When was kiss kiss released

In , the original lineup of Kiss -- featuring Simmons , Stanley , Frehley , and Criss -- reunited to perform an international tour, complete with their notorious makeup and special effects. The tour was one of the most successful of , and in the reunited group issued Psycho Circus. While the ensuing tour in support of Psycho Circus was a success, sales of Kiss' reunion album weren't as stellar as anticipated.

Reminiscent of the band's unfocused late-'70s period, few tracks on Psycho Circus featured all four members playing together most tracks were supplemented with session musicians , as the band seemed more interested in flooding the marketplace with merchandise yet again instead of making the music their top priority.

With rumors running rampant that the Psycho Circus Tour would be their last, the quartet announced in the spring of that they would be launching a U. But on the eve of a Japanese and Australian tour in early , Peter Criss suddenly left the band once again, supposedly discontent with his salary. Taking his place was previous Kiss drummer Eric Singer , who in a controversial move for some longtime fans, donned Criss ' cat-man makeup since Simmons and Stanley own both Frehley and Criss ' makeup designs, there was no threat of a lawsuit as the farewell tour continued.

With the band scheduled to call it a day supposedly by late , a mammoth career-encompassing box set was set for later in the year, while the summer saw perhaps the most over-the-top piece of Kiss merchandise yet -- the "Kiss Kasket. He was promoting his autobiography at the time, which also caused dissent in the Kiss camp because of inflammatory remarks made toward Ace Frehley. Frehley subsequently declined to appear at an American Bandstand anniversary show; his place was taken by a wig-wearing Tommy Thayer, and Simmons was quick to dismiss the performance as another in a long series of money-oriented decisions.

The band kept touring the globe with no new album in stores, but in they returned to the studio, re-recorded their hits, and released Jigoku-Retsuden aka KISSology or Kiss Klassics the release was initially exclusive to Japan. In spring of , the band began recording their first studio album in 11 years, and released the results in October with the title Sonic Boom.

In , the band's 20th studio album, Monster, surfaced, rewriting the cowbell-heavy party rock of their '70s heyday and adding some nods to the sinister metal of 's Revenge. The following year they released a collaborative single with the Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z.

In , a career-spanning single-disc best-of, Kissworld, was released to coincide with a massive world tour of the same name. With manager Bill Aucoin's backing, Kiss refused. Shortly after the release of Kiss, Warner Bros.

Kiss sold approximately 75, copies after its initial release, without the presence of a hit single. Of all the songs in the album, "Strutter", "Nothin' to Lose", "Deuce", "Cold Gin", "Black Diamond", and ", Years" remain as permanent staples in the band's shows throughout the years. Paul Stanley - "Recording the first album was the culmination of everything Id worked for up to that point.

Looking back on it, some bands have had the good fortune of being in the studio with technicians and a creative team that would capture their sound. And I think unfortunatly , starting with the first album, that was never achieved with Kiss".

It was kind of an extension of the first demos we did. I would give it three stars. Ace Frehley - "Id give it five stars. It was one of our best records because it had that spontaneity that that tough kind of sound. I think we put percent into that record. The songs on the first album are good. We knew those songs backwards and forwards. Accessed August 11 , The song was digitally released on October 15 , Accessed August 9 , This song was 48 on " Rolling Stone " 's list of the Best Songs of Retrieved ] It is noted that the radio version cuts out the intro dialogue because it is often mistaken to be a snippet from local radio stations, where T-Pain voices an eccentric disc jockey broadcasting the song "live" and taking calls.

The song was given a full single re-release in the UK on 15 September , after the song was initially given a download only release in Music video Apparently the hit "Kiss Kiss" was dedicated to his biggest fan whom he met on tour in Dublin. On the platinum record which was given to this fan 'Hayley McNamara', he had written "Kiss kiss Hayley".

The music video is also available on iTunes. December 28 ] The song had it's debut on VH1 at 6 on January 5th. In the video Brown plays two different versions of himself, a nerdy person and a jock persona, both trying to get the attention of a pretty girl who also attends the college.

The jock side of Brown is constantly picking on the nerdy Brown around the girl, thinking it will impress her, whereas the nerdy Brown is always being nice to her.