Kiss

Ace Frehley – Second Sighting – 1988 So, what did we learn from last year’s outing, Ace? Not much, apparently. But why should he? First off, he’s ACE FREHLEY, universally accepted “most talented musician” in the original Kiss quartet. Secondly, this is 1988, not 1998 or even 2008. Hair metal Continue Reading

Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Vinnie Vincent Invasion – 1986 This album is really all about how fast Vinnie can shred. There are shades of Ratt, VH, you name it, it’s all in there.Ya got your songs about how hard they rock, “Boyz Are Gonna Rock”, about how sexfull they are, Continue Reading

Ace Frehley – Frehley’s Comet – 1987 It’s been a long time since I visited the Kiss Katalog. I had always intended on getting through the entire thing including solo discs but life gets in the way sometimes. I had heard forever that Ace’s solo output outside of the Kiss Continue Reading

Kiss – Sonic Boom – 2009 Oh, Kiss, how long has it been? 10 years? 11? Really? Wow.11 years after the “reunion” album, Psycho Circus, Kiss is back with the Big Box Wal-Mart retailer album, Sonic Boom.Big crunchy guitars, anthem choruses, it’s all there. Gone are the days of chasing Continue Reading

Kiss – Kiss Symphony Alive IV – 2003 You really gotta be Kiss fan to buy all this stuff, right? I mean, how many live albums does one band need? This is their 5th! Not only that, but it’s not really Alive IV because THAT was included on the Box Continue Reading

Kiss – Psycho Circus 1998 Reunited. Repainted. Kiss.Opening with the obviously concert ready anthem, “Psycho Circus”, all four members of Kiss got back together, put the paint back on came in from the VERY successful tour and put out this album.It should be noted that, according to Wikipedia, most of Continue Reading

Kiss – Carnival of Souls – 1997 Here’s what this record is. In 1995 or so Kiss went in to the studio and recorded a bunch of songs that sounded like “the sound of the day”, meaning Soundgarden & Alice in Chains. Somewhere along the lines the idea hit Gene Continue Reading

Kiss – MTV Unplugged – 1996 Kiss lay fallow for a while after Alive III. When they decided it was time to reunite with the original members they appeared on MTV’s Unplugged, a show I loved and truly miss. Unplugged was a show that seemed to really celebrate music. Sure, Continue Reading

Kiss – Alive III – 1993 Oh, Kiss. You masters of irony. The first two “Alive” records served an interesting purpose. Especially the first one. Alive was the album that pushed the band out into the mainstream consciousness. (This is the last time I will mention the augmentation on any Continue Reading