire him..some people can do coke and be fine others like Peter instant addiction first line sad I wish Pete all the best though he was a giant part of my childhood

    • @Michael-p9q4x
      @Michael-p9q4x 5 місяців тому +2

      He was doin coke way before Erin lol

  • @manolokonosko594
    @manolokonosko594 6 місяців тому +10

    Peter Criss is the reason I picked up the drums and sold them to buy a guitar. THEN I started getting laid instead of being bitter. Thanks, Catman!

    • @daveb8449
      @daveb8449 6 місяців тому

      Now, Catman just has to work at getting some.

  • @seanabbottband
    @seanabbottband 5 місяців тому

    I think Ezrin like other producers wanted to give the album some of the new gear and mastering capabilities of today that they never had back in the day.
    Stephen Wilson has been remastering and remixing classic records from the 70s, they all sound great !

  • @Claytoonzcom
    @Claytoonzcom 6 місяців тому +18

    I have a lot of criticism for Peter but now he sounds very honest and a joy to talk to.

    • @rockpadstudios
      @rockpadstudios 6 місяців тому +4

      Yeah but Paul and Gene were all business (and still are) and they wouldn't have cared about the drugs if both he and Ace were able to play quality shows.

    • @Claytoonzcom
      @Claytoonzcom 6 місяців тому +2

      @@rockpadstudios They never fired Ace.

    • @rockpadstudios
      @rockpadstudios 6 місяців тому +4

      @@Claytoonzcom that's true, as much as Paul hated Ace, he was one of the reasons people came to see kiss. Overall I do like Tommy but Ace paved the way for many musicians today.

    • @Claytoonzcom
      @Claytoonzcom 6 місяців тому +1

      @@rockpadstudios Yeah, the original guys were the perfect formula of personalities for Kiss. I am an Ace fan, at least of his 70s stuff.

    • @robertbenotti
      @robertbenotti 6 місяців тому +2

      @@Claytoonzcom read his book. It’s a tale of “blame everyone else”.

  • @robertbenotti
    @robertbenotti 6 місяців тому +6

    Listen to the Dynasty shows live - Peter’s playing is already dumbed down. But drugs will do that to oneself.

  • @pauljams6565
    @pauljams6565 4 місяці тому

    Great album‼️💥

  • @Han-Solo459
    @Han-Solo459 20 днів тому

    Chris just compared his band to Zeppelin... and he was serious. Sweet Jesus, have mercy.... 😮

  • @realmusicnews
    @realmusicnews 6 місяців тому +4

    Wow, that’s interesting.

  • @jackroller8237
    @jackroller8237 6 місяців тому +6

    You do great videos!!!
    But in this one the mixing is not ok.... One can hardly hear the dialogue.....
    Thanks for your time and passion for KISS...

  • @ronniepatterson2827
    @ronniepatterson2827 2 місяці тому

    Another KISS album, another nightmare for Peter Criss . Rince & repeat 😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @laywrite
    @laywrite 6 місяців тому +1

    What about the Steven Wilson remix of Destroyer?

    • @anadthebarbarian
      @anadthebarbarian 5 місяців тому

      Didn't know he did one. Will have to check it out

  • @Ninjaja858
    @Ninjaja858 6 місяців тому +21

    Without Bob Ezrin, KISS wouldn’t be the band they are today. No Detroit Rock City and no Shout it out Loud.

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc 6 місяців тому +4

      BS. Kramer was better

    • @pauldunlea3669
      @pauldunlea3669 6 місяців тому +2

      @@Geraldo-ro9rc For sure

    • @jigawho
      @jigawho 6 місяців тому +1

      I basically discredited everhthing he does as a whole other band. They basically have 5 albums.

    • @Claytoonzcom
      @Claytoonzcom 6 місяців тому +6

      There also wouldn't be a Beth. Sure, there's that old Chelsea version, but that never would have been a hit. without Ezrin's Beth, there may not have been a Kiss after this album.

  • @Lionhearted789
    @Lionhearted789 5 місяців тому +1

    Destroyer was a ground breaking album for kiss. When your in a band on a album you give 110% from everyone. If you can’t, walk away. He didn’t play in a lot of albums due to drugs and booze

  • @grantsapain
    @grantsapain 6 місяців тому +85

    Yeah, when you don't show up clean & sober, work can be a nightmare...

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc 6 місяців тому +5

      that was more Ace.

    • @grantsapain
      @grantsapain 6 місяців тому +14

      @@Geraldo-ro9rc It was both...

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc 6 місяців тому +3

      @@grantsapain I know but it was more ace with that problem during that era

    • @eddyceee
      @eddyceee 6 місяців тому +5

      Get over it already 🙄🙄

    • @raymorrow170
      @raymorrow170 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@eddyceee Yeah that's what I was thinking .! Geez.!!

  • @dorothygarrison4659
    @dorothygarrison4659 6 місяців тому +16

    Peter Criss is my favorite and kiss lost the best drummer they ever had

  • @rhythmista7707
    @rhythmista7707 6 місяців тому +3

    Destroyer's production is soft imho. The best kiss album production is by far RNRO..Peter's drums are right in your face, gut punching and bombastic. This is also due in part to the sizes he used, using a 14x12 marching snare drum, which has both bottom end, and high end crack. Guitars are crunchy and ear splitting. Dean De Leo of STP mimicked a lot of Ace's tones, as well as Jimmy Page's. That whole entire album is probably the best one in terms of sound and production. It also gave them 3 hit singles in Dr. Love, Hard Luck Woman, and Love em and leave em.

    • @robertzemko6590
      @robertzemko6590 5 місяців тому

      I remember as a 15 yr old enjoying Rock And Roll Over much more that the previous Destroyer but Kiss Alive is the best thing they ever did, more serious heavy rock. By 76 though there was a hell of a lot of competition what with Rush, Nugent, Aerosmith, Trower, Lizzy so I started moving away from Kiss a little.

  • @mr.timebombman2230
    @mr.timebombman2230 6 місяців тому +2

    The hottest band in the world....

  • @allenlocke1935
    @allenlocke1935 5 місяців тому +1

    Ace did not do all the solos. It's common knowledge Dick Wagner contributed some guitar work.

  • @jigawho
    @jigawho 6 місяців тому +4

    Since ace and Peter were in fact my fav players not just members, even ALIVE! Is tarnished by their behaviours. KISS had three albums then couldn’t record, then finally Revenge and Carnival was a 4 piece band again. As a hardcore fan this band is wild. Peter and Ace did more damage with thesepathetic interviews than Paul and Gene ever did selling out. Makes sense why Gene and Paul keep KISS going without them. I’d do it out of spite for the rest of my life too.

  • @kawada1
    @kawada1 6 місяців тому +4

    You know he's from Brooklyn right?

    • @Totuudenilmaisija
      @Totuudenilmaisija 6 місяців тому +1

      peter was arrogant, lazy and destroy his own career. i love his works on KISS anyway

    • @kawada1
      @kawada1 6 місяців тому +2

      @@Totuudenilmaisija his work through Alive 2 is stellar, after that he has been a disappointment.

    • @Totuudenilmaisija
      @Totuudenilmaisija 6 місяців тому +1

      @@kawada1 agree

    • @kevinchandler179
      @kevinchandler179 5 місяців тому

      No, he was absolutely and is a frickin legend 👏!!!!!!

  • @kennymik1509
    @kennymik1509 4 місяці тому

    Regarding Peter...(just my opinion) KISS 1st album up to and including Alive was jungle big cat drumming. Anything after was domesticated kitty.

  • @lloydcarlinsky2836
    @lloydcarlinsky2836 4 місяці тому +2

    Waaah waaah being in KISS DESTROYER era was such a nightmare compared to being in a great band that struggled and didn't make it!! Waaah waah! I'll trade with ya Peter!!

  • @robinriel3384
    @robinriel3384 6 місяців тому +5

    Bob said that he wished Revenge been with the original four

    • @aaronw8781
      @aaronw8781 6 місяців тому

      But then “Unholy” would have been absent.

    • @raymorrow170
      @raymorrow170 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@aaronw8781I could have lived with that sacrifice even if it is the best track on the slbum.!

  • @billyshepard5514
    @billyshepard5514 2 місяці тому

    They kidnapped Bob Ezrin from Alice Cooper

  • @wasp1961
    @wasp1961 6 місяців тому

    What intrview . Theres just footage with unrelated backing music

  • @imagine9265
    @imagine9265 5 місяців тому +1

    SHORT AVERAGE AT BEST DIVA DRUMMER 🥁

  • @LordPaulCope
    @LordPaulCope 4 місяці тому

    Paul and Gene are kiss 50 years of commitment Peter and ace lightweights Eddie trunk revenging paul and Gene because they blanked him sour grapes

  • @chrishertel2046
    @chrishertel2046 6 місяців тому +1

    Agree 100 percent!

  • @Thesmokymountainman
    @Thesmokymountainman 5 місяців тому

    I noticed a couple days ago that Destroyer cover is a copy of Shiva the Destroyer of worlds. Look at the pictures side by side of Shiva kicking the legs….

  • @waatsookitopii4806
    @waatsookitopii4806 6 місяців тому

    HUNYA!!

  • @neilschlemeel5751
    @neilschlemeel5751 6 місяців тому

    It still miffs me the way they recorded Rock & Roll Over and Love Gun ...they both sound awful compared to Destroyer

  • @fredericklee2348
    @fredericklee2348 5 місяців тому +4

    Little Peter Criss acting like a victim again. Ugh.

  • @Bossman_71
    @Bossman_71 6 місяців тому +21

    Eric Carr all the way!!

    • @kennyroyer9106
      @kennyroyer9106 6 місяців тому +1

      Tell it brother!!

    • @cjames1915
      @cjames1915 6 місяців тому +3

      Eric was a monster drummer! Wow!

  • @raythackston1960
    @raythackston1960 4 місяці тому

    Why is Peter always calling everything a nightmare ? I wish he would just fade away. He is irrelevant today.

  • @chriskilgariff1119
    @chriskilgariff1119 5 місяців тому +1

    It wasn't ace soloing on sweet pain

  • @morbidmanmusic
    @morbidmanmusic 5 місяців тому

    A clown show no matter how ya slice it. One great record..

  • @robertduggan6367
    @robertduggan6367 6 місяців тому +6

    I think the fame of BETH went to Peter's head 🤔

  • @SalMichael
    @SalMichael 6 місяців тому +16

    I love him but Christ almighty everything was a problem with this guy.

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc 6 місяців тому +1

      Hes being interviewed. You want him to lie?

    • @SalMichael
      @SalMichael 6 місяців тому

      ​@Geraldo-ro9rc of course not but again how can every recording be a nightmare ? Peter got me started on drums , always be grateful for that ,just stating the obvious.

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc 6 місяців тому

      @@SalMichael that isnt what was said.

    • @SalMichael
      @SalMichael 6 місяців тому +1

      @Geraldo-ro9rc he said Bob put him through hell, I guess the recording process was tough .It's not like there's any complicated parts so maybe it's the production.
      The drums on that album are basic.

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc 6 місяців тому +1

      @@SalMichael The drums arent basic at all, its just that bob made him play a more straight forward style for some reason. I preferred his playing previous.

  • @CarlFrancis69
    @CarlFrancis69 5 місяців тому +1

    Trunk is the epitome of a guy who loses his virginity at the age of 30

  • @0liberal792
    @0liberal792 5 місяців тому +1

    Eric singer was best.

  • @GiggiGazzaneo-qe1nk
    @GiggiGazzaneo-qe1nk 5 місяців тому +2

    The usual whiner!

  • @reethkitchards
    @reethkitchards 6 місяців тому +1

    Yawn…

  • @daviddoyle8956
    @daviddoyle8956 6 місяців тому +1

    You want the best you got the beat Kiss is far from that. Fad band that got lucky

  • @daveb8449
    @daveb8449 6 місяців тому +4

    Peter Criss IS the nightmare.

  • @MrOccyc
    @MrOccyc 6 місяців тому +1

    Always the woe is me Peter. You had one thing to do that brought you fame and fortune beyond your wildest dreams and you complain. No wonder Paul and Gene want nothing to do with him.

  • @dirkdiggler5164
    @dirkdiggler5164 6 місяців тому +1

    The "nightmare". The guy never had a real job in his life.

  • @manolokonosko594
    @manolokonosko594 6 місяців тому +2

    Sour grapes all the way, Peter Piss, Ayatollah Crisscuola!

  • @chriswilder9767
    @chriswilder9767 6 місяців тому +4

    Clowns

  • @manolokonosko594
    @manolokonosko594 6 місяців тому +1

    The more I hear Peter Criss the less content I discover as his speeches are purely hollow bitterness blaming others for his fokkups. Like an entitled teenager, never took responsibility for his actions. If it weren’t for Eddie Trunk, people would have totally forgotten him like a disposable member of Fleetwood Mac.

  • @toddsaccagno2514
    @toddsaccagno2514 6 місяців тому +2

    This is what happens when you don't take lessons and can't read or write the music of the instrument your playing on.

    • @graeme1744
      @graeme1744 6 місяців тому

      What are you saying

    • @howardhales6325
      @howardhales6325 6 місяців тому +4

      Paul McCartney can't read music. He's done okay.

    • @pierrebenoit-j1q
      @pierrebenoit-j1q 6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for your cleaver insight Mr judgemental...we'll all sleep better from now on.

    • @christine3043
      @christine3043 6 місяців тому +1

      Says the person who can’t spell simple words.
      Did you take spelling lessons?

    • @CBC68
      @CBC68 6 місяців тому

      If you’d done a modicum of research, you’d have discovered that Peter took lessons with legendary drummer Gene Krupa. And I already know you’re clueless and wondering Gene who? 😂

  • @scottmatthews172
    @scottmatthews172 6 місяців тому

    I never liked Kiss. They look ridiculous in the space clown makeup and costumes. Their studio recordings sound dull and flat, and the live albums sound better. Highly overrated like The Beatles.

    • @kevinchandler179
      @kevinchandler179 5 місяців тому +3

      And, the highest selling American rock band in history, try again!!!!

    • @HankFinkle11
      @HankFinkle11 5 місяців тому +5

      Opinions are like sphincters..

    • @I_Fight_Instacart
      @I_Fight_Instacart 5 місяців тому

      The studio albums indeed sound bad.

    • @scottmatthews172
      @scottmatthews172 5 місяців тому

      @sjsjs-y9w
      I'm into bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. I never liked The Beatles or Kiss .

    • @scottmatthews172
      @scottmatthews172 5 місяців тому

      @sjsjs-y9w
      The Beatles went full psychedelic after their manager overdosed on pain killers.
      In my opinion, their manager was holding them back from just letting them be themselves.