Monday, February 04, 2008

Kissology: Volume 3 (1992 - 2000)


By no means am I a Kiss fan, in fact I'm typically the one bringing down their musical talent. One thing I can't deny however, is the fact that they put on a phenomenal show. Volume three unfortunately shows them in their later days, but none the less they still have an unbelievable amount of energy and intensity. I have never seen a Kiss performance in person, and after watching this DVD, I do regret it a bit. What I feel they lack in music they make up in stage presence. This DVD set packs quite a lot of matieral to choose from, unfortunately some of the concerts are edited down and don't include their full sets. I feel one of the high points of the DVD is the Unplugged set which was not edited down. In this Unplugged set we can see Kiss stripped down and acting like themselves, joking around and having a good time. In this unplugged setting I actually enjoyed their songs a bit more. On the fourth disc there is something which definitely doesn't belong on this final volume of the Kissology series, but none the less is possibly one of the best jewels for a Kiss fan. It is a recording of their earliest shot live show from 1973. This is a time when Kiss was working hard to garner any attention they could grab and while I'm not Kiss fan is probably amongst their peek performances in their career. I would recommend this to any Kiss fan, especially if you are looking to complete the Kissology.

4 Comments:

Blogger David Amulet said...

I finally saw KISS a few years ago, and I wish I'd seen them earlier. Very good entertainers, if not the most sophisticated music.

-- david

1:50 PM  
Blogger bob_vinyl said...

I was surprised that volume 3 was as good as it was. It was much better than volume 2 which largely covered the 80s.

8:31 PM  
Blogger Barbara said...

I have never seen KISS but my sister saw them in the front row under the influence of some sort of 70's type hallucinogenic and said it was the best show she's ever seen (besides Bruce of course)

7:44 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

David - From everything I have ever seen from them, they definitely look like great entertainers.

Bob - I didn't see the previous two.

Layla - Haha, I'm sure Kiss was sure something on hallucinogenics, lol.

1:19 PM  

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