On this day in KISSTORY - May 17, 2003, KISS closed KIIS-FM's massive annual "Wango Tango" concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The show drew over 50,000 fans.
Here's a fan-filmed clip of KISS performing "Love Gun" at the show.
On this day in KISSTORY - May 16th, 1975 - We headlined Detroit's Cobo Hall for the first time. The show before a sellout crowd of 12,000 plus, was part of the seventy-two date Dressed To Kill tour. It was also the first of five shows we recorded for KISS ALIVE!
Paul Stanley comments on the Cobo show and Detroit:
"This concert and the release of "Alive!" marked a pivotal giant step towards achieving domination in the 70's. "Detroit Rock City" was written as a salute to the people who championed us as a headliner when others still saw us as an opening act. We can never forget them. We decided, that was the only place we would start the Reunion Tour."
Check out the frame-flip video of KISS at their historic Cobo Hall concert on May 16, 1975, which was recorded for KISS Alive! The audio in the video is from "Parasite" from this exact show.
KISS Army!
Introducing our latest masterpiece and tribute to KISS: The Demon - Destroyer Era, a Limited Edition 1:4 scale statue capturing the electrifying essence of this iconic rock legend.
Channeling the electrifying essence from their iconic Destroyer Era, this Limited-Edition statue immortalizes The Demon's larger-than-life stage presence.
Hold on tight, because the show's just revving up, and more sonic superstars are on their way. Unite the band and rock out with The Catman, The Starchild, and The Spaceman, coming soon.
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Thanks KISS ARMY for sharing your 1970's KISS Memories. These photos are AMAZING!
Keep them coming!
On this day in KISSTORY - May 13th, 1976 - We played our first ever UK show at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England. The show before a sellout crowd of over 2500 was the beginning of our first European tour. In addition to shows in England, we performed in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Germany where the Scorpions were the opening act. The tour with a final show on June 6th at Ontmoetingscentrum in Harelbeke, Belgium.
Gene recalls KISS' first visit to England:
"On the way over to our first English tour, I was struck by the notion that this was the Land Of The Beatles. To me, the English Kings and Queens never meant anything. I have always looked at it as an archaic and rather silly posturing about past glories. But as cultural oddities, I suppose it had its own innocence.
Still, I was nervous to set foot on Holy Ground. We got off the jet in full makeup and the fotogs were waiting for us. We came through customs and jumped on street cars at the airport for foto ops.
I was aware it was drizzly and grey. I was hoping that would change in the next few days to sunshine. It didn't.
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Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful Moms out there!
Thanks to Emerson Deuschl for sharing his art with us. Awesome!
On this day in KISSTORY - May 10, 1974 - "Kissin' Time" single was released in the US. "Nothin to Lose" is on the B-side.
