On 31. December, 1975, Kiss sold out an arena in their hometown, New York, for the first time, playing for 13,000 fans at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum with opening acts Blue Öyster Cult and The Leslie West Band. Backstage before the show Kiss were presented the Gold certificate for [...]
On 5. December, 1975, Kiss did an in-store appearance at Peaches Records in Atlanta, Georgia, where they left their handprints and autographs in concrete in front of the store. Later that night they played the Omni for 16,700 fans while on the "Alive!" tour.
On 4. December, 1975, Kiss' first live album, "Alive!", was certified Gold by the The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making it their very first Gold award by reaching 500,000 sales of an album. The award was presented at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, backstage before their sold [...]
On 21. November, 1975, Indiana natives Bill Starkey and Jay Evans founded the legendary Kiss Army after a local radio station refused to play Kiss. During Kiss' 1975 show at Hulman Civic-University Center in Terre Haute, Starkey was brought on stage and honoured with a plaque from the band! Jeff [...]
On 9. October 1975, Cadillac High School in Cadillac, Michigan made Rock 'n' Roll history when Kiss played at their homecoming. Jim Neff: "In 1973 the Cadillac High School Vikings football team finished undefeated with a perfect 9-0 record. Spirits were soaring as the 1974 season began, but the Vikings [...]
On 11. September, 1975, Bill Aucoin, Rock Steady Productions, sent Casablanca Records a letter of termination. Kiss was leaving the label due to breach of royalty payments. In the following month Neil Bogart and Casablanca Records wrote a check for two million dollars and Kiss stayed with the label. Larry [...]
On 10. September, 1975, Kiss' first live album "Kiss: Alive!" was released. Recorded: May 16, 1975 (Cobo Arena, Detroit); June 21, 1975 (Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland); July 20, 1975 (RKO Orpheum Theater, Davenport) and July 23, 1975 (Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood). The album’s title was a homage to the 1972 [...]
On 3. September 1975, Kiss started the first recording sessions for the album "Destroyer" at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, during a brief break between the "Dressed to Kill" and "Alive!" tours. The basic album tracks were recorded during this time. Bob Ezrin, who had previously worked with [...]
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 [...]
