Saturday, 6 December 2003

KISS-THE LOST CONCERT
Mood:  happy

Unauthorized KISS videos usually consist of long drawn out shakey video camera shots of KISS Conventions,10th generation copies of old tv appearences and no KISS music whatsoever due to the Disney like Gene $immons tight reign on copyright infringement.
But someone,in this case Passport Video,has dug up some freshly old black & white footage of a concert blasted out in 1976 at the Roosevelt Stadium in New Jersey.It's a great document of a time smack dab in the middle of a transitional moment in KISStory where the boys are emerging from a low budget schlockshow to the superhero supergroup they will become.We see a young KISS,full of hunger & energy(even Ace!),wiggling thier REAL hair and toungues.They even perform "Flaming Youth"which has rarely been heard live(tho I don't know why.It works pretty good live.).Gene spit blood & fire,Paul prances,Peter rises to the ceiling and Ace is in top form,just making us KISS fans all the more dissapointed in him for not sticking with the silver boots & greasepaint.
Also included on the dvd is the complete television appearence of KISS on the "Mike Douglas Show",thier first major television appearence.Here we witness an almost embarrasingly over-enthusiastic Gene $immons trying to make his mark in rock & roll.The band performs "Firehouse" raw & nasty,yet you can still see alot of the awkwardness that would later be smoothed out in the yearz to come.Funny stuff!Not yet perfect,KISS is seen as a black diamond in the rough.Now if they would only release footage from thier appearence on "The Paul Lynde Halloween Special".Makes a great KISSmas gift!
Ragz Rates It A:8.0

Posted by ragzdandelion at 2:12 PM PST

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