1976 Destroyer Tour.

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Pro-Shot Footage from KISS’ Destroyer Tour + More Surfaces

DYLAN PEGGIN AKA 'THE RECORD SPINNER'
JULY 7, 2022

Feature image courtesy of Getty Images/KISSonline

You know how there’s the term “Christmas in July?” This is more like “KISSmas in July.” More unseen footage of the hottest band in the world is surfacing and we are all raving and drooling over what is being seen.

Image courtesy of YouTube

On July 6th, the full uncut promo masters for “I Want You,” “Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” and “Hard Luck Woman” were uploaded to YouTube. This footage was filmed during the Rock and Roll Over Tour rehearsals that were held at the Camp Curtis Guild Armory in Reading, Massachusetts in November 1976. As you could tell in the black-and-white tour rehearsal footage, the band did several run-throughs of lip-synching these songs to perhaps get the arrangements right for the cameras. Most people know this footage for being featured on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert in May 1977 and it is that specific TV appearance that also appears on the KISSOLOGY Vol. 1 DVD. They were also used as promo films internationally outside of the US.
While it is familiar territory, what we have here is more than likely the original footage that the DKRC production team had to work with since KISS did not perform live. You can see the EUE/Screen Gems title cards before the start of each song and it shows a date of January 26, 1977, which is more than likely when the respective production team made the final edits. This footage is no shocking new discovery but it is cool to see these promo films in their earliest iteration.