SynopsisKISS is unequalled in the world of concert performance. Over a quarter century's worth of visually spectacular and financially profitable concerts are testimony to that fact. KISS Alive Forever is the must-have reference for every die-hard KISS fan-a complete archive of well over 1,900 performances, all categorized by tour. KISS fans will find extensive overviews of each tour, including the number of shows, start date, end date, song pool, opening acts cross-referenced by tour, and average attendance. Entries on individual performances include date of show, city, state, and location of show, opening act, attendance, facility capacity, and promoter, as well as descriptions of the shows themselves. Entertaining sidebars feature one-on-one interviews with members of the KISS road crew, as well as with opening acts such as Iron Maiden, Rush, Cheap Trick, and Styx. Also included are an index of all 233 songs in the band's catalogue, over 560 set lists from shows throughout its career, and over 200 photos chronicling KISS's amazing concert history. Although KISS stated that its 2001 farewell tour would be its last, the tour is ongoing, and future performances are planned, tapped by a s, Now, KISS Alive Forever chronicles over 1,800 live performances by the band that has spent 30 years redefining the words "rock concert." Archived within this book for every KISS fan, from every era, are the dates, cities, and venues for every KISS concert in history, as well as exhaustive reports detailing attendance, set lists, opening acts, and a litany of other previously unknown facts, all of which are brought to life by the inclusion of over 175 rare or previously unpublished photos. No simple collection of stories and statistics, KISS Alive Forever is a critical study: the full onstage, backstage, offstage touring history of the most influential live act in rock based on over 100 exclusive interviews with KISS's road crew, management staff, music industry icons, opening acts, and former KISS members-the people who labored to bring this traveling circus to town, and bore witness to the band's birth, growth, and ultimate success. Overflowing with hundreds of anecdotes and asides, KISS Alive Forever deconstructs the myths behind the band's world-renowned concerts, and uncovers the naked truths that are even more compelling. Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberML421.K57G6 2002