Episodes
Reel in the years with KISStorian Brothers as we unpack our feelings & thoughts on the eve of the 'End of The Road' - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kisstorian/support
Published 09/30/23
Published 09/30/23
the KISStorian Brothers are at it again with another phone about KISS! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kisstorian/support
Published 05/22/23
Another phone call about KISS between brothers as we share our opinions & conjecture on the never ending war of words in the 'family' as we accelerate towards the "End Of The Road". Caught up in the considerable confusion, chop, characteristic subterfuge and ever-shifting tides, we seek clarity, solid ballast and smooth sailing for the final voyage & beyond! - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kisstorian/support
Published 04/04/23
Some wine cannot be tasted before it's time, but KISS is always in harvest:  Last to the party, Midwestern musician, songwriter & ROCKstorian ED STEVENSON is our latest victim. Another reluctant KISStorian, Ed is called upon abruptly to sound off on KISStory in what can only be described as a fruitful and telling ambush. A skeptic from the start, Ed graciously agrees to takes us back to '75 and his first knowledge of KISS via the then unescapable FM hit "Rock & Roll All Nite"....
Published 03/13/23
Legendary UK rock journalist and metal purveyor DANTE BONUTTO at Spinefarm Records takes time out to share some of his KISStory, from his first published article on the eve of The Elder to his days interviewing the band in the 80's for KERRANG! to his perspective today on the KISS phenomena, stateside and over the pond - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kisstorian/support
Published 02/26/23
A phone call between brothers Rich & Dave on all things LICK IT UP, including a re-read of Howard Johnson amazing 1983 review of 'LIU' in KERRANG! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 02/07/23
Long-time KISS Army member and contributor Jason 'Kid King KISS' Roberts fields yet another impromptu call from the STARCHILD, this time from Ensenada, Mexico with tales from KISS again on the high seas! - KISStorian --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 12/11/22
Chicago area rock / roll bon vivant Rich Love (aka I LOVE RICH) takes out time from his breakfasts of blondes and brunettes to dish on all things Red, Purple, Green & Blue! - KISStorian.com  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 12/07/22
So much to be thankful for, like KISStory! - KISStorian.com  #KISS #Thanksgiving #Indigenous --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 11/24/22
A late nite 'needle drop' on RRO, KISS's warmest and perhaps most faithful (and on-brand) studio offering, Eddie Kramer's diamond in the rough! A producer's job is to get the best out of a given band, and their material, at a given place in time, relevant to the market .and Kramer's delivered in spades. In fact, Kramer's sonic experiment on RRO captured KISS's raw live sound & vibe on a 'studio' release better than any album in their careers. KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast:...
Published 11/14/22
Phone calls about KISS? We set the bar (highfalutin) and this episode is no exception as the mysterious 'RacerX' finally agrees to share, for the first time anywhere, his ground-breaking KISStoric theological breakdowns of KISS lyrics, come hell or high water! From Simmon's "Seduction Of The Innocents", "Thou Shalt Not" and the semi-Biblical "On The 8th Day" to the Paul Stanley LIU vision statement that is "Exciter", RacerX masterfully breaks down the potentially deeper, more central meaning...
Published 10/27/22
Ahh the immutable tale of the tape!! KISStory at its finest!! Thanks Gene & Paul for digging deep for us all, nice move!! Buy it direct from KISS here > OFF THE SOUND BOARD --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 09/21/22
Harnessing the frenetic fretwork of lead guitarist Mark St. John as he did, it's no surprise Paul Stanley & Co. role as astute metal-shred tamers on Animalize flat out worked! Perhaps the warmest hard rock album of 1984, it's Friday-Night-Video ready hooks and supercharged KISS sound held the wolves at bay regardless Gene Simmons non-primal commitment to the feast - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 08/06/22
Another random phone call about KISS between KISS afflicted siblings Dave & Rich in Chicago --- lost in limbo, with nowhere to go!! Conversations include Dave's forthcoming appearance on Collectors Call w/ LISA WHELCHEL with GENE SIMMONS of KISS, Star Wars tie in's, our proposed Rob Zombie remake of KISS Meets The Phantom of The Park and anything we forgot until we finally get to some opinions on the production of the solo albums in '78, and how we've been kinda 'Lost in Limbo' since...
Published 06/24/22
More phone calls about KISS as we again eves-drop on semi-revelatory candid calls from KISS founder and Elder THE STARCHILD of KISS to life-long KISS Army mystery-man Jason 'KID-KING-KISS! From Paul's UBER stint to his KISS KRUISE pitch, SOUL STATION, NASHVILLE CREATUIRES FEST and blueberry pancakes in bed, Jason gets the us the straight dope! Because of organizations like NAMI.org, and your support, great people like our friend Jason 'Kid-King-KISS' can live happy, enriched safe lives full...
Published 03/04/22
Way too much to unpack here, that's why there's audio. There are times when us brothers pick up the phone with the expressed intent of talking about KISS, this is one of those times. Tonight's un-edited bounty vibrates relentlessly in our formative teenage years in the 80's, 'Animalizing' with KISS sans make-up! - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 02/24/22
Set phasers for a KISStoric 'inside job' as we time travel with luminary KISStorian, PETER ARQUETTE of KISSAsylum.com and KISSMuseum.com. Few men have swum so far in KISS waters without without being forced at some point to "take heed" of our Gods of Thunder, Stanley/Simmons, in some capacity. And yet Peter has lived a life fully-immersed in KISS since 1987 as a curator of content and a beloved conduit for fans, all without ever even dipping a single toe into Facebook et al.! Yes, a KISS...
Published 02/13/22
Rock Historian, Author, Podcaster, Youtuber, English spy and KISS fanatic ("we're not the Free Masons") JULIAN GILL of KISSFAQ.com 'Unmasks' to walk the proverbial plank with KISStorian Brothers, ever-humbly sharing his candid thoughts on any & all things KISS. The discussion takes us from the early days of KISSFAQ, online now since 1996, to the interviewing process that went into the writing of his benchmarks books on the band, most notably Gene, Ace, Peter & Paul; A detailed...
Published 01/22/22
Photo by EDDIE MALLUK -- Decidedly twangy & slightly esoteric New York based musician, producer, writer and former Editor-in-Chief of Creem Magazine, Mark Petracca, aka DUSTY WRIGHT, takes time out to share a few KISS stories from a life on the front-lines of rock & roll ...The curator of Culture Catch, Dusty is as well-steeped an entertainment authority & aficionado as one might ever hope to meet (and a pretty good sport as he leans towards prog rock & punk, and admitted he...
Published 01/08/22
Another in our series of caring phone calls from the STARCHILD to KISS fanatic Jason 'KID KING KISS' Roberts, known to many here in Chicago as 'Crazy Percy' for his 'man on the street' bit over the years with radio personality MANCOW. Please support NAMI.org, raising awareness about mental illness and funds to champion their survival & happiness. - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 11/30/21
KISStorian siblings Rich & Dave have a phone call on the heels of the announcements of KISS's forthcoming Shout It Loud NETFLIX movie, including such 'perfect world' casting suggestions as Sean Penn as Peter Criss, Ed Harris as Eddie Kramer, Doc McGhee as Neil Bogart, Gary Senise as Bill Aucoin, Nick Simmons as the Demon, Russell Brand as the Starchild, Jason Alexander as Doc McGhee and Johnny Depp as Sean Delaney?!?!?! - KISStorian.com  #Netflix #Kiss #Kisstory #GeneSimmons #PaulStanley...
Published 11/18/21
Unintentionally luminary KISStoric babe, Playboy Playmate and The Monsters Of Rock radio DJ CARRIE STEVENS graciously takes time out to chat about her book "UNRATED: Revelations of a Rock 'n Roll Centerfold" and share a few stories about her ongoing spiritual relationship with the late, great KISS drummer ERIC CARR! - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 11/06/21
1975s DRESSED TO KILL was in essence KISS's tightest vision statement to date, a confidently unassuming diamond in the rough waiting to hit it's ultimate mark a year later with the live version of "Rock & Roll All Nite" on their breakthrough ALIVE! -- KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support
Published 10/31/21
Ahh yes, from the mouths of babes ...A long-time rock fan, and yet somehow a KISStoric virgin, 'Preacher Pat', who does tremendous good works with his passion ReclaimedCharity.org (who shipped 86,000 meals to Haiti the same day of the f-gig), tenderly shares his candid impressions from his very first KISS concert from this past weekends' "End Of The Road", purported to be KISS's final stop in Chicagoland, just outside of the city in Tinley Park, IL..  Somewhere just shy of a 28,000 person...
Published 10/21/21