On 3. February 1978, Peter Criss pranked Gene Simmons when playing a show at the Rhode Island Providence Civic Center, Providence, letting the tour manager Fritz Postlethwaite end the song "Black Diamond" on drums, wearing Gene Simmons' makeup and his old costume. Fritz Postlethwaite: Peter asked me if I would [...]
On 8. July, 1977, Ace Frehley sang live for the first time, playing "Shock Me" in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Kiss' opening night of the "Love Gun" tour. "Shock Me" was added to Kiss' setlist starting with the "Love Gun" Tour. Frehley's guitar solo, previously performed during "She" and [...]
On 8. July, 1977, Kiss debuted Sam T. Serpent in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Kiss’ opening night of the “Love Gun” tour. Sam was used on stage up to and including their "Unmasked" tour in 1980, as well as in the Kiss film “Kiss Meets the Phantom of the [...]
On 21. February, 1977, Peter Criss nearly fell from his drum riser when it malfunctioned during “Black Diamond” at the end of the show at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, during their “Rock and Roll Over” tour. As the riser levitated into the air, one side suddenly rose higher than [...]
On 12. December, 1976, Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is nearly electrocuted when he grabs a metal railing on the poorly wired set, at a show in Lakeland, Florida. At the end of 1976, Kiss were touring their fifth studio album "Rock And Roll Over" with Uriah Heep as their opening [...]
On 24. November 1976, Peter Criss sang "Beth" live for the first time at Civic Center, Savanah, GA, during the opening night of the "Winter Tour 1976/77" in support of the "Rock And Roll Over" album. "Beth" was performed as the second encore marking the first public live performance of [...]
On 20. August, 1976, Flo & Eddie of the Turtles introduced Kiss on stage at Anaheim, California, USA, while on their Destroyer/Spirit of '76 Tour. Kissconcerthistory.com: Flo & Eddie hosted the event and introduced the band onstage with their custom, and garish, pseudo-KISS makeup designs and costumes. High-wire daredevil Steve [...]
On 8. August, 1976, Peter Criss added blue eye color to his classic make-up, while playing the Hara Arena & Exhibition Center, Dayton, Ohio, during the Destroyer/Spirit of 76 Tour. Although he had experimented with the same make-up style during Kiss' early beginnings, this was the first time he used [...]
On 13. May, 1976, Granada Television filmed Kiss during the band’s first-ever European concert at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall for Tony Wilson’s groundbreaking music program "So It Goes". The footage included backstage scenes, interviews with the band, conversations with their special effects coordinator, and live concert clips, and was first [...]
On 4. May, 1976, Kiss performed a unique and intimate concert at River Trails Junior High School in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, for approximately 350 students. The show was the result of Chicago’s WCFL Radio “School Spirit Contest,” a promotion sponsored by Mars Candy Company to advertise their products, particularly the [...]
