KISStorian Brothers

Photo by EDDIE MALLUK -- Decidedly twangy & slightly esoteric New York based musician, producer, writer and former Editor-in-Chief of Creem Magazine, Mark Petracca, aka DUSTY WRIGHT, takes time out to share a few KISS stories from a life on the front-lines of rock & roll ...The curator of Culture Catch, Dusty is as well-steeped an entertainment authority & aficionado as one might ever hope to meet (and a pretty good sport as he leans towards prog rock & punk, and admitted he doesn't own a KISS record!!!). Dusty's worn more hats in the biz than the guys on Bonanza, it's no wonder people call him 'the metaphysical cowboy'. He even ran Prince's fanzine, spending weeks at a time at Paisley Park  ...Dusty takes us from his first hearing "Strutter" on WMMS The Buzzard in Cleveland in '73 to meeting Gene Simmons in '92 to hear the Revenge pitch, stopping off on the way to 'alleged goings-on' July 23rd of '75 when KISS recorded their set in Wildwood, NJ, some of which would be used on their ultimate breakthrough ALIVE! ...I forgot to ask if Dusty's willing now to enlist but his wife did date Paul Stanley at one point so let's call it even. That's rock & roll, thanks Dusty! - KISStorian.com 

Another in our series of caring phone calls from the STARCHILD to KISS fanatic Jason 'KID KING KISS' Roberts, known to many here in Chicago as 'Crazy Percy' for his 'man on the street' bit over the years with radio personality MANCOW. Please support NAMI.org, raising awareness about mental illness and funds to champion their survival & happiness. - KISStorian.com

KISStorian siblings Rich & Dave have a phone call on the heels of the announcements of KISS's forthcoming Shout It Loud NETFLIX movie, including such 'perfect world' casting suggestions as Sean Penn as Peter Criss, Ed Harris as Eddie Kramer, Doc McGhee as Neil Bogart, Gary Senise as Bill Aucoin, Nick Simmons as the Demon, Russell Brand as the Starchild, Jason Alexander as Doc McGhee and Johnny Depp as Sean Delaney?!?!?! - KISStorian.com  #Netflix #Kiss #Kisstory #GeneSimmons #PaulStanley #PeterCriss #AceFrehley#BobEzrn #EddieKramer #NeilBogart #SeanDelaney #ErcSinger #TommyThayer #SeanPenn # JohnnyDepp #DocMcghee #RusselBrand #VanHalen

Unintentionally luminary KISStoric babe, Playboy Playmate and The Monsters Of Rock radio DJ CARRIE STEVENS graciously takes time out to chat about her book "UNRATED: Revelations of a Rock 'n Roll Centerfold" and share a few stories about her ongoing spiritual relationship with the late, great KISS drummer ERIC CARR! - KISStorian.com

1975s DRESSED TO KILL was in essence KISS's tightest vision statement to date, a confidently unassuming diamond in the rough waiting to hit it's ultimate mark a year later with the live version of "Rock & Roll All Nite" on their breakthrough ALIVE! -- KISStorian.com

Ahh yes, from the mouths of babes ...A long-time rock fan, and yet somehow a KISStoric virgin, 'Preacher Pat', who does tremendous good works with his passion ReclaimedCharity.org (who shipped 86,000 meals to Haiti the same day of the f-gig), tenderly shares his candid impressions from his very first KISS concert from this past weekends' "End Of The Road", purported to be KISS's final stop in Chicagoland, just outside of the city in Tinley Park, IL..  Somewhere just shy of a 28,000 person sell-out Saturday, Pat flew into action by dragging not only his son to the show but his Mom! Such sudden bravado must be commended, in any rank of the KISS ARMY. Enlisted since '78, I hereby submit my solemn referral obo Pat and his family as I believe they are ready to "Shout It Out Loud" - KISStorian.com  

Brother Dave takes us on a free-form rant back to his first KISS, and the album that set his soul on fire! - KISStorian.com

"Hot In The Shade" was a return to 'classic KISS'. By and large its a collection of fun rockers that takes itself a little less seriously, and lies in stark contrast, to their prior release, the 80's-glossed "Crazy Nights". Soon it would all be a mute point as the onset of grunge would send KISS on a fools errand resulting in gloriously heavy but ill-conceived "Carnival of Souls". Indeed, HITS finds KISS on a low budget, trimming sails, vamping up demos and polishing the ballad "Forever" enough to ensure an MTV hit video and a summer tour of the sheds as the band re-positioned themselves as 70's rockers still cool enough to matter at the end of the 80's, no small feat! - KISStorian.com

A shaky sharp shooter, and an honest review. We still had a great night ...just want to help propel the Comet onward and upward to new heights! - KISStorian.com

the STARCHILD reaches out to the KISS Army for a little help on this next one, tongue in cheek -- KISStorian.com