19. August 1977, Kiss did the "Alive II" photo session with photographer Barry Levine and Andrew Kent at the San Diego Sports Arena, California. The photos were taken before the concert that night. Gene Simmons wore the horns during the photo shoot. The only time he wore them live was [...]
On 27. March 1977, Kiss did the legendary photo session at the Spirit Temple in Kyoto, Japan, with Bob Gruen who was the official photographer on their tour of Japan. Bob Gruen: "I was the official photographer on their tour of Japan. It was like Kissmania. The idea of their [...]
On 19. October 1976, Kiss did the "Winter scene" photoshoot at A&M Records in Hollywood, California, with photographer Neil Preston for Creem Magazine. The polyurethane "snow" they used was so toxic it's not made anymore. It also got into the ventilation system of the photo studio and stayed there for [...]
On 21. August 1976, Gene Simmons did a photo session for Creem Magazine at the George Barris Car Collection, North Hollywood, California, with photographers Barry Levine, Fin Costello and Watel Asanuma. Barry Levine: "Another cool set of shots that I took with Gene revolved around an exhibition that Creem Magazine [...]
On 24. June, 1976, Kiss' legendary New York City photo shoot with photographers Barry Levine and Richard Corkery took place. Photos were taken on the streets throughout the city, and in stops at Central Park and the Empire State Building, where one of Kiss' most iconic photos ever was taken. [...]
On 28. May 1976, Kiss did a photo session with photographers Barry Levine and Hans Hatwig at the Skansen outdoor museum, Stockholm, Sweden, while touring in Europe for the "Destroyer" album. Later that day they played a show at Gröna Lund in the Tivoli Gardens. This was Kiss' first European [...]
On 10. May 1976, Kiss did photo sessions at different locations in London. Photos were taken at Heathrow Airport, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Bridge and the London streets. This was the start of the European "The Spirit of '76/Destroyer" tour, and although they had revealed the new "Destroyer" costumes as early [...]
On 9. April, 1976, Kiss did the "Destroyer" press conference to announce their upcoming European tour, and six photo sessions with Barry Levine, Fin Costello and Waring Abbott at Mother's Sound Stage, 210 East 5th Street, Manhattan, New York. The six iconic sessions were the "Destroyer Red" and "Chopper session" [...]
On 23. August 1975, Kiss did the “S&M Session” with photographer Fin Costello, who had shot the band on many occasions, and traveled to New York, to again photograph the band. The model Megan McCracken was living with Kiss manager Bill Aucoin at the time — although her participation in [...]
On 22. August 1975, Peter Criss did a photo session for Creem Magazine's "Star's Cars no. 11" article (1. December 1975), at photographer Fin Costello's property in Weston, Connecticut. Peter Criss is seen with his 1955 MG Rover TF-1500 car. Here we see Peter Criss doing his famous imitation of [...]
