On 23. November 1982, Kiss did a photo session at the Hilton Hotel, and an in-store appearance at Virgin Records Megastore, London, England, while doing the "Creatures of the Night" promo tour in Europe. While Ace was on the promotional tour he had in fact left the band in June, [...]
On 22. November 1982, Kiss did a photo session with OKEJ magazine at the Sheraton Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. This was the start of the "Creatures of the Night" promo tour in Europe. While Frehley had left Kiss in June he was officially still in the band, and agreed to [...]
On 22. October, 1982, Kiss appeared at Much More venue on Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, for a release party celebrating their tenth studio album, “Creatures of the Night”. The event gave fans an opportunity to meet the band, ask questions and obtain autographs. It was a promotional appearance rather [...]
On 22. October, 1982, Kiss released its tenth studio album, "Creatures of the Night", according to Larry Alan Harris’s book "And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records". Although other sources give 13., 25. (copyright) or 28. October as the release date, Harris’s book lists 22. October. "Creatures [...]
On 19. October, 1982, Kiss started shooting video footage for the song "I Love It Loud" from their album "Creatures of the Night". The video was directed by Philip Davey, and produced by by John Weaver for Keefco. Kiss' performance footage was videotaped on Stage 5, Zoetrope Studios, while the [...]
On 28. October 1982, Kiss held a press conference at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios to discuss their "Creatures Of The Night" album and tour, and also shot their "I Love It Loud" music video while in Hollywood, California. Medium shot Kiss in makeup and costume saying “I Want My [...]
On 23. September, 1982, Vincent Cusano, AKA Vinne Vincent, was hired as new guitarist in Kiss, replacing Ace Frehley. While Frehley had left the band in June he was officially still in the band, and did the European promotional tour for "Creature of the Night" (which he didn't play on) [...]
On 17. July, 1982, Kiss posted an anonymous ad in Billboard seeking a new lead guitarist after Ace Frehley had left the band. Since there are other formats of the ad available it most probably ran in several other magazines as well, and ran for at least five weeks. Kiss [...]
On 15. June, 1982, Kiss' second compilation album "Killers" was released. It was released only outside the US, but quickly became available as an import. Of the album's twelve songs, four were new compositions recorded specifically for it: "I'm a Legend Tonight," "Down on Your Knees," "Nowhere to Run" and [...]
On 26. February, 1982, Paul Stanley underwent reconstructive surgery by Dr. Frederic Rueckert, a New Hampshire-based reconstructive surgeon, who successfully built Stanley a new right ear using cartilage removed from his rib cage. Paul suffered congenital ear deformity called Grade 3 Microtia. Stanley kept the birth defect a secret for [...]
