Tears are Falling was one of the best songs from the fall of ‘85. I turned 16 that-November & had joined a decent-band myself. Exciting time to be alive. 🤘🏻
Asylum is a very underrated album, and Who wants to be lonely is one of several great songs on that album. I have no idea why they never played that live. Ever. It's a killer track.
it is interesting, that Gene was the Ace musical equivalent on those mid 80s albums. showing up half asleep/not contributing, the only difference was gene's drug was attention, ace's was alcohol. totally the same thing when it came to the musical output of the band.
My respects always to our Eric Carr R.I.P. 🙏🎼🥁🎼🙏who has been one of my favorite drummers in Kiss. Throughout his career with the band he did a great job, he did it with that passion that characterized him. Asylum one of my favorite Kiss albums. Eric Carr put the power in those drums.
Bruce is not only an incredible guitar player but an incredibly humble person. I was lucky enough to meet him at a guitar clinic in 1992 and you can't ask for a nicer and respectful man.
Gene's stories seem like they're from the heart and he's genuinely funny at times. Paul has so much anger bottled up inside his jokes just come off as mean and makes him look like an asshole. Paul is the biggest victim in the history of rock
I love this album. I think Bruce, Paul and Eric take the whole album making on their shoulders. Bruce came with fresh blood and Eric was always enthusiastic. Looks that Paul invisibilized a bit the contributions from Bruce and Eric knowing that Gene was totally unfocused and uninterested on KISS. I feel the same about Crazy Nights.
German here: I know a lot of people dismiss on Gene and Paul. I, too, hated it when they went retro and repainted their faces. Tommy and Eric as Ace and Peter killed it completely. But what I like about Gene is his loyalty to his German fans (keep in mind: he is a Jew and his family suffered in concentration camps) and also the way he spoke to his fans via a taped message to be called in 1983 as they unmasked. He didn´t speak of himself, but taught his fans to have self-esteem. That was simply great! I also loved his acting and his book-writing. Kiss also came into my life as I learnt English as a pupil.
This album I have yet to give a fair shot. The glam just turned me off. Been Kiss fan since 70's and after their disco'ish period, CotN, Lick it Up, and Animalize was a really solid period. One of my favorites. If you listen to their songs live, you will notice they truly sped up the tempo like trying to go metal lol. Just listen to Firehouse on Alive and then Firehouse during the Creatures and Lick it Up tours. LOVE IT!!! Very excited for the upcoming Soundboard recorded during the Animalize tour.
The "sorry" apology from Gene reminds me of a story Desmond Child told about comments Gene made in a magazine one time disrespecting him for writing "I was made for lovin you" and saying for the next album they are locking him out of the studio. He told Paul to hurt their enemies not their friends and later got a message left on his machine that just said "Hey..It's Gene....Sorry" lol.
When Bruce officially joined the band, he looked and played totally like the missing piece the band needed. On Asylum, he was kicking ass on guitar, like a Van Halen-ized version of Ace.
@spaceace1006I liked BOTH ! I Think BOTH was GREAT ! I got to see Singer live for my Favorite Alice Cooper & Kiss & kicked ass both times for 2 different styles & ALOT of different songs equaling very different songs !
I love that in the middle of this video, there is an interview with Paul and Gene on Radio Aire. That was my local station in the 80s and I recall this. Shipley, Airedale, Leeds for the memories. Also Tears are Falling is fcking awesome and Paul is hot and sweet.
🤘🏼 *Listening to this audio is the first time I've ever heard of The Dan Reed Network & I laughed out loud hearing Paul's comment. I'll come back later. Gotta go research why DRN was SO in demand.* 🤘🏼
Okay, you're not gonna believe it when you hear it. This was their big hit (link below) Derivative, Bon Jovi meets ABC or Haircut 100 overproduced 80s schlock crap. So funny! th-cam.com/video/g-Xav5OsTYo/w-d-xo.html
Bruce definitely made a huge difference in the band. I loved the updated Kiss sound. I remember the first time I heard Crazy nights and I couldn't believe how polished the band sounded.
Ace drank a lot but he still delivered kick ass songs on each Kiss record he recorded on plus, Ace came up with the make up the others took their cue from. He designed the Kiss logo (despite what Paul says) He came up with the iconic smoking guitar and only missed one session to re-record a solo on destroyer. Not bad for a (as Gene and Paul call him) fall down drunk. 🙄
Kiss made a good deal of albums but so many songs sound alike. Paul was churning out subpar songs while Gene was staring in crappy grade D movies. They fell into being a run of the mill hair metal band which makes sense because they helped create hair metal. Then they did unplugged and Peter and Ace came back and they put the makeup back on and they have been milking that for 25 years.
I think Gene said that he wanted to be in a band when he saw the Beatles and I remember the hair bands of the 80's saying they wanted to be in a band after they saw KISS
If you look on the web, you’ll find at least one hilarious pic of Gene from the mid-60’s with a Beatles haircut and suit, and even a Hofner bass like Paul McCartney’s! Except he’s hulking and brooding like Gene Simmons. Very funny.
Dan Reed Network were actually a great band who sadly never broke out the way they should of. 3 killer albums mixing melodic rock with sprinkles of rnb. They stood out. They just needed one breakout song...but their albums are well worth checking out
Gene wanted to go back to demon persona with his cod piece and metal leggings didnt know quite what to be while paul did the dayglo rags and gloves and of course the big jumps ,no wonder they dont release footage from this period .
I find it very distasteful to listen to Paul and Gene, minimize the contributions of the other members of the band. The fact that two of them have passed away, and can’t defend or refute what continues to be said or omitted about them. Paul even states that he and Gene had the lion’s share of songs the albums, and if the songs were bad, is he saying that Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick were presenting inferior songs? I just can’t stomach either of them , and it has been this way for me since I went to Paul’s book signing.
I remember hearing that lyric line when my friend bought the cassette. I was howling. By that point, I’d given up on KISS. I loved them growing as kid, strayed and came back around the time of Creatures. I knew they weren’t Lennon & McCartney, but “log in your fireplace” was pure Spinal Tap.
Grateful Dead did the solo albums to get out of record contract with Warner Bros (I think...) anyways. Kiss was not the first band to adopt that. If the albums were done right, the listener (Fan) was finally able to hear where the music they listened to all came from each individual member and see how that mixes into the band they listened to before the solo albums. A lot of the material on Jerry and Bobbys solo albums made their way to the Dead repertoire. Mickeys album had the Pump Song. Anywhoo, its just funny to listened to Gene and Paul talk about things like no one had ever even thought about it until they did it hehe. But here I am continuing to listen hehe.
My favorite "contractual obligation' album is Van Morrison's. It contains Jump and Thump, Twist and Shake, Scream and Holler, and You say France and I whistle. Other favorites are Blow in your Nose and Nose in Your Blow. Finishing off is the classic "The big royalty check" It's all complete nonsense and fills the contract to the letter.
Good 'Asylum' words. But Wow! That old 1983 'Lick It Up tour interview' (I'll still have it on that old grey market-or-bootleg picture-disc 45rpm record)...wow that brings back memories from 4 decades (ish) ago. Weirdly, today I knew every word or sentance just before it was said. I guess I played that interview a lot, back in the day! Good times, back when Gene was still neo-MGTOW. 1983: when both Gene & Paul were 'full commitment'...and the PaulGeneEricVinne KISS were burning down theatre halls every night. (I mean...as in 'killer shows'!...not like 'terrorism').
There is a song Led Zeppelin does that Who Wants To Be Lonely reminds me of when I her it. It is the Immigrant Song. If you take the drum beat and slow it down you have Who Wants To Be Lonely.
Us kiss fans at the time made fun of Paul's so called "more guitar playing live" because he didn't. He spent more time doing dance moves while Bruce covered for him. Also, Gene's so called songwriting was abysmal at best. And don't get me started on their day glow stage clothes. 🙄
@@JoyofBooking The fact that others dressed that way, and kiss followed, is why this long time fan criticized them just following a dumb trend. If a band is smart, you don't hop on every yearly trend that floats by to sell a few extra records. It ultimately turns off long time fans that expect originality, not blending in with the crowd. Make more sense now?
Paul Stanley said it a zillion times that no one in the band or just helping the band would ever hurt the band what they did to a few old members was a big slap in the face. they only cared about the name Kiss and their asses. anything Paul or Gene says is all made up to cover up their real meanings. I don t like paul or gene anymore, what they did to former members was a outrage.
In my opinion, kiss should have quit after ”Alive 2” Kiss for me is the seventies, and yeah they do some good stuff in the eighties and the nineties. But the seventies is KISS!
Thats funny when they are talking about American censors for TV, ect and everywhere else you have a lot more freedom with words, whatever....how ironic....home of the free🙄
paul is such a karen lol rumor has it gene would get names for his songs in the 80s by reading tv guide and taking the names of movies for song titles lol
Yeah....they kind of were 3rd rate, although they did have a few good songs like Speed Demon. All of the other songs were pretty forgettable. Ron Keel was much better in Steeler. That album is great.
Truth !!!!! .... Paul & Gene dont care about ANYONE except themselves.. they have proved it time and time again , and without Eric and Bruce, they wouldn't have survived the 80s. IF they (Paul & Gene )Never spoke in public or did interviews , MAYBE people would respect them more and not consider them a joke
Im sorry but this gimmick with the bright colors and "poppy" songsjust didnt resonate with me. Although i was a diehard Kiss fan, my musical tastes tend to gravitste to the heavier, moreagressive style. These 80's albums didnt really interest me. Of course I rediscovered the band and its return to what made them the rick band i originally gravitated to. That album eould be Revenge, to me the best album of the post makeup era.
bottom line asylum was mediocre imo & lack balls, vocals are too polished. few good hooks but ....... Complaining you only sold 2 million albums is like winning lotto & complaining about the taxes
Yeah, I’m kinda thinking that Paul is throwing a pity party for himself. I’m pretty sure Paul and Gene would’ve parted right then and there if everything was true. But hey, we don’t know about some things.
They wrote so many awful songs, banal lyrics. The stories appear to revolve around Paul whinging about the other members and how he was doing all the work and carrying Gene. Stanley seems to be such an insecure person.
He's a bit of a whiner, but Paul was spot on about Gene. Simmons hadn't put out any decent songs since "Creatures Of The Night", and it wasn't until "Revenge" (almost 10 years later) when he finally started to write decent songs for the group again.
Well yea, Paul is very insecure and a control freak, but is he lying about Gene's lack of involvement in KI$$ from "Animalize" to "Revenge?" No. KISS is definitely his band now, with Gene being second in command. Personality wise they couldn't have gotten a better guitarist than Bruce Kulick, plus he's damn talented.
@@jasonbaucom3405 Eh, I wouldn't say it "saved their careers" because by late '94/ early '95 (Revenge was released in '92 if I remember correctly) KISS was no longer relevant. At best, it bought them an extra couple of years before they had to start doing the KISS Konventions.
Oh...my...God...do yourself a HUGE favor and go listen to Revenge again!! I've ALWAYS been a diehard "makeup" fan, but REVENGE is quintessential!!! Just an incredible album... seriously, listen again!!
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Tears are Falling was one of the best songs from the fall of ‘85. I turned 16 that-November & had joined a decent-band myself.
Exciting time to be alive. 🤘🏻
GREAT tune. Loved the video too.
One of my favorite KISS albums ever is "Asylum". I think it's an excellent record, start to finish. The last track is especially fun. 🎸
I think it’s pretty solid and fun
There’s solos on those records. They’re what you call “clean” solos
I find it interesting that gene was in two movies called runaway and wanted dead or alive. Both bon Jovi songs lol.
He can't do anything original
He was also in Never Too Young to Die, but sadly not a Bon Jovi song.
He did a TV show called Rock School. He ripped the idea from Jack Black's movie
And both were bombs
@@mikerivera7509Wanted dead or alive may have bombed, but was a decent fill.
Asylum is a very underrated album, and Who wants to be lonely is one of several great songs on that album. I have no idea why they never played that live. Ever. It's a killer track.
It is great that Kulick's band has started to play those songs live!
it is interesting, that Gene was the Ace musical equivalent on those mid 80s albums. showing up half asleep/not contributing, the only difference was gene's drug was attention, ace's was alcohol. totally the same thing when it came to the musical output of the band.
While I agree for the most part, I have to say that Ace, at least, still came through with his songwriting.
@@jeffreylebowski7459 Ace wasn’t on the mid 80’s albums
@@drummer78 He had his solo career and Frehley’s Comet
@@jeffreylebowski7459 True, but the comment was about mid 80’s KISS albums .
No.... Even fucked up Ace always delivered the goods.
King of the Mountain is so killer! \m/
Asylum is a Great Album. WOW!!!! For 1985
My respects always to our Eric Carr R.I.P. 🙏🎼🥁🎼🙏who has been one of my favorite drummers in Kiss. Throughout his career with the band he did a great job, he did it with that passion that characterized him. Asylum one of my favorite Kiss albums. Eric Carr put the power in those drums.
I miss 80s Kiss
I miss Bruce. He was my favorite.
Bruce is not only an incredible guitar player but an incredibly humble person. I was lucky enough to meet him at a guitar clinic in 1992 and you can't ask for a nicer and respectful man.
Stanley said he met a Playmate but he really was talking about meeting with Bill Aucoin and Sean Delaney
@Coogan maybe he is gay-ish
@Coogan maybe you can go see his fine art tour
@Coogan you already ate it
There is NO doubt that Paul did keep the band going through the 80s.
Gene's stories seem like they're from the heart and he's genuinely funny at times. Paul has so much anger bottled up inside his jokes just come off as mean and makes him look like an asshole. Paul is the biggest victim in the history of rock
Anybody next to Gene is a victim
Paul was the one doing the work.
My favorite Kiss era.
Gene’s cross-dress villain role was hilarious. Singing “Can you guess what I am-Am I a woman or a man?”. They should have cast Paul instead.
just wait till the band is done - then the dirt will fly
I love this album. I think Bruce, Paul and Eric take the whole album making on their shoulders. Bruce came with fresh blood and Eric was always enthusiastic. Looks that Paul invisibilized a bit the contributions from Bruce and Eric knowing that Gene was totally unfocused and uninterested on KISS. I feel the same about Crazy Nights.
Great band always spot on with courage and perseverance. KISS ARMY RULES!!!! Saw em in 77 Joe Freeman Colosseum, San Antonio Texas
AWESOME
Paul did a great job keeping it together. Those outfits were hard to explain....wheeeeww. 🎸🍸
German here: I know a lot of people dismiss on Gene and Paul. I, too, hated it when they went retro and repainted their faces. Tommy and Eric as Ace and Peter killed it completely. But what I like about Gene is his loyalty to his German fans (keep in mind: he is a Jew and his family suffered in concentration camps) and also the way he spoke to his fans via a taped message to be called in 1983 as they unmasked. He didn´t speak of himself, but taught his fans to have self-esteem. That was simply great! I also loved his acting and his book-writing. Kiss also came into my life as I learnt English as a pupil.
Du hast absolut Recht!
This album I have yet to give a fair shot. The glam just turned me off. Been Kiss fan since 70's and after their disco'ish period, CotN, Lick it Up, and Animalize was a really solid period. One of my favorites. If you listen to their songs live, you will notice they truly sped up the tempo like trying to go metal lol. Just listen to Firehouse on Alive and then Firehouse during the Creatures and Lick it Up tours. LOVE IT!!! Very excited for the upcoming Soundboard recorded during the Animalize tour.
Thanks for posting this, this shows Paul & Gene's intelligence and I also appreciate the British perspective on Kiss.....and vice-versa.
Enjoying these in a very aggravating, testing time. I'm ALIVE. thanks. Put together strikingly well. Subbed
The "sorry" apology from Gene reminds me of a story Desmond Child told about comments Gene made in a magazine one time disrespecting him for writing "I was made for lovin you" and saying for the next album they are locking him out of the studio. He told Paul to hurt their enemies not their friends and later got a message left on his machine that just said "Hey..It's Gene....Sorry" lol.
When Bruce officially joined the band, he looked and played totally like the missing piece the band needed. On Asylum, he was kicking ass on guitar, like a Van Halen-ized version of Ace.
I just realized I've never heard Asylum other than Tears are Falling. Sounds like a tight record.
Asylum is one of my favorite kiss albums!! It's absolutely solid.
Eric Carr is the best drummer they've ever had. I love his playing and singing!
Yes. No question
You r so right. He was a GEM!!!!
@spaceace1006I liked BOTH ! I Think BOTH was GREAT ! I got to see Singer live for my Favorite Alice Cooper & Kiss & kicked ass both times for 2 different styles & ALOT of different songs equaling very different songs !
If the video is supposed to be about Asylum, why is there a long interview clip from the Lick It Up tour?
I quit listening to kiss after lick it up it was a great album i just listened to Asylum and i can't believe how good of an album it is
I love that in the middle of this video, there is an interview with Paul and Gene on Radio Aire. That was my local station in the 80s and I recall this. Shipley, Airedale, Leeds for the memories.
Also Tears are Falling is fcking awesome and Paul is hot and sweet.
Asylum was a KILLER album
🤘🏼 *Listening to this audio is the first time I've ever heard of The Dan Reed Network & I laughed out loud hearing Paul's comment. I'll come back later. Gotta go research why DRN was SO in demand.* 🤘🏼
Okay, you're not gonna believe it when you hear it. This was their big hit (link below)
Derivative, Bon Jovi meets ABC or Haircut 100 overproduced 80s schlock crap. So funny!
th-cam.com/video/g-Xav5OsTYo/w-d-xo.html
@@MarkLipka Generally, the 80s war a terrible decade for music, sounds so dated now.
Bruce definitely made a huge difference in the band. I loved the updated Kiss sound. I remember the first time I heard Crazy nights and I couldn't believe how polished the band sounded.
Imho, ASYLUM is their best album from the 80's.
Not even close! Lick it up & creatures are miles better imo
A special place in my heart
Well Paul, now you know how Peter, Ace and Vinnie felt in the band
Ace drank a lot but he still delivered kick ass songs on each Kiss record he recorded on plus, Ace came up with the make up the others took their cue from. He designed the Kiss logo (despite what Paul says) He came up with the iconic smoking guitar and only missed one session to re-record a solo on destroyer. Not bad for a (as Gene and Paul call him) fall down drunk. 🙄
Dance all ova your face is a classic. I love it
That was on lick it up ,I don't think think is was on asylum.
Long live KISS!
Kiss made a good deal of albums but so many songs sound alike. Paul was churning out subpar songs while Gene was staring in crappy grade D movies. They fell into being a run of the mill hair metal band which makes sense because they helped create hair metal. Then they did unplugged and Peter and Ace came back and they put the makeup back on and they have been milking that for 25 years.
Thanks for the Wikipedia synopsis 😅
Then Peter and Ace went back to the curb and had their replacements just slap on the Space Ace and Catman make-up.
Not even close.
I think Gene said that he wanted to be in a band when he saw the Beatles and I remember the hair bands of the 80's saying they wanted to be in a band after they saw KISS
If you look on the web, you’ll find at least one hilarious pic of Gene from the mid-60’s with a Beatles haircut and suit, and even a Hofner bass like Paul McCartney’s! Except he’s hulking and brooding like Gene Simmons. Very funny.
Gotta luv it when Paul continues to WHINE and BLAME everyone, but himself. Must have been so Hard for him, Attracting all these Losers to himself.
I feel sorry for his long time therapist. At least he would be getting big bucks sitting thru Stanley's psychological issues.
The 4 new tracks on Killers are Awesome
Paul started that sound on his solo album and it lasted until asylum. Pretty cool. That means they were constantly side tracked.
Dan Reed Network were actually a great band who sadly never broke out the way they should of. 3 killer albums mixing melodic rock with sprinkles of rnb. They stood out. They just needed one breakout song...but their albums are well worth checking out
A funny jab about the Dan Reed Network. They’re actually for my hometown...
The crew and fans were told to take the j a b or get lost. I will never forget that. Straight from Paul and Gene’s mouth.
Hopefully they refused. The number of healthy athletes dying of no obvious cause is in the tens of thousands now.
@@DrJ-hx7wv Name 10 of them.
Stanley wasn't mad about Gene acting he was mad Rutger Haurer didn't kiss him
Paul has a bigger ego than gene. Everything had to b approved by Paul wow!!!!
Love the speed metal on I'm Alive. KISS loved going heavier then many would've anticipated...
Gene wanted to go back to demon persona with his cod piece and metal leggings didnt know quite what to be while paul did the dayglo rags and gloves and of course the big jumps ,no wonder they dont release footage from this period .
And i like Asylum alot bytheway. Its a great, fun album and surprisenly raw given the plethora of synth and drum programming at that time
This album wouldve been even better if they had kept the makeup on..
I find it very distasteful to listen to Paul and Gene, minimize the contributions of the other members of the band. The fact that two of them have passed away, and can’t defend or refute what continues to be said or omitted about them. Paul even states that he and Gene had the lion’s share of songs the albums, and if the songs were bad, is he saying that Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick were presenting inferior songs?
I just can’t stomach either of them , and it has been this way for me since I went to Paul’s book signing.
I just thought of that saying, never meet your heroes after reading your post. Well said.
I wonder what Stanley thought about Gene and put my log in your fireplace lyric
I remember hearing that lyric line when my friend bought the cassette. I was howling. By that point, I’d given up on KISS. I loved them growing as kid, strayed and came back around the time of Creatures.
I knew they weren’t Lennon & McCartney, but “log in your fireplace” was pure Spinal Tap.
What about utter tripe like let’s put the X in Sex. Or total garbage like Urgh all night or however that embarrassing baby’s first song goes.
@@user-yk4gd1fl4z don't forget You make me rock hard, the other garbage track after x in sex
kiss was great in the seventies.....
...eighties and nineties
The dan reed network should have been HUGE. Those three albums are spotless. Shame on Paul for dismissing the. Kiss was the DRN once too
Why a long interview from the Lick it up era in a video that's supposed to be about Asylum?
It’s impressive how album after album keeps selling. Even the later ones alot of kiss fans don’t like still went platinum at the time.
Yes did solo albums in 1975.
The narrative I've read about Mark St. John was that he only did one full concert and parts of two others before being replaced with Bruce Kulick.
My favorite album by KISS is Dynasty
Grateful Dead did the solo albums to get out of record contract with Warner Bros (I think...) anyways. Kiss was not the first band to adopt that. If the albums were done right, the listener (Fan) was finally able to hear where the music they listened to all came from each individual member and see how that mixes into the band they listened to before the solo albums. A lot of the material on Jerry and Bobbys solo albums made their way to the Dead repertoire. Mickeys album had the Pump Song. Anywhoo, its just funny to listened to Gene and Paul talk about things like no one had ever even thought about it until they did it hehe. But here I am continuing to listen hehe.
My favorite "contractual obligation' album is Van Morrison's. It contains Jump and Thump, Twist and Shake, Scream and Holler, and You say France and I whistle. Other favorites are Blow in your Nose and Nose in Your Blow. Finishing off is the classic "The big royalty check" It's all complete nonsense and fills the contract to the letter.
Every time I hear Paul's comments, everyone is at fault, everyone is flawed.
Him ?? Nope. He is perfect. What an egomaniac.
Good 'Asylum' words. But Wow! That old 1983 'Lick It Up tour interview' (I'll still have it on that old grey market-or-bootleg picture-disc 45rpm record)...wow that brings back memories from 4 decades (ish) ago. Weirdly, today I knew every word or sentance just before it was said. I guess I played that interview a lot, back in the day! Good times, back when Gene was still neo-MGTOW. 1983: when both Gene & Paul were 'full commitment'...and the PaulGeneEricVinne KISS were burning down theatre halls every night. (I mean...as in 'killer shows'!...not like 'terrorism').
Paul Stanley is such a big crybaby...😢
His autobiography is such a therapy session. Ace’s is actually interesting. Never read Peter’s but heard it was the best.
PLEASE let Bob ezrin produce another one!! I'd LOVE another Revenge!!!
Lol ezrin even with protools couldn't make this band sound alive now
I need Bob Ezrin. I love another The Elder. My favorite Kiss album. It's a timeless album.
I saw the Asylum tour in Dayton Ohio
There is a song Led Zeppelin does that Who Wants To Be Lonely reminds me of when I her it. It is the Immigrant Song. If you take the drum beat and slow it down you have Who Wants To Be Lonely.
NO FAN LEFT BEHIND!!
GENE DESCRIBES HIS FREE MAZON RITUAL OF THE CROSS DRESS
Would have loved to hear a little bit more of what Mark St. John could have done. Yet his weakness led to an open door for Bruce. Thank God. 4:5
I didn't know there was so much drama with 80's KISS
Us kiss fans at the time made fun of Paul's so called "more guitar playing live" because he didn't. He spent more time doing dance moves while Bruce covered for him. Also, Gene's so called songwriting was abysmal at best. And don't get me started on their day glow stage clothes. 🙄
Every band looked like that, can't judge them for 80s hair metal fads
@@JoyofBooking The fact that others dressed that way, and kiss followed, is why this long time fan criticized them just following a dumb trend. If a band is smart, you don't hop on every yearly trend that floats by to sell a few extra records. It ultimately turns off long time fans that expect originality, not blending in with the crowd. Make more sense now?
Asylum is hard to accept because of the Duran Duran cover. Covers of albums always throw me.
hahhah
I think it’s inspiring that Paul Stanley wanted to become the least likable person in the world and reached his goals.
So by now Eric and Bruce are in the band and Gene still has to say touring was going better than with Ace and Peter.😂
Gene was part timing Kiss...
I think Gene looked like a serial killer in the post makeup KiSS.
Gene, evey movie you have been in has been a bomb. Coincidence?
Dan Reed 😂
how many of you just googled Dan Reed Network lol
Anyone listening to this heard Asylum thousands of times. Absolutely unnecessary to shove the music in the video.
Paul Stanley said it a zillion times that no one in the band or just helping the band would ever hurt the band what they did to a few old members was a big slap in the face. they only cared about the name Kiss and their asses. anything Paul or Gene says is all made up to cover up their real meanings. I don t like paul or gene anymore, what they did to former members was a outrage.
In my opinion, kiss should have quit after ”Alive 2”
Kiss for me is the seventies, and yeah they do some good stuff in the eighties and the nineties.
But the seventies is KISS!
I decided to pause the vid and look up The Dan Reed Network. Dear god, was it awful. It was also unintentionally funny
hahaha
I'd heard that the record company told them to take off the makeup?
Nah Paul was going out a lot in very early 80s without makeup.he wanted his pretty face out there.
Nothing against Dan Reed or his network lmao. Gene was probably exhausted from being Up All Night producing The Dan Reed Network, Lemme Hear Ya lol.
Thats funny when they are talking about American censors for TV, ect and everywhere else you have a lot more freedom with words, whatever....how ironic....home of the free🙄
old Stanley Eisen the billion dollar eternal victim.
paul is such a karen lol rumor has it gene would get names for his songs in the 80s by reading tv guide and taking the names of movies for song titles lol
He did just look up titles of his songs. A lot will come up as movie titles. He wrote lyrics around the titles.
Keel was hardly a 3rd rate band bro
Youre right. they are much worse than that.
@@bbodinefan11 keel was better than kiss
@@mikem.7921 ah ha ha ha ha. Ah ha ha ha ha. You should go on the road with that shit. That was hilarious.
@@mikem.7921 never heard of them before tonight. They sound pretty good by what I’m hearing. But they ain’t kiss.
Yeah....they kind of were 3rd rate, although they did have a few good songs like Speed Demon. All of the other songs were pretty forgettable. Ron Keel was much better in Steeler. That album is great.
only thing they are concerned with is the fans wallets...theyll be right behind the fans,i believe it..
Truth !!!!! .... Paul & Gene dont care about ANYONE except themselves.. they have proved it time and time again , and without Eric and Bruce, they wouldn't have survived the 80s. IF they (Paul & Gene )Never spoke in public or did interviews , MAYBE people would respect them more and not consider them a joke
@@michaellarocque2926 totally agree..
Asylum was cool but the guitars are too low, and Paul is too loud.
Im sorry but this gimmick with the bright colors and "poppy" songsjust didnt resonate with me. Although i was a diehard Kiss fan, my musical tastes tend to gravitste to the heavier, moreagressive style. These 80's albums didnt really interest me. Of course I rediscovered the band and its return to what made them the rick band i originally gravitated to. That album eould be Revenge, to me the best album of the post makeup era.
bottom line asylum was mediocre imo & lack balls, vocals are too polished. few good hooks but ....... Complaining you only sold 2 million albums is like winning lotto & complaining about the taxes
Uh all night
Yep
Paul always the victim.
Yeah, I’m kinda thinking that Paul is throwing a pity party for himself. I’m pretty sure Paul and Gene would’ve parted right then and there if everything was true. But hey, we don’t know about some things.
Gene should have skipped the part about those terrible acting gigs
This album sounds like overblown shit.
They wrote so many awful songs, banal lyrics. The stories appear to revolve around Paul whinging about the other members and how he was doing all the work and carrying Gene. Stanley seems to be such an insecure person.
Impossible, Paul never wrote a bad song.
Can't wait to hear your songs?
He's a bit of a whiner, but Paul was spot on about Gene. Simmons hadn't put out any decent songs since "Creatures Of The Night", and it wasn't until "Revenge" (almost 10 years later) when he finally started to write decent songs for the group again.
@@jeffjackson9679 Yes. Gene has stated this himself. Paul was pretty much carrying the band at this time.
Well yea, Paul is very insecure and a control freak, but is he lying about Gene's lack of involvement in KI$$ from "Animalize" to "Revenge?" No. KISS is definitely his band now, with Gene being second in command. Personality wise they couldn't have gotten a better guitarist than Bruce Kulick, plus he's damn talented.
Asylum is garbage. Crazy Nights, Hot in the Shade, Revenge, etc....more garbage. "Lick It Up" was the last great record they made, IMO
You are right Joker accept your take on Revenge ,that album saved their careers as metal / rock faced the grunge
era of ninties
@@jasonbaucom3405 Eh, I wouldn't say it "saved their careers" because by late '94/ early '95 (Revenge was released in '92 if I remember correctly) KISS was no longer relevant. At best, it bought them an extra couple of years before they had to start doing the KISS Konventions.
Oh...my...God...do yourself a HUGE favor and go listen to Revenge again!! I've ALWAYS been a diehard "makeup" fan, but REVENGE is quintessential!!! Just an incredible album... seriously, listen again!!
there's probably a whole albums worth of good/decent songs in all those albums combined.
Revenge my fave of the non makeup albums
Jeesus whinge whinge fkn whinge Gene could smooshe anyone people liked him more