KISS - Crazy KISS Stories told by Bill Aucoin - Part 2

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  • @shadcovert1160
    @shadcovert1160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    When it comes to the Tom Snider incident... The ONLY thing making it odd and uncomfortable was Gene's attitude and presence.

    • @Betrayerslayer
      @Betrayerslayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mommys little man. Toy boy genie

    • @jcw91371
      @jcw91371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Correct. Two mudsticks sulking while everyone else is having a great time. That interview is a PERFECT encapsulation of the dynamic between Ace and the two sulking mudsticks.

    • @finishin.my.coffee8780
      @finishin.my.coffee8780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah. I never got that. You'd think that he'd be ecstatic that the interview went as well as it did, because it was good publicity for the band and good publicity for the band = more money for Gene.

    • @johnsydneywright2028
      @johnsydneywright2028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Abe Froman oh yOure sure about that.? You know that byond a reasonable doubt right?

    • @teenageslaves
      @teenageslaves ปีที่แล้ว

      @Coogan You must be fun at parties...

  • @AlmostReady504
    @AlmostReady504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The Tom Snyder interview with so hysterically funny I could watch over and over. And have

  • @CrueMagnon
    @CrueMagnon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The remote boat and shrimp story at the restaurant is even funnier when you read Peter Criss' biography. Ace actually got in the water and acted out Godzilla and was tossing every customers boat around....then they all got kicked out.

    • @DoubleACbg
      @DoubleACbg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Peter had stated in his book that “Ace had entered the Forget It Zone” and exclaimed “Pete, I’m freaking Godzilla!”.

  • @paulscott6998
    @paulscott6998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Ace was funny in that interview! Very animated and interesting.

    • @Betrayerslayer
      @Betrayerslayer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Obviously, you need a plumber.

  • @CZECHMATE650
    @CZECHMATE650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Excellent to hear stories from his perspective!

  • @Creatures1982
    @Creatures1982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love this. Best interview of KISS I’ve ever heard. That and Tom Snyder show.

  • @thedevil7730
    @thedevil7730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Awesome stuff!

  • @beatlehmann3424
    @beatlehmann3424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Bill Aucoin was a Priceless Manager !!!

    • @noreenanthony-tabar2148
      @noreenanthony-tabar2148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bill Aucoin knew how to control those guys. Beside he did make them famous, and was the perfect manager.

  • @charleswilson4526
    @charleswilson4526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The Tom Snyder interview was hilarious... even Paul was laughing

    • @pts5217
      @pts5217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It was. Ace was genuinely funny...although he was walking along the edge of a cliff with his level of drunkenness. His words really started to slur. I love watching it, but I can see why Gene and Paul were annoyed and embarrassed. Ace was so clearly super fucked up on national tv.

    • @leebaldwin6015
      @leebaldwin6015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@pts5217 Gene was pissed off because of his ego,Ace was getting more attention

    • @noreenanthony-tabar2148
      @noreenanthony-tabar2148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@pts5217 You saw when Gene tried to make a joke that bombed, and nobody laughed at tha. "about that swamp land you wanted to buy" Sheesh Gene can't you go along with what was happening?

    • @100hooker
      @100hooker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m a plumber and trout player were my favorites

    • @daveytandtheplacetobe7561
      @daveytandtheplacetobe7561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      no Paul wasn't: he was trying to save face and take control of the interview by doing that while cringing

  • @shewolfsiren
    @shewolfsiren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “Gene always sounded like a schoolteacher to us.”
    That’s because Gene WAS a schoolteacher once upon a time, wise guy!

  • @shadcovert1160
    @shadcovert1160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Dynasty is a FANTASTIC record. It is ABSOLUTELY a ROCK N ROLL record. I mean C'mon...Hard Times, Dirty Living!? Shit, even Sure Know Something rocks.

    • @zubileegluckgluck
      @zubileegluckgluck ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i think 'sure know something' is the most prolific of all of the kiss songs. it's a perfect blend of pop/r&b/hard rock and paul's vocals are soulful and strong, some of his best.

  • @chrisphillips348
    @chrisphillips348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was GREAT! Thanks for posting!!!
    I didn’t realize that Bill managed Billy Idol too! Of course KiSS just closed up shop like right now, Idol was a two album smash but disappointed after. Love Mony Mony. I had heard Poor Bill died, so I looked and it was 2010.

  • @Chrisdrumz
    @Chrisdrumz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "Couldn't be the cat because the cat was Peter Criss".

    • @TomTobin67
      @TomTobin67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Singer being the cat would never had happened if Aucoin was still alive and involved with the band.

    • @patrickthometz6365
      @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TomTobin67 Gene and Paul own the cat makeup. Aucoin would not have done anything to stop it.

    • @kevinchandler179
      @kevinchandler179 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They still shouldn't have used it, period!!! Only one Catman and that's the legend drummer himself Peter!!!

  • @Betrayerslayer
    @Betrayerslayer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great channel. Im excited to watch everything.

  • @constantinosxenos5567
    @constantinosxenos5567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bill was a visionary and a great manager. The solo albums were a bold and unique move, still love them to this day, and dynasty was a fantsstic album, as the concept itsself. Finances is an entirely different entity, and back then the economy was changjng. Taking judas priest as support group was a daring move, and good one too.
    Imagine if they toured japan back then, australia, south America...

  • @mightymorphinmonty7618
    @mightymorphinmonty7618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Rip Bill :(

  • @philipreedwallace
    @philipreedwallace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nashville Aug 14 th. 1979. I was there. 2nd concert ever. I was 8.

    • @100hooker
      @100hooker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What was the first concert ever Phil? Mine was STYX Paradise Theater tour 1981 Los Angeles sports arena. I was 17

  • @wolfgangfrost8043
    @wolfgangfrost8043 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone has their unique version of Ace’s voice, but Bill Aucoin’s is especially accurate & amusing.

  • @Palace-of-Madness
    @Palace-of-Madness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Agreed. Gene bores me to tears in interviews

    • @patrickthometz6365
      @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gene and Paul repeat the same script in every interview. New comprehensive documentary coming later this year on Netflix called “Kisstory”. Hopefully it will be fresh interviews but I doubt it.

  • @jimmymeetsworld464
    @jimmymeetsworld464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Sounds like Gene and Paul wanted to run a business and Peter and Ace wanted to be in a rock and roll band.

    • @patrickthometz6365
      @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ace and Peter wanted to be alcoholics and coke fiends. Explains why they are both once again on the verge of being bankrupt.

    • @abelincoln5698
      @abelincoln5698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@patrickthometz6365 Ace Frehley is worth several million dollars. He lives in a beautiful estate, travels the world for fun and plays gigs even though he doesn't have to. And he's got more credibility as a musician than either Simmons or Stanley. Cretin

    • @patrickthometz6365
      @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@abelincoln5698 under four hundred k net worth now.

    • @johnsoos6907
      @johnsoos6907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@patrickthometz6365 Are you his accountant, or did you look on one of those bullshit websites?

    • @kevinchandler179
      @kevinchandler179 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, Peter and Ace have admitted to their faults, genius!!! Peter and Ace were sober even when the reunion tour happened and you can't have a reunion without the two legends and best members of the original lineup Peter and Ace!!! They auditioned 40 drummers and guitarists in 73 and look who won the jobs, and they are just as much originals as the other two delusional narcissistic assholes, they bailed them two idiots out, by being talented and amazing!!! Team Peter and Ace always

  • @Rextum
    @Rextum ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All the members are bashing each other.
    Meanwhile Bill Aucoin is respectful, balanced and tells us things without turning them into personal insults👍🏻

  • @barackillbombya3835
    @barackillbombya3835 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    24:20 Chris Lendt described this incident in his book KISS AND SELL.

  • @howieabrams1124
    @howieabrams1124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey all,
    Can anyone tell me where this Bill Aucoin interview audio comes from? Is there more??? Thanks!

  • @THECLARENCES
    @THECLARENCES 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Long live the memory of Bill Aucoin.
    xoxo The Clarences

  • @I-Libertine
    @I-Libertine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff.

  • @jonstreng7850
    @jonstreng7850 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really loved hearing this from the perspective of Bill Aucoin. He now seems like the forgotten link for the history of the group. I have read the book of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley. I haven't read the book by Peter Criss but I intend to.

  • @teelurizzo8542
    @teelurizzo8542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOL @ 22:50 - Option 'C' = Eric Carr is The Chicken. So many great photos of them...@ 29:17 - looks like Kiss first met Elton John in 1975, since they're clearly sporting the 'Dressed To Kill'/ 'Alive!' era outfits.

  • @annielanham-vn2ov
    @annielanham-vn2ov ปีที่แล้ว

    That pic with peter playing an acoustic guitar is definitely a rare one

  • @patrickthometz6365
    @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Everyone should read “Kiss And Sell” by Chris Lendt. Best book on KISS ever written.

    • @ATCguy1973
      @ATCguy1973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes I agree it was a very good book that told you how the financial aspects of the Kiss business ran. Peter and him remain very good friends to this day

    • @AlmostReady504
      @AlmostReady504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's been awhile.
      Either "kiss and sell" or "black diamond" was a tough UNinteresting read.
      It was the business end written by someone who clearly was not a writer

  • @annielanham-vn2ov
    @annielanham-vn2ov ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, id LOVE to have one of those 4 album pack of the solo lps! Ive never even seen one

  • @jendel42750
    @jendel42750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As funny as Ace was during the "Tomorrow Show" interview, he also looked a little scary. He looked as if The Joker had joined KISS.

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, he kind of looked like something was wrong with him that night. Simmons and Stanley were too bossy and controlling, but Ace was going overboard.

    • @paulscott6998
      @paulscott6998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Coogan Relax. Ace was and is refreshing! By the way, Ace is still playing! Doing a sold out show in Virginia, months out. I am trying to scalp a couple tickets to that show.

    • @paulscott6998
      @paulscott6998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Coogan Ace played great in 1996. KISS Acoustic show. When you make a lot of money, sometimes you lose the hunger. Live music with people actually playing instruments will always be fun. I hope some of the young punks of today realize the crap they like.

    • @paulscott6998
      @paulscott6998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Coogan Not one of those guys you mentioned could hold the jockstrap of Edward Van Halen. There’s at least fifteen players I have better than the best of your three.

    • @paulscott6998
      @paulscott6998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Coogan Anybody can play Hendrix. Van Halen used to turn his back so no one saw his finger tapping style. Van Halen was the innovator, so to me and most knowledgeable guitarists, he is the standard. Van Halen was also designing his own guitars by reworking his pickups to get his sound.

  • @chrisrosati8264
    @chrisrosati8264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think I just found that laser curtain that didnt work for KISS. that idea was used a year later in 1980 in the Village People movie, Cant Stop the Music in the movie finale. Wouldnt surprise me since they were on the same label Casablanca.

  • @97warlock
    @97warlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bill repeated himself early on about the Solo albums ad mistakenly saying Over a million sold, and explained it, then started explaining it again from the start ha

  • @berniecasey7592
    @berniecasey7592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember by the early 80's the 8-track tapes were .50 cents in woolworths as they were discontinued as a format. And vinyl had cuts across the tops of the covers as they weren't selling either-at that time the Cassettes sold better.

  • @GaryGlasgow2012
    @GaryGlasgow2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Has anyone quoted Spinal Tap yet? ‘Shipped gold, returned platinum’

  • @angryagain3801
    @angryagain3801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting that the idea to reject The Elder entirely by the record company was a conversation.

  • @rockhard2654
    @rockhard2654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "the most successfull group of solo albums in history"
    thats not much of an accomplishment when it was never done before and never done again

    • @p_e_t_e
      @p_e_t_e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      he didn't frame that right. the fact that a band released solo albums from each member and all sold over 1 million copies was quite an achievement regardless of the fact that no other group has done it or even tried. most bands wouldn't take that kind of financial risk and most bands were not popular enough to even consider it.

  • @patrickthometz6365
    @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good salary for Erica was 250k a year. He got a raise before the release of crazy nights to 350k

  • @patrickthometz6365
    @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A huge number of the shows on the Dynasty tour had to be cancelled cuz of poor ticket sales. They lost an ass load of money. Glickman Marks their business managers told the band to fire Aucoin for hitting the bed with the tours concept.

    • @joeanthony7759
      @joeanthony7759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And to think Gene wanted an amusement park/carnival apparatus called “Kiss World” to travel with them on the tour, how ridiculous would that have been?

  • @LGprensa
    @LGprensa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bill fue el mejor!!!

  • @Playitstraight44
    @Playitstraight44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That statement about the solo records actually selling platinum is completely false. KISS received platinum certification for each record back in the day when that distinction was given for how many SHIPPED, not SOLD. It was because of this manipulation that the industry changed the certification to the amount actually sold. All four records collectively sold about the same as one good KISS record - a total of 1.5 million copies. This meant 2.5 million were returned. This was significant because it led to Casablanca going heavily into debt, which was covered up through a sell to Polygram Records who did not know the returns existed because they were hidden on the books. The solo albums were a complete flop which spelled the beginning of the end for both Casablanca and KISS' meteoric rise during those days.

    • @FrostedSeagull
      @FrostedSeagull 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said Rick !
      Poor Bill Aucoin obviously said anything 'at that time' to keep the m o ney rolling in no matter what.
      Cut to n ext year ...
      May 1979 - Bill Aucoin
      " . . . the 4 X Solo albums were a disaster.. . .
      . . . the albums sold about the same as a 'normal' KISS album, that is. . . just over a million units sold . . . "
      Aug u st 1979
      Bill Aucoin - " ...even though DYNASTY was a hit . . . AND . . . an unexpected overseas hit it was way, way, WAY too late for Casablanca. . . ".
      Aucoin said that the Solo Albums were such a financial disaster that even the surprise
      domestic and overseas of the mega-million selling Dynasty album, it was :much too late"
      for Neil Bogart and Casablanca . . ."

    • @kranmaster
      @kranmaster ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ace's record was not a flop and ended up selling over a million copies.

    • @stanleybroniszewsky8538
      @stanleybroniszewsky8538 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@kranmaster - Not true. Gene's album sold the most. Since it didn't sell well with the fans, Gene bought every unsold copy.

    • @johnmcminn9455
      @johnmcminn9455 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@kranmaster true NY Groove charted, and The Ace Frehley solo album went gold the year it was released

    • @johnmcminn9455
      @johnmcminn9455 ปีที่แล้ว

      question if they split the band 4 ways did the members who did not write a lot get royalties on music but not publishing?

  • @garyalleccia2793
    @garyalleccia2793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    RIP Bill

  • @spiritualcramp8000
    @spiritualcramp8000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    you always have great content. interesting interviews rare photos and little talking sometimes just when needed. you kick '3sides of the cunt' lame ass.

  • @PostUp_Time
    @PostUp_Time 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *WOW THEY SAY THEY GAVE ERIC CARR A "PORSCHE" IT WAS JUST A 924. THE CHEAPEST PORSCHE, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A VOLKSWAGON.*

    • @TheJayrockerr
      @TheJayrockerr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah. I was thinking that, as well. It was a nice gesture. However, they could have at least given him a Porsche 911.

  • @kerribraddock4454
    @kerribraddock4454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God us Aussies are the best 🙋🇦🇺👏🏻😀

  • @mikerivera7509
    @mikerivera7509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "couldn't be the cat, because Peter was the cat" too bad KISS didn't stick with that

  • @spiritualcramp8000
    @spiritualcramp8000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:00 fuck not! everyone in casablanca said Paul was the driving force in kiss. the Cher era Gene was into movies and lost interest in the band.

    • @leebaldwin6015
      @leebaldwin6015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Cher era Gene was during the 70's,at their height of popularity, the movie era Gene was during the 80's

  • @patrickthometz6365
    @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ace and Peter said backstage at the Tom Snyder show, that they got bombed on bottles of Blue Nun wine.

    • @sardonicus76
      @sardonicus76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blue Nun caused a lot of trouble on the tube, way back when. According to Steve Jones (guitarist for the Sex Pistols) he downed about two bottles of the stuff before dropping several f-bombs on Bill Grundy’s talk show.

  • @minibikemafia
    @minibikemafia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This man was needed. Once he was gone, the band fell into what it is now...with Paul and Gene as the leaders...and that band sucks

    • @glengamble526
      @glengamble526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      minibikemafia Paul and Gene were always the ‘leaders’ in terms of hard work, best songwriting and clear headed business sense. But yes, Bill kept things democratic.

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it wasn't for Bill, KISS would have been relegated to nothing more than a club band & playing small to mid size clubs. They'd have been history after Dressed To Kill.

    • @davefranklin9721
      @davefranklin9721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just have to say yes ace and peter was awesome as of ace after he left kiss he didnt go very far even though everyone said ace was kiss and still could not kill kiss and peter didnt do very much this what happens when you make big partying all the time that was more important than being in a band if they did not party as much they still be in kiss

    • @petera.michaelsen4657
      @petera.michaelsen4657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Neither Paul or Gene had the balls to do something of their own, they released two lame albums in the 00s and neither of them could’ve made it as a solo artist. Gene was been playing conventions when he did his solo tour and Paul is singing bars with lamestation. Ace might not be selling out arenas, but at least he’s playing actual venues all over the us.

  • @patrickthometz6365
    @patrickthometz6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The solo record sales figures that Aucoin give here are a fairy tale. The solo records each sold approximately 500,000 copies each. Ace’s sold 600,000.

  • @rawdeal3308
    @rawdeal3308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Gene and Paul wanted Peter out of the band, screw trying to treat him like a human being and get rehabilitation for the guy and don’t tell me they gave him a second chance they never gave him a second chance it’s all about what benefits gene and paul. Gene and Paul wanted to get rid of Bill. It’s always gene and paul fucking everything up and blaming and belittling other people especially Paul.

    • @brianreed1859
      @brianreed1859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Absolutely untrue. They gave Ace and Peter opportunities to get help. They both refused. You can't continue to blame Paul and Gene for Ace and Peter's issues.

    • @roman14032
      @roman14032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's Not really gene and paul, ITS PAUL , hes a really neurotic fucked up person,
      malignant narcissist sociopath
      he tries to present a great facade but hes fucking crazy
      hes been under a psychiatrist care his whole life
      gene just tries to humour him
      everything bad that happened o ace and peter was PURELY DUE TO PAULS manipulations
      ever wonder why they would hire two guys for the band that obviously aren't super brite?
      HE HIRED ACE AND PETER BECAUSE HE WANTED GUYS HE COULD MANIPULATE
      they where hired BECAUSE THEY WHERE STUPID

    • @rawdeal3308
      @rawdeal3308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      roman14032 that’s funny but you got a lot of truth going on lol. Another thing I can’t stand about Paul is when he replaced Ace and Peter he would never hire Rock stars truly awesome charismatic gifted musicians he would always go for the musician who really needed a better gig a hired gun never making them a partner but always a hired hand so he could control them.

    • @rawdeal3308
      @rawdeal3308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      roman14032 Paul always wants the spotlight on himself never wanting or allowing anyone else to show him up. Selfish and crazy.

    • @rawdeal3308
      @rawdeal3308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      roman14032 He’s a malignant narcissist sociopath!!!! He’s Crazy!!!! That’s the perfect analyses 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @kisslpbootleg2094
    @kisslpbootleg2094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where is the part one ?

  • @spiritualcramp8000
    @spiritualcramp8000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    28:44 in no way it could sink unless you've eaten lead for dinner

    • @bangkokfed
      @bangkokfed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You have too much fat in your diet. It should sink.

    • @billsmith6884
      @billsmith6884 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except the ones that sink to the bottom of the toilet.

    • @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn
      @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you never taken a shit?
      If yours all float, you'd better see a doctor!!! WTF???

  • @seansherrod8725
    @seansherrod8725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is this from???

  • @gregroland9503
    @gregroland9503 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved Bill , Frehleyizhere27..

  • @trelard
    @trelard ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is only a handful of KISS songs I can actually say I enjoy, but it's the backstage stuff that I enjoy more. They have a history. I actually don't like Gene or Paul from their public personas, for various reasons. One of those reasons is their reaction to Aces performance during the Snyder interview. He was the saving grace for a band whose interviews are generally bland AF. Gene is one of the most boring interviewees ever. All about the "BRAND" instead of a band. He's a fake, always has been.

  • @glenbellefonte9620
    @glenbellefonte9620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They all pretty much said Bill was huge into cocaine, his way of doing business was becoming more bizarre and he ripped them off a few times.

    • @guskuratlejr9228
      @guskuratlejr9228 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bill also sold some of Aces Les Paul's out of there storage locker

    • @glengamble526
      @glengamble526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bill was an addict, yes. And his addiction got the best of him towards the end. However, that doesn’t take away from his enormous talent and natural ability as a manger. Plainly spoken; no Bill Aucoin-no Kiss

  • @mikerivera7509
    @mikerivera7509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He meant that they couldn't have an established drummer because they didn't want to come off that money

  • @josephperreault2063
    @josephperreault2063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    those outfits were crap the designer lost there minds was the big downfall ever and the music saved them trust me when i say i would have totally went with better ideas man if ace never lost that space look paul cmon your outfit reminds me of the movie fire and ice with will farrell

  • @joelgoldenberg1100
    @joelgoldenberg1100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the way Bill said "lookit." Very folksy.

  • @alangolias8628
    @alangolias8628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Elder was a funding Joke !!!!!

  • @leeknievel748
    @leeknievel748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sure funny how Peter refused to do dynasty unless they used his solo album producer, so they used him, and Peter didnt play on the album anyway hahahaha

    • @johnmcminn9455
      @johnmcminn9455 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      right the story I heard was his own producer thought he was hard to work with, and wanted somebody different to play drums .
      I love PCs style but I understand Bob Ezrin actually looped Peter's drum beats to get them to sound more consistent on Destroyer.
      Back then these producers like Ezrin would have everyone do a zillion takes of everything .
      today they make a scratch track and use the scratch track with Virtually Simulated Technology to get any sound they want, or just drop and paste the loop in digital

  • @Nicholas-dreamlove
    @Nicholas-dreamlove 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ace's LP sold the best out of the four.

  • @PostUp_Time
    @PostUp_Time 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *IF DRUMMERS CANT READ MUSIC, SELF TAUGHT AS THEY SAY. HOW DOES A BAND CHANGE DRUMMERS? HOW DOES A NEW GUY KNOW WHAT TO PLAY? ALSO GOES FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS*

  • @97warlock
    @97warlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why couldn't KISS use a famous drummer?? Why would he need to be Unknown , Hes gonna dye his hair black, Wear makeup & a costume, and have his name changed even … don't see why the drummer needed to be unknown.

    • @TheBrianp1
      @TheBrianp1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It would get out, a known drummer would need to be paid as such and would be less prone to put up with being a scrub.

    • @97warlock
      @97warlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheBrianp1 To be in KISS most people would be a scrub,no problem. It was however THE pennacle of success. They could go back to being a mediocre band trying to get successful, or be anonymous & be filthy rich

    • @Gemini-i7d
      @Gemini-i7d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anonymity....The world still did not know what Kiss looked like without their makeup...Having an “Unknown” drummer would keep that mystique. Also, an unknown “Hired Gun”, would cost the group less money......

    • @97warlock
      @97warlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Gemini-i7d ANY drummer would be an Unknown drummer once theyre in Costume & Makeup & are givin a different name.

    • @abelincoln5698
      @abelincoln5698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So you don't think it would be stupid if Cozy Powell had joined Kiss , put on a costume and makeup and started to call himself 'The Owl' or something ?

  • @user-yk4gd1fl4z
    @user-yk4gd1fl4z ปีที่แล้ว

    Im not so sure they actually sold a million each? Bit of mayo thrown on that one by Bill.

  • @DC-ih8bv
    @DC-ih8bv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There no crazy Kiss stories. Gene and Paul were vanilla tea totalers. Any crazy stories had to do with Ace on his own. Peter was a crybaby.

  • @alangolias8628
    @alangolias8628 ปีที่แล้ว

    They never wrote Beth !

  • @LarryGoldenTalksLikeBuckwheat
    @LarryGoldenTalksLikeBuckwheat ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s crazy how Ace, who never really was very talented to begin with, is even worse now.

    • @raymorrow170
      @raymorrow170 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was very talented when HE felt like it
      ! His solo album.? A decent songwrighter.! And his guitar playing is got a style all his own. So he's not Eddie VH. Ace has his own and millions agree.! How does your statement hold up to that.? You go now.!!

    • @LarryGoldenTalksLikeBuckwheat
      @LarryGoldenTalksLikeBuckwheat ปีที่แล้ว

      @@raymorrow170 how does it stand up? Exactly like this… It’s crazy how Ace, who never really was very talented to begin with, is even worse now.
      Look at that… Nothing changed

  • @Mike_Hunt_69
    @Mike_Hunt_69 ปีที่แล้ว

    The solo albums.
    Paul : a really GREAT KISS album
    Gene: Meh
    Ace: Kick ass guitar album
    Peter: HAHAHAHAHA
    Pure hot garbage

  • @jamesbumbalough1826
    @jamesbumbalough1826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gene the silent one???? Somehow I don't believe that.

  • @paul9745pdb
    @paul9745pdb ปีที่แล้ว

    The solo albums were awful. Only one decent song emerged from Ace’s album. Dynasty was a train wreck.

  • @PostUp_Time
    @PostUp_Time 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *DYNASTY STAGE WAS NOTHING. WHATS HE TALKING ABOUT 16 SEMIS. AND COMPLICATED STAGE. THAT WAS 1979. ALL CONCERT STAGES WERE BASIC THEN*

  • @hughcdavies
    @hughcdavies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice show, shame about youtube feeling the need to think we are interested in ads for fucking honey.

  • @petej.8676
    @petej.8676 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gene and Paul really ruined the band KISS

  • @alangolias8628
    @alangolias8628 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ream never had to dress like clowns !!!!

  • @RandRDigitalMedia
    @RandRDigitalMedia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Peter emotional? What a wuss!!!

  • @bluedream9668
    @bluedream9668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do not base your life on the rock band KISS.

  • @sega62s
    @sega62s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    kiss made a lot of errors and did not learned from them, first the movie, second the 4 albums solo, The elder was a flop, and taking the makeup off.
    And now since they dont compose and only used Peter and Ace symbols, they find a way to bitch one another.
    Paul and Gene are really into money, dont get me wrong, money is fun, but not when you are a slave and have no moral or originality

    • @connorwilson8696
      @connorwilson8696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hate to tell you, the band was dieing, they took the makeup off
      it gave them a new lease on life do your research

    • @demolitor2359
      @demolitor2359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@connorwilson8696 100% correct

    • @jamesbumbalough1826
      @jamesbumbalough1826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aces solo album sold better than any other solo albums because the very popular song new York groove.

    • @sega62s
      @sega62s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Bumbalough he made it popular again cause it was shitty before, also you have Whats on your mind, Speeding back to my baby, fractured mirror, and rip it out that are very good songs.
      Anyway, in commercial music, the one with the hit wins....and he has plenty of talent to push the envelope higher

    • @sega62s
      @sega62s 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@connorwilson8696 hate to tell you, kiss were shit since 1979....and it went down from there....do you research

  • @chrisi123
    @chrisi123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i always wondered what they paid Eric Carr...?

  • @brooklynnicole9236
    @brooklynnicole9236 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bill is great. People give him shit for having sex with an underage fan and a photographer but I say if they all liked it then it's not our business

  • @davidmccrory5604
    @davidmccrory5604 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My god that was sooooo boring

  • @trentbrah_
    @trentbrah_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is this audio taken from an audiobook or something? I’d love to hear more (if it exists)