First Time Hearing KISS - Detroit Rock City Reaction - THEY WERE BASED ON COMIC BOOKS CHARACTERS?!
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KISS needs to be "seen" as well as heard. Just listening to the studio version, you lose more than half of what KISS is all about. 👹⭐️👨🚀😺
Lol the emojis 😂
Yes they were phenomenal Live
Yes! They are showmen first and foremost
@@yedi015 Their live albums sold much better than their studio albums.
Totally disagree with that. But that’s a lot of the narrative people love to push I guess.
The fans in the accident was on their way to the KISSshow that night in Detroit. They never made it due to the accident on their way there. So this is a "tribute" to them and every KISS fan out there. 😎🤘
The accident didn't actually happen in Detroit, but outside Charlotte, NC. It melds the story of the tragic accident with a tribute to Detroit, who KISS has maintained supported the band more than any other city in their formative years. Thus dubbing them a "rock city."
'were on their way...' NOT 'was on their way'
@@Ray-ej3jb Come to Sweden and write everything perfect in swedish or shut up!
@@Ray-ej3jb🙄
Amen love this song
A KISS concert was considered the apex of a good time for a 14-16 year old in the mid 70s. Concerts were cheap and rowdy.
I saw my first concert in 1976 Kiss/ Ac/Dc ....was the best concert I believe at the time
KISS wanted to be the band they never saw.Lots of pyro,fake blood,smoking guitars.The NY bands in the early 70's wore women's make up,satin,lace. KISS wanted their make up to reflect their personalities.Gene Simmons "The Demon" (bass co vocals) loved comic books & horror Paul Stanley"The Star child" wanted to be a rock star from an early age.Ace Frehley "The Spaceman" (lead guitar) loved science fiction,Peter Criss "The Catman"(drums) thought he had 9 lives like a cat,growing up in a rough section of Brooklyn.70's songs "Shout it out loud" "Strutter" "Beth" "Nothing to lose" The 80's they took off the make up 80's songs "Lick it up ,Heavens of fire,Crazy Crazy nights"
LOL. I was in my late teens during the early 80's, and I had a girlfriend... I loved rock 'n' roll, she hated it. she was into country and western. one evening we were out on a date and I was driving, I was taking her back home, and "Lick It Up" came out on the radio. I started lip-syncing to it, but my girlfriend wanted me to stop. I didn't. she put her hand over my mouth, but right when she did that the chorus came out. I licked her hand! she couldn't get mad at me because we were too busy laughing!
right on, bro. all the band members created their own characters, makeup & costumes. in the 70s, Marvel printed a couple of comic books based on the band. they posed for publicity photos having blood drawn to mix in with the red ink for the comics.
......when they first came out, Kiss did not portray themselves after any particular comic book characters. Their look was inspired by comic books and later on after they were famous there was a Marvel comic book series that starred them. I saw them in 1975 on their first tour. Rush and Fanny opened up for them at the Michigan Palace in Detroit...... 🤠
The first time I saw them AC/DC was the warm up band. Hard to believe but true.
@@wmason1961wow!!! You seen a hell of a show then
Yeah they definitely weren't based on already existing comic book characters. Would love to have one of the Marvel KISS comics from the 70s.
You need to listen to them live and, if possible, watch them. Their stage show is superb. Kiss Alive and Kiss Alive 2 are awesome.
Unfortunately those weren't live, just saying ✌️
* Was* superb.
who cares ?@@itchyandred4131
@@itchyandred4131they were touched up a lot in the studio, but listen to bootlegs from the same time period, and alive wasn't a million miles away from what they were actually like live.
@@garytate3075 I have seen them live first time in 1977 then in 1996 & twice in 2000 I'm a kissfreak from way back ✌️
This is the first time I've heard anyone do the album version..... I think it's great.
God of Thunder, Love Gun, Rock and Roll All Night, Black Diamond. All good ones.
Ace Frehly: Lead guitar
Gene Simmons: Bass
Paul Stanley: Vocals and rhythm guitar
Peter Criss: Drums
The first two live albums, Alive I and Alive II, are golden. The live version of Detroit Rock City leads off Alive II. Well worth checking out.
'I Was Made For Loving You' was definitely a disco song. That's when KISS lost me and I moved on to Rush.
I was a KISS fan back then. Had the shirts...the belt buckles. I had all of their albums up to, but not including, Dynasty; the one with the Disco song on it. I highly recommend trying their songs: Deuce__Black Diamond__She...all from 'Live - Midnight Special - 1975.' I saw them live three times...all with the original members. I recommend reacting to Live videos; those with the original members when possible.
KISS were the original "shock rockers" after Alice Cooper. he was more horror, while KISS was pyrotechnic, although they *did* have a demos (Gene Simmons) and blood.....also Gene Simmons. Their make-up was based on the Japanese kabuki make-up and yes, comic books. The biggest thing about them though, was the fact that in the 70s, we didn't know what they looked like! That might seem silly today, but you NEVER saw them without the make-up! And that was super cool for kids growing up then. The whole mystery behind them. What were they? Was Gene really a demon?! Did he *really* sew a cow's tongue on his own??!! 😂 Was their comic book written in their own blood!!!??? Yup, those were the rumors going around back then! And yes, they *did* come out with a disco album which offended a lot of their fans. Interestingly enough, that was my first introduction to KISS as a kid. "New York Groove" was the very first KISS song I heard on the radio, and I liked it. I didn't know it was KISS. When I found out, I thought, "They don't LOOK like they would be playing disco." I then saw their Japan concert which was televised. They never played that song or any disco songs. I was disappointed! 😄
Screamin Jay Hawkins the original shock rocker.
BTW that was a Kiss song on the radio.... Rock'n and Roll all Night ? ... I think.
God Of Thunder, if you want something heavy. Or for something fun, the live version of Firehouse. Watch Gene blow flames into the air. Saw a video of him do it in Brazil flames must of gone 12 feet into the air. The makeup and fire and other stuff was becuase they had been disappointed in some of the live performances of other bands they had seen. They wanted to be more entertaining for their fans
My first concert ever 1975 Kiss . I was never the same . 🤘🏼🤘🏼
They actually had their own comic book made . The big thing back then was that all the members poured a vial of their own blood into the red ink for the comic… So badass
I had one of the original Kiss comics as a kid. Loved that stuff.
>>>poured a vial of their own blood into the red ink for the comic>>>
Of course as adults now, we know full-well no such thing happened...but it was a great PR stunt.
@@ruserious9577 i remember the photo they staged with them all pouring into something. lol
Mine too in 77.
@@mikemaricle9941same
You need to watch their earlier Live shows. Detroit Rock City has been a standard opening song for over 45 years !
Watch the midnight special concert videos from 1974..
KISS' costumes and make up were not based on comic book characters. Once KISS started to get big, they made comic books based on KISS' characters.
Rock and Roll All Night is a good live song by KISS to check out.
Yes to doing...
I Was Made For Loving You 👍👊💯
Long time kissfreak here, happy you did the audio with all the original members ✌️
This was the first album of KISS I got from my parents back in 1976. I had heard the previous albums through a neighbour.
Finally onto KISS. Great job as always from you two. First off I am a Maiden super fan. Including part of the KISS army. I have been since late 70s. When I was around 8. HBO was introduced. The opening for it was KISS alive 2. My dad hated them. Devil worshippers he said. To the adults Kiss stud for Kings in saintens survives. So me and my older brother waited till they went to bed and watched the concert. I was hooked for life. Now in my 50s I've seen Kiss 12 time and Maiden 19 time's. Met Gene Simmons of Kiss and Steve Harris of Iron Maiden and yes They had a big influence on Maiden. Kiss asked Iron Maiden to open for them on Maidens first album. On their European leg of the tour. Gene told Steve to be the headliner because he knew the were onto bigger things. In witch he was right. Steve Harris watching them every night getting ideas on everything thing Kiss did. Especially the stage show. Aces that Kiss was responsible for their discovery included Rush, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Extreme, Bob Segar, ACDC, Van Halen Motley Crue, And as Paul Stanley said "the list goes on and on ". Kiss is very important to the Rock and Metal history. Just think if Gene Simmons wouldn't have put these bands on their tours and onto labels with his managers and record companies.
I Was Mad For Loving You is still well worth watching/listening too. Not popular with the hard core fans but one of their best ever selling tracks. Biggest Hits were Rock No Roll All Night and Shout It Out Loud. Awesome ballads sung by Drummer Peter Criss are well worth the listen - Beth and Hard Luck Woman. These are all great tracks and I am sure that your viewers will recommend other tracks that have the trademark heavy sound - and all are worth listening to but gotta start somewhere :-)
30 gold albums, and more merch than Star Wars. Gene Simmons would put Kiss on anything and sell it. I had a Kiss lunch box as a kid.
I actually like the cover by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones better.
“I Was Made For Loving You” is a great tune but certainly not a good example of their “sound”. The whole “Destroyer” album is awesome, so I hope you get a few KISS hits under your belt before you go disco (but you won’t be disappointed when you do!) 😄
Would love to see you do I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU by KISS music video!!!
YO! The KISS characters are NOT based on comic characters but they did put out a comic and the first printing had their actual blood in the ink. I liked KISS but not so much after the Love Gun album which is the tour I seen live. Cheap Trick opened!! Peace 🕊️
Another massive rabbit hole here. "Strutter" has always been one of my fav KISS songs, that would be my suggestion for a future reaction. The mics sound prestine. \m/
You need to see Kiss live 1974 to 1978 young hungry raw 🔥🔥🔥
Detroit Rock City from East Rutherford 2000. Best version short of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra version. Either one and you’ll see the best version of KISS: aLIVE!
The purists will prefer the East Rutherford version because it has all four original members.
You need to watch Detroit rock city the movie and then you’ll get it. It’s just you’re not informed 😎
They were not based on comic book characters. There was a comic book made about them long after they started. The idea for the makeup was along the lines of Japanese Kabuki.. They created characters to be different to stand out.
Yes, Yes, YES! KISS Army member here, so glad you reacted to my 2nd all-time fave rock band! This is the classic KISS line-up: Paul Stanley - lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Gene Simmons - bass; Ace Frehley - lead guitar; Peter Criss - drums. They're touring right now, Paul & Gene still, with Tommy Thayer - lead guitar, Eric Singer - drums. "I Was Made for Lovin' You" has a great music video, & does have a slight disco sound. Paul was told that he couldn't write disco music, & wrote the song in less than an hr. "Detroit" IS their signature hard glam rock style, though their ballad, "Beth", is a beautiful & sad love song, written about Peter's wife. They put on a PHENOMENAL live show, & the live videos are a real eye-opener. Thanks for your reaction.
Destroyer is my favourite KISS album.... it's so diverse...from the classical orchestral "Beth" ,to "God of Thunder" &"Detroit Rock City" & "Shout it out loud"...all classics...
You need to check out a live video because you haven’t heard them until you’ve seen them live.
Kiss live on Midnight Special is awesome
Kiss - the best marketing band that ever existed.
You must do live concert reviews. You will be fired up
My first ever Concert in Oct. 1980 .... KISS and as Supporting Act ... Iron Maiden 😀
One of my favorite KISS songs is Black Diamond. But if you want to check out a different band for the channel listen to the Replacements cover of it. 👍
This album came out, I was 7th grade, KISS was the rage 🤘😆🤘🎸🎸🎤🥁👍😎👌
Need to do the live performances.
This is their "customary" sound and where they began to get a little heavier. Give a listen to their 2nd and 3rd album This album is from 76 and this is one of their longest songs. Paul Stanley, the lead singer, wrote this after he learned of a KISS fan who died, in a car accident, on his way to a KISS concert in Charlotte North Carolina. I remember you did a few groups with orchestral arrangements. Check out this arrangement of this song, from 2003, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The voice at the beginning, reading the news story, is Gene Simmons.
It's Bob Ezrin reading the news report. Bob and Gene have confirmed this.
When you think about the fact that this album was made back in 1976... and then you hear music from today... They Still fit. They were way ahead of their time. Been a Kiss Fan since 1974. Love it :)
This was like our national anthem back in the day. Kiss adopted Detroit because at the time it had the loudest and best crowd's 🎸 🎼🎶🎵🎵🎵🎶
That...and it sounded way more badass than Peoria! 😄
Kiss puts on great live shows. Listen to studios, then go live. You wont be disappointed. Calling dr love, shout it out loud are a couple others. N if you want to hear paul Stanley vocal range, check out I Still Love You. 🙂
WTF band was first , always .
The Loudest band in the world. I saw them live New Year’s Eve 1975 at Nassau Coliseum in NY. The Leslie West Band opened followed by Blue Oyster Cult and then Kiss. What a great concert !!! Anyway, early Kiss is great. “C’mon and Love Me”, “Deuce”, “Strutter”, “Black Diamond”, “100,000 Years”, “Firehouse”, “Hotter Than Hell”, “Cold Gin”, “Rock Bottom” and “Rock and Roll All Nite”.
Calling Dr. love is a good one of kiss
Detroit is where all the best muscle cars were built. A hemi roadrunner cost less than $3000 back then. And this was the first thing I listened to when I got it!
You need to watch this song live from a show during 1977 or '78! Seeing them perform this live is so much better than listening to the studio version. KISS's visual aspect is what makes them one of the most popular bands in the world and have been since the mid 70's.
Not... Based... On... Comic... Books... Don't believe what people "say", maybe some actual research could be done...
This song, and the intro was based on a real tragic story. One of their well known fans, was driving to a KISS concert and died in a car accident. This was on their next album.
They used to be great in concert. ❤ them ,thank you for reacting to KISS ❤❤❤❤
Kiss performed with a VOICE contestant!!! Look it up!!!!
Do Shout It Out Loud Live from Tiger Staium Detroit 1996!!! UNREAL!!!
Very well done! You got the Destroyer version, complete with the car crash, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. On your own, I strongly suggest relistening with Detroit Rock City and King of the Nighttime World as a medley, the way God intended this track to be heard.
KISS Army is watching you! KISSes from Deutschland!
They weren't based on Comic book CHARACTERS , YOU DON'T KNOW KISS
Watch the Paul Lynde Halloween Special version of this from 1976. It's the best version!
It's funny that these two YOUNG people think that KISS based their Look on COMIC BOOKS....NO they didn't.
They are comig to ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI, Can't wait to see them Again !!🤘
They Weren't Based on comic book characters; they BECAME comic book characters. Their original stage makeup aesthetic was based on Japanese Kabuki theater.
You should review their 2023 End Of The Road Tour Detroit Rock CIty is the intro...the concert starts: You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best! KISS
Try Kiss Alive with orchestra in Australia, awesome. Additionally I suggest the band Nazareth the song This flight tonight 1975 with the amazing vocalist Dan McCafferty.
Ten years old in 1976 I bought this album and Sweet’s Give us a wink album when those albums were totally fresh on the market. I still love both albums, 58 years old. 👍⭐️🥂❤️
Saw KISS twice in the 70’s .. Anaheim Stadium with Ted Nugent & Bob Seger opening AND Fabulous Forum with Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick opening!! Great show .. I love ‘em 😜🔥🩸 The Demon is my favorite KISS member! Gotta do GOD OF THUNDER live 🔥 PULEAZE 🙏🏻🙏🏻 My friend & hairdresser is Ace Frehley’s sister!🤘 Small world.
I've seen KISS 10 times between 1977 and 1991. every show started with Detroit Rock City. then went in to King of the Nighttime world. the best KISS was 74-77, then 1981-87. IMO.
Get back to CHICAGO - “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” (1973) Studio Recording 🥁🎸🎺🔥🔥🔥
KISS wasn’t really “based” on comic book characters, but the comic book/superhero vibe was an influence, but so was kabuki.
Oh My Lord the the Ultimate BAND .....KISS❤❤❤
the Title of this video says "THEY WERE BASED ON COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS" no they weren't. But Comic Book Characters were based on them, because the KISS comics came AFTER Kiss was formed.
I think you should check out I Was Made For Loving You. It gets unfairly labeled as a disco song, but there is no other disco song that sounds like it.
Detroit....the motor city.....and deep ties to rock and roll history.....now of course it is an urban hellscape....but it had its time.
Kiss make-up wasn't based on comic book characters. Each band member invented their own characters---so said Paul Stanley in his book "Face the music-A life Exposed".
First "deep lose"... They are not based on comic characters...Gene,Paul,Ace and Peter are New Yorkers who created each individual character representing themselves. Paul " the Star child" Gene" the Demon" Ace" the Spider" Peter" the Catman"... Detroit is where Kiss did the album that broke the band big"KISS Alive" Gene's name is actually Chaim Weitz.. He changed it to Gene Klein when he left Israel... Then Gene Simmons his adopted rock name..The lead vocalist is Paul Stanley..Ace Frehley' lead guitar, Peter Criss... Drums... If you want to know any real Kiss facts, let me know
Have no idea who told you that, but they lied to you. They were NOT "based on comic book characters"..though they did become Marvel Comic superheroes later when Stan Lee published the 1st "Marvel Comics Super Special presents KISS" in 1977 and their superhero status was further cemented by their TV movie "KISS meets the Phantom of the Park" (aired on NBC 10/28/78) and the 2nd Marvel Comic (summer '78).
But, originally, the makeup was just an extension of their personalities; Gene Simmons (bass) with his love of vintage horror movies became "the demon", Paul Stanley (rhythm guitar) became the "starchild" the ultimate showman, lead guitarist Ace Frehley's love of outer space led him to become the "spaceman" a/k/a "space Ace" and Peter Criss (drums) the jungle cat with street cat swagger, became the original "cat man". The now iconic 4 faces, recognized globally, started out as an organic idea, spurred on by each other and some leftover black, white, red, and silver Kabuki makeup left in the dressing room of a venue they rented for a show.
If you really don’t know too much about KISS, You can’t just listen to a track like that. You have to see them. Gotta check out “Rock n Roll All Night”…that’s their “anthem”. Also, “Shout it out Loud”. One song was more mainstream & very popular “I Was Made For Loving You”. And, believe it or not, one of the nicest songs, yes by KISS, with violins too 😊 “Beth” a beautiful love song sung by the drummer Peter Criss. Very nice.
Kiss- Alive... pick any random song from that double album and enjoy, They are all great.
Yep Detroit Rock City is their basic 70's sound, yes they did the pop/disco album and then moved on to the 80's where their sound changed again according to the rock sound of the 80's. My favorite is the 70's KISS. KISS is my favorite band in general though.
Yes there is an interesting video of this song and it is most likely overdubbed. But they do put on a show. It is from a Halloween special. The witches say they keep them in a chamber as I recall? (Chamber music joke) on UA-cam ---> KISS Detroit Rock City Paul Lynde Halloween Special 1976 ...
They are not based on comic book characters. Their characters became comic book characters. They developed their face paint in a loft in New York City.
They influenced a number of bands that followed them. I can't help but wonder if KISS inspired/influenced Van Halen's early sound (I hear some similarities).
i wouldv recommended the official music video 'love it loud' for your first kiss reaction, personally
It's so hard to explain to younger people how big of a deal KISS, as well as other bands were in the history of music AND Pop culture.
We obviously didn't have a 24 hour news or entertainment cycle. We had to get our fix about our Rock bands wherever and whenever we could.
TV shows like "The Midnight Special" or magazines like, "Hit Parader" "Circus" "Metal Edge" or local mags too.
Without Social media the mystique and lore grew in our imaginations. I remember hearing about and then seeing, when Ozzy shaved his head.
For some reason that was more "shocking" to me than the biting off the bat head! In my mind only "crazy people" would shave their head! Now it's just excepted.
To see these bands through today's "lenses" they may seem tame or "played out." But most bands left their mark on the history of music. Some played a bigger role with thier influence.
As for the make-up. They were never seen without it.
They would never be able to keep the mystique up today.
In today's "gotcha" world someone would expose them. The thing is I'm pretty sure the paparazzi were "in on it" back then.
They knew it would sell more magazines to get a picture of Paul pulling up a shirt collar or Gene hiding behind a menu. Sure if they did expose them it would sell a lot of copies but what about next month? They knew not to kill the "golden goose."
I'm so glag i was born in '68. The 70's & 80's music was my youth and my life!
Lovebites-Hammer of wrath live in Tokyo 2023
They didn't base their personas on comic book characters per se, though there were comic books made later based on their personas. They initially based them on personal passions or fascinations. Paul-Starchild/Rock god, Gene-Demon, Ace-Space alien, Peter- Catman
An excellent KISS song to react to is Black Diamond with Peter Criss singing lead
There are three videos from the Midnight Special in 1975 you need to check out. You’re welcome. 😬
if you want to know more about Gene Simmons check out Gene Simmons Family Jewels tv show that used to be on it is about him and his family and KISS history .........In 2010, he claimed the tally stood at 5,000 and that he has a Polaroid picture of each liaison, including the hotel key where it took place.[34] Simmons has always been open about his disdain for drug and alcohol use, and has proudly claimed many times over "I've never been high or drunk in my life".
And was married to a Penthouse centerfold all the while, Shannon Tweed.
he didn't officially marry her until 2011 @@donjackson5522
he didn't marry her officially until 2011@@donjackson5522
Check out their cd "Psycho Circus" and the title track (same name). Then for a live version of D.R.C. check out KISS live at the forum at the start of the Psycho Circus tour.
My parents hated my '70s room as it looked just like a record store {& one helluva album collection} with posters everywhere including the ceiling & most were of KISS! "I love it loud" should be next ✌💖☮
I like Kiss but nothing beats a LIVE version of any Kiss song be it from 70's 80's 90's even ALIVE 3 version video's
PLAY HUMBLE PIE THIRTY DAYS IN THE HOLE. GREAT TUNE.{M.G}orig,TORONTO, CANADA
They are still touring I've seen them 3 times. And going to see them Nov 8th in Vancouver British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦
Kiss' live show is tops. You definitely need to check it out. Try Detroit Rock City Live The Last Kiss East Rutherford 2000. They set the standard.
If you start on a KISS dive,, you need to watch their live stuff......and be sure to start with the old stuff from the 70's.....this is them at the top of their game, young and hungry, and not yet in the grips of addictions.......The later KISS stuff from the 80's, 90's is fine, but its the early KISS that we all fell in love with growing up. The KISS that has been touring for the last several years is just a money grab while they can still walk, and fans are still willing to pay.
Until Gene Simmons pukes blood on your forearm while you're leaning on the stage, you haven't seen a KISS show. This happened in the pre "festival seating" ban era.
Thank YOU for leaving the intro in on this one. So many reviewers leave it off. Worried about "feelings" I suppose.
Yes, I Was Made For Lovin' You is disco, but it was written win a bet that a disco song was easy to write (I think Paul Stanley wrote in in just one weekend). It was on the 79 album Dynasty and while I havent listened to the album in a long time, I think it was the only disco track. Their typical sound is hard rock, with a few ballads thrown in. Lead vocals on this one is Paul Stanley(rhythm guitar) who does most of the lead singing, but Gene Simmons (bass) also does lead on a large number of their songs. Peter Criss (drums) and Ace Frehley (lead guitar) also sing lead on a few songs.