On 23. March 1974, Gene Simmons did his blood spitting routine live for the first time when playing "100,000 Years" at a Kiss show at The Academy Of Music, New York. Gene Simmons: "I remember seeing Christopher Lee as Dracula in one of the Hammer films, Blood of Dracula or [...]
On 21. February 1974, Kiss filmed their first TV performance. "ABC In Concert" had Kiss performing three songs, "Nothin to Lose", "Firehouse" and "Black Diamond". They actually recorded four songs, with "Deuce" being the other, but the song was never broadcasted and the material was lost. Aired 29. March 1974. [...]
On 18. February 1974, Casablanca Records held a party at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the West Coast release of "Kiss" and to introduce the record company to the press and other record industry executives. In keeping with the Casablanca theme, the party included palm trees [...]
On 8. February 1974, Kiss' debut studio album "Kiss" was released. Much of the material on the album was written by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, as members of their pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester. Simmons estimated that the entire process of recording and mixing took three weeks, while co-producer Richie [...]
On 31. January, 1974, Kiss did the debut album photo session, Brodsky Studio, 57th Street, New York City with photographer Joel Brodsky. Joel Brodsky: "I shot between 500 and 1000 album covers including The Doors' Strange Days and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. I was given the assignment to shoot the [...]
On 25. January, 1974, Kiss did a photo session with photographer Raeanne Rubenstein in New York. Paul Stanley wore both the star and the bandit make-up during this session. This was probably the first time Gene Simmons used blood as a shock effect.
