Message from KISS

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53

Fat Freddy wrote:

metalinmyveins wrote:: With the Kiss Korner, I hope the selection of Kiss C.D's is a lot better. Their current selection at Walmart SUCKS!

The CD selection at Wal-Mart sucks for EVERYONE, not just for Kiss.

But when Wal-Mart was pimping the exclusive deal with AC/DC last year, they put up big displays in the center aisle of the stores with tons and tons of copies of the BLACK ICE album, and lots of the back catalog too... I would imagine they'd do the same for KISS. In fact, I'm sure Gene $immon$ would insist on it. Laughing

For whatever reason, I noticed that the Wal-Mart in my area always had a great selection of AC/DC, even prior to "Black Ice" coming out. When I was replacing my AC/DC collection with the remastered series, I only had problems finding "Flick of the Switch" and "Fly on the Wall" at times. Unfortunately with Kiss, I usually only see "Double Platinum" or "20th Century Remasters", along with a couple of other comps. It would be cool to see if the KISS C.D's mirrored the prices that Wal-Mart has with AC/DC and their catalog.

Administrator Number of posts : 19452 Age : 57

Static Fuse wrote:: This is gonna be an AWESOME package! I'm pumped
about the re-recorded stuff finally being available domestically, and
about the new dvd!

Taken from a post on Metal Sludge:

KISS
manager Doc McGhee has confirmed to Classic Rock magazine that the
band's new album will be titled "Sonic Bloom" and that it will be
released exclusively through Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. as part of a
package including a disc of re-recorded KISS classics (already
available in Japan) and a live DVD.

Due on October 6, "Sonic Bloom" features the following track listing:

01. Modern Day Delilah
02. Russian Roulette
03. Never Enough
04. Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
05. Stand
06. Hot & Cold
07. All The Glory
08. Danger Us
09. I'm An Animal
10. When Lightning Strikes
11. Say Yah

Commented
Classic Rock's Geoff Barton: "KISS promised to deliver a
back-to-their-roots album and that's exactly what we've got. Recorded
in the old-fashioned, analog way, it sounds spectacularly good — no
ProTools nonsense in evidence here.

"The interesting thing is,
it's not simply a homage the band's first few albums. There are even
nods to records such as [1982's] 'Creatures Of The Night', which had
Vinnie Vincent on guitar. KISS seem to have cleverly combined the best
of all their eras into a single winning package."

The editor of
Guitar Player magazine, who had a chance to preview five songs off the
LP last month, wrote about the new KISS material, "Paul [Stanley, KISS
guitarist/vocalist] sings his ass off. Eric [Singer] plays some
amazingly powerful drums. Gene [Simmons] was finally made to play all
of his bass parts (apparently, in the past, if someone had a cool bass
idea, he let them play it), and he DOES have a pretty driving sound.
Finally, Paul and Tommy's [Thayer] guitars sound HUGE — with some fab
riffs and '70s-style solos."

Thayer wrote and sang his first
song on the album, while Singer also got his first opportunity to sing
a lead vocal on an original song.

Simmons recently told The
Canadian Press that there were no outside writers working on the Paul
Stanley-produced disc. He also described the album's sound as "no
strings, no keyboards, no synths, no tambourines, no nothing — just
meat and potatoes."

“I actually wanted to make Sonic Boom available as a download for a dollar, but I was overruled,” McGhee chuckled.

“I
still think it’s a great idea. Millions of people would’ve downloaded
it, I guarantee. At just a dollar a throw, it would’ve been the bargain
of the century.”

McGhee is delighted that Kiss decided to play
to their strengths on Sonic Boom. “It’s exactly want people want: the
classic Kiss sound played by the band looking like they’ve always done.
Kiss are like James Bond or Mickey Mouse. They’re an amazing brand and
they’ll likely go on forever.

“When I took over management of Kiss in the mid-1990s, that was my major plan: to get the band back to basics.

“I mean,” McGhee laughed, “when Kiss had a squirrel in their line-up – what was the hell was that all about?”

Here’s our quickfire reaction to the six songs we heard:

Modern Day Delilah
Based
around a lumbering, War Machine-style rhythm, Paul Stanley’s vocals
sound top-notch and timeless, almost like they’ve been sampled from
Kiss Alive! Meanwhile, Tommy Thayer’s guitar work is straight out of
the Ace Frehley riff book. At a concise 3:35 in length, this is a
perfect slam-bang beginning to the new album.

Russian Roulette
Gene
Simmons takes the vocals on this one; it’s an archetypal lumbering,
grumbling, pummelling offering, made all the better by the addition of
a signature ‘ah-ah-ah-ah’ chant-line. The lyrics are simplistic but
effective: ‘This is Russian Roulette… one pill of the trigger is all
you’re gonna get… you feel the hunger and it’s much too much… go on
take a bite.’ To a fan of classic Kiss, that’s sheer poetry.

Never Enough
You’re
know you’re on to a winner immediately as this one begins with a
time-honoured Stanley shout of… wait for it… ‘Woah yeah!’ This is a
much jauntier offering than the preceding two tracks, recalling the
more commercial, 1980s side of Kiss. The song has a real
reach-for-the-sky spirit, full of uplifting phrases such as ‘rules just
for breaking’, ‘life for the taking’ and (you guessed it) ‘love ’til
I’m shaking’.

Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect)
Another three
minutes of perfection. A light-hearted, hyper-commercial tune with
Simmons at the mic-stand again, offering a gruff ‘YEAH’ (capital
letters, natch) followed by the inevitable invitation: ‘C’mon baby,
take off your clothes.’ There’s no word on whether Simmons kept his
T-shirt on, however.

Stand
Our favourite so far; a proper
anthem recalling the crowd-rousing grandeur of God Gave Rock’N’Roll To
You. Stanley delivers the words ‘Stand by my side, I’ll be next to
you/Stand by my side, we’ll make it through/Stand by my side, we’ll get
by, you and I’ with consummate Starchild passion. This one just grows
and grows… and then offers a neat false ending with some soft,
CSN&Y-style harmonies (yes, really) before picking up the pace once
more.

I’m An Animal
Full of giant, stalking menace, this is
based around a dense, Zeppelinesque riff. Thayer plays a marvellous
slick-but-stumbling Frehley solo, and you can rest assured the lyrics –
‘I’m an animal and I’m free… I’m an animal in the street’ – don’t refer
to an old lady with her poodle off the leash. Late in the song, the
band issue the urge: ‘Stand up, raise your fists.’ Little do they know,
we’ve been doing that since track one…

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2003 Age : 44

u don;t want to see a cover of new album cos you are gonna puke how crappy, trashy, shitty it is. and it's not over.
have you seen the name of the album ? SONIC BOOM = WTF ?
i have no idea what to think. 'kiss' is dead right now for me.

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I think the cover fits alongside other KISS covers like Rock And Roll Over and Unmasked and Hotter Than Hell...colorful & loud.

The song on kissonline.com sounds great, IMO.

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37869 Age : 54

Where can we see the album cover art? Tell me, please!!

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37869 Age : 54

Looks pretty cool... has a definite ROCK & ROLL OVER vibe to it.

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mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

I am looking forward to the release of this album and even happier that I do not have spring extra dough for the re-recorded classics that is going to be included.

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manny wrote:: I am looking forward to the release of this album and even happier that I do not have spring extra dough for the re-recorded classics that is going to be included.

Ditto. Kinda bummed that the live DVD that will be included is from South America 2009 tho. When they released that re-recorded thingy in Japan last year, I believe the DVD they included was a show from Japan '77.

So, when is Walmart gonna start the full-court press promoting this thing? It comes out in just over a month. Betcha when I go there in a week or two to Back To School shop for my kid, there'll be KISS crap all over the place. Laughing

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Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:: I am looking forward to the release of this album and even happier that I do not have spring extra dough for the re-recorded classics that is going to be included.

Ditto. Kinda bummed that the live DVD that will be included is from South America 2009 tho. When they released that re-recorded thingy in Japan last year, I believe the DVD they included was a show from Japan '77.

I can understand it though. This new album is suppose to be the new line-up: Paul, Gene, Tommy and Eric. As such, they would want a live show that reflects that line-up.

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ultmetal wrote:: I can understand it though. This new album is suppose to be the new line-up: Paul, Gene, Tommy and Eric. As such, they would want a live show that reflects that line-up.

I understand it too... but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Laughing

...aw, who am I kidding? I'll probably only ever watch the DVD once anyway, so it doesn't really matter what's on it. Smile

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

I can't wait for this one!!!!! At least Gene realizes you need to pack lots of extras in these days to get people to buy the album.

For the cover, I was hoping for a better cover - it does seem a little rock and roll over like, that makes sense since it's the same artist that did rock and roll over. I just think it coul dhave been better

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thejokeriv wrote:: I can't wait for this one!!!!! At least Gene realizes you need to pack lots of extras in these days to get people to buy the album.

For the cover, I was hoping for a better cover - it does seem a little rock and roll over like, that makes sense since it's the same artist that did rock and roll over. I just think it coul dhave been better

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37869 Age : 54

Cool clip. Not much to go on (and the sound quality is ass, haha) but it sounds promising.

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

Fat Freddy wrote:: Cool clip. Not much to go on (and the sound quality is ass, haha) but it sounds promising.

Yep - no boom sonically on the short clip, I am sure the actually CD sounds much better. I like what I hear so far

Subject: Re: Message from KISS Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:14 am

Fat Freddy wrote:: Cool clip. Not much to go on (and the sound quality is ass, haha) but it sounds promising.

My thoughts as well.

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Quote :: ...aw, who am I kidding? I'll probably only ever watch the DVD once anyway, so it doesn't really matter what's on it.

That will probably be one more time than I'll ever watch it. Smile

Not a bad package though, 2 cds & a dvd for $12 bucks.

The new song sounds decent enough and the cover looks cool to me. Although it's weird seeing Eric & Tommy on there in the make-up.

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7685 Age : 45

the artwork is horrible but the sample sounds decent. These are Crazy, Crazy, Crazy Nights!

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2003 Age : 44

sound to me like LIU mixed with ASYLUM. it means much 80s era genre.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

The pencil version of the cover - the concept looks much better than the final product, IMHO

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7685 Age : 45

I agree about the pencil version. That looks awesome that way, but they couldnt stay with that version it just doesnt pop out. What they should have doen though was a little switch -a- roo with KISS and SONIC BOOM. I think the bands name should have been put in middle where Sonic Boom is and the word Sonic on top and Boom on the bottom.

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:: I agree about the pencil version. That looks awesome that way, but they couldnt stay with that version it just doesnt pop out. What they should have doen though was a little switch -a- roo with KISS and SONIC BOOM. I think the bands name should have been put in middle where Sonic Boom is and the word Sonic on top and Boom on the bottom.

Maybe - I think with different colors and drawn faces of the band, it would have been killer

Metal graduate Number of posts : 415 Age : 54

Sigh...the cover is alright...I understand...rock and roll over redo...and it's done by the same artist who did rock and roll over so that's cool, but still...how can this band call their album Sonic Boom? I can't make it make sense to me at all.

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New Stryper album, Murder By Pride...great album with a sucky title, now KISS doing the same thing...Sonic Boom will be great, but...seriously, fellas...how can you possibly call your album this?

later...Cliffy

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Ate his vegetables Number of posts : 4958 Age : 34

I like the cover. Has a cool cartoony feel to it, which makes sense as KISS have always been kind of a cartoon band.

Metal novice Number of posts : 13 Age : 36

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the new cover... It has some kind of cheese flavor, but the clip of the new song is very cool, albeit crappy.

While I'm still a little skeptical about it being released at Wally World, I'll probably end up buying the album from there, as it is very close to my home and it's also where I buy charge cards for my cell phone.

... Is it October yet? o_o

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