KISStorian Brothers

A late nite 'needle drop' on RRO, KISS's warmest and perhaps most faithful (and on-brand) studio offering, Eddie Kramer's diamond in the rough! A producer's job is to get the best out of a given band, and their material, at a given place in time, relevant to the market .and Kramer's delivered in spades. In fact, Kramer's sonic experiment on RRO captured KISS's raw live sound & vibe on a 'studio' release better than any album in their careers. KISStorian.com

Phone calls about KISS? We set the bar (highfalutin) and this episode is no exception as the mysterious 'RacerX' finally agrees to share, for the first time anywhere, his ground-breaking KISStoric theological breakdowns of KISS lyrics, come hell or high water! From Simmon's "Seduction Of The Innocents", "Thou Shalt Not" and the semi-Biblical "On The 8th Day" to the Paul Stanley LIU vision statement that is "Exciter", RacerX masterfully breaks down the potentially deeper, more central meaning of KISS's lyrics from an entirely different yet profoundly relevant KISStoric perspective here-to-for unexplored in the annals of rock! - KISStorian.com

Ahh the immutable tale of the tape!! KISStory at its finest!! Thanks Gene & Paul for digging deep for us all, nice move!! Buy it direct from KISS here > OFF THE SOUND BOARD

Albeit from afar, an honest take and perhaps unnecessarily angry rant, and harsh calling out of the Space Man and his management after seeing clips from 'Creatures Fest'. Kudos to the organizers for pulling it off but, man, did we get a treat. The kind of treat I'd prefer my friends / long-time KISS detractors never get a hold of, or they'd be dead on the mark when they opined yet again "I still think they suck!". As Jagger said, what a drag it is getting old. The earmark of poor management? the pure class of Bruce Kulick? the Vincent Cusano imposter? Truth hits everybody! - KISStorian.com

Harnessing the frenetic fretwork of lead guitarist Mark St. John as he did, it's no surprise Paul Stanley & Co. role as astute metal-shred tamers on Animalize flat out worked! Perhaps the warmest hard rock album of 1984, it's Friday-Night-Video ready hooks and supercharged KISS sound held the wolves at bay regardless Gene Simmons non-primal commitment to the feast - KISStorian.com

Another random phone call about KISS between KISS afflicted siblings Dave & Rich in Chicago --- lost in limbo, with nowhere to go!! Conversations include Dave's forthcoming appearance on Collectors Call w/ LISA WHELCHEL with GENE SIMMONS of KISS, Star Wars tie in's, our proposed Rob Zombie remake of KISS Meets The Phantom of The Park and anything we forgot until we finally get to some opinions on the production of the solo albums in '78, and how we've been kinda 'Lost in Limbo' since then, a fractured mirror if you will. - KISStorian.com 

More phone calls about KISS as we again eves-drop on semi-revelatory candid calls from KISS founder and Elder THE STARCHILD of KISS to life-long KISS Army mystery-man Jason 'KID-KING-KISS! From Paul's UBER stint to his KISS KRUISE pitch, SOUL STATION, NASHVILLE CREATUIRES FEST and blueberry pancakes in bed, Jason gets the us the straight dope! Because of organizations like NAMI.org, and your support, great people like our friend Jason 'Kid-King-KISS' can live happy, enriched safe lives full of dreams like the one KISS created that brought us all together! --- Support mental health awareness and the people it affects most at www.NAMI.org 

Way too much to unpack here, that's why there's audio. There are times when us brothers pick up the phone with the expressed intent of talking about KISS, this is one of those times. Tonight's un-edited bounty vibrates relentlessly in our formative teenage years in the 80's, 'Animalizing' with KISS sans make-up! - KISStorian.com

Set phasers for a KISStoric 'inside job' as we time travel with luminary KISStorian, PETER ARQUETTE of KISSAsylum.com and KISSMuseum.com. Few men have swum so far in KISS waters without without being forced at some point to "take heed" of our Gods of Thunder, Stanley/Simmons, in some capacity. And yet Peter has lived a life fully-immersed in KISS since 1987 as a curator of content and a beloved conduit for fans, all without ever even dipping a single toe into Facebook et al.! Yes, a KISS Bigfoot with no social media footprint (no small feat). Peter takes us back to his 'Trail By Fire', his first KISS concert at the Capital Center in 1977, a life-changing moment that would ultimately land him a seat with the Elders and Morpheus, laughing 'all the way' to Jendell & back. Discussions range from chopsticks with Paul Stanley, the 'Return of KISS' in '79, KISS at Hammerjacks, hanging in Europe with the original Catman, his appearances on ThreeSidesOfTheCoin, 'Crazy Nights' with Eric Carr, Peter's rich KISS Convention history, 'Cadillac Dreams' and a number of keen observations about the band at "The End Of The WORLD" (tour). Only just scraping the outer surface of a planet worth of KISStory, Arquette stops short of admitting he has the Talisman box. - KISStorian.com 

Rock Historian, Author, Podcaster, Youtuber, English spy and KISS fanatic ("we're not the Free Masons") JULIAN GILL of KISSFAQ.com 'Unmasks' to walk the proverbial plank with KISStorian Brothers, ever-humbly sharing his candid thoughts on any & all things KISS. The discussion takes us from the early days of KISSFAQ, online now since 1996, to the interviewing process that went into the writing of his benchmarks books on the band, most notably Gene, Ace, Peter & Paul; A detailed exploration of the 1978 KISS solo albums and Odyssey, the definitive examination of "Music From The Elder", KISS' cult-classic concept album. Few Black Diamonds are left in the rough as we ramble from Ace to Vincent Angel, Starz, Ken, Daniel, Mark ^& founder Tim @ KISSFAQ.com, Bruce Kulick, Julian's KISSFAQ interview with the late, great Bob Kulick before he passed, Sean Delaney, Bill Aucoin, Carol Kaye, Neil & Joyce Bogart, Toby Wright, Peter Criss, Vinnie Poncia, KISS in Dubai, Julian's 'best show ever' experience on the EOTR tour & beyond. Any Way You Slice it, we find out Julian is at the core a Rock & Roll Over booster born under the full eclipse of an Asylum moon. Bewitched, and a Creature Of The Night ever since, it can be argued that the mans dedication to KISStory, to getting the story right, and ultimately to us the fans is rivaled by few, save members of the 'family'. Thank you, Julian!  - KISStorian.com  #KISS #KISSFAQ #JulianGill #KISStory