KISS - Madison Square Garden - December 15, 1977

[@vinylman6580]

I'm 53 yrs old. I was 12 at the time of this concert. Is it wrong for a grown man to shed some tears of joy at the beginning of this video? Man nobody made an impact on me like KISS did in the 70's. I mean just seeing their image on the cover of a new magazine made me lose my mind! To this day I still cherish my KISS Collectables!

[@tracymitchell5731]

Hey man im 53 too saw kiss in 77 and 79 84 with accept and 3 times on the reunion tour 96 97 we were in the 9th row and on the 96 show in dc 2nd nite and when they went up on their hydraulic platforms at the end gene saw me going nuts pointed at me and put his thumb up and it sounds silly but it was like him validating me being a fan since i was 9 yrs old in 75 when i first discovered them

[@itchyvinyl]

Vinylman65 I’m 49. I didn’t see them until the ‘96 reunion - I cried when they came on stage. Still got my dolls, cards, and lunchbox!

[@cooltheengines]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who got a little emotional watching this. KISS has been the source of so much happiness and excitement in my life throughout the years... it would be impossible for me to overstate it.

[@leatherneck7501]

I agree with you all . Been a fan since 75 . I've been lucky I've got to meet them on numerous occasions backstage and me and my son have had our pics made with them . Been on Kiss Kruises with them .

[@PlayitagainVHS]

Heck im 51 and went to the dynasty tour.Kiss was so energetic and hungry back in the 70s.I love kiss and will always treasure the original band.👍❤

[@sagedrummer]

This footage is great! Hearing the boys voices and how excited they were really makes this footage feel special.

[@MikeMcAdam623]

Would have been any of us ! :))

[@MrNckissfan]

I was 10 years old when this footage was shot so I most definitely would have responded the same way.

[@jobu88]

I saw them twice on this tour, August in San Diego and November in Oklahoma City. Impossible to explain to today's internet generation what a mind-blowing spectacle a Kiss show was back then.

[@searaydrivingguy]

priceless video i was just like those kids freaking out for kiss then

[@yardsale781]

My first concert was two weeks after this show in Atlanta.... I was 6. My aunt had to go and took me. She had no idea this would introduce me to rock. Thank you aunt Alice!

[@-SicemDawgs]

Good stuff! My parents took me and my brother to the Omni that night too. My first concert. 44 years ag. Amazing!

[@yardsale781]

@@-SicemDawgs good luck tomorrow. I'm all Vol but rooting for the Dawgs to win it all

[@-SicemDawgs]

@@yardsale781 Thanks a ton. Hope they can get back on track. Ya'll have the coaching staff that is going to be a problem for the rest of the east. Happy New Year💥

[@alann5003]

Your aunt is the coolest. Hope she liked it too. 😎

[@97warlock]

the excitement from the audience, just incredible energy.

[@daviddemaria3982]

Seeing them at the Garden in '96 was truly a gift.

[@nicholaswood741]

Coming from the uk to see kiss at the garden was truly magical. The US fans made us so welcome..

[@michaelalguire419]

I was at this show. Amazing.

[@TheRippper]

I was at KISS one month before in San Antonio Thanksgiving. I was 12 and the most stoked kid in Texas! But I can tell by this video KISS was even more stoked back home at the Garden. Good for you New York! Don't think for a second we don't love you guys!

[@martinpatrick9915]

Home town for the band 4 young guys from NYC.

[@rudolfschenker]

Hearing the crowd noises and things they're saying are the most priceless part of all these "lost" concert home movies. See also the "lost" Roosevelt Stadium show in '76, the crowd talking is LOUD and it's great. KISS was exhilarating, electrifying, and orgasmic for kids back in those days.

[@rdgSWwot]

I turned 7 a week after this show. Kiss was on fire then! My how time flies... miss the great 70s and 80s so much.

[@alann5003]

That looked like an epic show! Lucky fans that night.

[@humanoftheplasticage3711]

YES....I was there and suffered a ruptured eardrum from being next to the pa system... WELL WORTH IT!

[@rudolfschenker]

Hearing the sounds of teenagers losing their minds and having the time of their life always makes this kind of footage extra priceless. KISS hasn't recreated this power and magic on a single one of their reunion tours/cash grabs of the last 25 years.

[@reubensane5539]

Most of the teenagers left after Alive,those were for the most part 10 year olds like me lol

[@BrennanBarrier]

I wasn’t around in 77 but they sure recreated for me as a 14 year old in 04 and a 19 year old on the Sonic Boom tour

[@SONORSQ2guy]

I saw them on this tour, best concert I’ve ever seen to this day.👍👏

[@bartonpercival3216]

Me too. I saw them the night Elvis passed away August 16th 1977 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA. Cheap Trick opened the show. Great concert!!!!!!!!! 👍

[@leokimvideo]

Back when the audiences were really excited, and not caught up holding up phones to get video for youtube

[@gdomeier]

I agree, but realize there was a guy back in the good old days holding up an 8mm camera to record the show and that footage was uploaded to youtube where we're all watching it now :)

[@PerpetualArt]

Ren Zenith ,Totally agree !!

[@sixsixxsixxxx]

Always one whiner

[@SS-dr1hx]

Thankfully that technology didn't exist. I had to wait 2 weeks to get my Kodak 110 film developed. Using a flash was a good way to have your camera confiscated. Some kids today know exactly what they missed out on.

[@benowen5792]

What makes me totally mad is when I’m up front looking at the first two rows filming their cameras always look better than mine. Lol. Lol.

[@daviddemaria3982]

The production value for 1977 is incredible.

[@darryl.c7972]

That excited kid brought me right back to 1976 when I first saw them at 13 years old. Hartford Civic Center, Connecticut. Seeing and hearing something like this at a young age really can have an affect on your life. For the better, of course!!

[@azzamzamzam1822]

"The golden age of Kiss"

[@MarkDrumzEntertainment]

I's pretty cool to hear the excitement in the little kids voice.

[@keirzeiss2069]

Absolutely loving the excitement of the audience!!! Thanks for sharing :)

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw!

[@Jules5]

This is simply breathtaking, Thank you so much to all involved for putting this together for us to enjoy all these years later. ALRIGHT!

[@PerpetualArt]

I have to agree with all the comments that the kids lossing it really makes it awesome !!!

[@hendrixon]

ALRIGHT!!!

[@overthetopent1]

I was there on the 14th! My first concert ever! I was 13 years old!

[@misstery5942]

Wow../ what an experience you had! The world is lucky I wasn't a teen then ... I would have been is so much trouble... I was infatuated with kiss even at three years old ... fell in love 😍 for the first time

[@reubensane5539]

My first show too 🤟

[@rv6205]

i was there too ..we drove in from verona NJ ....i had 8th row tickets ..i was 7 years old ..

[@overthetopent1]

I was 13 years old me and my buddy took the train from Woodbridge New Jersey into Madison Square Garden Penn station. We almost missed the last train out at 1:00 a.m. but we made it LOL

[@rv6205]

@@overthetopent1 it was a cold damp night , and i remember my ears were ringing like crazy when i went to bed

[@philipdefibaugh7127]

I wish I could have seen KISS in the 70's 😭

[@carlintorres8485]

WOW!!!!! AMAZING!!! INCREDIBLE!!! 30 YEARS AHEAD .. THE CONCEPT OF THE SHOW IS ...I GOT NO WORDS... I ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT KISS WHILE I WAS LISTENING MY ALIVE 2 VYNIL... tnx for this stuff greetings from Buenos Aires Rock City!!!!!

[@barrykrumm1971]

Glad you like it!

[@theangrycro-mag9444]

I was there!! I was ten years old and it was my very first concert. My old man took me. I must have unknowingly been pretty close to the guy who filmed this as its the exact angle I saw the show from. Will never forget, when Gene went up on that rising platform and spit up the blood he pointed into the audience. And I swear to this very day he was pointing right at me! It actually scared the shit out of me!! Haha.

[@reubensane5539]

I was there 10 years old and my Dad also took me and my friend lol

[@electricianron_New_Jersey]

Now THIS is a rock n roll party tonight!

[@jperryfan]

My first Kiss show 40 yrs ago this week. As Cool as it looks

[@leethomas255]

Thank you so much for this gem, not only do they look and sound fantastic, but this period reminds us of when they were cutting edge and doing things that no other heavy rock band did. SHOW!!!

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw!

[@97warlock]

They were merely Rock Gods to me during this time. I just recently became Obsessed with them. While this may be chopped up, Its still AWESOME footage!

[@metalbearuk]

I was lucky enough to see Kiss at the first of their three LA Forum nights in August 1977. Can you imagine how exciting it was for a kid of 14 from England to turn up at a massive venue like The Forum(we had nothing like it in England then!), see people smoking dope in the car park, going in, seeing these massive speakers hanging from the ceiling, then seeing Kiss in their prime? Remember the night like it was yesterday.

[@ajjy1110]

I'll take things that never happened for 200 please

[@markmets1]

I was there the night before. Such a great show! Thanks for the memories :)

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw!

[@PerpetualArt]

I just cant get enough of this clip. Definitely the hottest band in the world!!!

[@barrykrumm1971]

Glad you like it!

[@PerpetualArt]

@@barrykrumm1971 + I love it. I watch it all the time. Its the best representation of a Kiss show in the 70s. Its how I remember the Dynasty show. Nothing like any of the pro shots.

[@barrykrumm1971]

@@PerpetualArt enjoy!

[@PerpetualArt]

@@barrykrumm1971 + I do enjoy it. Its the one clip that really has the Kiss vibe. Its distorted due to the cheap tape recorder, but its how we hear concerts. The only thing like it was my first Kiss concert in 1979.

[@chrishoffman6993]

My mom took me to this show! I was 9. I remember my mom and her friend passing joints to each other.

[@TheSylvanpass]

THIS is amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw Jeff!

[@bryanpohlman3896]

I could feel the excitement in your voices. Incredible video.

[@Stratomaster989]

Love this !! When the band was at the top of their game ! Listening to the kids voices was cool !! Great footage of Gene spitting blood also !

[@cooltheengines]

I agree with the other comments that hearing the excitement of the kids makes this extra special! Thanks for sharing this awesome film footage!

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw!

[@abefroman70]

This is awesome!!! I remember being that excited going to concerts as those kids were in the video. Can’t afford concerts anymore with the hefty price tag for even sitting in the back let alone the floor!

[@emperorneo7680]

I was at this concert. I was so young at the time and it was the first concert i had ever been to. On that day to me KISS was larger than life. I had an awesome time that night. "The Hottest Band In The World - KISS!"

[@theangrycro-mag9444]

Same here. My first concert and I was ten years old. Haha.

[@reubensane5539]

@@theangrycro-mag9444 me too ,first show 10 years old haha 🤟 I still remember the cloud of pot smoke when I was going to my seat lol

[@97warlock]

I love the raw audience sounds, so True & genuine as to a real KISS concert

[@MetalSalvation]

The tour I always wanted to see.

[@MetalSalvation]

No Ace & Peter = No Love Gun show Would be amazing if they did one last reunion with that stage though, that's what I've been waiting for...sadly it seems unlikely at this point.

[@zim1966]

I saw them in Detroit a month later Jan 28 1978

[@scottlarocca5177]

I was at that show!! Thank you for posting this. It brought it all back. I was 9...the excitement I felt was just like the kids you hear in the audio.

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw Scott!

[@PerpetualArt]

I'm back... What makes this footage so special, is that it's darker than the video's circulating on KZbin, and on Kiss Anthology.

[@johnnyfoto]

So very grateful for this. We sat in your lodge section too. I was 10 it was everything

[@Duski67]

The kids comments totally make this video! Love it! 😊

[@darryl.c7972]

Every guy, now in their 50's, can relate to this excitement! Yup, KISS was incredible during this time.I actually got choked up because it reminds so much of a fun teeage life in America!

[@flashg643]

You folks do an amazing job with this, some of the best KISS 8mm footage and audio syncing I've seen. Thanks!

[@barrykrumm1971]

glad you like it!

[@ptrfrnklnstrn]

This was my first concert. When the flames go up at the end it shows my side stage section. Unbelievable!

[@zraker7]

Was this the show where Paul got angry at some fans in the back and told them to fuckin cool it or leave?

[@stevebrady7948]

AWESOME - I had the same reaction 1/13/78 in Pittsburgh. 11 yrs old. 🤘

[@kimfleming6026]

I was 16 there are no words for a band with unbelievable talent crazy show

[@Tommyr]

I was as there. This is the real Kiss!

[@rosradley7366]

Very cool. Thank you for sharing this.

[@MichaelDouglasSkewes]

Man that brings back memories! That is about where I was sitting in the L.A. Forum ! It seems like this was how long the concert was in real time! Very cool!

[@brianduman6969]

Great job . Seen them a few times in great days off the hook .. thanks

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw Brian !

[@PerpetualArt]

Being that the 79 stage was my first time seeing Kiss, I always wondered if the 77 show was as cool as the Alive II inside cover. You cant tell from all the proshots because the lighting is too perfect, this is how it would have really looked. The Love Gun stage was the one to see, I am now convinced after seeing it from the angle I first saw Kiss !

[@stevenlennon12]

this was my first concert....cant believe there's footage of it

[@jeanclaudexx]

mine as well!

[@chocolatecoveredchainsaws3440]

Thank you for this little video time machine. The fearsome foursome doing what they do best. 👍👍

[@gggg-xp2rv]

KISS always did their best for the fans at the venue even if the show wasn't broadcasted.

[@flashg643]

The quality is amazing!

[@PedroLopezBeanEater]

I was there, front row center. Best concert of my life.

[@spaceavenger54]

This was literally a few weeks before the show I was at in Philly. I was ten. My dad was at the show in Philly that this audio was taken from and decided it was "safe" to take me when they came back around,lol

[@97warlock]

OMG Please UPLOAD THE WHOLE VIDEO, this is INCREDIBLE footage!! Incredible!! wow

[@barrykrumm1971]

Sorry, this is all that I filmed. The old windup 8mm movie camera only held a short reel.

[@97warlock]

oh ok, that is sad news, but it is what it is. Atleast theres this awesome footage atleast.

[@barrykrumm1971]

but there are short films of the Roosevelt Stadium & Waterbury shows...

[@ShiftaelV2]

Sure as heck woulda been the way I'd felt if I could've seen them on that tour, they actually came to my small town on that tour, but my parents said I was too young yet, but they let me go years later when they came back on the Creatures tour, and it was on my birthday, no less :)

[@chrismoller4272]

Saw em on the Rock and Roll over tour in Hartford rihht brfore thier first MSG appearance. This was Feb 77. KISS at thier peak.

[@LetsGoThere]

3:46 The 70s: KISS and that old school film burn from home movies. Gotta love it.

[@jimilove7773]

Thanks!

[@culturemix637]

that 8mm really captures the History

[@barrykrumm1971]

Glad you like it!

[@leswadley6792]

thanks for posting this;i wish there was more guys like barry! I don't understand these guys who sit on this stuff for yrs and yrs! id be letting the fans see this kinda stuff,but people have there reasons I guess!

[@kiss8mmfilms]

believe it or not, there are some people who don't know what they have. we've been told stories of original 8mms being sold at garage sales, with the owners not understanding the value or significance... it happens.

[@barrykrumm1971]

Hi Les, I did sit on this for years and years, but finally got around to sharing it.

[@MrJAKE74]

Great job nice work. This is amazing. I will never understand why it takes almost 40 years for footage like this to surface

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yep, it did take me a while to get around to this...

[@sbrave]

Nice! Saw that tour front row in Chicago, sick!

[@LJB1031]

I was there on 12/14. 15 years old. It was the 2nd time I saw them that year. I was at their show in February too.

[@jcsalty457]

My father was at the show on the 16th. First concert he ever attended

[@thepatchhead8422]

Nothing like starting 1977 (Feb) & ending 1977 (Dec) with Kiss at Madison Square Garden

[@naturalbornscorpio8127]

Not sure whats all in the "KISS" vault but I wish we could see more concerts from this era.

[@SubwayAce]

Cool, I was at this show. Mom bought me 3 tickets for my 16th birthday which was in Dec. 14th. one for the 19 year old neighbor as a chaperone and the other for my best friend (even to this day). Took the Long Island Rail Road to MSG (Penn Station). Ticket was $7.50, silver with black writing, big KISS.

[@marte1579]

Que massa filmado por fã na época!

[@DMSProduktions]

I CAN'T believe KISS never filmed these concerts! It was a BIG thing for them then as a NY band to headline at the Gardens, a mere 4 years after they started! Strange!

[@gterrymed]

There's an official film for the 1977 Largo Concert

[@PerpetualArt]

@@gterrymed + Something about this footage that is better than Largo.

[@jeffhodge7272]

It could be because they made a lot of mistakes live. Every time I've seen them live somebody in the band makes a mistake.Most. Minor enough the average fan would not notice.But.Gene and Paul are perfectionists so...

[@DMSProduktions]

@@jeffhodge7272 WHO TF knows...

[@MrJoeythebabykangaro]

This is awesome, nice job! Thank you!

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw!

[@johncogburn2590]

This is the only video (audio) I've seen where the sound concussions 0:13. actually sound like it did at the show back then. You can really feel it. :)

[@PlayitagainVHS]

Notice the energy the band had here!!!👍👍This is when KISS was hungry and ruled the world.👍😀

[@misstery5942]

Wow.... I was just a one month and one day old ... but by three years old this was my first love ❤️🖤⚡️⚡️

[@PantherScott]

My first rock show ever concert i was 11 years old and my cousin Micheal Russo took me to that show - I remember i had to stand on a chair just to them preform .

[@michaelr4063]

Incredible theatre!!

[@jayshomer4191]

What a trip !

[@jimilove7773]

KISS!

[@MrGlenspace]

I was at the show the next night. I still have the stub. Wow prices were so much less. They were at their best then compared to today.

[@alann5003]

How much was it?

[@beatlehmann3424]

Amazing - I would wish that this is this Year 2019 !!!

[@OtherMike5000]

THAT…..WAS……AWESOME!!!

[@humanoftheplasticage3711]

I was on Paul's side.... LOVE GUN bursting my eardrum! OWWW what!!!!!!????

[@mikecollins6718]

Ah....the good 'ole days. Back when you bought your $9.00 ticket from the record store (which you thought was a fortune)....drive to the collisium, walk in unmolested (no metal detectors and body cavity searches), buy your T-Shirt and picture program booklet which you spent 3 months saving for....grab some snacks, take your girl by the hand and go sit down and enjoy some classic rock 'n roll!! I miss the innocence of the 1970's....

[@kolvera3228]

Don't forget the Chruch Organizers with their bull horns telling everyone that if they enter that Coliseum, they're betraying Jesus Christ and expect their souls tormented in Hell for all eternity. Well, that's what it was here in Corpus Christi Texas back in the day. See in Hell my friend;)

[@PerpetualArt]

$8.50 for the 1977 concert.

[@tracymitchell5731]

I saw kiss 4 days after this show in wash dc acdc opened for em i was 11 it was my 1st concert

[@tracymitchell5731]

@@kolvera3228 yeah man i remember seeing the thrash band believer from Hershey pa they were a christian thrash band and they're were bible dicks handing out jesus pamphlets saying dont go in there it was a church in glen burnie md i tried to tell these idiots they are christians and they said they were not presenting the. Message the right way i told em they were a bunch of idiots and enjoyed and headbanged through the whole set standing in the pews lol

[@PerpetualArt]

@@tracymitchell5731 + I saw Kiss approximately a year and a half later, Dynasty tour, summer of 79.

[@RobGrognerd]

my first concert was the show the day before, Michael Des Barres' band DETECTIVE opened the first night, Billy Squier's band PIPER opened the 2 other nights.

[@bigpantone2921]

Thank you ,KIDS ARMY card holder 76 .

[@djcrunch4518]

I was there !! Blue Seats obstructed view $8.50 a ticket .. my first concert age 16 🤟🏼😎

[@barrykrumm1971]

Thanks to genesismuseum.com for transferring my 8mm movie to hd, and to kiss8mmfilms for syncing the audio!

[@kiss8mmfilms]

Thank you Barry for sharing it with us! It was out pleasure to sync these great films!

[@barrykrumm1971]

Yw! Btw, how did you figure out which show this was?

[@kiss8mmfilms]

Ros Radley, THE undisputed king of KISS photo research helped us identify the venue as Madison Square Garden, by the drapes hanging on the side of the stage, which were only used at the MSG gigs. You can see the drapes during God of Thunder when the fireball effect takes place. Also, the audio from the other 2 nights (12-14 and 12-16), which we have, do not match at all. Not even close.

[@barrykrumm1971]

Impressive research there!

[@haaree826]

Barry Krumm curious... if you filmed it, how did you not know which show it was? or just didn't recall? in any case, great footage. thanks for sharing! is there more (i.e., a full show)??

[@reubensane5539]

I was there,still have my WPLJ salutes Kiss pin 🤟

[@michaelcarlucci1843]

I was 14 standing rite next to the stage still have the memorabilia going in December final farewell till the next farewell lol

[@FrostedSeagull]

Wow . . . great footage and truly amazing show ! 🤩💚 No wonder Ace and Peter got sick of Gene & Paul. It's December '77 and their still touring. They toured 42 out o f the 52 weeks that year AND won an award and/or were recognised for playing to more people than any other band in 1977 !🤩 The energy required to do this day after day would be phenomenal 😲. No wonder Peter and Ace turned to alcohol and drugs at the t ime. Most of them have had knee and hip replacements due to their high heeled boots a nd extensive touring. Lol and Ouch.