{"id":882,"date":"2017-01-13T00:21:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T00:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/?p=882"},"modified":"2017-01-13T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T00:21:08","slug":"kiss-at-midnight-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/kiss-at-midnight-75\/","title":{"rendered":"KISS: At Midnight ’75"},"content":{"rendered":"

KISS: DTK ’75<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

BUZZ Newspaper Article Jan- Feb 2017 (#70-kD)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhen I was a kid in Jackson, MS.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> my childhood friends Spencer & Chris<\/em><\/strong> came to visit from Iowa<\/em><\/strong> & for my 14th birthday they gave me the LP “KISS: Dressed To Kill”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> now I was a little confused by the cover photo, but as I recall my\u00a0friend Spencer loved it. I do vividly remember my favorite songs were: “Anything For My Baby” & “Love Her All I Can”<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0So here is another except from My Book on ‘KISS’ “Send In The Klowns”.<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

> Down To Kill<<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In New York<\/em><\/strong> “DTK”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on the streets, was any acronym for “Down To Kill”.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> KISS’ 3rd album was originally titled “KISS: At Midnight”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> but due to Bob Gruen’s <\/u><\/em><\/strong>(NYC 1945)<\/em> photo shoot for “Creem”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> magazine (April ’75 Vol.6 #11)<\/em> where the band are “Wall Street”<\/em> types on their way to work when they read in the “Journal”<\/em> that “Rock & Roll”<\/em> record sales are at an all-time-low, & KISS<\/u><\/em><\/strong> is called into action to save Rock & Roll<\/em><\/strong> from John Denver<\/em><\/strong>. The location was on the southwest corner 23rd St & 8th Ave in front of Port Authority Subway station, Peter had his own suit form his wedding (to Lydia in ’70),<\/em> however the other 3 had to use Bill Aucoin’s <\/u><\/em><\/strong>(29 Dec 1943- Ayer, MA. 28 Jun 2010)<\/em> suits.<\/p>\n

Neil Bogart<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (1943 -1982) owner of KISS\u2019 Record Label,<\/em> being a record producer himself in the late 60s, decided to let go of Kerner & Wise<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, the duo that produced the 1st 2 KISS LPs, in order to cut costs, \u00a0Bogart decided to produced the LP with the band. Criss:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> “We smoked a lot of pot for those sessions & would mix the songs at night & the next day when we came into the studio straight we would think what the hell, this sounds like S***”. Stanley:<\/u><\/strong> “Ace was playing an Amp he made himself housed in a cardboard box, & he borrowed a riff form ‘The Doors’ song “Five To One”, we used acoustic guitars\u00a0for the rhythm tracks to fill out the sound, we borrowed that Idea from ‘BTO’ , “Love Her All I Can” was a song I wrote in the early 70s derived form 2 other songs “Can’t Explain” & “Open My Eyes”\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

It was on this, their 3rd LP that the band members started playing other roles, Paul<\/u><\/em><\/strong> Lead On “C’mon & Love Me”, Gene<\/u><\/em><\/strong> rhythm guitar on “Ladies In Waiting” & Ace<\/u><\/em><\/strong> played Bass on “Getaway” because, as the legend goes; “Gene wasn’t quite gettin the hang of of the song & would rather have been with this groupie that was hangin around the studio, anyways”. <\/em><\/p>\n


\n>Are You Ready To Rock<<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

While Gene & Paul<\/u><\/em><\/strong> were prolific song writers & Ace<\/u><\/em><\/strong> had a stash of unused songs too, KISS very rarely recorded more songs than were used on any specific album, there were several demo songs recorded at that time including\u201dDrive Me Wild”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> which did evolve into “Rock & Roll All Nite”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> as well as\u201dBurning Up With Fever”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &\u00a0\u201dMan Of A Thousand Faces” <\/u><\/em><\/strong>by Gene<\/u><\/em><\/strong> & “Mistake”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> by Paul<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, these songs did not find their way onto this album. Strangely they did re-use 2 ‘Wicked Lester’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> songs Simmons:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> “We had been playing “She” since the 1st KISS tour, so we thought we should put it on an album” <\/em>
\n‘Dressed To Kill’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released on 19 Mar 1975<\/u><\/em> on Vinyl & 8-Track & Charted at #32 in Jun ’75<\/em><\/strong>. 2 singles were released “Rock And Roll All Nite”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on 2 Apr ’75<\/u><\/em><\/strong> & charted at #68 on 14 Jun ’75<\/em><\/strong> & then “C’mon And Love Me”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> 10 Jul ’75<\/em><\/strong>, again in order to cut costs (as they would only have to master 1 side of the new single)<\/em> both 45s had “Getaway”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> as the B-Side. Back in the “olden days”<\/em> most people bought vinyl LPs but the older kids with money & cars bought “8 Tracks”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> which always had a different running order so some of us remember the tracks in a completely different order & are kind of hard to come by these days, so here is the<\/p>\n

8- Track listing:<\/p>\n

*CAB F-87016 (Mnfr. By: AMPEX)<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ladies In Waiting<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anything For My Baby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Love Her All I Can<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Two Timer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Getaway<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rock Bottom <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

C’mon And Love Me <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rock And Roll All Nite<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Room Service <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

>Are You Ready to Roll<<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tour for “DTK”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> started on 19 Mar & ran through to 28 Aug 1975 for 72 concerts, the band \u2018RUSH\u2019 has the unique distinction\u00a0 of being the band\u00a0 that toured most with KISS in the 70s, a total of 51 shows together. What some fans do not realize that the Band wore; what is considered to be the ‘Hotter Than Hell’<\/u><\/em><\/strong> suits for the 1st part of the tour up until 11 May ’75<\/em><\/strong>. Frehley:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> “I remember the 1st time we sold out 2 nights at the Beekman (Beacon Mar ’75) Theatre in New York, now that was a thrill; I really felt we had made it” <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On 1 April 1975<\/em><\/strong> the band filmed 4 songs for NBC’s ‘Midnight Special’ TV Show<\/u><\/em><\/strong> they were: “Deuce” “C’mon And Love Me” \u201cShe-Ace Solo” “Black Diamond”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> 2 of these were aired in July <\/em><\/strong>& 1 other in Sep ’75<\/em><\/strong>. There is some 8mm footage filmed in Milwaukee on 6 may ’75<\/em><\/strong> showing the band still wearing what is commonly known as “HTH”<\/em><\/strong> Suits. In May a company developed the suits commonly referred to as the “Alive”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> suits, with the new suits the band filmed “Promo Video’s<\/em>” for “C’mon And Love Me” & “Rock And Roll All Nite”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on 15 May<\/em><\/strong> for the new costumes debut.<\/p>\n

>Put Your 2 Lips Together & KISS<<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The very 1st time KISS played St. Paul<\/u><\/em><\/strong> my friend Mike (Taco) V<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. was in attendance; here is the set-list (to the best of our knowledge)<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Monday May 19 1975 <\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

St. Paul Civic Ctr. Theatre<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

With: HYDRA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Deuce<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strutter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Got To Choose<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hotter Than Hell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Firehouse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She\/Jam #49<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ace’s Solo
\nC’mon And Love Me
\nRoom Service
\nNothin To Lose
\n100,000 Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter’s Solo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Diamond<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cold Gin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Let Me Go Rock N Roll<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rock And Roll All Nite<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

>Tour Tribute<<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’re wondering what it would have been like to see KISS back then, Local St.Paul Tribute Band “KISSin Time”<\/u><\/em><\/strong> \u00a0(check them out on \u201cfb\u201d) re-creates the 1st Tours up to May ’75. They will be appearing locally;<\/p>\n

14 Jan @ Lee’s in MPLS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

18 Feb @ Pickled Loon in St. Cloud<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

19 Feb @ Dugout in Mahtomedi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

18 Mar @ Mayslack’s in MPLS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

24 Mar @ Dugout in Mahtomedi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

24 June @ Neisen’s in Savage<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

So there you have it what was happening a mere 42 years ago today … until the next time.<\/p>\n

Have a Rock & Roll Ball … MrZerr0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Zero’s *Est.2009<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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