Kiss – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

By early 1973, the classic quartet was in place, adopting the name Kiss and developing the now-iconic makeup and stage personas that would become central to their identity.

The band Kiss emerged from the fertile and competitive New York rock scene of the early 1970s, built on a combination of musical ambition, theatrical instinct, and a keen sense of branding that would soon set them apart from virtually every other act of the era. The origins of the group trace back primarily to the partnership between Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley,

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Lyrical: “16” or “Sixteen” (Part One)

These are songs that contain the number “16” or word “Sixteen” in their lyrics.

“Christine Sixteen” is a song by Kiss written by Gene Simmons and released on the band’s sixth studio album Love Gun in 1977, emerging from the same late-1970s creative surge that cemented Kiss as arena-filling rock stars. Musically, the track is built on a swaggering mid-tempo groove with a prominent bass line, handclaps, and a call-and-response feel that reflects

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Singing Drummers (Part Two)

Both the drummer and singer, a rare combination in rock music.

Singing lead and playing drums simultaneously is one of the great feats in popular music. Here I’ll post about some of the artists that make it work. The drummer is typically relegated to the rear, but here we’ll find some that should be right out front.

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Armed Response (2017)

I watched this 2017 action horror movie on Netflix DVD. Armed Response is directed by John Stockwell (Cat Run, Seal Team 6: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, Countdown, Cheaters, Blue Crush) and it was produced by Gene Simmons (Kiss), Michael J. Luisi and Wesley Snipes (Major League, Demolition Man, Blade, Chaos, Expendables 3).

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