Band KNEW It Was A Hit...It Bombed-Released a Live Version...Became 70s Classic! | Professor Of Rock

The First 3 studio albums from KISS that taught us how to rock, were actually, commercial disappointments. It was so bad Their record label Casablanca was circling the drain. It was a desperate time for Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, the principal songwriters of Kiss create a song that would vault them to superstardom and keep the band going for the long haul… So they reached deep within themselves and generated the perfect 70s rock anthem Rock and Roll All Nite and it died on the charts. Desperate to prove themselves, the head of the record label Neil Bogart hatched a plan to take their live show and bring it inside the bedroom of every teen in america… Kiss Alive would change music history and give the band theirs first huge hit an anthem of rebellion that should’ve been a #1 Hit!

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The most notorious live act of the Rock Era was arguably KISS- the band that really taught us how to rock. As the slogan sounded before KISS hit the stage at all of their concerts…”you wanted the best- you got the best!” The iconic foursome of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss pioneered the spectacle of pyrotechnic & costume rock on a riveting stage of shooting rockets, exploding bombs, fire-breathing, blood spewing, levitating drums, and smoking guitars.The KISS army actually started building with an audience of less than 10 people that attended their first live performance at the old Popcorn Club in Queens, New York.

KISS was paid a paltry $50 to perform two sets that night. They got the gig after Gene Simmons cold-called the venue booker, convincing him to hire the band for a 3 night stand. The 4 members of KISS each wore make-up for the 3 inaugural shows in Queens, but their signature facial character designs were not unveiled until a few months later at a concert at the Daisy in Amityville, New York.

On the strength of their wild live set, the KISS army swelled- with a cult-like following, especially in the northeastern section of the Midwest America called the Rust Belt.On the strength of their wild live set, KISS was signed to Casablanca Records, and dropped their eponymous debut album in '74. The self-titled KISS album did not have a hit single, and rose only as high as #87 on the Billboard 200, despite growing significance as a bad ass touring entity. KISS’s follow-up album, Hotter Than Hell, released later that same year, was an even bigger disappointment, peaking at 100, and quickly dropped off the charts.

Try as they might they just couldn’t break though to the masses. Meanwhile, their record label, the infamous Casablanca Records was in deep deep trouble.