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2 Setlist. 3 Tour dates. Toggle Tour dates subsection. ... Inspired by the event, he wrote "Shock Me", which appeared on Kiss' next album, 1977's Love Gun. It is the ...
The Alive II Tour saw Kiss perform 5 sold-out nights at Tokyo's Budokan, breaking their previous record of 4 one year earlier, as well as breaking the previous record by The Beatles. They also played three sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in their hometown of New York City, and multiple nights in several other cities, including San ...
This was the first tour where Ace Frehley sang lead vocals, on "Shock Me".The three Los Angeles shows were recorded for Alive II.This is the only tour to feature the song "Hooligan" in the set list.
At the time, the tour was referred to under the headline "Kiss tour", not "Alive! Tour" or "Destroyer Tour". The August 20 Anaheim, California show was the most famous show of the tour, the band played to over 42,000 people, the biggest US crowd the band had played to. Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and Montrose were the opening acts.
Kiss took most of August off from the tour to record their follow-up album, Hotter than Hell. In the tour program for the band's final tour , Simmons reflected on the tour: Being in Kiss in the very first year and touring around the United States, we felt like we were taking off.
Alive II is the second live album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on October 14, 1977, by Casablanca Records. [2] The band had released three albums (Destroyer, Rock and Roll Over, and Love Gun) since the previous live outing, the 1975 release Alive!, so they drew upon the variety of new tracks, with Eddie Kramer producing.
The Dynasty Tour, also known as "The Return of Kiss", was the first tour to feature the famous flying stunt by Gene Simmons.This was also the first tour to feature Ace Frehley's "lighted guitar" and his rocket-shooting guitar, where after his smoke-spewing guitar solo, the still-smoking guitar would float up. [1]
Love Gun is the first Kiss studio album to feature a lead vocal performance from Ace Frehley, making it the first to feature lead vocal performances from all four band members. Before Love Gun was completed, a Gallup poll indicated that Kiss was the most popular band in the United States, beating Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles.