40 YEARS ON!
Four years ago, the history of music lived one of the g re a t e s t m o m e n t s f o r music industry, the 40th anniversary of Kiss band. They decided to celebrate it, starting a world tour that was called by“40th anniversary World Tour”, where they could share their best hits along with their unconditional fans.
KISS FOREVER: 40 YEARS ISSUE Kiss is formed in the year 1972 by Peter Criss , Gene Simmons , Ace Frehley and Pave Stanley . Is one of the most respected rock bands in the history . They have achieved seventeen gold albums which many admirers idolized. It all started with an advertisement in the newspaper at the beginning of the seventies . When Peter Criss and Ace Frehley are contacted by Gene Simmons and Pave Stanley . The first album is released in 1974 and in 1975. Their singel was in the top fitteen of the charts . In 1976 in United Kingdom performed on live ¨Destroyer¨ and step by step they became famous.
GENRE Kiss will be known, mainly, as the band without face. The eccentric group which is well-known in all over the world due to awesome and dramatic live shows, Kiss has been classified in genres of hard rock, shock rock and heavy metal.
Their music is described as “ballads powered by loud guitars�.
Their innovations They were mainly known for their facial makeup and their extravagant costumes, and their live performances, which included fireworks and another incredible things. But we all have ever wondered why they choose that make up, and the reason could be that the band wants to create their own identify by rejecting going on stage with their usual image, being their make up a way of transforming itself to transmit something different, which will help fans identify them.
The group used an especific style in their makeup named corpsepaint, this makeup is very used by Black Metal musicians. It employed mainly black and white makeup to intensify the evil image of the band. Kiss' singers keep the essence of his character, like a way to reflect their more personal characteristics as if they were heroes.
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W E I V R E INT
J:Hey! Here we are with a fan who is following one of the most recognized rock bands, Kiss. F:Yes it’s a honour to be here with you. J:So let’s start with some questions, when did you first hear a kiss song? F: I don’t know exaclty, maybe when I was 16, now I’m 45 and in few months I am going to go to Madrid with my daughter because I think that it is a unic opportunnity for her. J:Oh god! I want to be your son! Hahaha. How old is she? F:She is alredy 18. J:Really! It is fantastic that young people appreciate good music, not only comercial music such as pop or reggateon. F:Yes, she always loves this band, from her point of view, we must improve this type of genre because Kiss has written really amazing songs that explain the importance of not drinking alcohol or consuming drugs for instance. J:I agree with you. We can see in their concerts young people and adults too. It would be incredible, thousand and thousand of people who are reunited for one reason, listen to good music and spend a nice experience . I hope that you will enjoy kiss live show next 8th July.
Best albums and hits! KISS is the band with most gold discs in history, even The Beatles, who have a huge of gold discs. In their four decades, 30 gold discs and 14 platinum discs have been obtained by KISS. The firs gold disc was their first album, called Kiss, wich was publicated the 18th February of 1974. KISS have provided their essence to another rock bands, films or tv programs. They made a "boom" in music industry because they create a new ideology and lifestyle, the rock and roll life, wich was followed by a million of teenagers. This caused extremely important benefits to the record companies and merchandising companies too.
Monster
Destroyer
Revenge
Cratures of the night
Love Gun
Dressed to kill
Members of the group: Marta Domínguez Lrenzo,Itzíar Hernández Cuenca, Natalie López BritoSara Camacho Henríquez.