Ep. 435 We Share and Discuss a 20 Year Old Interview with Sean Delaney that Has Never Been Heard
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Episode 435, June 22, 2021. John Jeffrey returns this week with a 20 year old interview he conducted with Sean Delaney. This interview has never been heard before. We do a roundtable discussion on Sean and his interview... including his claim that the back cover of KISS Alive! was not a KISS concert.
This is a fascinating look into KISStory with Sean Delaney, someone who is without question critical to the development and success of KISS.
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The best three sides of the coin episode ever ! Wow ,i am going to listen to it again tonight ,itu is making rethink everything i thought i knew about Kiss
There's no way that the back of the Alive cover could have been taken at a Rush concert because there r women in the audience lol😛
I was at one of the early expos and heard all these stories and MORE right directly in front of me. It really was an eye opener as a fan.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I just loved this interview!!!!! I've never heard any interviews with Sean Delaney and I loved this recording!!!! Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!!! Sorry, Tommy, for the premature "message"!!
This episode could have been called "Three Sides of Aucoin."
Mark - not sure how involved Sean was in 1979 - like Michael was pointing out 1976 was a watershed year where glickman marks were brought in - in a big way and the old road crew was let go and the band was encouraged to stop being “ friends “ with the new crew in the same way as they had bonded in the past. So the story about the band having inflated egos by 1976 could be true.
I am big supporter of Sean Delaney - the co writes the input in the characters the stage show ...etc. Gene solo record is a personal favorite and as far as I’m concerned Sean played an enormous part in that. Listen to Seans solo album “ highway “ from a couple years later and to my ears it’s as over the top as some parts of Gene’s solo album. It also utilizes many of the same musicians who did Genes album.
When listening to the extremely limited amount of stuff out there with Sean I personally take some stuff with a grain of salt. I take into account Sean’s tendencies to be dramatic. Also I think it’s important to keep in mind that in the macho hard rock world - Sean and Bill and even the band to a certain extent seem to be hesitant to draw attention to the fact that Sean and Bill were gay. I think that gene and Paul as businessmen - businessmen who believe they know their audience’s collective mindset - I think they tend to down play Bill and Sean. That and ego - also let’s remember unfortunately Sean and Bill along with many successful people at that time fell into heavy drug use so memories can be fuzzy. Long live Sean Delaney ! Even if it was just for his involvement in “ makin love “. Rocket ride etc cheers ! And thank you 3 sides
Couldn’t of said it better myself! Thanks sooooo much to Three Sides and John for being sooo gracious and sharing these nuggets of kiss minutea gold! This is way better than any of the Loomis tapes. It’s very unfortunate that Sean did not get the credit he deserved. In fact, there’s not a lot of Sean’s interviews on UA-cam.
I do agree you have to take what Sean describes the stories with a big grain of salt lol….now I know where Eddie trunk gets it “I invented this and I introduced so and so lol.” Except Sean was more legit lol.
Great interview John did and the fact that he kept it all these years and to share with us is Way COOL!!!!
Sean Delaney was a talented guy. He coached KISS in theatrics and stage presence. He deserves so much credit, and to be known for his contributions to the band, but as success comes, sometimes the people who helped get you to the top get forgotten along the way. Well done on the interview, what an interesting guy. RIP Sean.
This was One of my favourite Three side Episodes of all time absolutely Awesome
This is my new favorite episode!
As a life long KISS fan .... I say thank you for sharing the info .... Love & Respect to 3 sides
There were basically 3 theatrical bands that I can think of from that time: Alice Cooper, KISS & Genesis.
It's pretty clear that KISS would not have the stage presence without Sean Delany's imput & guidence.
Alice Cooper; did he have outside influences & imput ? I'm not sure....
And Gabriel with Genesis ? Completely on his own, only guided by the influence of Alice Cooper. Which is amazing....
In fact ? Peter Gabriel did his 1st costuming (a fox head on while wearing a red dress) without telling the band beforehand. He knew they'd reject it outright.
And he premiered it at a boxing venue in Dublin- that's balls....
Great interview- total gem !! So thank you !!
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that was awesome!! thanks!!
Joyce Biawitz would be a great person to “ connect some dots “ on stuff at the beginning
Sean Delaney was alive for the VH-1 special "Beyond the Makeup" and they didn't include him.
they even leave out or persist on doing....or removing the same original Members. Imagine such a long career and never being able to accept that the 2 members you continually blame are the same 2 members who really are the reason Kiss even can continue today. If not why the same make-up. Hits that got them where they are.....Beth and a Solo album from Ace. Otherwise Kiss were done. Kiss is and will always be ......
Amazing interview
Brilliant coup. The insights from his perspective is a fascinating look behind the curtain. I loved the Paul Love Gun story.
Sean made me sceptical when he said: For writing, Paul and I were "always" together. Always?
He co-wrote (?) "Love Gun" but didn't want credit?
Very strange, naive, for someone who knew the business. Was he paid instead? Or did he expect something else? What else did he want from his "baby Paulie"?
You mentioned "revenge" as a motiv.
I think so too.
Also irritating was his statement, he was close to "pal" Peter. But Russ, Sean's nephew, said:
it didn't end up well with Peter!
Sean wanted acknowledgement and at the same time he discredited himself the most: Bill Aucoin accused him that he wanted to destroy the band!
Bill was right.
Nevertheless Sean as the sixth member of KISS deserves respect.
RIP Sean Delaney🌹
Kissology one has a very short interview with Peter Criss talking while they're in the dressing room before a show? Of course the rest of the band was nearby... but they interviewed everybody individually. If I remember correctly??.... the interview was around 1975
Nope. It was in May 1976. It was in London.
Awesome interview.
I have always wondered why Sean was completely ostracised by 1979 since the year before, he work at Gene's solo album. Perhaps Marks and Glickman's influence?
I mean in Peter Criss book he talks all about Sean and how he was the one that showed them how to move how to stay in character how to keep up the facade how many help them come up with their characters in the face paint designs I mean he was there early on on the road with them in a small little van early on going from show to show when they were absolutely nothing I mean he helped put this band on the map and he was a big part of their shows and the theatrical aspect of it all he was certainly like you said down in the trenches with this band I mean he wasn't in The Limousines he was busting his ass for these guys.
I had lunch with Bill Aucoin in North Hollywood and he said it himself that the blood did go into a different comic but didn't say which one. They didn't know at the time it was going into the wrong vat but he didn't say sports illustrated. He just said a different comic but didn't know which one for sure.
I also found it very very strange that he kept referring to Bill acoin as his roommate. His pretending the relationship didn't happen may shed light on how the rest of the interview has truth but overlooks a key component
This and Chuck Klosterman are the best episodes in 3SotC KISStory!
wow,
Cool interview. I believe most of his stories have some truth, but with typical exaggeration that happens over time. The stage crew revolt makes no sense at all. I’d buy that he met with the crew and they had fun destroying some props that everyone agreed sucked, but the whole “I got on the microphone, then Gene ran on stage, we trashed the whole set and got a redesigned one in two weeks” is crap.
It was never said the stage was redesigned, but some of the early props that they had in the very beginning that you can see in the early photos of the stage are gone in later pics/videos of the stage.
Was at that hanger at Stewart Air Force Base, now Stewart Airport in Newburgh NY. The Stones used that hanger also. Went with guys in my first band.
Shawn forgot to mention how Peter was so drunk on Heinekin, that he passed out and couldn't rehearse. I believe his drum tech had to fill in for him.
They were paracticing the segues between songs.
During a break Gene came out with his girlfriend --Jan-- and was cool as could be... sat down on the curb and shot the shit with us. Just on of the guys...
We lived in a town nearby, and the father of the guitar player was a colonel in the Air Force, so we could get on the base.
Jan was pretty hot... She and Gene were both wearing black t-shirts with $immon$ printed in white on the front.
We were allowed to get in a van and drive into an adjacent parking lot, and see into the rehearsal, through the open hanger doors, and saw, maybe Shawn (guy had a mustache) showing Paul some moves up on the big stage.
Shawn has a lot of stories, I'm not sure of his total veracity... I think there is a lot of truth, but I think he's pretty "subjective" maybe stretches the story a bit...
Anyway cool to hear about their rehearsals at Stewart, having been there...
I also had a no makeup pic of them, that i won from Creem magazine, which i gave to some band rep to get signed...never saw the pic again... Dumb ass me!
I like Sean. We had a very good relationship. But his Rand R Over album cover story is fiction.
Thank you, Mr Woloch...and you know because you were there!
You should do another interview with these guys...
yes indeed Dennis. I was there too at the early days . My name is David , I worked with Sean on jingles at Howard Marks and I remember you and (I think)your sister and others from the office. I also lived at the house in New City for a year since I was playing guitar with Sean's projects. Some of his stories are partly true but he always had to exaggerate his importance. Kiss might not have had all of their gimmicks when Aucoin took over but when I saw them rehearsing at Westbeth , the band was not looking to Sean for suggestions . Sean was a quick songwriter for sure but he wasn't a bad ass frontman in big NY groups . We did some recordings but hardly played a gig. Take care Dennis
@@BluesHawk.11 Cool. Good to hear from someone else who was around then.
If kiss would have kept Sean,Bill and Jr and Dennis and all these names id read while constantly admiring and reading album covers and magazines..kiss would still have that magic that has seemed to fade
I don't feel the same towards kiss as I once did.
I knew about Sean and Bill from as far back as 1976.
Kiss had GAY men running their entire operation. Everything! Simmons and Stanley depended on them for everything!!!
Is there something wrong with gay men?
another perfect example of why i love this show. speaking of all the rumors around kiss back in the day i remember one being that gene would kill live chickens on stage by stomping on them with his boots lol
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RE: Alive back cover. Why is there no one in the shot wearing KISS makeup or any KISS clothing? If this is a KISS crowd, why aren't they showing any enthusiasm? Surely they would be more supportive, rather than the nonchalant looks on their faces in this photo.
The best thing about all these interviews and books like 'Kiss & Sell' is that the 'HARD CORE REALITY' is Kiss has ALWAYS been a corporation and that any one who thinks that only 4 individuals are responsible for the band's success is a gullible turd who has swallowed the biggest propaganda ploy rock and roll has ever produced (which is still purported to this day!).
Mark needs to let us know within a Question just how important he was 4 Kiss and a Doko ???? This is why Michael I cannot watch any longer. 23.32pm facts
Remember what Lydia Criss said in her book about Peter and her being into drugs before KISS and how Peter was doing more drugs as the years went on.
That might have been why the KISS camp didn't want to or let Peter be interviewed by himself; because the KISS camp didn't want people to know that Peter was using or that he was Married even back then.
I can see why this never saw the light of day. Sean basically takes credit for everything Kiss. It really undermines his credibility.
Not accurate. The interview was published (in text) in the KISS Underground fanzine in 2001, however the audio had never been publicly played until now.
Not only is your comment inaccurate, it's also an insult to Sean Delaney, who is every bit as credible as anyone else in the KIϟϟ camp who's stretched the truth about the band over the last 4+ decades.
Bill the reality is without Sean there was no kiss period
You know you lived in the 70's if you've used the term he-she!
Knowing the egos……..I wouldn’t discount his memory so much.
His memory has been proven wrong.
@@MichaelBrandvold I get it but when he passed, Peter backed up a lot of his story. Btw, I managed Buddy Miles for 20 years and I never asked him much about him being on Casablanca simultaneously with KISS…..have you guys ever seen ANYTHING in the way of information or stories?? Thanks
@@MichaelBrandvold also, I have an interesting Paul story that was told to me by Bobby Whitlock (Derek and The Dominos and George Harrison fame)…..I drummed for him in the nineties and then managed him along with Miles.
awesome interview