Members wilsoneffectsll Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 Yup I was peter criss in our little KISS concert we threw in my buddies basement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted February 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 I was a kid in the 70s, and I never liked or listened to KISS. I did love, and still have, my Micronauts, however. Yessssssss!!!! I wish I still had my Baron Karza and Time Traveler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members huskerjohn Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 At the ages of 7 and 8, I didn't feel much pressure to be "cool." But yes, I did listen to AM. I don't think I even knew that FM existed until I was about 10. I'm glad I had my childhood and not yours :poke: lol! Yes, it was the 60's when I was 7-8! At that age, I don't think I even knew what music was other than the what my parents were watching on the Lawrence Welk Show! I probably didn't become aware of music until I was 10 or 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aeon Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 I can still remember getting my Baron Karza and his horse.I was at a Toys 'R' Us with my mom and she said I could choose one, and only one.Darkside it was! cheers,Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 There was a time when I was 8 , 1976 or so , that I liked Kiss , mostly the first 4 records , then I heard the Ramones , pretty much took care of Kiss for me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted February 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 There was a time when I was 8 , 1976 or so , that I liked Kiss , mostly the first 4 records , then I heard the Ramones , pretty much took care of Kiss for me ! Ramones, way cool. For me, it was the discovery of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The KISS albums fell to the wayside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Just Mike Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 I was there...Graduated High School in '77. But for me it was Montrose, Aerosmith, Trower, ZZ, Zep, etc. Kiss was on the radar, but I thought they were kind of a parody...then came VH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members griffstar Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 When I was about 5, I found Rock and Roll Over, Destroyer, and Love Gun in a cabinet in the hallway. It was '87 and I wasn't much of a fan of the hairspray rock. These records were like comic books with soundtracks to me. I eventually got all the pre-Dynasty albums on cassette as well as Lick It Up and Anamalized (mistake). My first concert was KISS in '91 which was one of the last tours with Eric Carr before he died. I saw them again, in full make up, in 2000. Neither are the best concert I've seen, but probably rank 1 and 2 for best stage show. I lost interest in KISS after high school, when I began looking for more substance in my music and I really started getting fed up with Gene's... well with Gene. I still have a good number of their cd's, but they just sit in a box, waiting for me to get the itch to hear Parasite or She. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 Nope. I was into Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Steely Dan, George Benson, Bee Gees, Boz Scaggs, Grover Washington Jr., Smokey Robinson... You get the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby D Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 LOVE GUN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rob Dobbs Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 I was a kid in the 70s, and I never liked or listened to KISS. I did love, and still have, my Micronauts, however. cheers, Ian I had the big white Micronaut but couldnt find the big black Micronaugt anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules-RM Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 Guilty as charged. I was the lamest Kiss fan ever though, I was a Peter Criss fan. I like cats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 I graduated from high school in 1980. I never listened to Kiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hb1969 Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 There's an interview with Eddie Kramer where he spills the beans that "KISS Alive" was not so live at all - they had to replace everything but the drum parts, cos the playing was so bad! Gives Peter Criss some cred...[quote name=aeon;32825312I did love' date=' and still have, my Micronauts, however. Ian[/quote]Micronauts, geez there's some memories! My Nana used to get me those from overseas and it was weird, cos no-one else in New Zealand had heard of them. And no-one in school liked KISS either. Oh dear it's all coming back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 Guilty as charged. I wasn't a megafan or member of the KISS Army but I listened to the first few albums a bunch of times. Some of those songs were good! I still like "Strutter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wilsoneffectsll Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted February 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 Hell Yeah!!! Funny how he kind of looks like David Hasselhoff in retrospect.BTW, your avatar rules!!! Heat Meiser is another one of my fondest memories from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobalt-60 Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 I grew up in the 90s, I remember when Kiss had that revival and had no idea what the big deal was. For my generation, it was all Marilyn Manson. That was our KISS. Big boots, lots of color, hard rocking, guaranteed to piss off your parents. Dude looked like a Mad Max villain. Yessssssss!!!! You don't have to be from the 70s to know that's awesome. Fortunately, Ninja Turtles aren't as expensive - yet. I'm stocking up on all the cool ones I want, like this thing... http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1990/mutagenman.htm or this... http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1990/bee.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 Yessssssss!!!! I wish I still had my Baron Karza and Time Traveler I had many of those as well. I remember the Hydrocopter. I had the Baron Karza too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jessexxx Posted February 13, 2009 Members Share Posted February 13, 2009 kiss put a guitar in my hands...one of my first guitars was a hondo "iceman" copy...and a crate amp..(and it actualy looked like a crate box)..posters on the wall...t-shirts..then my cousin brings over black sabbath ,..sabbath bloody sabbath... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B. Posted February 14, 2009 Members Share Posted February 14, 2009 There's an interview with Eddie Kramer where he spills the beans that "KISS Alive" was not so live at all - they had to replace everything but the drum parts, cos the playing was so bad! Gives Peter Criss some cred... Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hb1969 Posted February 14, 2009 Members Share Posted February 14, 2009 Link? He starts talking about the Alive album at around 8.43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jaron Posted February 14, 2009 Members Share Posted February 14, 2009 detroit rock city is a great movie fwiw. i dont understand kiss hate. they are cheesy but awesome. they don't take themselves seriously, why should you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted February 14, 2009 Members Share Posted February 14, 2009 This is going to stir some trouble, but I consider it rather stereotypical to claim that all people are dictated by what was around them when they were a child. I hate it when people say "if you were born in 'such&such' year, you LOVED this movie, and watched 'such&such' TV show, and dressed up as 'such&such' band, and played 'such&such' game" etc. etc. etc. I hate that generational bull{censored}e. It's even worse when you get nostalgia freaks that cling to their childhood stuck in a rut. The worst offenders are the ones that form a cult that call themselves "Children of the 1980s" (*pukes in mouth*....) rather than the crap psychological term 'Generation X". They just cannot move on in life- they think they are so special and unique out of the whole of civilisation that has existed, and what, because of whatever was playing on the telly or what mass-marketing they sheepishly lapped up? How bloody shallow is that?I'll say right now there is nothing wrong with enjoying something that you liked as a child, nothing at all. But enjoy it in the NOW, not stuck in the past. Like it for what it IS, not what is WAS BACK THEN.I don't mind KISS, at times. I consider them as a joke band, and for that, it can be entertaining.I was a kid in the 1990s, and quite frankly I couldn't give a stuff for most of the bands that existed then. I just like what I like, not what happens to be around me while growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hb1969 Posted February 14, 2009 Members Share Posted February 14, 2009 Good point Petejt, I actually got into Kiss right at the very end of the 70's and hit my teens during the early 80's :facepalm:which I maintain was the single worst decade to grow up in, musically and otherwise. And anyone who says otherwise is a liar! Most people though, being the sheeple that they are will have been swept up by whatever fad and trend was current at the time of their youth. Such is pop culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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