1979.

31.05.2024
467 vues . 17 mai 2024
Opening acts: Cheap Trick & New England

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King Of The Night Time World / 02 Radioactive / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Loving You / 08 Love Gun / 09 2,000 Man / 10 Tossin' And Turnin' / 11 God Of Thunder / 12 Shout It Out Loud / 13 Black Diamond / 14 Detroit Rock City / 15 Beth / 16 Rock And Roll All Nite.

31.05.2024
243 vues . 18 mai 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King Of The Nightime World / 02 Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Lovin´ You / 08 Christine Sixteen / 09 2.000 Man / 10 Guitar Solo / 11 Love Gun (cut) / 12 Bass Solo - God Of Thunder / 13 Drum Solo / 14 Shout It Out Loud / 15 Black Diamond / 16 Detroit Rock City / 17 Beth / 18 Rock And Roll All Nite

31.05.2024
569 vues . 18 mai 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King Of The Night Time World / 02 Let Me Go Rock'n'roll / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Loving You / 08 Christine Sixteen / 09 2000 Man / 10 Guitar Solo Ace / 11 Love Gun cut in middle due to tape flip / 12 Bass Solo Gene / 13 God Of Thunder / 14 Drum Solo Peter / 15 God Of Thunder (reprise) / 16 Shout It Out Loud / 17 Black Diamond / 18 Detroit Rock City / 19 Beth / 20 Rock And Roll All Nite.

31.05.2024
193 vues . 29 mai 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King Of The Nightime World / 02 Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 08 Christine Sixteen / 09 2000 Man / 10 Guitar Solo / 11 Detroit Rock City / 12 Beth / 13 Rock And Roll All Nite

31.05.2024
146 vues . 29 mai 2024
Other act: New England
Reported audience: 14,000

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 2,000 Man - Guitar Solo / 02 Love Gun / 03 God Of Thunder - Drum Solo / 04 Shout It Out Loud / 05 Black Diamond / 06 Detroit Rock City- Beth

Notes:
- From a local review: "For the most part, a good many in the audience of 14,000 would have been too young for a Donny Osmond concert, the exceptions being the parents who had been conned into bringing their kids along. And the con-job didn't stop with the tickets" (Sunday Star, 8/5/79).
- A partial recording from this show (from "2,000 Man" to the conclusion) circulates.

26.06.2024
14 vues . 26 juin 2024
Opening act: New England
Reported audience: 18,436 / 26,592 (69.33%) **Both nights
Reported gross: $181,698 **Both nights

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll / 02 Move On / 03 Calling Dr. Love / 04 Firehouse / 05 New York Groove / 06 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 07 Christine Sixteen / 08 2,000 Man - Guitar Solo / 09 God Of Thunder - Drum Solo / 10 Shout It Out Loud / 11 Detroit Rock City / 12 Beth / 13 Rock And Roll All Nite.

Notes:
- A first generation AUD recording circulates from this show (assumed to be the first show), though "Love Gun" is missin.

27.06.2024
62 vues . 27 juin 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

Comments:"Let Me Go, Rock And Roll", "Beth", "Detroit Rock City" and "God Of Thunder" cut in. "2000 Man" fades out during the guitar solo.

01 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll / 02 Move On / 03 Calling Dr. Love / 04 Firehouse / 05 New York Groove / 06 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 7 Christine Sixteen / 08 2,000 Man - Guitar Solo / 09 God Of Thunder - Drum Solo / 10 Shout It Out Loud / 11 Detroit Rock City / 12 Beth / 13 Rock And Roll All Nite.

22.07.2024
28 vues . 22 juil. 2024
Other act: John Cougar & The Zone

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

Disc 1:
01 King Of The Nightime World / 02 Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Lovin´ You / 08 Christine Sixteen / 09 2.000 Man / 10 Ace's Guitar Solo

Disc 2:
01 Love Gun / 02 Gene's Bass Solo / 03 God of Thunder / 04 Peter's Drum Solo - God of Thunder ending / 05 Shout It Out Loud / 06 Black Diamond / 07 Detroit Rock City / 08 Beth.

Notes:
- Footage was filmed at this show for the syndicated show "PM Magazine" feature on the day in the life of a KISS concert, notably the assembly of the stage prior to the show.

12.09.2024
60 vues . 11 sept. 2024
Setlist: King of the Night Time World, Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll, Move On (Paul Stanley song), Calling Dr. Love, Firehouse, New York Groove (Russ Ballard cover), I Was Made for Lovin' You, Christine Sixteen, 2000 Man (The Rolling Stones cover), Guitar Solo, Love Gun, Bass Solo, God of Thunder, Drum Solo, Shout It Out Loud, Black Diamond.
Encore: Detroit Rock City, Beth, Rock and Roll All Nite.

27.09.2024
1 349 vues . 16 août 2024
Date: July 8th, 1979
Venue: Capitol Center
City: Largo, Maryland
Attendance: 19,035

Video Quality: B+/A-
Audio Quality: B-

The show was partially officially released as the bonus disc included with initial pressings of the "KISSology Volume II" DVD package sold through Walmart. Sadly, the quality of this recording is worse than many collectors already have. That "official" version excludes "King of the Night Time World," "2,000 Man," and "Beth."

The following day the band took a day off lounging at their hotel in New Carrollton, MD. Charlie Crespo recounted the shows and day in a piece for Grooves Magazine, "KISS Blasts New Dynasty".

00:00 - Intro / 00:46 - King Of the Night Time World / 04:03 - Radioactive / 06:03 - Move On / 09:52 - Calling Dr. Love / 14:05 - Firehouse / 18:29 - New York Groove / 22:28 - I Was Made for Lovin' You / 26:58 - Love Gun / 30:34 - 2,000 Man / 40:28 - Tossin' and Turnin' / 43:35 - God Of Thunder / 54:14 - Shout It Out Loud / 59:23 - Black Diamond / 1:05:41 - Detroit Rock City / 1:09:58 - Beth / 1:14:51 - Rock And Roll All Nite

28.10.2024
31 vues . 24 oct. 2024
Opening Act: Judas Priest
Attendance: 11,278 (about 83% full)

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King of the Night Time World / 02 Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 Christine Sixteen / 08 2,000 Man / 09 Love Gun / 10 God of Thunder / 11 Shout It Out Loud / 12 Black Diamond / 13 Detroit Rock City / 14 Rock And Roll All Nite.

Wiki-poo:
The Dynasty Tour, also known as "The Return of Kiss", was the first tour since Alive II's tour ended on April 2, 1978 in Japan, and also the first to feature the famous flying stunt by Gene Simmons. This was also the first tour to feature Ace Frehley's "lighted-guitar" and his rocket-shooting guitar, where after his "smoke" spewing guitar solo, the still smoking guitar would float up. As it was floating upward, he would appear with another guitar, aim the neck at the floating guitar, shoot the rockets and blow it up. A trick was designed for Paul Stanley that involved him putting on a headset and shooting a laser out of his left eye to mock the effect seen in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park the year before. After several run-throughs both Stanley and manager Bill Aucoin said no to the idea, citing the danger involved.
The tour, dubbed "The Return Of Kiss", also saw a decline in audience. Additional dates at the Pontiac Silverdome were cancelled. This was the last tour with Peter Criss on drums until 1996.
This tour is also famous for being the only tour to feature songs from all four members solo albums. Simmons performed "Radioactive", Criss performed "Tossin' and Turnin'", Frehley performed "New York Groove", and Stanley performed "Move On". Simmons' and Criss' songs were replaced with more familiar songs early in the tour. Criss' song "Dirty Livin" was reportedly rehearsed, but never performed.
Frehley stated in various interviews that Kiss was becoming a youth-oriented band. It was because kids were showing up dressed in costume and makeup for their shows along with their parents. As a result many teenage fans felt alienated and were turned off by the band.

28.10.2024
Wiki-poo :
Le Dynasty Tour, aussi connu sous le nom de « The Return of Kiss », fut la première tournée depuis la fin de la tournée d'Alive II le 2 avril 1978 au Japon, et aussi la première à présenter le célèbre tour de vol de Gene Simmons. Ce fut également la première tournée à présenter la « guitare lumineuse » d'Ace Frehley et sa guitare lance-roquettes, où après son solo de guitare crachant de la « fumée », la guitare encore fumante flottait vers le haut. Alors qu'elle flottait vers le haut, il apparaissait avec une autre guitare, pointait le manche vers la guitare flottante, tirait les fusées et la faisait exploser. Un tour a été conçu pour Paul Stanley qui l'obligeait à mettre un casque et à tirer un laser de son œil gauche pour se moquer de l'effet vu dans Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park l'année précédente. Après plusieurs essais, Stanley et son manager Bill Aucoin ont tous deux refusé l'idée, invoquant le danger encouru.
La tournée, surnommée « The Return Of Kiss », a également connu une baisse du public. Des dates supplémentaires au Pontiac Silverdome ont été annulées. Ce fut la dernière tournée avec Peter Criss à la batterie jusqu'en 1996.
Cette tournée est également célèbre pour être la seule tournée à inclure des chansons des albums solo des quatre membres. Simmons a interprété "Radioactive", Criss a interprété "Tossin' and Turnin'", Frehley a interprété "New York Groove" et Stanley a interprété "Move On". Les chansons de Simmons et Criss ont été remplacées par des chansons plus familières au début de la tournée. La chanson de Criss "Dirty Livin" aurait été répétée, mais jamais interprétée.
Frehley a déclaré dans diverses interviews que Kiss devenait un groupe orienté vers la jeunesse. C'était parce que les enfants se présentaient habillés et maquillés pour leurs concerts avec leurs parents. En conséquence, de nombreux fans adolescents se sentaient aliénés et étaient rebutés par le groupe.

28.10.2024
21 vues . 24 oct. 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King of the Night Time World / 02 Radioactive / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 08 Love Gun / 09 2,000 Man/Ace Frehley Guitar Solo / 10 Tossin' And Turnin'.

Note from original uploader:
In the spirit of Christmas as well as to celebrate the induction of Kiss into the R&R Hall of Fame, I thought I'd share a rare, unreleased recording. This one comes from Roanoke, Virginia during the early part of the Dynasty Tour. It includes the 4 tracks that were played from all 4 solo albums and cuts off right after Peter's "Tossin' and Turnin'".

28.10.2024
20 vues . 24 oct. 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

Disc 1: 01 King of the Night Time World / 02 Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 08 Christine Sixteen / 09 2,000 Man.

Disc 2: 01 Love Gun / 02 God of Thunder / 03 Shout It Out Loud / 04 Black Diamond / 05 Detroit Rock City / 06 Beth / 07 Rock And Roll All Nite.

28.10.2024
18 vues . 24 oct. 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

Disc 1: 01 Radio Ad / 02 King Of The Night Time World / 03 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll / 04 Move On / 05 Calling Dr. Love / 06 Firehouse / 07 New York Groove / 08 I Was Made For Lovin´ You / 09 Christine Sixteen / 10 2.000 Man - Guitar Solo / 11 Love Gun.

Disc 2: 01 Bass Solo - God Of Thunder - Drum Solo / 02 Shout It Out Loud / 03 Black Diamond / 04 Detroit Rock City / 05 Beth / 06 Rock And Roll All Nite.

28.10.2024
16 vues . 25 oct. 2024
Other act: New England
Reported audience: 9,300 **SOLD-OUT
Reported gross: $93,000

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King Of The Nighttime World - Let Me Go, Rock And Roll / 02 Move On - Calling Dr. Love / 03 Firehouse / 04 New York Groove / 05 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 06 Christine Sixteen / 07 Bass Solo / 08 God Of Thunder / 09 Drum Solo / 10 Shout It Out Loud / 11 Black Diamond / 12 Detroit Rock City / 13 Beth / 14 Rock And Roll All Nite (cut).

Notes:
From a local review: "The Kiss concert had been viewed by many in the community as a possible crowd control problems, but none were witnessed inside. Instead, a youthful crowd cheered and shouted as one of the most bizarre groups in rock music went through an 80-minutes set with a maximum of flare" (Dyke Hendrickson, Portland Press Review, 7/29/79).
KISS briefly held the venue gross record, before being surpassed by a $113,791 Frank Sinatra concert in October (though he only played for 7,593 fans).

28.10.2024
23 vues . 25 oct. 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

Disc 1: 01 King Of The Nighttime World / 02 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll / 03 Makin' Love / 04 Calling Dr. Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 08 Love Gun / 09 2,000 Man / 10 Guitar Solo

Disc 2: 01 Tossin' And Turnin' / 02 Bass Solo / 03 God Of Thunder - Drum Solo / 04 Shout It Out Loud / 05 Black Diamond / 06 Detroit Rock City / 07 Beth / 08 Rock And Roll All Nite

01.11.2024
9 vues . 1 nov. 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

Disc 1 : King of the Nightime World, Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll, Move On, Calling Dr. Love, Firehouse, New York Groove, I Was Made For Lovin' You, Christine Sixteen, 2,000 Man - Ace Frehley Guitar Solo.

Disc 2 : Love Gun, God of Thunder - Peter Criss Drum Solo, Shout It Out Loud, Black Diamond, Detroit Rock City, Beth.

02.11.2024
16 vues . 1 nov. 2024
Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King of the Nighttime World / 02 Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll / 03 Move On / 04 Calling Dr Love / 05 Firehouse / 06 New York Groove / 07 I Was Made For Lovin' You / 08 Christine Sixteen / 09 2000 Man / 10 God of Thunder / 11 Shout It Out Loud / 2 Black Diamond / 13 Detroit Rock City / 14 Beth - Rock And Roll All Nite.

06.11.2024
12 vues . 6 nov. 2024 #300
Opening act: New England
Reported audience: 16,000

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King Of The Nighttime World
02 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll
03 Move On
04 Calling Dr. Love
05 Firehouse
06 New York Groove
07 I Was Made For Lovin' You
08 Christine Sixteen
09 2,000 Man - Guitar Solo
10 Love Gun
11 Bass Solo - God Of Thunder - Drum Solo
12 Shout It Out Loud
13 Black Diamond
14 Detroit Rock City
15 Beth
16 Rock And Roll All Nite

Mainstream press review:
"Let us put Kiss in a humane perspective; that is, if I had been writing magazine articles for seven years and were only known for puking blood on my desk and having skyrockets go off in my typewriter, I would be real depressed. Even if millions of twelve-year-old boys bought belt buckles emblazoned with my face painted like a tree toad, I would have to question my professional competence to write a sentence. So let's all help keep Kiss off lithium and not say their music is lame. We know it. They know it. Millions of twelve-year-old boys don't know it, but they aren't going to figure out music until their pubic hair grows in anyway.
Let us instead praise the Kiss Stage show, which has too many neat special effects that your pubic hair retracts and you become twelve-years-old again and the music doesn't matter. Get this, man: Gene Simmons does this weird bass solo and vomits blood all over himself, just like he always does, but then they hoist him about fifty feet over the audience, where he sings "God of Thunder" with a good imitation of the Christmas bombing of Hanoi exploding all around him. And Ace Frehley shoots skyrockets out of his guitar, man, and Paul Stanley clocks the heels of his eight-inch platforms in, the air, man, and Peter Criss does a drum solo on a hydraulic lift that is lifts him almost as high as Simmons is over the stage lights, man.
Okay, not that much was new (only Simmons' hoist, really) and nothing was spontaneous, but that has always been, the Kiss philosophy: give 'em what they want, only more of it. Kiss would label this democracy. Critics call it demagogy. Whatever it is, it works for the same reasons religion does: it's mystical and awe inspiring, and twelve-year-old boys don't get that in church. Unlike past Kiss stage sets this one is built low to the ground, presumably so they could sell seats behind the stage in large auditoriums. Since they didn't sell seats behind the stage at Madison Square Garden (Kiss' booking agent says this was intentional; the Garden's box office says it wasn't), one can assume there was no demand. Kids on Long Island and New Jersey still buy the myth of instrumental prowess and go for macho jack-off guitar work. Through maximum macho jack-off, Kiss is minimal prowess and must look elsewhere for their strongest audiences.
The opening act, New England, was yet another loathsome attempt by Kiss' management, Aucoin, to generate a second Kiss without makeup. Naming the band after a geographical area (I can think of ten others offhand) is as close as these shitheads have come to originality. I didn't see any licks, aural or visual, that weren't copped directly from Boston. This is, of course, the way Kiss, started cashing-in on a trail blazed by Alice Cooper. You gotta give these half-wits credit for tenacity" (RS #300, Sep. 1979, Charles M. Young).

06.11.2024
Critique de presse grand public :
"Mettons Kiss dans une perspective humaine ; c'est-à-dire que si j'avais écrit des articles de magazine pendant sept ans et que j'étais seulement connu pour vomir du sang sur mon bureau et faire exploser des fusées dans ma machine à écrire, je serais vraiment déprimé. Même si des millions de garçons de douze ans achetaient des boucles de ceinture avec mon visage peint comme un crapaud des arbres, je devrais remettre en question ma compétence professionnelle pour écrire une phrase. Alors aidons tous Kiss à ne pas prendre de lithium et ne disons pas que leur musique est nulle. Nous le savons. Ils le savent. Des millions de garçons de douze ans ne le savent pas, mais ils ne comprendront pas la musique tant que leurs poils pubiens n'auront pas poussé.
Faisons plutôt l'éloge du spectacle Kiss Stage, qui comporte trop d'effets spéciaux soignés qui font que vos poils pubiens se rétractent et vous font redevenir un enfant de douze ans et la musique n'a plus d'importance. Écoute ça, mec : Gene Simmons fait cet étrange solo de basse et vomit du sang partout sur lui, comme il le fait toujours, mais ensuite ils le soulèvent à environ cinquante pieds au-dessus du public, où il chante "God of Thunder" avec une bonne imitation des bombardements de Noël à Hanoi qui explosent tout autour de lui. Et Ace Frehley tire des fusées avec sa guitare, mec, et Paul Stanley fait tourner les talons de ses plateformes de vingt centimètres dans les airs, mec, et Peter Criss fait un solo de batterie sur un élévateur hydraulique qui le soulève presque aussi haut que Simmons au-dessus des lumières de la scène, mec.
Ok, il n'y avait pas grand-chose de nouveau (seulement l'élévateur de Simmons, en fait) et rien n'était spontané, mais cela a toujours été la philosophie de Kiss : donnez-leur ce qu'ils veulent, mais plus encore. Kiss qualifierait cela de démocratie. Les critiques appellent cela de la démagogie. Quoi qu'il en soit, cela fonctionne pour les mêmes raisons que la religion : c'est mystique et impressionnant, et les garçons de douze ans ne comprennent pas cela à l'église. Contrairement aux précédents décors de Kiss, celui-ci est construit au ras du sol, probablement pour pouvoir vendre des places derrière la scène dans les grands auditoriums. Comme ils n'ont pas vendu de places derrière la scène du Madison Square Garden (l'agent de réservation de Kiss dit que c'était intentionnel, la billetterie du Garden dit que ce n'était pas le cas), on peut supposer qu'il n'y avait pas de demande. Les jeunes de Long Island et du New Jersey croient toujours au mythe des prouesses instrumentales et se laissent tenter par des jeux de guitare macho. Avec un maximum de macho, Kiss est un minimum de prouesses et doit chercher ailleurs son public le plus fort.
L'acte d'ouverture, New England, était une autre tentative détestable du management de Kiss, Aucoin, de générer un deuxième Kiss sans maquillage. Nommer le groupe d'après une zone géographique (je peux penser à dix autres sans réfléchir) est ce qui se rapproche le plus de l'originalité de ces crétins. Je n'ai vu aucun lick, sonore ou visuel, qui ne soit pas directement acheté à Boston. C'est, bien sûr, de cette façon que Kiss a commencé à tirer profit d'une piste tracée par Alice Cooper. « Il faut reconnaître à ces imbéciles le mérite de leur ténacité » (RS #300, septembre 1979, Charles M. Young).

06.11.2024
7 vues . 6 nov. 2024
Opening act: New England
Reported audience: 16,000

Paul Stanley - guitar & vocals
Gene Simmons - bass & vocals
Ace Frehley lead guitar & vocals
Peter Criss - drums & vocals

01 King Of The Nighttime World
02 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll
03 Move On
04 Calling Dr. Love
05 Firehouse
06 New York Groove
07 I Was Made For Lovin' You
08 Christine Sixteen
09 2,000 Man - Guitar Solo
10 Love Gun
11 Bass Solo - God Of Thunder - Drum Solo
12 Shout It Out Loud
13 Black Diamond
14 Detroit Rock City
15 Beth
16 Rock And Roll All Nite