The offical Kiss thread

ultmetal wrote:

Though I am a Kiss fanatic, I think I will pass on those.

Savin' your nickels for the $4000 "Monster Book" are ya?

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Did I miss a memo? I could've sworn the Monster album was coming out on Oct. 16th here in the U.S., but now I'm reading that it'll be out a week earlier, on the 9th. Did they bump it up a week? Not that I'm complaining, mind you, I'm just curious.

The release date on Amazon changed to Oct. 9 a little while back. Not sure why, but I'm not complaining.

Cool beans. I'm off from work next week, so I'll have plenty o'time to listen to the CD.

While you are picking the new KISS disc, you can stop by a load up on some Hello Kitty KISS merchandise :

Does Gene just rubber stamp everything "APPROVED"? I would love to see some pics of potential merch that Gene & Paul actually said "NO" to. If such a thing exists.

I'll get the new album, but that as far as I'll go when it comes to merch.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Did I miss a memo? I could've sworn the Monster album was coming out on Oct. 16th here in the U.S., but now I'm reading that it'll be out a week earlier, on the 9th. Did they bump it up a week? Not that I'm complaining, mind you, I'm just curious.

The release date on Amazon changed to Oct. 9 a little while back. Not sure why, but I'm not complaining.

Cool beans. I'm off from work next week, so I'll have plenty o'time to listen to the CD.

While you are picking the new KISS disc, you can stop by a load up on some Hello Kitty KISS merchandise :

Does Gene just rubber stamp everything "APPROVED"? I would love to see some pics of potential merch that Gene & Paul actually said "NO" to. If such a thing exists.

I'll get the new album, but that as far as I'll go when it comes to merch.

They are female fan approved. My daughter is a 20 year old art student in Detroit. We lived in Japan for 14 years where Hello Kitty was/is very popular. She thinks the KISS Hello Kitties are totally cool and wants to buy them. So I guess there is a market for something like this. I wouldn't buy them, but show me an official KISS PEZ Dispenser...

MEGATRON wrote:

Kick ass album! Eat Your Heart Out and Outta This World are the only mediocre tracks. They sound like Sonic Boom leftovers and even reuse SB lyrics in some parts. The rest of the album is very good, but Paul's voice is clearly not what it used to be. Hell or Hallelujah is his best vocal performance. The Devil Is Me is a great Gene tune.

Awesome! I'm glad to hear a positive review. Looking forward to Tuesday!

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We lived in Japan for 14 years where Hello Kitty was/is very popular.

Japan has a very long and mostly creepy history with the Hello Kitty franchise.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Did I miss a memo? I could've sworn the Monster album was coming out on Oct. 16th here in the U.S., but now I'm reading that it'll be out a week earlier, on the 9th. Did they bump it up a week? Not that I'm complaining, mind you, I'm just curious.

It's already out in some parts of the world.

I regret ordering this online, because noe I hava to wait for the US release fate, and then the shipping delay. I could gave picked it up here in my own local record store today!!

kmorg wrote:

I regret ordering this online, because noe I hava to wait for the US release fate, and then the shipping delay. I could gave picked it up here in my own local record store today!!

Since the order hasn't been filled or shipped, you may be able to go online and cancel it.

I pre-ordered the vinyl, assuming like all the other Kiss vinyls, that it will sell out. We'll see.

I'll get the CD as well.

I got the new cd yesterday. Spun it 3 times. And being a huge KISS fan I hate to say that so far I think it's ok at best.

spinning 2nd time, still don't like it.
hate dat Stanley's electro voice and radio friendly music, whole album makes one same sounding machinery, wout any differences between songs or start and ending of album. all song are like one but separate by numbers.
i'm glad dat i won't buy it and haven't give my money to mr. $immon$.

nevermore wrote:

I got the new cd yesterday. Spun it 3 times. And being a huge KISS fan I hate to say that so far I think it's ok at best.

I have to agree with you - I have heard it and it's just OK, not great. I was expecting more after Sonic Boom (which I thought was great). Nothing really stuck out as great to me. Maybe it will grow on me but it just seemed like an album full of filler.

These last three assessments have me not as excited about this release. I've stayed away from hearing any samples because.... well it's Kiss and I'll be buying it either way, so I like to get a first listen when I have the thing in the player. Kinda bummed to hear these thoughts on it. Really dug Sonic Boom too. Guess I'll find out Tuesday.

thejokeriv wrote:

nevermore wrote:

I got the new cd yesterday. Spun it 3 times. And being a huge KISS fan I hate to say that so far I think it's ok at best.

I have to agree with you - I have heard it and it's just OK, not great. I was expecting more after Sonic Boom (which I thought was great). Nothing really stuck out as great to me. Maybe it will grow on me but it just seemed like an album full of filler.

A counterpoint to the lukewarm reviews posted here is Martin Popoff's review of the new KISS album at Bravewords.com:

http://www.bravewords.com/news/191486

After reading this review, I'm definitely excited! Looking forward to October 9th. (And I've still only heard Hell or Hallelujah.)

jstate wrote:

These last three assessments have me not as excited about this release. I've stayed away from hearing any samples because.... well it's Kiss and I'll be buying it either way, so I like to get a first listen when I have the thing in the player. Kinda bummed to hear these thoughts on it. Really dug Sonic Boom too. Guess I'll find out Tuesday.

Be excited jstate!

"Carnival Of Souls crossed with The Dictators’ Bloodbrothers, the self-titled New York Dolls, Get Your Wings from Aerosmith, and Sonic Boom by these four wily rockers that know how to throw a party."

Okay - this does make me feel a lot better.

The guitars are a bit distorted here and there, but that's forgivable. This is an incredible album. This mix is awesome, but the mastering is way too loud. Musically, it sounds to me like all eras of the band mixed together, while at the same time sounding somehow tougher than any thing they've ever done.

Tommy's not noticeably imitating Ace's solos this time around either.

And Paul sounds a MILLION times better than he did on Sonic Boom.

jstate wrote:

These last three assessments have me not as excited about this release. I've stayed away from hearing any samples because.... well it's Kiss and I'll be buying it either way, so I like to get a first listen when I have the thing in the player. Kinda bummed to hear these thoughts on it. Really dug Sonic Boom too. Guess I'll find out Tuesday.

Well, you may really love it! There are a few different opinions in this thread - Cliffy seems to love it. Even though I have heard it, I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive in the mail. It wasn't "cancel the order" awful. I will say that it's better than Crazy Nights and Hot In The Shade!

Coffee anyone?

jstate wrote:

"Carnival Of Souls crossed with The Dictators’ Bloodbrothers, the self-titled New York Dolls, Get Your Wings from Aerosmith, and Sonic Boom by these four wily rockers that know how to throw a party."

Okay - this does make me feel a lot better.

My heart sank when the first three words I read were 'carnival', 'of' and 'souls'. That's the only KISS album where I do not like a single track.

However, the subsequent four albums listed above number among my favorites...so...that should make up for any carnival-of-soul-iness.

jstate wrote:

These last three assessments have me not as excited about this release. I've stayed away from hearing any samples because.... well it's Kiss and I'll be buying it either way, so I like to get a first listen when I have the thing in the player. Kinda bummed to hear these thoughts on it. Really dug Sonic Boom too. Guess I'll find out Tuesday.

Ahhh, you typed the words right out of my fingers. My sentiments exactly.

Listened to it again and I had a couple thoughts - Gene's playing is more interesting on this album. Eric's sounds sound like Paul and Gene getting a last jab in at Peter. I can just picture the situation in the studio - Paul says "OK Eric - this track needs to sound like a track that Peter wishes he had record on his 1978 failure of solo album"

And on the Ace track it's almost as if Paul said "OK Tommy, sing like Ace but if Ace tried to be a real singer like me"

I don't hear COS in this at all. If anything I hear Love Gun meets Psycho Circus with a bit of Revenge thrown in for good measure.

I do agree with Cliffy that the mixing/mastering sound great. The production sounds better than Monster.

thejokeriv wrote:

I don't hear COS in this at all. If anything I hear Love Gun meets Psycho Circus with a bit of Revenge thrown in for good measure.

I like the sound of that. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Hopefully WalMart will stock some remastered catalog around this new release...that way I can kill 2 birds w/ one stone.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Hopefully WalMart will stock some remastered catalog around this new release...that way I can kill 2 birds w/ one stone.

I usually see any assortment of the first six albums whenever I'm at WM, usually from $5 to $7. I've never seen anything beyond those though (save for SB, obviously).

Though, if this matters to you, I believe the Best Buy version of Monster is to have the same extra track that iTunes will, so. I plan to go that route, personally.