*To receive PRIORITY Requests for future videos, head on over to our Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee. Never expected, but always appreciated.❤Links in Description!* From a fan rushing the stage to Gene with the ol' tongue lick, THIS WAS WILD!!! Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy!
If you're ever in the mood for a cheesy "guilty pleasure" type movie, check out Detroit Rock City. It's about 4 Kiss fans and their misadventures trying to get into a Kiss concert in Detroit in 1978. Edward Furlong from Terminator 2 was in it and there's a performance from the original Kiss. Unfortunately, Kiss has called it quits. They no longer play live shows. However, Ace Frehley is still playing shows with his band. I saw them a few months ago in Rhode Island. They played a lot of old KISS tracks, and his band is insanely talented and fun to watch.
For an even cheesier guilty pleasure there's Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park starring Kiss themselves. I own it digitally. When I saw it available, I had to have it. 😁
....AND YOU RECOGNIZED, DEUCE, AFTER ONE LISTEN!!! Yes! 💪💪 🎶🎵You, Steven, have been officially drafted into the KISS ARMY. 🎵🎶 🌑Fans range from 6 - 76 but all are expected to rock out, hard. 🌑Slackers will be cast out to become G&R fans.
Paul and gene were arguing over who was the better songwriter, each saying they could easily write material like the others. They took up the challenge and paul wrote god of thunder as his gene song, and gene wrote christine sixteen as his paul song. Paul definitely got the best of him.
4:58 Yes. Paul wrote God of Thunder with the intent of performing it on their album Destroyer. However, the producer Bob Ezrin listened to it and decided that it would work better with the tempo slowed and Gene on vocal. Paul’s original demo is available to listen to here on TH-cam. It’s… *different*. Alot faster and pop-y. Ezrin made the right call.
I saw KISS for the first time on August 14, 1979 at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville TN. I was 13. I can't believe my parents let me go! The last time I saw them was at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville in October, 2023. My son surprised me with his company's box seats. I was introduced to KISS back in 1977 when my best friend snuck her older brother's albums. My absolute favorite band!
Steven, you are the man! I've never seen anyone do what you just did. You made a mistake, and to make up for it, you immediately watch and react to prob almost 20 mins of a banger KISS show! That's great customer service. I wish I could sub twice. We gotta get your numbers climbing faster, brother. SUBSCRIBE, PEOPLE!! Bravo, sir. My hat's off to you.👍
No worries man! I really want to do right by people and I truly do appreciate everyone that comes to the channel and spends time with us! Have a great one! By the way, your request was an absolute banger and will be dropping in the next few days! 🔥
Yes, Paul wrote it with some different lyrics, but Bob Ezrin, the producer, decided that Gene should sing it and changed a few of the lyrics to fit him. The drummer in this one is Eric Singer, who took over after Eric Carr passed away from cancer.
Man… Unfortunately Kiss had their last show this last New Year’s Eve in Madison Square Garden. I was lucky enough to see them 48 times. The greatest show of all time!!!
48 times?!?!? That might be the record!!! Yeah, that’s what a few others have shared with me about them hanging it up! 😔 I still have alot of tunes and videos to discover so that will be a blast! Thanks for hanging out and have a great one!
On your question about the extra micophone when Gene is up high during God of Thunder, usually there is a point in that song : I am the Lord of the wasteland.....the extra microphone has an effect where it makes him have a monster or demonic voice sound. Really cool effect.
I saw them in Memphis 79', St. Louis 83', Memphis 84', St. Louis, Terre Haute Ind. and Memphis 84/85. Memphis, St. Louis, Carbondale Illinois 85, 86. And a whole bunch more. 4 times on the reunion tour and so on. I think between 24 and 28 times over 45 years. I'd have to count my stubs.
The anomaly of the song is that the star child, Paul Stanley actually wrote the song. It was a much tamer version and the producer said let's make it really heavy and give it to Gene. Paul was reluctant but did it anyway and turned out he could write for other people and it turned out to be a feather in his cap.
The second mic is setup for when his voice changes midway. "I AM THE LORD OF THE WASTELANDS... A MODERN DAY, MAN OF STEEL, I GATHER DARKNESS TO PLEASE ME, AND I COMMAND YOU TO KNEEL BEFORE THE...God of Thunder..."
@Seatonhillstudios, it's too late to go to a Kiss concert.They're done touring for good. You'll have to wait until the Avatars show comes out in a few years. Saw them in 1986 (Asylum Tour in Charleston, WV without makeup), 1996 (second night of Reunion Tour in Louisville KY), 1997 (Lost Cities Tour in Nashville, TN), 2000 (so-called Farewell Tour in Louisville, KY) and 2014 (40th Anniversary Tour in Noblesville, IN).
Have to say bro - I've been KISS fan for 40 years and it is so refreshing to see somebody come in from a new perspective and give their honest opinion. Thank you bro. I have an extensive KISS catalogue so if you would like some rare stuff, I can accomodate you
I saw them in 75,I was 5. Saw them in 85, I was 15. Saw them in 96 Reunion tour& again 1999/2000 Mew Years eve Millennium. I won free tickets& back stage passes, got a ton of memorabilia signed including 4 KISS dolls in their original packaging, signed by each original member. Last time was in 2012. All were excellent shows.
I was at this show! Flew in from Detroit. Halloween 1998. Lots of credit to Bob Ezrin of Pink Floyd and Alice Cooper fame for the arrangements on this song. Story goes that they got stuck in a traffic jam on their way to the hotel after show and Los Angeles was so freaky Halloween looking that they decided to get out of the limo and walk to the hotel. Nobody even knew it was them because they fit right in! Sadly, the magic tour of 50 years is over and deservedly so. Videos will have to do.
Yeah, I missed the opportunity but will continue down the rabbit hole with lots of music and live footage! Thanks for hanging out and going on the journey work me! 🔥
Just a theory, he’s using two mics because one might be a vocal fx for his demon voice and regular voice at the same time. Never actually thought about it.
I remember this, this concert was part of a Halloween Night 1998 special on Fox. It was hosted by Aries Spears and Nicole Sullivan from Mad TV. Smashing Pumpkins opened, dressed like The Beatles. I asked my father to tape it for me, because I was in Salem that night. Two weeks later I went to the show with a buddy of mine. He'd never seen Kiss before so I gave him a ticket. The two mics...I think one is for the normal vocal and the other is for the harmonized part. I could be wrong, though.
Yes, Paul wrote the original version of this song until it was rewritten and given to Gene. And this is the 4 original members. They hadn't planned on doing an album together but the Reunion tour was so monumentally successful and profitable that they did an album, Psycho Circus, and that tour is what this video is from. This was the 1st show of that tour. When the reunion happened, Ace and Peter screwed themselves and made the mistake of signing over the rights to their makeup design. That's why, Eric Singer ended up wearing the Catman makeup and Tommy Thayer wore the Space Ace makeup after they split again. On this tour, KISS had planned to use a circus troupe doing all their acts as the opener for the concert since this was the Psycho Circus tour. But that circus troupe was too expensive to keep it going so this show was the only one it was used for. As for going to a KISS show, they played their last show not long ago in NYC. Plus, Paul doesn’t sound good anymore and they were playing to some tracks as well which, as much as I love my boys, is total crap. Paul's voice has been going downhill for a number of years now actually. Still a great show but not what it was. Considering hos age, that's to be expected and not an insult.
Through the years I have taken a number of friends, both male and female, who were not KISS fans to their 1st KISS show. They didn’t hate them or anything, just never listened to them and weren't really fans. Literally every single person I took told me after the show, "I have to see them again." That's how awesome the show was.
My friend, that is Peter Criss. I've seen them quite a few times in the 70's , & they never disappointed. The 4 original members were the true Kiss that I loved. Whatever turmoil that might have been going on in the band at the time, they made sure their fan's had a good time. EVERY BAND has some sort of disagreements anger, or whatever it might be going on. Sometimes, that can make a band stronger by getting through the problem in a mature way. God of Thunder is one of my top kiss songs along with "Strange Ways" & "Black Diamond." If you ever get a chance to download or borrow the "Hotter Than Hell " album, take a listen to the song Strange Ways. Peter Criss does the vocals & Ace does one of his MOST PHENOMENAL lead guitar on this song . Trust me man You should review it
Your damn right buddy! Paul wrote God of Thunder but the producer of the album thought that it would fit perfectly with Gene's voice and persona. And then again you're damn right, that's Peter Criss! It's the reunion tour with the original 4 members. Spot on, greetings from Mexico!
Steve, 16 yrs. old, December 29-30, 1975 Kiss Alive Tour, Providence Civic Center, 20 ft. from stage in a standing crowd, the show someone threw a sparkler onto the stage while Leslie West from Mountain was jamming, it hit him on the side of his face and lit his hair on fire. What a show!
I live in Australia. My brother seen them at 20 in 1980 and I seen them for the first time in 1995 (at 20 years old). I got to be at the Sydney Hilton Hotel at one of the very first KISS Kovnentions where they had old costumes, guitars, drum kits, the whole works. They also had the band come out and play unplugged for 2 hours and play stuff they didn't even know (at request of the crowd). Greatest day ever and the cost was a grand total of $155 for the day at the Hilton and the concert ticket. Love your channel dude...
Two mics in the rafters in case one fails during God of Thunder. If a mic goes out on stage a tech can swap the mic quickly, but they can't do the same 60 feet in the air.
6:31 Gene was suspended by wires which raise him up to the platform above the stage. When they blacked the lights out. He stepped back and the wires lowered him. While techs and stage crew unhook him.
@@setonhillstudios Indeed. The wires suspended him eight feet per second. Newer rigs from the 2010’s onward; SIXTEEN feet per second. On the final tour Gene, being over 70, had to be taken up by a rising platform since the wires and harness got to be too hard on his bones and joints.
You REALLY need to watch and react to this same song,but from 1976 or 1977 when Gene was REALLY into his demon character and more sinister,scary and intimidating! The 70's live performances are so much better, The 70's is KISS's prime era and they ruled from 1976-1979!!
I was actually there! 12th row! Best concert of my life! Psycho Circus tour. All original members. It was on Halloween night. There was so much traffic when they were going back to the hotel after the show that they decided to get out and walk. People saw them walking and said great costumes😂
Welp, i can see you are officially hooked lol. As a life long kiss fan all i can say is take a few days and listen to everything from them. From the self tittled debut in 74, to their last album called monster. Theyre all on youtube and spotify. Now, for a visual guide, id say start with the offical home video called kiss xposed. It does a good job at the history from day one to about 1993. After that, id recommend the second coming which covered the reunion era. And finally probably vh1 behind the makeup special which is early 2000s after the reunion. They all are easy to find.
Love your videos man! Been a massive KISS fan since 2000 an was lucky enough to see them 18 times through the years, including their last show ever at Madison Square Garden last year! It’s a blast watching you see a lot of this stuff for the first time! To change up the pace a little bit, you should check out the KISS Symphony from 2003 🔥 Black Diamond & I Was Made for Loving You is incredible with the orchestra!
Really appreciate the kind words and so glad you are enjoying the content! 18 times?! That is insane! 🤯 So cool that you were able to see them so many times! More to come for sure and thanks so much for the suggestions!
As I mentioned in another comment here, I was a Kiss fan from the beginning. A friend of my sister had their debut album (Remember albums? Man, I'm old. Lol) My sister and her friend were a few years older than me and always listening to music. I got into a lot of music that probably most kids my age didn't till later as a result. Kiss, Nazareth, Ted Nugent, Rush, Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy, etc. Hard rock. Not pop. Lol The next year they released their breakthrough album, Alive. That year I turned 12. Alive was the first album I bought with my own money. (Do kids still get allowance money these days? Lol) At the time they were losing money on record sales. Hugely successful tours. But little in record sales. Their label at the time, Casablanca, was going under financially. Kiss had been their first act signed. Alive was a last effort to keep both the label and the band afloat. Four releases in 2 years. The problem with Kiss was their first 3 studio albums had not been able to capture the energy of their live performances. Kiss were a band to be seen and heard. So the idea of recording a double live album was born. And yes, years later it came out that there was some studio magic done to enhance what was already a good performance. So what? I personally don't know of any record in any genre without some level of studio enhancements. And I couldn't care less. For reasons I won't get into here; I've gone too long already, I didn't get to see them live until I was in my late 30s. 2000 in Charlotte, NC. Opening acts were Ted Nugent and Skid Row, I believe. Gene, Paul & Ace plus Eric Singer. All in make up. Peter was gone by then, having once again bitten the hand that fed and Ace would follow in Peter's footsteps not too long after. Maybe 2 years. Fortunately, Ace was able to salvage a solo career and last I heard is still going strong. I believe he's released new music in the last year or two. Fun fact: Paul Stanley wrote Detriot Rock City after playing a show in Charlotte NC, near where I grew up. He learned after the show that a fan who was on his way to that very concert was killed in a car crash. Paul wrote the song as a tribute of sorts to the lost fan. As for why he chose to name drop Detroit instead of Charlotte for the song, Detroit was the birthplace of a lot of good music. Music that had influenced and a multitude of artists. At the time, Charlotte was not nearly as big or well known, for better or worse, as it is today.
Thanks for the detailed comment as I always love learning about people and how they began to love certain music! I personally feel like today’s music scene is not anywhere near the heroes of the past because everyone is looking for their “viral moment” and releasing singles instead of letting albums tell the story and play the long game! I love so many of the bands from the past because I cut my teeth on their music while learning the drums! Thanks for walking down memory lane and have a great night!
Well the thing is that Gene just steps off the platform and is lowered down onto the stage. Also, I’m sure if you haven’t heard, kiss stopped performing in 2023 in December.
Hey man!! Just found your channel and love that you are getting into one of greatest rock acts of all time! Just to answer a few of your questions. 1) That IS Peter Criss. He’s older than the other members so he started to age a little quicker during the Reunion Tour/Psycho Tour. 2) The 2 mics are for when Gene does his “dual demon voice”. It’s hard to hear during this version though. 3) KISS played there LAST EVER show back in December. So it’s too late for you experience it in real life BUT!!! Thankfully we have SO MANY concerts and footage over the years documented. KISS LEGACY will never die! And you’re PROOF OF THAT due to your recent fascination with them!! Thanks for you videos brother!!! KISS ARMY FOREVER!
Thanks so much for the info and so glad you found the channel! Even though I may have missed the live shows I am definitely gonna keep digging down the rabbit hole! Have a great one!
@@setonhillstudios you too man!! If you ever want to see/hear a GREAT KISS SHOW. check out KISS live SAN JOSE 1996. it’s not footage like this one. But in my honest opinion. It’s all the original members reunited and in their “reunion prime”. Check out shock me on that video. And the ace solo after it. You will understand how I became a KISS Fan. I was at that show. And it changed my life. :)
Love your reactions to Kiss. You should also check out non-makeup Kiss songs like "Lick It Up", Heaven's On Fire", "Tears Are Falling", "Crazy Crazy Nights", "I Just Wanna", and who can forget "Let's Put The X In Sex"!
One of my regrets is I never saw KISS live in person. My wife did, years before we met but I never made it to a show. Too late now unfortunately, but at least there's a lot of video to be seen.
The choreography with KISS classic show setlists is an extremely important part of what they were. Each member of the group was a fan of doo-wop in early 50s rock ‘n’ roll. Doo-wop singing groups would always form a line and dance and syncopation. That is kisses not to that stage performance style.
No longer touring. My 1st ever concert was KISS 1979, then again in 1997. I believe 1st reunion tour, saw em twice that year. Cool trip down memory lane 🤟
Saw them twice on the Reunion tour, and twice on this tour. and once without make-up in the 80's on the Hot in the Shade tour. You can't touch the original line-up for a show, trhey gave it all and left nothing in the tank before greed got in the wasy of the music....so sad really. Just glad i got to see em still in their prime, yes I aslso saw them back in 1978.
![First Time Reacting to KISS - God Of Thunder '98 [ Dodger Stadium, Halloween ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FLW3VPWPT6I/mqdefault.jpg)
*To receive PRIORITY Requests for future videos, head on over to our Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee. Never expected, but always appreciated.❤Links in Description!*
From a fan rushing the stage to Gene with the ol' tongue lick, THIS WAS WILD!!! Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy!
Also check out kiss alive 4, act 3 and act 4 they are playing with the Melbourne Orchestra... good stuff!!!
Stones fans be damned. KISS is the best rock band ever. EVER!!!
This was the Psycho Circus tour so yes, that's Peter. Eric Singer didn't come back until the Japanese leg of the farewell tour.
Yes , he came back
This was the lineup of the original 4 with Ace & Peter on the first night of the Psycho Circus tour. It was broadcasted on TV also!
If you're ever in the mood for a cheesy "guilty pleasure" type movie, check out Detroit Rock City. It's about 4 Kiss fans and their misadventures trying to get into a Kiss concert in Detroit in 1978. Edward Furlong from Terminator 2 was in it and there's a performance from the original Kiss.
Unfortunately, Kiss has called it quits. They no longer play live shows. However, Ace Frehley is still playing shows with his band. I saw them a few months ago in Rhode Island. They played a lot of old KISS tracks, and his band is insanely talented and fun to watch.
For an even cheesier guilty pleasure there's Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park starring Kiss themselves. I own it digitally. When I saw it available, I had to have it. 😁
This is the original lineup with Ace and Peter..classic..👍👍
....AND YOU RECOGNIZED, DEUCE, AFTER ONE LISTEN!!! Yes! 💪💪
🎶🎵You, Steven, have been officially drafted into the KISS ARMY. 🎵🎶
🌑Fans range from 6 - 76 but all are expected to rock out, hard.
🌑Slackers will be cast out to become G&R fans.
Paul and gene were arguing over who was the better songwriter, each saying they could easily write material like the others. They took up the challenge and paul wrote god of thunder as his gene song, and gene wrote christine sixteen as his paul song. Paul definitely got the best of him.
4:58 Yes. Paul wrote God of Thunder with the intent of performing it on their album Destroyer.
However, the producer Bob Ezrin listened to it and decided that it would work better with the tempo slowed and Gene on vocal.
Paul’s original demo is available to listen to here on TH-cam. It’s… *different*. Alot faster and pop-y.
Ezrin made the right call.
Thank God for Bob Ezrin! That demo sounds like disco rock.
You should check out Rob Zombie, Slash, Tommy Lee, Scott Ian, Gilby Clark and Ace Frehley doing God of Thunder at 2006 Rock Honors.
Oh wow! That sounds awesome! Thanks for the suggestion!
I saw KISS for the first time on August 14, 1979 at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville TN. I was 13. I can't believe my parents let me go! The last time I saw them was at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville in October, 2023. My son surprised me with his company's box seats. I was introduced to KISS back in 1977 when my best friend snuck her older brother's albums. My absolute favorite band!
Steven, you are the man! I've never seen anyone do what you just did. You made a mistake, and to make up for it, you immediately watch and react to prob almost 20 mins of a banger KISS show! That's great customer service. I wish I could sub twice. We gotta get your numbers climbing faster, brother. SUBSCRIBE, PEOPLE!! Bravo, sir. My hat's off to you.👍
No worries man! I really want to do right by people and I truly do appreciate everyone that comes to the channel and spends time with us! Have a great one! By the way, your request was an absolute banger and will be dropping in the next few days! 🔥
@@setonhillstudios Thank you, brother! You made my night! I'm gonna be rock and rollin all night and I might party all day now. Haha 🤘KISS🤘
@@snakeinthegrass7443 Let’s goooo! 🤘🏻
Last time to see this line up was 2000. They retired all together in 2023. Sorry man. It was an experience seeing them live.
1998 it was Peter
yep, peter bailed after the 2000 run.
Yes, Paul wrote it with some different lyrics, but Bob Ezrin, the producer, decided that Gene should sing it and changed a few of the lyrics to fit him. The drummer in this one is Eric Singer, who took over after Eric Carr passed away from cancer.
Reunion tour with original members. Yep Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, and of course Gene and Paul
Oh sweet! Such a fun one! 🤘🏻
Not the reunion tour. They wore replicas of the Love Gun costumes. This is most likely Psycho Circus with the Destroyer outfits.
@jonlate4581 yes good eye sir 👍🏻psycho circus kicked off at Dodger Stadium 🤟
Man… Unfortunately Kiss had their last show this last New Year’s Eve in Madison Square Garden.
I was lucky enough to see them 48 times.
The greatest show of all time!!!
48 times?!?!? That might be the record!!! Yeah, that’s what a few others have shared with me about them hanging it up! 😔 I still have alot of tunes and videos to discover so that will be a blast! Thanks for hanging out and have a great one!
@@setonhillstudios
Absolutely man… And yeah, I have a Kiss addiction lol.
Keep up the great work and I’ll keep watching!
He can go and see Ace or Gene and his band
On your question about the extra micophone when Gene is up high during God of Thunder, usually there is a point in that song : I am the Lord of the wasteland.....the extra microphone has an effect where it makes him have a monster or demonic voice sound. Really cool effect.
Oh ok!!! That makes sense! Thanks for the explanation!
I saw them in Memphis 79', St. Louis 83', Memphis 84', St. Louis, Terre Haute Ind. and Memphis 84/85. Memphis, St. Louis, Carbondale Illinois 85, 86. And a whole bunch more. 4 times on the reunion tour and so on. I think between 24 and 28 times over 45 years. I'd have to count my stubs.
This was the reunion tour, original members. They put out an album together in 98 with the originals, but then fell apart again.
Pysco Circus tour
There is just something about the original four that has that magical KISS sound. This is great! Loving your KISS journey!
Glad you are enjoying it and I appreciate you watching! Have a great one!
No doubt about it man
The anomaly of the song is that the star child, Paul Stanley actually wrote the song. It was a much tamer version and the producer said let's make it really heavy and give it to Gene. Paul was reluctant but did it anyway and turned out he could write for other people and it turned out to be a feather in his cap.
The second mic is setup for when his voice changes midway.
"I AM THE LORD OF THE WASTELANDS... A MODERN DAY, MAN OF STEEL, I GATHER DARKNESS TO PLEASE ME, AND I COMMAND YOU TO KNEEL BEFORE THE...God of Thunder..."
He said, "We couldn't have picked a better place to start the 'TUAH'!"
😂😂
I absolutely love a KISS show!! I feel like this was the best version. When they were tight!
🤣🤣🤣
@Seatonhillstudios, it's too late to go to a Kiss concert.They're done touring for good. You'll have to wait until the Avatars show comes out in a few years. Saw them in 1986 (Asylum Tour in Charleston, WV without makeup), 1996 (second night of Reunion Tour in Louisville KY), 1997 (Lost Cities Tour in Nashville, TN), 2000 (so-called Farewell Tour in Louisville, KY) and 2014 (40th Anniversary Tour in Noblesville, IN).
Have to say bro - I've been KISS fan for 40 years and it is so refreshing to see somebody come in from a new perspective and give their honest opinion. Thank you bro. I have an extensive KISS catalogue so if you would like some rare stuff, I can accomodate you
Really appreciate that and thanks so much for hanging out! Having a blast digging into their stuff! EPIC! 🔥
I saw them in 75,I was 5. Saw them in 85, I was 15. Saw them in 96 Reunion tour& again 1999/2000 Mew Years eve Millennium. I won free tickets& back stage passes, got a ton of memorabilia signed including 4 KISS dolls in their original packaging, signed by each original member. Last time was in 2012. All were excellent shows.
Let’s goooo! That’s so awesome you were able to see them so many times! Thanks for sharing!
Shock Me (Live Ace singing and guitar solo)
Also, remember if it's one bass drum it's Peter. Eric Carr and Eric Singer played double bass drums.
I was at this show! Flew in from Detroit. Halloween 1998. Lots of credit to Bob Ezrin of Pink Floyd and Alice Cooper fame for the arrangements on this song. Story goes that they got stuck in a traffic jam on their way to the hotel after show and Los Angeles was so freaky Halloween looking that they decided to get out of the limo and walk to the hotel. Nobody even knew it was them because they fit right in! Sadly, the magic tour of 50 years is over and deservedly so. Videos will have to do.
Yeah, I missed the opportunity but will continue down the rabbit hole with lots of music and live footage! Thanks for hanging out and going on the journey work me! 🔥
Two mics up tip for Gene. Last verse has special effects to change his voice
Just a theory, he’s using two mics because one might be a vocal fx for his demon voice and regular voice at the same time. Never actually thought about it.
I saw the reunion tour, the only time I say my favorite band live. It was amazing. Plus, people say they had no talent...please.
I remember this, this concert was part of a Halloween Night 1998 special on Fox. It was hosted by Aries Spears and Nicole Sullivan from Mad TV. Smashing Pumpkins opened, dressed like The Beatles. I asked my father to tape it for me, because I was in Salem that night. Two weeks later I went to the show with a buddy of mine. He'd never seen Kiss before so I gave him a ticket.
The two mics...I think one is for the normal vocal and the other is for the harmonized part. I could be wrong, though.
Yes, Paul wrote the original version of this song until it was rewritten and given to Gene. And this is the 4 original members. They hadn't planned on doing an album together but the Reunion tour was so monumentally successful and profitable that they did an album, Psycho Circus, and that tour is what this video is from. This was the 1st show of that tour. When the reunion happened, Ace and Peter screwed themselves and made the mistake of signing over the rights to their makeup design. That's why, Eric Singer ended up wearing the Catman makeup and Tommy Thayer wore the Space Ace makeup after they split again. On this tour, KISS had planned to use a circus troupe doing all their acts as the opener for the concert since this was the Psycho Circus tour. But that circus troupe was too expensive to keep it going so this show was the only one it was used for. As for going to a KISS show, they played their last show not long ago in NYC. Plus, Paul doesn’t sound good anymore and they were playing to some tracks as well which, as much as I love my boys, is total crap. Paul's voice has been going downhill for a number of years now actually. Still a great show but not what it was. Considering hos age, that's to be expected and not an insult.
The song wasn't rewritten for Gene. Bob Ezrin took Paul's version and simply slowed the Tempo down to give it a Heavier feel
Through the years I have taken a number of friends, both male and female, who were not KISS fans to their 1st KISS show. They didn’t hate them or anything, just never listened to them and weren't really fans. Literally every single person I took told me after the show, "I have to see them again." That's how awesome the show was.
My friend, that is Peter Criss. I've seen them quite a few times in the 70's , & they never disappointed.
The 4 original members were the true Kiss that I loved. Whatever turmoil that might have been going on in the band at the time, they made sure their fan's had a good time.
EVERY BAND has some sort of disagreements anger, or whatever it might be going on.
Sometimes, that can make a band stronger by getting through the problem in a mature way.
God of Thunder is one of my top kiss songs along with "Strange Ways" & "Black Diamond."
If you ever get a chance to download or borrow the "Hotter Than Hell " album, take a listen to the song Strange Ways.
Peter Criss does the vocals & Ace does one of his MOST PHENOMENAL lead guitar on this song .
Trust me man
You should review it
Your damn right buddy! Paul wrote God of Thunder but the producer of the album thought that it would fit perfectly with Gene's voice and persona.
And then again you're damn right, that's Peter Criss! It's the reunion tour with the original 4 members.
Spot on, greetings from Mexico!
Greetings and thanks for watching! Appreciate the info! 😄
This wasn't the reunion tour.
Psycho circus tour. The tour after the reunion tour
Steve, 16 yrs. old, December 29-30, 1975 Kiss Alive Tour, Providence Civic Center, 20 ft. from stage in a standing crowd, the show someone threw a sparkler onto the stage while Leslie West from Mountain was jamming, it hit him on the side of his face and lit his hair on fire. What a show!
Wow!!! 😳 That is wild!
Also there’s a demo of God of Thunder with Paul singing it. It’s faster and a bit different. It was a good choice to give it to Gene.
Also, they do a parody.
Look up: God of Thunder country and western style.
It’s rather cute.
Two mics you will find out.. at the end of the song there's a speaking part. And they just run it through a voice effect thing
Yea it this the original Kiss Gene Peter Paul and Ace !
Yes, Peter and Ace. Original lineup.
Reunion of original lineup. All 4 original members here
I am 68 and seen Kiss 5 times they always put on a good and loud show. I have to say this is my favorite Kiss song.
yes Paul Stanley wrote that song & on their box set there is a demo with Paul Stanley on vocal
Yeah Paul wrote this and recorded a VERY different sounding demo
I live in Australia. My brother seen them at 20 in 1980 and I seen them for the first time in 1995 (at 20 years old). I got to be at the Sydney Hilton Hotel at one of the very first KISS Kovnentions where they had old costumes, guitars, drum kits, the whole works. They also had the band come out and play unplugged for 2 hours and play stuff they didn't even know (at request of the crowd). Greatest day ever and the cost was a grand total of $155 for the day at the Hilton and the concert ticket. Love your channel dude...
Really appreciate that! Thanks for sharing and I love that you got to see them live! I bet it was Epic!
I was at this concert, and it was amazing. I have really enjoyed your series on KISS. Nobody rocks like they do!
What?! That’s so cool! Glad you are enjoying the journey and thanks for hanging out!
Also, I am sure you figured out why there were 2 mics. Had to do with the vocal changes later in the song, yeah?
Two mics in the rafters in case one fails during God of Thunder.
If a mic goes out on stage a tech can swap the mic quickly, but they can't do the same 60 feet in the air.
I was there.. this was Halloween night .. rumor has it they all got out there cars after the show and no one recognized them..
That’s so EPIC!!! 😄
This whole concert is great. They were on fire here
For sure!!! Definitely bringing that 🔥
Great reactions! Let's keep the KISS going!
💯 Thanks for watching!
You're good brother. Loving the content. Rock on!
Appreciate it and glad you are enjoying the content! 🤘🏻
This awesome, heavy song is from their 1976 album Destroyer ! xx
Dude!!! Let’s go!! Way to rebound! Haha
🤣 Trying to! Thanks for hanging!
Genes tongue is real or natural. I believe it's called Microglossia.
So wild! 😳
Natural
6:31 Gene was suspended by wires which raise him up to the platform above the stage.
When they blacked the lights out. He stepped back and the wires lowered him. While techs and stage crew unhook him.
Sounds wild! 😳
@@setonhillstudios Indeed. The wires suspended him eight feet per second. Newer rigs from the 2010’s onward; SIXTEEN feet per second.
On the final tour Gene, being over 70, had to be taken up by a rising platform since the wires and harness got to be too hard on his bones and joints.
this is from the reunion tour, yes it's all 4 original members
Incorrect. This was the opening night of the psycho circus tour at dodger stadium.
You REALLY need to watch and react to this same song,but from 1976 or 1977 when Gene was REALLY into his demon character and more sinister,scary and intimidating! The 70's live performances are so much better, The 70's is KISS's prime era and they ruled from 1976-1979!!
Yeah, Peter was great at having that shuffle and in the pocket drummer type. Hes awesome.
For sure! Definitely not easy to do! Great feel! 🤘🏻
Second mic is a backup. He’s way up in the air and if one goes out he still has vocals.
Makes sense! Thanks for the insight and hanging out! 🔥
Yep. 2 is 1, 1 is none. Lol
God of thunder was my favorite song at 5 years old
I was actually there! 12th row! Best concert of my life! Psycho Circus tour. All original members. It was on Halloween night. There was so much traffic when they were going back to the hotel after the show that they decided to get out and walk. People saw them walking and said great costumes😂
@@poeslanding What?!? So cool!!! Let’s gooooo! 😎
@@setonhillstudiosI wish you could go but they retired.😢 At least you have TH-cam.
@@poeslanding Better than nothing! 😄
Yes sir Brother!
This song off of KISS ALIVE 2 is by FAR my favorite version.
deuce isn't on alive 2
@@gatotenango - I was referring to God of Thunder
@@danielshea518 oh my bad it was at the deuce part when i read your comment hahaha
All good. 🤘😈🤘
Welp, i can see you are officially hooked lol.
As a life long kiss fan all i can say is take a few days and listen to everything from them. From the self tittled debut in 74, to their last album called monster. Theyre all on youtube and spotify.
Now, for a visual guide, id say start with the offical home video called kiss xposed. It does a good job at the history from day one to about 1993. After that, id recommend the second coming which covered the reunion era. And finally probably vh1 behind the makeup special which is early 2000s after the reunion. They all are easy to find.
Haha 🤣 No doubt! Thanks for all the resources! So much out there to discover from this amazing band! Appreciate it!
Love your videos man! Been a massive KISS fan since 2000 an was lucky enough to see them 18 times through the years, including their last show ever at Madison Square Garden last year! It’s a blast watching you see a lot of this stuff for the first time! To change up the pace a little bit, you should check out the KISS Symphony from 2003 🔥 Black Diamond & I Was Made for Loving You is incredible with the orchestra!
Really appreciate the kind words and so glad you are enjoying the content! 18 times?! That is insane! 🤯 So cool that you were able to see them so many times! More to come for sure and thanks so much for the suggestions!
As I mentioned in another comment here, I was a Kiss fan from the beginning. A friend of my sister had their debut album (Remember albums? Man, I'm old. Lol) My sister and her friend were a few years older than me and always listening to music. I got into a lot of music that probably most kids my age didn't till later as a result. Kiss, Nazareth, Ted Nugent, Rush, Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy, etc. Hard rock. Not pop. Lol The next year they released their breakthrough album, Alive. That year I turned 12. Alive was the first album I bought with my own money. (Do kids still get allowance money these days? Lol) At the time they were losing money on record sales. Hugely successful tours. But little in record sales. Their label at the time, Casablanca, was going under financially. Kiss had been their first act signed. Alive was a last effort to keep both the label and the band afloat. Four releases in 2 years. The problem with Kiss was their first 3 studio albums had not been able to capture the energy of their live performances. Kiss were a band to be seen and heard. So the idea of recording a double live album was born. And yes, years later it came out that there was some studio magic done to enhance what was already a good performance. So what? I personally don't know of any record in any genre without some level of studio enhancements. And I couldn't care less.
For reasons I won't get into here; I've gone too long already, I didn't get to see them live until I was in my late 30s. 2000 in Charlotte, NC. Opening acts were Ted Nugent and Skid Row, I believe. Gene, Paul & Ace plus Eric Singer. All in make up. Peter was gone by then, having once again bitten the hand that fed and Ace would follow in Peter's footsteps not too long after. Maybe 2 years. Fortunately, Ace was able to salvage a solo career and last I heard is still going strong. I believe he's released new music in the last year or two.
Fun fact: Paul Stanley wrote Detriot Rock City after playing a show in Charlotte NC, near where I grew up. He learned after the show that a fan who was on his way to that very concert was killed in a car crash. Paul wrote the song as a tribute of sorts to the lost fan. As for why he chose to name drop Detroit instead of Charlotte for the song, Detroit was the birthplace of a lot of good music. Music that had influenced and a multitude of artists. At the time, Charlotte was not nearly as big or well known, for better or worse, as it is today.
Thanks for the detailed comment as I always love learning about people and how they began to love certain music! I personally feel like today’s music scene is not anywhere near the heroes of the past because everyone is looking for their “viral moment” and releasing singles instead of letting albums tell the story and play the long game! I love so many of the bands from the past because I cut my teeth on their music while learning the drums! Thanks for walking down memory lane and have a great night!
That’s Peter Criss later on Eric Singer started wearing the cat makeup.
Well the thing is that Gene just steps off the platform and is lowered down onto the stage. Also, I’m sure if you haven’t heard, kiss stopped performing in 2023 in December.
That's the Re-united original Line-up.
I think the two mics was in case one didn't work they could turn on the other one. He is at the top of the stage.
Genes God of Thunder blood spitting from the Farewell Tour was amazing
Hey man!! Just found your channel and love that you are getting into one of greatest rock acts of all time! Just to answer a few of your questions. 1) That IS Peter Criss. He’s older than the other members so he started to age a little quicker during the Reunion Tour/Psycho Tour. 2) The 2 mics are for when Gene does his “dual demon voice”. It’s hard to hear during this version though. 3) KISS played there LAST EVER show back in December. So it’s too late for you experience it in real life BUT!!! Thankfully we have SO MANY concerts and footage over the years documented. KISS LEGACY will never die! And you’re PROOF OF THAT due to your recent fascination with them!! Thanks for you videos brother!!! KISS ARMY FOREVER!
Thanks so much for the info and so glad you found the channel! Even though I may have missed the live shows I am definitely gonna keep digging down the rabbit hole! Have a great one!
@@setonhillstudios you too man!! If you ever want to see/hear a GREAT KISS SHOW. check out KISS live SAN JOSE 1996. it’s not footage like this one. But in my honest opinion. It’s all the original members reunited and in their “reunion prime”. Check out shock me on that video. And the ace solo after it. You will understand how I became a KISS Fan. I was at that show. And it changed my life. :)
Yes. It’s Peter Criss
Love your reactions to Kiss. You should also check out non-makeup Kiss songs like "Lick It Up", Heaven's On Fire", "Tears Are Falling", "Crazy Crazy Nights", "I Just Wanna", and who can forget "Let's Put The X In Sex"!
The God Of Thunder from the Hot In The Shade Tour after the drum solo is epic. You need to perhaps watch that on your own time.
Definitely will! 🤘🏻
The two mikes are for phase cancellation to eliminate feedback.
LET'S GO!
Let’s gooooooo! 😁
You are forgiven.
yes that's Peter Criss
@24:07 ...Too late... Retired from touring December 2023 😔
Have to watch the supergroup play god of thunder at the vh1 awards...
he said this is from 1998 which I believe is physical circus tour
He has two mics for that one special part where he says God of thunder, but in a different voice
Thanks for these
Thanks for watching!! Appreciate you hanging out!
Final tour I saw them in Sacramento and Oakland. Then😮 at Sacramento again at aftershock. All in the last 5 years or so.
One of my regrets is I never saw KISS live in person. My wife did, years before we met but I never made it to a show. Too late now unfortunately, but at least there's a lot of video to be seen.
Awesome to see someone new discover KISS. Unfortunately it does seem to be too late as they retired this past dec
Yeah, thats definitely Peter Criss.
The choreography with KISS classic show setlists is an extremely important part of what they were. Each member of the group was a fan of doo-wop in early 50s rock ‘n’ roll. Doo-wop singing groups would always form a line and dance and syncopation. That is kisses not to that stage performance style.
No longer touring. My 1st ever concert was KISS 1979, then again in 1997. I believe 1st reunion tour, saw em twice that year. Cool trip down memory lane 🤟
I bet it was a blast!! Thanks for sharing!
Yes that is Peter Criss
Saw them twice on the Reunion tour, and twice on this tour. and once without make-up in the 80's on the Hot in the Shade tour. You can't touch the original line-up for a show, trhey gave it all and left nothing in the tank before greed got in the wasy of the music....so sad really. Just glad i got to see em still in their prime, yes I aslso saw them back in 1978.
The cables lower Gene in the exact opposite way that they raised him up
Gotcha! I figured there was only one way up and one way down but wasn’t sure! Thanks!
Their last show was December 2, 2024 at MSG. I was there and it was killer!
2023
@@craigferron3227 Haha damnit! Oops! Yes! 2023! It took me 4 months to get 2024 in my head!
Oh you're getting addicted 😆 so awesome 🤘✌️
I got to see them on their Farewell Tour with all 4 original members
Let’s goooo! I bet that was 🔥
@@setonhillstudios Ya it was my first ever concert. Had the Gene makeup on and everything
I was at that Show. Smashing Pumpkins opened up them that day. Cool 😎
Oh wow! Super cool! Thanks for sharing!
You've opened a can of worms now. Lol