Metal Dad's Top 10 Favorite Kiss Riffs!

I hope you enjoy my Top 10 Kiss picks! Love you all!
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[@Barlow88]

The tone, the obscure underrated riffs, the perfectly timed clips of Ace Frehley's laugh.... You just continually get cooler and cooler the more it goes 😎

[@MetalDadRocks]

Thanks!

[@Is308enough]

Wolfbone, your comment is what I would write too. 😊 This was a great vid

[@imabigfan2305]

Great choices. Mr. Speed - for me - is the most underrated song in the KISS catalog. I love it.

[@joejones9520]

it's currently my favorite song to play on guitar, the chords and riffs, the lead, all so cool and fun to play and there's all these parts I look forward to and trying to get just right.

[@christophersullivan8009]

Agreed 100%.

[@brucehanna9473]

Your number one is KISS’s best song that nobody (other than real KISS fans) knows about. I thought “The Oath” would make the list. The best bass line of any KISS song has to be “Torpedo Girl” off Unmasked.

[@3373-g8z]

KISS was like the advent of electricity. They changed everything. Afterwards, lots of bands attempted to emulate them. With no internet, they still exploded. There's no parallel example nowadays, it was a phenomenon. The only thing they weren't on was Sesame Street!

[@Chadillac-xq7xk]

Paul and Gene singing "sunny day, sweeping the clouds away" with a nasty Ace Frehley guitar solo would be awesome though. Lol

[@johnnytorino9455]

I believe your correct.

[@Prof_Tickles92]

It is axiomatically true that rock and roll literally would not be what it is today had KISS not came along and pushed the envelope. I’m serious. Remove KISS from history and an alarming chunk of modern rock and metal groups wouldn’t exist.

[@sharongriffin2673]

The "Sound" of Kiss guitars! Listening to alive years later and it's the sound of their unfiltered raw distortion that lights up the room.⚡. Marshall amps turned to 10 in contrast to the softer sound textures of the times. I feel like it was the sound of the electricity in their riffs itself that inspired them to look like that raw electricity and cosmic phenomenon. People focus on their looks, but it was the sheer brilliance of the sound! Ace has an approach to guitar solos that blows your mind! Paul Stanley's solo album was my first record in 1979. His voice is the soul of rock and roll for Me! Glad I saw them in 2014, perfect! Gene on Bass and Peter on Drums, that's the real thrill, the 1977 concert film , that's the look! 🤩

[@sharongriffin2673]

I like that they've referenced Slade and David Bowie in things I've read of them, Big Music becomes A Big Show! Ace was there when Jimi Hendrix played in New York, a connection like lightning⚡ 💋

[@kellywelch3]

Been a KISS fan since 1977 when I was 10 years old!!! There are so many gems on those original early albums! And so much good stuff throughout the years. They definitely stand the test of time. THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD! KISS!!!!!! 💥💥💥💥💥

[@jimkoch1040]

Nobody ever has Parasite in their top 10! Bravo to you!

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

I do! I even recorded a cover of it.

[@fatboy103]

I grew up a diehard Kiss fan. Started playing guitar at age 11 due to hearing Ace busting out badass riffs on his LP. I’m 60 now and I still love it. Metal dad you are living the dream man. Keep playing the greatest guitar riffs ever played. 👍

[@BOBANDVEG]

Your fav 5 kiss songs? I'll learn them

[@coxscorner]

@@BOBANDVEG God of Thunder, Deuce, Strange Ways, Shock Me, and Calling Dr. Love.

[@BOBANDVEG]

@@coxscorner I'm on it

[@teenagemetalhead666]

Detroit and rock n roll all night for shure will be one of them those two riffs are legendary

[@stevewilley1367]

Just saw KISS live at ITink Palm Beach Florida. Effin EPIC!!! My first concert was Kisss 1979. This really brought me back. The people around me must have thought I was crazy ... or posessed. Lol. Anyway I own a music store, and loved this content. I did really miss Ace and Peter... Just not quite the same.

[@ancpikachu]

Eyy! I saw them at IThink too!

[@samwisethebrave288]

🤣You... think.

[@loveagainstgods5116]

Creatures of the night is one of my all time favorite KISS albums

[@caigecrampshee3709]

DUDEEE I KNEWWWW mr. speed w=oudl be #1. It's such an underrated riff. Domino would have been on my list. Thanks for this video!

[@Not_Interested93]

I ended up watching 3 hours of live KISS concerts after this. Thank you for reminding me of how awesome they are as human beings and rock and roll legends

[@russgare6523]

Growing up in Ohio I was surrounded by Hee Haw and country music I would spend the summers in Rhode Island with my cousins and they would be listening to Kiss and Alice Cooper they played Cold Gin and I was totally blown away

[@carldavis1407]

60 year old fellow Ohio hillbilly..ironically enough, my friend Russ is the one who turned me onto KISS 🙂

[@russgare6523]

Lol I heard my first Queen album at the Lima Ohio public library in 1976 it was in the classical music section because it was a night at the Opera

[@johnnytorino9455]

That was cool.

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

Bro, I'm from wagon-wheel, boot-scootin, podunk HEE-HAW LAND!(Nashville)😅 Am 51, & proud to say, I actually fell in love with Kiss' music before really seeing them in late '70's! Had gotten into my mom's Beatles collection, which unfortunately abruptly ended with Help!, since got married & had my older sis. My dad knew I liked them & came home 1 day & said he had somebody give him an 8-Track at work, he listened to it on way home, didn't like, said I could have & handed me a copy of Love Gun. So I of course saw the cover, but just thought was cool album art. The heaviest thing I'd ever heard at that point was the song Help!. So when popped in 8-Track, I Stole Your Love was like hearing Slayer Reign In Blood when came out! It's a trip to think I would've been 6 yro, but had to be when came out, cause remember getting parents to buy me Dynasty when came out & wanted to go see them, but folks said was sold-out. Peter was my fave at time & I remember when announced in paper had the pic with monkey heads on his shouders. I'm sure it sold-out, but I tend to think they just told me that cause didn't wanna take me. Clips from Sunday newspaper should still be in the attic somewhere? Should also be clips, which prob be worth some money (actually may very well be archived on-line from The Tennessean these days?), when finally got to see them the 1st time Creatures tour '83 announcing the Sunday before show that Ace had left the band & been replaced by a one, "Vinnie Whiz"! Rock On, hillbilly mofos! 🤟😝❤

[@russgare6523]

Lol I have to admit that I still go to the bluegrass and BBQ festival every year

[@GTRmike64]

I would have put "I Stole Your Love" on there. Killer riff and song.

[@FrostedSeagull]

People avoid I Stole Your Love as it's an 'interpretation' of the Burn 🔥 riff by virtuoso Deep Purple & Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. I love them both. Burn by Blackmore is considered THE best ever rocknrroll riff. Check out the live version at the '74 California Jam. Masterpiece! 👌

[@mikesummers4712]

yes!!! you have a request metal dad.. sounds like it

[@cstomp1]

Great job Metal Dad. For me 10 KISS riffs are not enough. Number one for me has to be Black Diamond.

[@MyOneOFour]

So true! Love Black Diamond!

[@zennomad258]

Great selection hadn’t noticed the F# bend in Rip It Out before and killer tone

[@rondellschuyler7074]

I absolutely enjoyed this. Very well done. You have natural talent. Please do another kiss riff video and or just rock riffs. Thanks.

[@lukecrosson5596]

Shock me is one of my favourite riffs. Such a good one.

[@jmgmarcus808]

Parasite, 100,000 years are my favorites. Your nailing the Ace tone on that bad boy. Cheers bud.

[@boseefusmacmurphy1156]

I like late era kiss too. There's a bunch of great songs on revenge, hot in the shade, and I grew up a grunge kid who'd been listening to kiss since 8. But I love carnival of souls. Good picks here in the ace era for sure.

[@PappaWas1975]

Good selections! I could suggest loads, but the Cold Gin riff after the second chorus is a definite banger. Especially the Alive! version.

[@wkosnik66]

Finding this video made my night! Been following you for a while and didn't know this one was here. These all rock!

[@codacreator6162]

I knew before you said that number one was Mr. Speed. Mostly because it’s mine, too. Thanks for this walk down memory lane! Cheers!

[@hennieclaude3964]

Thanks ! I remember all these riffes and songs. It was a Real fan ! As the matter of fact, I've learned to play guitar with Kiss' partitions. Thanks for this Great moment !

[@calebecalixto92]

I loved this kind of video, keep on Metal Dad

[@smoothpicker]

Those are some killer riffs no doubt. The song that hooked me was black diamond, from the clean Intro to when the distorted guitar kicks in. I remember ad a kid taking g guitar lessons I was about 7 and on like my 3ed lesson I told my teacher I need to be able to play this song, and he showed my the opening the first week and I practised till my fingers could hardly move, then the following lesson he showed me the first heavy riff. I still play the hell out of that song.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Awesome! Thanks for posting! Saw Kiss in 79 such a great concert

[@therifleman5611]

Always been a huge kiss fan. I've been to 10 kiss concerts and my last ones were the reunion tour and the farewell tour. And as far as ever going to the end of the road tour that is not going to happen only if Ace and Peter were there. I'm sure Peter don't have it like it used to because he is getting old to keep up on the drums but I'm sure he would give it one hell of a try. I started listening to kiss when I was 16 and 61 now and still jamming with kiss.

[@DashdownMusic]

f-awesome man - you got the tone & the beat baby!!!

[@LittleGlockLittle]

I'm a KISS MEGAFAN I've been in love with their music since I was 5 I born in 2008 but still I love rock and roll and no one's ever gonna change that I also got to see them in Detroit on October 20th it was the best night of my life

[@davidradley1560]

Mr speed ftw 🙌 thought you were gunna leave it out. It came to number one and I said. “Oh thank god”

[@MetalDadRocks]

That’s awesome!!!

[@princevultan6589]

KISS made such an impact on music in the 1970’s. Kids like me were overwhelmed by their catchy hooks and that explosive in your face attitude. They lost that edge when they lost Ace and Peter. After that….. they became just another band. The 1996 reunion reinvigorated them and they became the kings again. After that….. they became their own tribute band.

[@danielhartin7680]

Also, the last section of the riff from Mr. Speed somehow found it's way onto Alannah Myles"s Got This Thing For You.

[@chrisbaker1091]

Great video! KISS has so many awesome riffs!

[@stevenfrost6441]

I learned the POWER of a good Power Chord by learning KISS Riffs! Great List! ❤👍🎸

[@forgeFe21]

Bob Kulick (Stanley's solo riff) was one of several hardworking guitar talents of that era in the perpetual shadows of notoriety

[@rockmetalhead7680]

I love how you started to play guitar on youtube shorts, then now you make full video thats cool

[@tythompson4794]

Amazing list. I appreciate it.

[@shamusokingsley2412]

Great choices Metal dad and keep on rockin' that Lazy Boy!

[@Not_Interested93]

Mr Speed, Rock and Roll All Night, and Detroit Rock City hit home for me every time I listen

[@thebluesrockers]

Top 10 songs featuring Peter Criss on Vocals 1.Black Diamond 2.Strange Ways 3.Get away 4.Mainline 5.Beth 6.Hard luck woman 7.Baby driver 8. Hooligan 9.I can't stop the rain 10.Dirty Livin'

[@stoney10]

My fav kiss song is off The Elder -I. It was also the Killers cassette tape my friend had

[@thebluesrockers]

Top 10 Paul Stanley songs 1. Strutter 2. Got to choose 3.100,000 years 4. Hotter than hell 5.I want you 6.Take me 7.Mr Speed 8.Tonight you belong to me 9.Love in Chains 10.Goodbye

[@michaellamountain519]

Don't like that you didn't include Black Diamond, but the video was cool, and I just subscribed. I'm 60 years old and I've seen kiss way back in 77 my first Kiss concert at Hartford civic center. I even caught an ace guitar pick I still got it lol.

[@augustusdiablues2843]

Killer songs selection. Exellent guitarrista. KISS FOREVER!!!!🤟🏼🎸🍻

[@ianpolando]

I really enjoyed watching this video. Well done, Metal Dad! You play guitar very well!

[@ChrisSztybel]

“War Machine” is one of the heaviest Bryan Adams songs ever.

[@niteshades_promise]

cold gin is my fav to play. i want to learn she now.🤘🏻🍻

[@thebluesrockers]

Top 13 songs written by Ace Frehley 10 songs he actually sings vocals on. 1.Strange ways 2.Parasite 3.Cold Gin 4.Shock me 5.Rocket Ride 6.Save Your Love 7.Snow blind 8.I'm in need of love 9.What's on your mind? 10.Rip it out 11.Stranger in a strange land 12 Separate 13.Remember me

[@eldonb402]

I just met my brother from another mother! Classic, classic riffs Metal Dad!

[@coolchange1970]

Was Metal Dad in “Paris Blue” circa 90-91? Used to see them at Club Eastbrook in Grand Rapids MI

[@nervvana]

dude... ⚡🤘 Mr. Speed is also my favourite.

[@kermitkelly8833]

That sounds terrific! What effects are you using? Thanx

[@juleenrustan3804]

You had me with, "She", one of my faves!

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

My takeaway from all of this…… Metal Dad ROCKS!!! 🤘

[@coxscorner]

I only agree on about 4 of them. God of Thunder is my favorite. Love Gun should be there. That was written as a stadium song. Another favorite of mine is Strange Ways from Hotter than Hell, the solo is phenomenal but the riff is really heavy too. And Calling Dr. Love.

[@timtaylor164]

Sound and feel is strong on this..

[@PJL10100]

You’re awesome mate!

[@Bernz66]

Awesome video...... I bought the first Kiss album the year it was released..... It was accident, LOL..... back in those days they sold record comics.... a album with a comic book.... place the record on and follow along the audio with the comic book.... I thought the Kiss album was a comic book record.... The record blew my mind (still have that LP) and been a Kiss fan since......

[@danthaman03]

Great video. I liked the riffs from Shandi Strange Ways Coming home Hide your Heart I've had enough and Thrills in the night

[@RyanConnell5150]

5:15 Trying to figure out what other band's riff that War Machine riff sounds like 🤔

[@juliodefreitas157]

Absolutely awesome ❤❤

[@hugnroll]

Nice! ! Small Town's Sheriff Loves She Riff Also! 😉🤣

[@fbomb7184]

I love the uptempo pace of the God of Thunder riff on Alive II. Better than the original IMO.

[@dougway5910]

My 2 I'm working to perfect...Shock Me..grab need into G...so cool.. Black Diamond...such a killer tune...thanks for those riffs..I totally forgot about that Mr. SPEED

[@garcii2]

Great selection!!! I don’t disagree with you. I like all of them.

[@dowvidz]

Hard to believe that Bryan Adams had a co-write on War Machine, also Rock and Roll Hell. Good choices

[@txrojas]

I believe War Machine was written by Bryan Adams. Gene got writing credits by changing a lyric after the song was completed. Bryan also wrote Rock and Roll Hell on that same album.

[@WiFuzzy]

You Managed to pick all the kiss songs I hate...lol. Well done.

[@BigMike1138]

Fun fact. If you tune to Open D, you can play the War Machine riff with 1 finger.

[@marc5474]

Hey Take Me is pretty good to would love to see that!!

[@barrystricklin2230]

Man your awesome thanks

[@Tcrunk365]

Awesome man. Curious but what kind of amp or modeler are you using?

[@ghostdancer2302]

I totally agree with this! Almost Human would be number 11.

[@Shooter4547]

Mr. Speed/Rock & Roll Over Awesome . . . best KISS song/album

[@robertguthrie2636]

Your AWESOME YOUR SELF. PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE 70 S FABE 4. YOU WANTED THE BEST U GOT THE BEST . KISS

[@stephen9486]

Sign that guy up, lead guitarist for kiss, he's awesome. Didn't miss a note

[@bradleyupdyke9492]

Ace Frehley was severely underrated and the guitarists to come behind him are awesome axe players.

[@deputyduffy]

calling Ace Underrated is Hysterical.

[@bradleyupdyke9492]

@@deputyduffy outside of guitar players the normal music listeners don't even consider him at top level at all.. he's been one of my favorites since i was a kid..

[@deputyduffy]

@@bradleyupdyke9492 Mine too... but any ROCK fan knows who he is and how good he is. And he is anything but Underrated.

[@martinklein3612]

Now I see Kiss through different ears.

[@dandakissisabelle]

Hugs from Brazillllll

[@mindwarp1966]

Love ya my brotha keep on rockin

[@richfoster6677]

I’ll be most impressed when I see “metal dad” play guitar standing up..,

[@silva_manu9244]

Paul is the Best forever 😎👍🤘

[@haveguitar]

Ave in the 70s was and is amazing, to bad he lost that feeling by the 80s,in my opinion.

[@Undercoverbrotherfromanother]

ACE!!!!! MR Speed ROCKS!

[@Bizarrebirchdoesgame]

Love her all I can is a killer track

[@christophelacombe9877]

best riff by kiss is for me CALLING DOCTOR LOVE

[@canadianintheukbrian]

Us old farts grew up with great music great guitar players, I remember getting KISS Alive brought it home put it on those cheap record players, frighten my parents to death they thought i sold my soul to the devil lol, KISS was a machine for the first part of the 70's unfortunately success and all it's trappings took ACE and Peter down the dark rabbit hole, I took up learning the guitar a few years ago, when you hear ACE having no formal music training he just had a good ear he knew the chord tones that's a gift, and where would some of today's best guitar players be without ACE , I'm 56 still listening to KISS , seen them on the Creatures Lickup Asylum Revenge and Psycho Circus which was a dream for me to see and hear the original band though, but hearing ACE live man terrific memory , you listen to the old KISS records today that's rock and roll , the 70's where a time of long songs , lots of technical playing but KISS where straight up rock and roll, plug the Les Paul into the Marshals and crank it, I do have a Les Paul Style guitar by a company here in the UK called Vintage it has the Wilkinson designed PAF voice buckers they really get that tone, I would love a Les Paul but not the newer ones its the older Les Paul's that have that special sound and well they're not cheap , great playing bud, I'm originally from Toronto now living in the UK but I have sub to your channel . What do you think the newer ACE material I love it, I would love ACE to play a few gigs here in England I would definitely get tickets and the guitar players play Vintage brand guitars , had throw that it , anyway great stuff , cheers !!

[@ff1047]

That TONE is hotter than hell.

[@farrington7971]

Your voice sounds familiar do you do voiceovers

[@Ohionortheast]

I heard Brian Adams helped gene write war machine or something like that? Anyone know if that is true

[@MetalDadRocks]

It is. He also is the co-writer on Rock n Roll Hell.

[@thebluesrockers]

God of Thunder wasn't Ace Frehley on the Destroyer Album. don't know if you knew that or not.

[@JulioCota2000]

Awesome

[@treeduck3705]

Is the Metal Dad from TRF?

[@riz040]

yeah Ace was the man

[@adamkay3610]

Good choices M.D.... but, c'mon, where's "Mr Blackwell?" Don't shy away from the brilliance of "The Elder" no matter how uncool it is to admit you like it. Only diehards bro! ...or "The Oath?" (even though it's a rip of "Barracuda" by Heart ;-)

[@eapaezd]

you rock man!

[@madtownangler]

I'm not really a KISS fan but when you seperate their band and just play one guys stuff solo it sounds much better.

[@juicebirdmedia1406]

Tonight you belong to me is pretty much sure knows something

[@gameboycat05]

no the hell it ain't lol

[@boblee3437]

I'm afraid I don't really know Kiss, but I enjoyed hearing these guitar parts.

[@dokterdon]

Great riffs, but I'm surprised "Watching You" didn't make the list.