Fredagsmys från 1976. Läs mer om sången nedan: Beth Beth Criss/Penridge/Ezrin For details on the history of “Beth” refer to the entry for “Beck” in the “Peter Criss Pre-KISS” section. When “Detroit Rock City” was released in mid-August 1976 it failed to make much of an impact on the...

Fredagsmys från 1978. Läs mer om sången nedan: When You Wish Upon A Star When You Wish Upon A Star Washington/Harline This song was a sentimental tip of the hat to the Disney cartoons that helped Gene learn English soon after moving to America in 1958. According to Gene, “When I first heard that...

Fredagsmys från 1985. Läs mer om sången nedan: Uh! All Night Uh! All Night Stanley/Child/Beauvoir It took Paul Stanley, Desmond Child and Jean Beauvoir to come up with this song which includes lyrics that go: “Well, we work all day / And we don’t know why / Well, there’s just one thing that...

Fredagsmys, “Good Girl Gone Bad” från 1976. Läs mer om sången nedan: Good Girl Gone Bad Good Girl Gone Bad Simmons/Sigerson/Diggins Written by Gene Simmons and two, then newcomers to the KISS song-writing camp, Davitt Sigerson and Peter Diggins. Davit was a friend of Gene’s while Peter was...

Fredagsmys, “Ladies In Waiting” från 1975. Läs mer om sången nedan: Ladies In Waiting Ladies In Waiting Simmons This Gene Simmons composition would certainly seem to be a somewhat cynical road song, though, like most of the material quickly written by the band for “Dressed To Kill,” it is...

Fredagsmys, “Heaven’s On Fire” från 1984. Läs mer om sången nedan: Heaven’s On Fire Heaven's On Fire Stanley/Child During the 1980s KISS, notably Paul Stanley, was searching for the simple anthem to compete with the rest of the music scene. According to Paul, “I was going for simplicity...

Fredagsmys, “All The Way” från 1974. Läs mer om sången nedan: All The Way All The Way Simmons This Gene Simmons song was at least partially written prior to the album recording sessions and it appeared on a very early list of prospective songs. One of Gene’s early lyric books included the first...

Fredagsmys, “War Machine” från 1982, en personlig favorit. Läs mer om sången nedan: War Machine War Machine Simmons/Adams/Vallance According to the Bryan Adams’s official website, “War Machine” started out as a song written by him and song-writing partner Jim Vallance which was first recorded...

Fredagsmys, “Not For The Innocent” från 1983. Läs mer om sången nedan: Not For The Innocent Not For The Innocent Simmons/Vincent Written by Gene Simmons and Vinnie Vincent. Originally recorded in August 1982, the early demo had strong similarities with the “Creatures Of The Night” style, plus...

Fredagsmys, “Hard Luck Woman” från 1976. Läs mer om sången nedan: Hard Luck Woman Hard Luck Woman It would seem to be a bit unfair to describe “Hard Luck Woman” as a clone, but the truth of the matter is that the song is. Rod Stewart had had a hit with “Maggie May” in 1971, and Paul Stanley...

Fredagsmys, “Almost Human” från 1977. Läs mer om sången nedan: Almost Human Almost Human Gene Simmons played rhythm guitar on this track, which fits nicely with his “Howling For Your Love” and “Man Of 1,000 Faces” horror inspired material. In this case the song’s title was inspired...

Fredagsmys, “Kissin’ Time” från 1974. Läs mer om sången nedan: Kissin’ Time This recording was not included on the original release of KISS’ debut album. The track was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in April 1974 with Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise again producing. It has long been known...

Fredagsmys, “Turn On The Night” från 1987. Läs mer om sången nedan: Turn On The Night Written by Diane Warren and Paul Stanley in March/April 1987, this would be Paul’s first collaboration with the rising Los Angeles song-writer who had then just had her first #1 hit with Starship’s “Nothing...

Fredagsmys, “Deuce” från 1974. En personlig favorit. Läs mer om sången nedan: Deuce For details, refer to the “KISS March 1973 Demo” section. “Deuce” barely changed when recorded for the first album from the demo that had been recorded months earlier indicating that it hadn’t required...

Fredagsmys, “Black Diamond” från 1974. Läs mer om sången nedan: Black Diamond This was one of the earliest songs Gene and Paul wrote together, even though the writing was credited solely to Paul. According to Paul, “Gene came up with the riff that’s incorporated into the chords” (Guitar...

Fredagsmys, “Take me” från 1976. Läs mer om sången nedan: Take me After introducing the original “KISS Girl” on the previous album in the form of “Beth,” “Take Me” introduced fans to equally fictitious Lucille. “Take Me” was written by Paul Stanley and Sean Delaney. According...

Fredagsmys, “Dirty Livin’” från 1979. Läs mer om sången nedan: Dirty Livin’ The only song on “Dynasty” on which Peter Criss drums, with the rest of the album being the work of session drummer Anton Fig. “Dirty Livin’” had originally dated to 1972 and was written by Stan...

Fredagsmys, “Strangeways” från 1974. Läs mer om sången nedan: Strange Ways Ace recorded the totally spontaneous guitar solo in one take for this writing contribution. While Ace didn’t sing, it has long been rumored that Gene Simmons also recorded a vocal track for the song before it was...

Fredagsmys, “Rocket Ride” från 1987. Läs mer om sången nedan: Rocket Ride Written by Ace Frehley and Sean Delaney during the Japanese Tour of 1977. This was the only new studio song on “Alive II” on which he would perform. The song apparently didn’t include Gene, with Ace handling the bass...

Fredagsmys, “Mainline” från 1974. Läs mer om sången nedan: Mainline Written by Paul Stanley, this song was given to Peter Criss to sing. According to Gene, “Peter literally came over to us and said, ‘If you don’t give me a song to sing, I’m leaving the band.’ So Paul was nice enough...

Fredagsmys, ”Rock And Roll Hell” från Creatures of the Night. Läs mer om låten nedan: Rock And Roll Hell It took quite a few years for fans to realize that this was not an original composition for the band, but technically a cover, albeit with rewriting similar to how the band later handled...

Fredagsmys blir riktigt hård den här gången, ”All Hell’s Breakin’  Loose” från Lick it up. Läs mer om låten nedan: All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose Another contribution to KISS that was primarily Eric Carr’s creation. According to Eric, “Once again in Eric Carr...

Fredagsmys igen, “Forever” från 1989, en klassiker. Läs mer om sången nedan: Forever “Forever” was one of those interesting collaborations due to an unlikely pairing of Paul Stanley with Michael Bolton. Michael had been a member of Bruce Kulick’s pre-KISS band Blackjack and Bruce had continued...