On this day in KISSTORY- September 23, 2014 - Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley presented manager Doc McGhee with the Music Industry Achievement Award onstage during the Spirit of Excellence Awards in Century City, California.
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for T.J. Martell Foundation)
On this day in KISSTORY - September 22, 1998 - Psycho Circus hit the stores!
September KISS Magazine Covers
Rock Scene Magazine - USA - 1975
Bravo Magazine - Germany - 1979
16 Magazine - USA - 1980
Batteur Magazine - France - 2019
On this day in KISSTORY - September 18, 1987 - We released our platinum album 'CRAZY NIGHTS.'
40 Years Ago Today!
On this day in KISSTORY - September 18, 1983 - We released our platinum album Lick It Up. It was the first album to feature the band on the cover without KISS makeup!
On this day in KISSTORY - September 18, 1978 - our KISS Solo Albums: Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley were released. The Solo Albums represented the first time ever that all the members of a band released solo works on the same day. All 4 albums shipped platinum!
KISS’ Paul Stanley Teases Band’s Digital Future Is ‘Beyond Anything’ Anyone Else Has Contemplated
By Glenn Peoples / www.billboard.com
"The idea a simulated concert is not what we want to do," says the KISS frontman. "Frankly, I would find that boring."
KISS spent the majority of its five-decade career disguising their faces in makeup. Now, as the band plans the next phase for its music and iconic characters, KISS is still leaving its fans with mystery and intrigue.
After the culmination of The End of the Road Tour in December, KISS began the year with the sale of its name and likeness and plans to live eternally in the digital world. Details are scarce, but the band has said the virtual performance should launch in Las Vegas in 2027. In a conversation with Billboard’s Behind the Setlist podcast, frontman Paul Stanley won’t say exactly how the group will carry its legacy into the future. But in typical KISS fashion, Stanley has ambitious goals.
“It’s a must-see, go-to experience,” Stanley boasts. “It’s beyond anything that anyone else has contemplated.”
Virtual artists are nothing new: a Tupac Shakur hologram appeared at Coachella in 2012, and avatars have resurrected deceased musicians such as Ronnie James Duo and Whitney Houston for live performances. Those earlier examples of digital likenesses pale in comparison to Abba Voyage, a high-budget, mixed virtual reality-live music concert in London that has won rave reviews.
On this day in KISSTORY - September 16, 1985 - KISS released their platinum album 'Asylum.' Here are the three music video released from the album.
On this day in KISSTORY - September 16, 1985 - KISS released the Asylum album.
KISS Asylum album advertisements.
On this day in KISSTORY - September 15, 2015 - the RIAA declared KISS as America's #1 Gold Record Award Winning Group of All Time!
From the RIAA:
KISS has earned more Gold Album Record Awards than any American band in the history of The Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA's) Gold & Platinum Awards certifications. In the last 41 years, KISS has earned 30 Gold albums (26 KISS albums + 4 Solo Albums that were all released simultaneously -- a feat never before achieved by any band.) KISS has 14 Platinum albums, with three albums being multi-Platinum.
“Congratulations to KISS – the new Gold standard for albums by American bands,” said Cary Sherman, Chairman & CEO, RIAA. “What an extraordinary achievement for an enduring band. Forty years later and the band is still rocking. Congratulations to KISS on their Gold album milestone and continued success."
The Destroyer 45th Super Deluxe Set annihilates your senses with 6 LPs pressed on white vinyl with red & yellow splatter (also available on 180-gram black vinyl)!
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Celebrating 40 years of Animalize with an Exclusive KISSONLINE Collection!
On this day in KISSTORY - September 13, 1984 - Our platinum album Animalize hit stores today in 1984.
Check out Paul Stanley's visit with Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast now at - https://linktr.ee/btsl.
On this day in KISSTORY - September 11, 1993 - We rocked the Foundations Forum at the Burbank Hilton Convention Center.
Check out this cool ad for KISS ALIVE!.
