On 16. December, 1979, in Toledo, Peter Criss played his last show with the original Kiss before the MTV Unplugged special reunion in 1995. This was the tour end for the album "Dynasty", which Peter Criss played only one song. Peter Criss: That night in Biloxi, I was throwing sticks [...]
On 7. November 1979, Kiss was interviewed by Billy Crystal on the "Dinah! And Friends" TV show (Dinah Shore). The interview was done backstage before they played The Forum in Los Angeles, California. Following the performance, Casablanca Records threw a party for Kiss at The Forum Club. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTtaQWT43Eo
On 30. October, 1979, Kiss taped the Tomorrow Show on NBC with Tom Snyder at the RCA Building, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. The show was aired the next night on Halloween. It would be the most loved and also the last interview of all four original members of [...]
On 27. October, 1979, a PBS film crew from the "3-2-1 Contact" children's science show was on-site filming a behind-the-scenes segment on the science of sound, when Kiss was at the Taylor County Coliseum in Abilene, Texas, during their "Dynasty" tour. Directed by Riva Freifeld and edited by Mili Bonsignori, [...]
On 2. October, 1979, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were interviewed unmasked (facing away from the cameras) by Newsbeat on the local TV station KSDK-TV Channel 5 in St. Louis, Missouri, by Dick Ford & John Auble. Kiss was touring the USA for their album "Dynasty" and played the Checkerdome [...]
On 27. September 1979, Kiss held an in-store appearance and autograph session at Great American Music in Bloomington, Minnesota, the day before their concert at Met Center. The in-store started 4 hours late, as the band was waiting for Ace and Peter to show. See more pictures here.
On 12. September 1979, Kiss was interviewed backstage by the Dutch TV show "Veronica's Countdown" before playing at the Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. Kiss was on tour for the "Dynasty" album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBXTIUPBvOg
On 20. August, 1979, NBC filmed a documentary of Kiss backstage at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium (Mobile Civic Center) in Mobile, Alabama, for the youth television series "Hot Hero Sandwich." Cameras followed the band's road crew as they prepared the stage, while wardrobe coordinator Pixie Esmonde explained her role in [...]
On 31. July, 1979, Kiss took part in a special photo session for GAF Corporation's upcoming View-Master 3-D reels at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, during the band's two-night stand on the "Return Of Kiss" (Dynasty) tour. The session was conducted during the Providence concerts on 31. [...]
On 18. July, 1979, ABC's news program "20/20" filmed interviews and parts of Kiss' concert at the Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland, Ohio, for a feature that aired on 16. August, 1979. At the height of the "Dynasty" era, the report offered viewers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the band, combining [...]
