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Mentioned in this Audio:

  1. Rod Stewart23:57
  2. The Beatles10:44
  3. MTV9:50, 19:44, 19:48
  4. Gene Simmons0:37, 10:58, 20:22
  5. Paul Stanley20:23, 23:55, 24:44
  6. Ed Sullivan10:40
  7. original version24:51, 24:53
  8. the Ed Sullivan Show10:45
  9. record label24:25
  10. Detroit rock city10:12, 10:18, 10:57

Fri, 12 Oct 2012|

The Mountain's Alan K. Stout with special guest Gene Simmons hosts a 3 hour Kiss special celebrating their 2012 tour visit to Northeast PA and the release of a new album.

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They enjoy people and Paul -- just announced that around we're -- rock and roller ball when he gets back you're gonna call you believe your name number and a brief message. -- -- Oh thank you again mr. Stanley this is balanced out on one -- 2.3 -- the mound in this is our number three. Of the kiss on the mountain radio special -- listening the last two hours. You've heard of celebrating the music of kiss as well as tampering in the archives interviews and a brand new interview. Which we recently did with Gene Simmons were cued the music. Rolling right along here and really that's what the show is about is the the music of kids this is a band that sold a hundred million records. That's when he -- albums so. I know a lot of people may think of -- you think of the innovative stage shows in the pyro and the hottest band in the world them when you go to see them there is nothing like it. Nobody really all comes down to the music and the records and some and a really good time tonight playing -- music from every era of the band's career. We're gonna get a song on for you now it was the very first song on this is very first album so if you were a kid back in 97 before you bought this. Record by this new -- kisses would have been the first song -- heard. A couple of years later they re -- it a little bit for the double platinum album. But it is the same song I'd like the -- from 78 so that's why I've got to play free tonight this is stronger. He met the. -- All hell's breaking news from kids here -- one or 2.3 FM the mouth and this is the kiss on the mountain radio special. Backtrack a -- on -- 1983. Album -- it up milestone -- for the ban as it was the first album that they released. After they took off the makeup that same year as matter of fact they appear on the album cover. Without make up for the very first time Arnold breaking news was also video on MTV I saw kids for the first time. Finally get up towards my first show tower -- Philadelphia. 1984 and when they play that song the police went crazy always know when my affairs for the extra under 78. Going back to the double platinum album now we're talking a lot about music can and kisses you know legacy with with songs people's lives and then play Detroit rock city. And many are one and get back to gene simmons' interview bit. Way and I think Detroit rock city I think of 76 I think a destroyer for so many people it was the very first time. -- people were exposed to the band. A lot of broken the year before this was the follow up. But -- Halloween special which was on an October 76. I think for a lot of people. My age may be in their mid forties that what is there Ed Sullivan moment people from the generation before talks so much about seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. So many people. From the seven he's talked about seeing kiss on the poll in special Halloween time and those are all sort of memories to. Connected with the destroyer album and Detroit rock city Gene Simmons has a lot of memories to about music. And he told me something in our recent interview that I never knew before about the band and a little ritual that they have. As for every show and involves some of their own favorites in their own memories. From an area checking out. He will be you'll be impressed complete shock and hope that the band is now. And order -- orders and how happy we are and grateful to be up front that's stage so. We have a ritual we put a microphone for two hours books but we're also. Playing records. In the old catwalk. We're putting on the tour owns everything from. Oh good god and you always master of sleep to. I'll gradual mostly it's English music but -- they can from RB Jackie Wilson you know you could mix it up. I'm talking about it. The minutia or listen to the Qatar betcha that's a small undergo a sample of the you don't just all of us okay now. Reason to live from kiss her 102 point three FM amount that goes back to 1987 from the crazy nights album. They remember most about that tune was dial MTV. Around 6 o'clock every day back and people would call into MTV and go for their favorite music video. And reason to live listen the number one for quite awhile before that Detroit rock city. Gone back to 76. From the destroyer -- really keep the music rolling here with a very milestone moment in history. In 1995. MTV had -- -- to appear on their MTV unplugged series. There had been out doing acoustic set that summer as part of their convention tour. MTV downwind it's kind of like what they saw a dot kids might be nice -- trump plugged. And it wound up being -- historical moment for kiss and gene Gene Simmons Paul Stanley pace really and Peter -- onstage together at that time for the first time. In about fifteen years. And just a wonderful moment in there was a wonderful moment within the performance of death. When Peter Crist extends his hand and has been in the boys will be playing all you can actually hear the little. Up roar of the crowd when you listen to the recording. This is best for mom -- Okay. Okay. -- from kids from 1995 from MTV unplugged album enjoyed telling you -- stories about some of the songs from kiss. Some of the songs we played tonight on the show that song sung by former drummer Peter -- I'm was one of two hits they -- Chris had some. And recorded. With the band -- -- -- hard luck woman which I don't know for a lot of people know was originally written by Paul Stanley. The Rod Stewart in mind that was a song with Paul Paul is a big fan ever -- And wanted to write some conform. And real hard look woman in them when it came time for -- your record to rock from -- -- -- has decided it's the bench keep it. And Peter should sing it especially since they just had a big hit -- piercing him best the album prior another song we played earlier in the show -- I can't. Little interesting story behind that tune. A kiss was on the road in 74 for the hotter than hell. -- and the record label -- Mazda road to my guys you know the record the record installed on the chart to one another -- -- and written a lot of songs yet. So they wrote some songs very quickly including -- all night they also -- back and pulled a couple of tracks from an album recorded by -- wicked Lester. Which had a record deal and feature Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley -- was never released. But it's floating around out there and collectors circles you can actually hear and original version of sheet in an original version of overall I can't. On those recordings show couple -- -- tidbits for you here on. It's just special we're gonna take a quick break now we come back we get more music more energy is the hottest in the work -- --



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