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 18. July, 1979, ABC's 20/20 taped interviews and parts of the concert at the Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio, for a feature of Kiss that aired on 16. August, 1979. This concert was the only known performance of 'Makin' Love' on this tour. This was also the last performance of [...]
On 1. July 1979, Bally released the Kiss pinball machine. The game features the “Love Gun” era costumes, although Kiss had changed their look by the game launch. Kiss, a Bally produced licensed game featuring the self proclaimed “Greatest Band in the World!” was released in 1979 and featured all [...]
On 22. June, 1979, Ace Frehley used the "ray gun" for the first time when playing at the Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC, when Kiss toured North America for the "Dynasty" album. According to MAGIC - KISS Kronicles 1973 to 1983: "Ace would use the "raygun" to shoot sparks. This effect [...]
