Part 20, KISS - Recording "Lick It Up", Problems with Vinnie and unmasking on M-tv

[@jondunmore4268]

Absolutely LOVED the Lick It Up cover. It was classic! Minimalistic, direct, the framing perfect; the touch of Gene's tongue (as he admits) providing connective tissue to the old look of this band; the street clothes; the hair, everything!

[@masterofvillainy8404]

Creatures of the night wasn't a failure. It was a MASTERPIECE!!!

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

@@masterofvillainy8404 Only to "KISS" fans and thats a matrer of opinion

[@starrdogchamp1]

Creatures of the night is their or at least one of their best albums, title and album cover!

[@starrdogchamp1]

@SpaceAce100 yes

[@vinniemoreno704]

You got that right.

[@ReverendBad]

Creatures is sonically good but really kind of a meh album

[@FredPena-rd5cf]

1. KISS 2. Creatures Of The Night

[@stevefoley244]

They were in their way out and Vinnie saved them with his writings and what did he get for it? The Boot!

[@sydneyhalliwell2513]

He was a great co-writer, just not the best band mate

[@musclemangear8710]

Lick it up is awesome..

[@stevefoley244]

@Coogan sure did. They were as they are now trying to stay relevant. Why do think there's the many times they brought back Ace and Peter?

[@garyhill2740]

@Coogan It takes time to rebuild a fan base after a slump. It was sold out the next time on the strength of the previous two albums with Vinnie. Duh!

[@garyhill2740]

@Coogan Vinnie cowrote three songs on Creatures and played on numerous tracks (From wikipedia ): "Vinnie Vincent - lead guitar on "Keep Me Comin'", "Danger" and "War Machine"; all guitars on "Saint and Sinner", "I Love It Loud" and "Killer" "

[@marcoskazu_]

Some mock Vinnie Vincent, but the fact is that his genius is what saved Kiss. Without him and Eric Carr, Kiss would have ended before Creatures of The Night. At the historic Kiss show at Maracanã, with their biggest audience, Vinnie Vincent was as admired as the other members. Gene Simmons complained about the long solos, but in Brazil, the hundreds of thousands of Kiss fans and opponents alike recognized Kiss musically only because of Vinnie Vincent and Eric Carr's solos. Vinnie Vincent and Eric Carr were geniuses, and all fans need to recognize and respect them. It is also worth noting that Kiss abandoned their masks, and in this difficult phase, Vinnie Vincent and Eric Carr provided the instrumental base of Kiss at this crucial moment.

[@homersimpson2159]

You can't be part of 2 albums that didn't sell, and 2 tours nobody went to, and claim to have saved KISS SMFH

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

​@@homersimpson2159none of that is true. Are you listening?

[@homersimpson2159]

@@DrJ-hx7wv Um no dipstick, its all nonsense only Grandma Vinny lovers believe

[@martindeandrade1275]

Eric Carr was a great drummer that was fit for the heavier style that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley chose to embrace. Vinnie Vincent's songwriting skills got him in KISS. As a guitar player he wasn't any better than any other shredder. He never "saved" KISS, though. Vinnie couldn't save his own ass if he tried. It's not as if KISS depended on him to get ahead. Actually, soon after Gene and Paul fired Vinnie they found a much better guy to work with in every sense: Bruce Kulick. As for the Rio show, there were in excess of 130,000 people in attendance. Most didn't even hear the band right, because the local PA system was weak, and most saw what looked like ant-sized action figures under beams of light. Most of the folk had no idea who the band members were. KISS had a reaonable fan base in Brazil at the time, but a lot of people bought tickets because the shows were very well promoted, and that included massive payolla for radio stations to play "I Love it Loud", and a promotional interview on Globo TV's popular Sunday evening program. Again, mind you, a lot of people had never heard of KISS before, and obviously weren't able to tell Vinnie from Ace or Eric from Peter.

[@straty5598]

Love Vinnie and particularly Eric but I'm sorry the word genius just can't be used in either case

[@daveverplank]

KISS played in Minneapolis in February or March of '84, and Vinnie was still there.

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

Yeah he played his last show on like sometime during the last couple of weeks of March 1984

[@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346]

Thanks ... Now I have LICK IT UP stuck in my head again. Please send help.

[@surfguitarfuzz]

(It's only right now)!

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Don't watch porn while listening to it. 😂

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

Listen to the Vinnie Vincent Invasion album it'll be like getting a labotomy or electro-shock -treatment 😢

[@mjwbulich]

They were paying Vinnie $500 a week. He asked for more and they let him walk. Imagine being in Kiss and making $26K a year. My first job in 1987 paid slightly less than that. A journeyman carpenter at the time was making more than Vinnie.

[@SirManfly]

@74 torino Bingo!!

[@mjwbulich]

@74 torino Do you understand what a contract dispute is? It's an argument over money. They offered him a contract. That means they wanted him in the band. He didn't agree to the terms of the contract(that means they weren't offering enough money)so he walked away.

[@GonzoAmerican]

KISS were dead in the water until Vinnie came along. He co-wrote 8 of 10 songs on LIU. He not only saved KISS, he brought them back to a platinum selling band. They should have given him anything he wanted.

[@funzjag]

@@GonzoAmerican Yup! Vinnie deserved more than $500 a week.

[@MxMoondoggie]

@74 torino All Vinnie wanted was to be a full member of the band, rewarded for his contributions and not treated like a hired gun who just plays guitar. When he became a full time member he wanted a better deal and they wouldn't have it, they argued on tour and eventually let him go after treating him like shit on the tour. The guy had to stand in the corner and only come to the middle for solos, only Gene and Paul could be center stage lol. They even offered him way more money to come back and do the next leg of the tour but still wouldn't agree to let him be a full member and benefit from his contributions. The guy wrote on most of Lick It Up. He's credited so much because they mostly used Vinnie's demos for material and just wrote new lyrics for them by Gene or Paul. The original songs from scratch on there Vinnie contributed to most of them, Lick It up, All Hells Breaking Loose and Exciter. The only stuff he didn't work on were a couple of Gene filler tracks picked from his home demos. They continue to not give him any credit for how well the album did and explain it all away as buzz from taking their make up off, they tear him apart like they do almost everyone they ever worked with that didn't follow their orders and wanted money and credit from KISS. They should have paid Vinnie what he wanted and maybe the rest of the 80's wouldn't need to be filled with cheesy Desmond Child lyrics.

[@robinmichaels5600]

What I think.. IMO. Vinnie is the guy who put the much needed Heaviness back into KISS. As a kid, Alive 2 was that! I often wondered who this 'Vincent Cusano ' guy was while reading the linear notes on COTN. And since I was living in the Bahamas,with no readily available rock press.I wandered just how ,- Ace was suddenly like unmentioned but just killing it suddenly!(?) Then I got a copy of Hit Paraders "83 top 100 bands - or something like that. And NOPE! No Ace! But there was Vinnie Wiz Vincent, teeth clenched Fists curled up, in make up. Creatures was great.Lick it up was brilliant.What changed...hmmmm.

[@willardwayne3]

Lick it Up , Memphis Tn was my first concert. I was 13 and I loved it. The midsouth colluseum was about half full but the crowd was into it and so was the band. It was a good night.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

Lick It Up in NYC was my very first KISS concert. I never saw KISS in makeup because I really never had a job before to buy a ticket, and my dad would rather bet his weekly paycheck on a horse at the racetrack than take me to see KISS. I knew it wasn't the band I grew up with. But I know all bands change for one reason or another. I didn't care. My band was back and I was damn proud to see the return of KISS.

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

I was at that Memphis show too. My 2nd KISS concert. A lot of kids from my 8th grade class were there as well...some that even hated KISS just a couple years earlier. Taking off the makeup, while I didn't like that move, was the shot in the arm they needed. It was time.

[@dansweet6793]

Paul and Gene should thank Vinnie, Eric Carr,Bruce, Mark, Tommy and Eric Singer for helping KISS stand through the test of time. Instead they shit all over every member except themselves.

[@Noclaf555]

BS, sorry you can't handle the truth.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

The Lick It Up show was my very first KISS concert. Radio City Music Hall, NYC and Accept opened. I was too young to see the original KISS and I had a better chance of winning the lottery than my dad taking me to a KISS show. So what if KISS took off the makeup? It was still the band (with the obvious changes), but I didn't care. I never sat down once during the concert. I was just so proud my band was back.

[@Mozart1220]

Then you never REALLY saw KISS. It ended in 1978.

[@SN-nh6pq]

Wow, quite evident Gene & Paul had many issues with everyone. Nothing was ever their fault etc etc etc.

[@dwightrenfield2241]

It is their band.

[@SN-nh6pq]

Dwight……BIG FUCKING DEAL……that gives them the right to treat ppl like total shit??? ​@@dwightrenfield2241

[@1968spikey]

Paul ESPECIALLY. He made some horrendous decisions yet EVERYONE else was at fault 😮

[@medievaltimes6473]

Paul criticizing someone for looking odd is kind of strange given his well documented insecurities and trauma with his facial deformity.

[@tksk197033]

While we can both likely agree that it says nothing about the personal value of Vinnie OR Paul, it is probably a form of projection in the form of insecurity like you said. I used to have problems projecting my insecurities onto others, as it was easier to do that than look inwards (for me, it was weight, or losing my hair).

[@PETERODZZ]

That's why I love this 💩. I just can't get enough it's funny as hell depressing at the same time.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

That's hypocrisy for you. When I was a true fan years ago, I thought Stanley was one of the coolest guys on earth - then some TIME had passed 😆😆😆😆

[@Johnsmith-fh4mt]

What I said too.

[@redrocket4853]

Paul was a good looking man , then he turned to the "Dr. Frankenstein" of Beverly Hills, now he looks like the elephant man

[@bruceprosser8332]

The icing and cake analogy was great!

[@allanpeck8523]

Anyone who was lucky enough to attend any of the COTN or LIU tours knows that with Eric & Vinnie it was a supercharged version of KISS that was hitting on all cylinders. KISS destroyed their original fan base with the oversaturation of the 4 Solo Albums & the 3 albums that followed, on top of that they lost almost all radio air play in rock markets with Dynasty, Unmasked & The Elder. It's no wonder album sales & concert attendance was disappointing for COTN & LIU because the fan base was gone & they had little or no rock radio air play. IMO they should have tried to do another album with Vinnie & followed it up with a Live Album & a Concert Video. There's some debate about whether Vinnie saved KISS or not but the truth either way was KISS ( Paul & Gene ) screwed Vinnie over bad.

[@SwisstedChef2018]

Gene especially is good at that.

[@musclemangear8710]

Lick it up is awesome..

[@garyhill2740]

Dynasty is a great record, actually.

[@richardlawson6787]

Kidding?.I actually did see kiss with miss Vincent .. What a hot mess ..carr could not keep time...Vanessa was everywhere all over the place playing garbage a hundred miles an hour...no wonder they fired her

[@allanpeck8523]

@Richard Lawson They fired Vincent when he quit the band & didn't return to record Animalize. Vinnie, at that time, was recording what would be the demos for the first Vinnie Vincent Invasion Album with Hirsch Gardner ( drummer ). Hirsch has gone on record several times that Gene Simmons called Vinnie at the recording studio several times, begging him to come back to KISS & they'd work it all out. Vinnie had had enough, he wasn't coming back to KISS & refused to take any more phone calls from Gene. KISS did fire him, but it was after he'd left/quit the band. As far as Eric Carr's tempo, yes, he played fast, but if that wasn't what Paul & Gene wanted, they would have put a stop to it right away.

[@raymondroberts8709]

Hmmm.....Gene and Paul sure seem to have "problems" with their bandmates no matter whom they are. Just perhaps.....Gene and Paul are the fucking problem.

[@rhythmista7707]

Ahem, control freaks..Ahem.. 🤣

[@DamageInc-nx9gu]

I think they should’ve played more from this album. I believe adding: “Not For the Innocent”’and “A Million To One”.

[@liquidvizionsmadferit]

Absolutely

[@tarvinblankenshipgfaerlestrst]

Dam right Damage inc 86 🤟🤟

[@Betrayerslayer]

Million To One is an underrated and hypnotizing song.

[@imarriedabrkfsttaco3737]

Not for the Innocent is a demonic Vin extravaganza! The opening riff is sinister AF! The intro to Vin's wailing solo pans across the stereo spectrum like a runaway freight train and Gene's vocal is the sh*t.

[@CarlettoPuglia]

@@imarriedabrkfsttaco3737 Yes! Not for the Innocent is my favorite song on this album and I just never get tired of listening to Vinnie's killer solo on that song. I get goosebumps every time I listen to that solo on high volume !

[@rogersyme1368]

Always liked the cover... Eric looks particularly cool...

[@ciadella1971]

Sorry, but I thought the Fox and the Anhk were cool characters.

[@scootscoot97warlock90]

continuous problems with Ace & Peter , then problems with Vinnie hmmm whats going on here

[@kirwan1414]

Apart from writing the odd stunner, Gene's formula for lyrics = 1. Find a cliche phrase 2. Just repeat that phrase over and over in the chorus.

[@peterboczan2116]

And add some cheese for good measure.

[@JustK009]

Truth is Paul was “80’s” in the 70’s…

[@connormurphy7684]

Paul Stanley knock someone out!😂..It would be like being hit in the face with a wet limp salmon😂😂

[@RichardSleyster]

I love the Creatures of the Night album!!

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

I love my girlfriend and you love creatures of the nigjt ..I think you hace a crush or secretly love Vinnie❤

[@ca3317]

COTN isn't a good album. It's a great album. Top 3 in kiss catalog. Up until 1983 I owned every kiss album. The elder sucked and turned me off to the band. Which was weird cuz it was 3 albums In a row that weren't good. So I looked at other rock bands. I was in a record store and COTN had just been released and I remember saying nope. Not buying it. Then I love it loud video was on MTV. And I went back and bought it. I was 13. Then I listened and said, that ain't ace. No way. And I was right. And I still listen to it to this day. It's that good.

[@brandonbeinke6510]

COTN Saint n Sinner Rock n Roll Hell ILIL War Machine Keep it comin’

[@JohnBGood-ry9wj]

Can you imagine Paul Stanley actually punching someone🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@randallfloyd4476]

"i'll give you a knuckle thandwich you poopie head!"...paul.

[@rogergomez1]

that wouldve been awesome to see! if it couldve been captured on camera it wouldve gone viral!

[@jessicajujubean5004]

I'm trying to and I can't do it.

[@somewhatsomething4882]

Weirdly yes... A child who accidentally gets in his way 😂😒

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@randallfloyd4476 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Paul Thandly with KITH!

[@dlwhite6537]

After listening to the post makeup albums again I hear Paul was on fire vocally. It was a new band. Crazy Nights was the end of that.

[@cliffordhritz5215]

Paul is so out of touch. It was a big deal when Eric Carr was unmasked on MTV. Not Vinnie.

[@billshank6266]

Ummmmm, not so much

[@Noclaf555]

No it was not

[@backmaniac1]

Ehh Poison wasnt around in 83 ...

[@piedadstoffel5955]

My favorite non make up album

[@piedadstoffel5955]

@SpaceAce100 crazy nights sucked

[@jorgeldejesus8465]

Lick it Up was the most 80's of all the 80's unmasked KISS era albums in a sense , this was another heavy metal band far from the KISS Love GUN era , ironically , this era was the most radio played KISS music of them all

[@lindsrt1]

I'm so glad that they went that way during the 1980s, Lick it Up was to me a great album , I feel they still made great music during that time it was during my Jr high and high school years when I was listening to everything I couldn't wait for the next video that came out so I could go out and buy that album 😁

[@chrisde-groot7776]

I loved all your albums I am a kiss fan for life

[@RavnerRavner]

Wait..... Wait.... Lick it up "sold way way better" than creatures and he thinks it's because of how they looked?!?! Gimme a fucking Break... Vinnie wrote 8 of the 10 tracks on LIU and saved their asses. Paul Stanley is a fucking jagoff.

[@DonovanRose87]

I love kiss and Paul is one of my idols but you are 100 percent right. Vinnie made them a Fuckin band again man Vinnie was the best songwriter they had outside of Paul period

[@edguitarstanleyeisen6179]

Vinnie also co wrote in Creatures, so you don't have a point.

[@Noclaf555]

​@@DonovanRose87and what has that dude done without Paul? Nothing really😂😂😂😂

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

@@edguitarstanleyeisen6179 you don't have a point. Creatures did Okay, but Gene and Paul had already sabotaged KISS into oblivion with 3 consecutive fail albums (Dynasty, Unmasked, The Elder). Vinnie wrote in Creatures, but him being on it and the tour got people excited about KISS again, and they were well received on Lick it Up because of good writing. its kind of hard to stop a huge gash on your skin from bleeding with the first band aid. but Vinnie wad definitely helping KISS heal. they were at their career worst at the time of The Elder. only doing tiny little tv shows. a non existent movie, and hadn't toured the USA since 1979. its kind of hard for a person like Vinnie to "save" Kiss, but he definitely steered them in the right direction. Creatures is now a very respected album for sure.

[@edguitarstanleyeisen6179]

@LadyFairChildVideo I do think and agree Vinnie saved Kiss for exactly the reasons you list here. Maybe u misinterpreted my comment because I only said " Vinnie co wrote in Creatures" and that's a fact, not a point of view at all.

[@DMBAUG1973]

Paul and Gene: two out of touch multi millionaires. They might be rich but that’s it. They are selective in their memory and clearly believe their own delusions. Any rational person can see that VV was screwed over (by PS in particular who I believe was jealous of Vinnie’s talent). It’s also clear that if it were not for Vinnie’s contribution - in particular the Lick it Up album - Kiss would have folded around 84’.

[@bb-gc2tx]

also paul contradicts himself first he righfully blames downfall of band on them going soft and becoming a kiddie band with dynasty and unmasked but then he blames it on them coming up with new characters for eric and vinnie and said they should of kept original the characters makeup . lol the makeup design eric and vinnie wore had nothing to do with why album sales and concert ticket sales tanked

[@vinniemoreno704]

Vinnie is the songwriter Paul Wishes he could've been.

[@dennishodge5826]

Vinnie never signed a contract. That's why Gene and Paul always say he was never really a member. The contract was garbage, and Vinnie should have declined, as he did. But this all took place after he already contributed a huge part of two entire albums. He was highly peeved. And they knew they were giving him the screws. He rejected contract after contract. His reasoning for holding out for a better deal was that he had been largely responsible for resurrecting the band. And he was right. He was also a diva. And that got worse later. But when he was in KISS, Paul was THE diva. No diva shall come before him. He felt that Gene and himself were the only ones who had a stake, since they were all that remained of what they had originally created. They were right about that part, but they totally took a crap on Vinnie. They would have been history around '84 without Vincent Cusano. Look up his 'Warrior' demos. Half of the LIU album is sprinkled throughout - a good while before LIU was even a thought. Both sides were arrogant. But Vinnie had a case - he saved the band. Paul and Gene should love him, if only for that. What a crazy-toxic environment they inspire. Love these guys, but I know who they are. ✌

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

No lie detected

[@vinniemoreno704]

That is the Gospel right there.

[@Noclaf555]

And Vinnie had done what since? Seriously, like it or not Paul and Gene were 1000% right on Vinnie, Ace and Peter. It has been proven time after time. And they were right on Tommy, and Eric. They still sell out massive shows, even as time has taken a toll on their bodys and Pauls voice.

[@robinriel3384]

No doubt Vinnie's songwriting stabilized the band but Lick it Up sold three times the amount of Creatures because the makeup came off. Neither album is THAT much better than the other

[@JohnBGood-ry9wj]

Don’t eat soup 🍜 around Vinnie.

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

'No soup for you Vinnie ..come back 1 year' ...or like Gene said tp Vinnir if you wanna be at a 'KISS" concert buy a ticket like everybody else.

[@breal1183]

I'd rather see Vinnie Vincent, and Eric Carr in makeup live then Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer any day of the week.

[@Noclaf555]

Well you would have to dig up a grave you idiot

[@marcderogatis8513]

Amen

[@LOUIS-np6be]

WHERE!!!! EVEN ON MONDAY

[@the13thone73]

Gene and Paul have been the leaders since the beginning. They failed keeping the original band together, Gene's song writing hit rock bottom in the 80's and never recovered, Paul is always blaming someone else for his decisions, whether it's who he chose to marry to who he chose to be part of the band. Listening to these two talk is like visiting the Psycho Circus. And I don't mean the album.

[@Noclaf555]

And they are in their 70s still selling out shows as Vinnie does what? Ace has been a little more successful, Peter does what? Sorry but they were right

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

Revenge was a good album. Gene was back

[@Betrayerslayer]

Dance All Over Your Face is a staple cover in my group. Love it

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

What a world this would have been if “Runaway” got Gene to quit music and become the Ron Perlman of Hollywood film villains. 😆. Glad he stayed with KISS!

[@monty4336]

Gene's "acting" was mediocre at best.

[@robspafford2884]

Creatures was their heaviest! Eric’s drums were thunderous!

[@starrdogchamp1]

The makeup may have been an issue but the real reason lick it up did better than creatures is because your singles on that record were pop metal/pop rock.

[@DarkCrueDethAngel]

21:03 I mean their both are equally as good 👍👌💯

[@jessicajujubean5004]

Kiss did hair metal a lot better than most actual hair metal bands did. Paul was right when he ripped into hair metal and said most of it was garbage made by talentless preening pretty boys. Very few hair metal bands were actually good.

[@bb-gc2tx]

i disagree they looked like the 35 year old guy still trying hang out at the frat house. trying to dress and look like the bands that were 10 years younger than them

[@jessicajujubean5004]

@@bb-gc2tx yeah I see your point. Kiss started to resemble Spinal Tap. But most of the music they made during that period was better than most hair metal. 90 percent of hair metal bands are either forgotten or remembered only by fans and almost all.of them were really generic

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

But at least KISS had an actual singer with Paul. Motley had Vince Poison had Bret Def Leppard had Joe Imho Paul is a better singer than them.

[@MrROTD]

Good point but some of them did get better at it later like Dr Feelgood And Poison Flesh and Blood

[@lisag18]

Totally agree

[@clausm2203]

Great video i Grew up on 80s kiss

[@mausperson5854]

The Elder is dope.

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

Those who thought "The Elder" was a good idea they were on dope including Paul the Pill Popper & Bill Aucoin the coco nut

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

Those who thought making The Elder they were on dope including Paul Stanley the Pill Popper and Bill Aucoun the CocoNut

[@mausperson5854]

@naturalbornscorpio929 From one natural born Scorpio to another, I can only recommend revisiting the record with as much baggage disposed of as possible. Don't think of it as a KISS album even. Just give it a spin in its own right. As for Paul being high, my understanding is the closest he ever came was shattering disco mirrors on Dynasty,, not hoovering from them.

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

KISS' #1 GOAL after 1979 was to stay relevant in order to keep makin all that money$$$$ and keep that lifestyle. They had no soul after 79. Vinnie n Eric Carr gave them some of that back, but G n P were too stupid n still too out of touch to see it. They fired VV n soon planned to get rid of Carr. Lick It Up n Creatures are their last 2 great albums bc of the collaborations between Vinnie, Paul, (pantera pun), Gene, Vinnie, n Carr... Shoulda stuck with this great lineup. They once again made stupid decisions.. Asylum aint bad, but it's bc of Eric Carr. He sets the tone at the very beginning on King of the Mountain..and it's Kulick's debut, and gotta say, Kulick sounds pretty fkng good on Asylum. His tone is killer on Trial by Fire... But it was all downhill after that.. And Animalize was very dissappointing after Vinnie left :( It was lame compared to LIU n Creatures. 3rd n 4th fkng guitarists on Animalize. The show was so lame too: gene had an obvious horrible wig n dressed like an idiot with eye makeup on, and paul talkin like a fkng moron n prancing around like a drag queen.. It wasn't very cool at all. and I've never liked Kulick playin classic KISS. He sucks. Compare him VV playin claSSic KISS, and Creatures n LIU stuff. There's no comparison. VV n Carr n P n G could've ruled the world again, BUT even after Peter's n Ace's craziness, Vinnie was just too much to handle, I guess :( .. but Queensryche jammed that night The Warning/ Animalize tours,.. opening with "Nightrider" song from their ep! It was badass... and blah blah nlah blablah blahhhh bla. blah! blahbla

[@wendylee1213]

"Creatures" was a great album. It had the very hard job of coming in during a transitional "WTH is going on with this band?" period. But became a fan fav ever since. The "Unplugged" really helped to renew interest in that album I was around during that show and Paul took everyone to church on "I Still Love You". Then, Ace and Peter was surreal for us long time fans. "Lick It Up" had that kick in the door vibe, I expect from a New York band. They still had that energy. Whatever your opinion of Vinnie Vincent is, your entitled to that. Vinnie had a big part in kicking that door back open.

[@motorkent]

Creatures is the best kiss album

[@rhythmista7707]

I remember awaiting the video for lick it up in nervous anticipation at the age of 12, then when I saw them, I said, who the heck are these guys ?......😂

[@mikerivera7509]

Keep this in mind: Vinnie was already caught making up fake profiles on guitar discussion pages, of course posing as Vinnie fans and always saying how good he is.

[@Noclaf555]

Funny listening to Gene here, Shannon and the kids really change him, it took a while but listen to him now, he probably is a bit embarrassed how he was

[@dustdevil9614]

Creatures never sold because you and Mr Purple released Unmasked. We never forgave u for that and in 83 Motley Def and Maiden fully replaced u

[@amysson5151]

Great album.

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

Title says, "'73 to '92."

[@kissdiaries]

Yep

[@richw3010]

Poison's first album wasn't released until 1986. Not sure how teenage girls were following them in 1983.

[@lisag18]

They all looked the same, all played the same boring poser music. Poison, Sheriff, whatever . Different name, same band

[@christipton7588]

Creatures is my favorite album by KISS

[@falquest]

Problems with Vinnie: you were too cheap to even pay him a LIVING wage...

[@Prof_Tickles92]

Now let’s deconstruct this, shall we? $500 run through the inflation calculator for 1983-1984 is the equivalent of $1400 in today’s money. Vinnie’s yearly earnings were the equivalent to $72,000 in today’s regards. Miss me with that shit

[@stormbringercoming8105]

They could’ve paid Vinnie millions and he STILL would’ve been a pain in the ass.

[@isaiahneilguitaristofficia549]

Yes Vinne wasn’t making MILLIONS, however Vinne was in a band on the rebound, NOT a founding member, and his salary was not bad for playing the guitar, if he would have been patient and stuck around I am sure he would be making a damn good living playing the guitar, the other current guys Tommy and Eric , after 20 years do you think their making a “living” wage… I bet their salaries have to be at minimum $500,000 to $1,000,000 a year I bet. Not bad for playing the guitar and drums…I googled Eric Car’s salary they said $4,000,000 a year….

[@sethallison5682]

I’m sure Vinnie was a pain in the ass but I respect him for standing up for himself. You should always try to get paid as much as you can if you deserve it 🤷‍♂️ Vinnie did a lot for the band and probably should have been given good royalties for his songs.

[@stormbringercoming8105]

This ding dong has screwed up anything he’s been a part of. He’s ripped off and continues to rip off that bizarre legion of fans that cling to each morsel of shite he releases or talks of releasing. $500 to sit in a rehearsal room and listen to him talk and “jam”, whilst munching on chips and stale soda? No cellphones! Try Scientology instead! Yes, he WAS immensely talented. Yes, he saved an iconic rock band at a critical juncture in their career. But THAT was over 40 years ago! It’s time to move on.

[@nickgodfrey1148]

Paul: “what the hell was Vinnie’s ankh about?” Also Paul on another video: “I designed Vinnie’s ankh makeup.” 😆 I like Paul but he’s such a bullshit artist.

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

you missunderstood the context of what he said. he was sarcastically asking what would people think about Vinnie's Ankh. back in the 80s Vinnie was called everything from Tut, The Pharaoh, Osiris, The wiz , Ankh man, etc. so people didn't know what it mean in the context of it being on Vinnie's face.

[@nickgodfrey1148]

@@LadyFairChildVideo so Paul was being sarcastic on this video saying “what the hell was Vinnie’s ankh about?” and he was also being sarcastic when he said on a different video “I designed Vinnie’s ankh”? Got it. 🤔

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

@@nickgodfrey1148 again, you either don't know what sarcastic means, or what context means, or are just trolling, or are lacking some reading comprehension skills. 1. he designed Vinnie's makeup, fact. 2. the public DID NOT KNOW at the time who designed it, so it was indeed possible that fans at that time thought vinnie's makeup was weird or stupid or both or none. so yes, he was sarcastic about the "what the hell is vinnie's makeup" part. I never said he didn't design vinnie's makeup , or that he was being sarcastic about it. he was just kind of putting himself in the shoes of the fans, with a new member of kiss having a new makeup design. for years, like 73 to 76 people really didn't know what Gene's or Ace's makeup design stood for. they thought Gene's was a bat, or lizard and he had to express his character was "the demon". ace's was the most enigmatic, and people wondered what it mean. rembmer this was before google .

[@nickgodfrey1148]

@@LadyFairChildVideo despite your poor spelling, your reply still makes no sense, only to defend Paul’s bullshit. “I designed the ankh but what the hell was it all about?”

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

@@nickgodfrey1148 it makes no sense because you are dense headed. it is like trying to squeeze water out of a prehistoric rock.

[@jackenrod6794]

A purple grandpa sweater screams metal.

[@rhythmista7707]

You should see what he's wearing now...😂😂

[@robinriel3384]

Poor Bruce never in the conversation. 12 years in the band. Such a versatile player with a ton of co writing credits

[@paulknight5300]

Someone needs to write a book of Kiss analogies!

[@jennybaji421]

⭕️Vinnie helped KISS compose a lot of KISS’s MOST POWERFULL MUSIC ‼️ KISS HELD THEIR OWN GROUND All the current bands at that time couldn’t knock them!! The music was just sO commanding of their RESPECT! If no vinnie , not sure how successful they would been with someone else👇🏼 That being said ,PAUL & Desmond Child turned out just as amazing material (well at least a song) that kept KISS stomping across The states with continued momentum with the heavy hitting “HEAVENS ON FIRE”!!! KISS was here to stay‼️

[@davidrapant6398]

The real reason Vinnie Vincent was out……….he ruined Paul’s soup🤔

[@LOUIS-np6be]

IT WAS TEA NOT SOUP !!!!!

[@EscutCavaller007]

Great insight!

[@stainspecialist]

COTN and LIU were my 2 favorite KISS albums. Everything before that I could pretty much take it or leave it. Everything after that made me want to vomit. VV wasn't the problem, if anything, he was the improvement.

[@nonionbeezness]

Completely disagree with Paul on this. Musically Creatures was a way better album and the makeup version with the new character was just fine, but in the end only the music matters. The 80’s sounding kiss after creatures was just meh. Taking the makeup off to satisfy the mtv producers and flavor of the day viewer mob , that’s a money grab , and that can be fine , but don’t pretend that it had any influence in if the record was good or better. Album sales are as much about the pop mob mentality as the musical quality. Kiss without the makeup just be Jane kiss looking silly as an 80’s hair metal band. But when I listed to the albums , I want seeing them and the music just was meh. But then didn’t live the US based MTV lifestyle. There was no mtv in most of the world (eg Germany) and in the US I had better things to do that watch MTV in the mid to late 80’s. The album cover might help sell the album but the music was what mattered. With tiny cassette covers the goofy hair band cover photos didn’t matter so much but the music still was only meh. We will never know what would have been if kiss stayed with the makeup. Well except that the core fans were still there in 95-97 when the self delusion in the band wore off after the wasted decade. That opening sequence of the Lick It Up music video is just embarrassing. Even to this day. Every time I see it I feel that visual farce trying to undermine the great rock song that is Lick it Up. Shudder.

[@krisskriss1223]

The in between album. Recorded as a masked band , released (and touring) as an unmasked band. Lick it up makes good sales , but i still believe he would have works even better with the band still masked...

[@Bartonfink3434]

Oh, poor Gene having to put forth effort to get into pictures.

[@slamponyp]

Fans appreciated Vinnies make up. A lot more than imposters of today

[@FreeMTrider]

absolutely. It was genuine

[@tarvinblankenshipgfaerlestrst]

Yeah they didnt give it time to get over with the fans ,u busted up a ten yr relationship lossing Catman And the Ace Catman was a total upgrade Vinnie if werent batshzzt crazy woulda been too he was a helluva songwriter and could play anything a virtuoso but if only the braintrust coulda reeled him in and he mellowed out what if that linup coulda lasted til hot in the shade

[@Betrayerslayer]

@@tarvinblankenshipgfaerlestrst i really never thought of that, abd it wouldve been great music. Love Vinnie.

[@Noclaf555]

This is such BS, they own those faces, Eric has been in the band Way longer then Peter

[@johnc3673]

Have some respect ffs

[@icantintyou]

pay Vinnie what you owe him.

[@WilliamCurry-bh3dk]

ALWAS liked ERIC CARR - ALWAYS WILL

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Gene and Paul can say what they want about Vinnie Vincent, but none of us was there during the sessions or concert rehearsals, etc., so how do we really know? I remember the guitar work was really sharp and intricate during Lick It Up and Creatures of the Night. In terms of art, Ace as a guitarist was a painter and Vinnie was a sculptor.

[@Noclaf555]

Vinny great guitar player, not such a great person to work with

[@zakur0hako]

Ace should have quit KISS right after his 1978 solo album and create a new heavy band while his creativity still lasted. By the time of Ace Frehley's Comet he was burned out and haven't released anything good since then

[@junkboxxxxxx]

14:11 "for the record I should say that I never went for the underage ones."

[@vinniemoreno704]

My boy Vinnie's work will always be Kiss's best.

[@musclemangear8710]

Hell ya!

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

​@@musclemangear8710he's better than Ace frehley sure

[@daytonnielsen5268]

Gene ..should be wary of future allegations of his past indiscretions he so bold brags about

[@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544]

F u c k metoo payback awaits.

[@Noclaf555]

Hum you so get this was recorded YEARS ago right?

[@LOUIS-np6be]

( SHOULD) 😂 LOL NO SHOULD

[@MrROTD]

I like hearing the stories and theres no denying they worked hard at it but KISS time was well past by the 80s. Gene and Paul would have been better off focusing on other things.

[@tarvinblankenshipgfaerlestrst]

I luv Paul and im also one of the minority KISS Army alum that my favorite lineup w-producer is Vinnie ,Eric , Gene ,Paul,and Michael James Jackson ,(and keep but maintain the sonicsbof Creatures &Killers!!!thats the lineup no disrespect to the other members,but i do put mark and Peter on the bottom of personal list ,and if the disgust and disappointment of the original lineup ,and Dynasty/UnMasked,Vinny Poncia was as wrong a choice as Mark St John but that period they were like very aggressive hungry had something to prove to themselves and fans and the insanity of VV with the brains and filter of Gene and Paul was some of there absolute best work the songs from Killers ,Creatures ,and Lick it are top shelf and sonics lyrics was all on point and Still hld up 4 decades later if u disagree compare Dynasty unmasked and alot of others and they get crushed Vinnie Paul Gene and Eric were the strongest rockingest moreso mature current and could rock line up with all the of the times leaders Ac/Dc,Maiden priest ,Jovi ,etc etc and i do have ❤️🤟for Ace and Bruce ,and there eras were good but the intensity and refocused 🔥and heavyness not the Phantom of the park bs ,or shes so european, kid friendly buy our figurines and a facepaint kit for your 6&8yr olds that love rock and roll all nite!! They went off the rails letting casual only know the few radio singles /Beth fans drove them straight off to the ditch and they were assuming the controls and had two badass mfrs to help get it back on the road to redeeming and cementing there place in kisstory

[@saulportillo2142]

Para mí fue acertado hacer lick it up, junto con creatures of the night fueron de sus mejores discos. Lástima que no pudieron seguir en ese estilo.

[@kissdiaries]

¡Muy cierto!

[@rudydesi]

There was nothing wrong with Vinnie make up or Eric's. Paul is wrong

[@1968spikey]

The irony being it was PAUL who designed Vinnie's make up.

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

Vinnie should've been Turtle Boy ..dressed up like a Ninja Turtle 😅

[@AkDragosani]

Gene the Nazarene.Paul the He/She…High Octane Ace… Peter the Ayatollah Chriscola..

[@Stanley-x4w]

Creature's of the night and lick it up Are the last two heavy albums

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

I always wondered who would become "Turtle Boy" 'LoL'

[@kissdiaries]

@@naturalbornscorpio929 🤣

[@mikep.9912]

Does the Lick it up guitar riffs sound almost exactly like the riffs from "Walk Away" by Black Sabbath off Heaven and Hell from years earlier?

[@mikep.9912]

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[@bb-gc2tx]

later on kiss got away with ripping off songs because they werent hits hell or hallelujah is rip off of deep purples burn and WITHIN is rip off of a billy squier song called hand me downs from his signs of life album

[@Andybaby]

Kiss removing the makeup was the ultimate betrayal of their fans. It's like they were saying "the critics were right, we do look ridiculous with this makeup, and you're an idiot for being a fan".

[@Noclaf555]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mattonbass]

Ironic that the most likeable musicians in KISS were the ones that died, quit, or were fired.

[@williamcurry1132]

just wait till KISS is no more then the books cant wait for THAT dirt

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

22:15 Paul points out that if u look closely at the LIU vid, u can tell that the skull isn't real! It's latex! :0 all this time I thought they were real lol

[@drstupid4366]

Gene and Paul sure seemed to have a lot of problems dealing with bandmates ..........maybe Gene and Paul was the problem? Ace or Peter ever go into rehab for heroin? Ace or Peter , Vinny ever o.d. on any hard drug ? Ace or Peter ever skip out on a show ? ( lol Ace did skip out on tv show) Nope . It sounds like Gene and Paul being holier than thou .......couldn't handle typical rock stars Peter Criss and Ace Frehley . ( or Vinnie Vincent )

[@gregcrane4953]

Peter was awful on the reunion tour. Speeding up and slowing down his already mediocre playing. If you have problems with band mates, fine. But You don't do that to fans. Ever. Ace and Peter should have formed a band in the 80's and taken over the world. Wonder why they didn't?...

[@JacksonAxe]

You poor simp. Have you ever tried to work beside lazy, undependable, trouble making, drunk, addicted fools? You need to grow up and see things from the point of view of a responsible adult trying to make a living, but having two lazy, dumb, thoughtless etc........jackasses trying to ruin it.

[@JacksonAxe]

Oh, and how long have Thayer and Singer lasted? Everything Ace and Peter have done after KISS has flopped or involved different players from one album to the next. Where are their bandmates-for-life? lol

[@drstupid4366]

@@JacksonAxe Its a " Rock and Roll " band . Ace and Peter brought the rock n roll .

[@drstupid4366]

@@JacksonAxe How many iconic KISS songs have Singer and Thayer on it ?

[@Bartonfink3434]

Creatures of the night was a way better album than lick it up!

[@gregsheppard3377]

There non make up years was killer. Made some great songs indeed

[@dumb-angel]

LMAO paul was really blown away of the simple common sense that getting a new woman makes you move on from an ex? jeez not lot of brain cells up there

[@Noclaf555]

And he has been happly married for years with beautiful children what's your point

[@dumb-angel]

@@Noclaf555 that he’s dumb as bricks

[@31416wm]

Both this and the PS audio book sound as if they were read by bots.

[@VinDaddyCool]

I get a kick out of the fact that people are so quick to defend Vincent cusano. Nobody really knows what happens but Given the fact that mark slaughter had the same issues with Vinnie that kiss had a more inclined to agree that vinnievincent was a pain in. The ass to do business with and to work with.

[@MrROTD]

I loved KISS, I grew up with KISS but by the 80s they didn't appeal to me because Iron maiden, AC DC , Judas Priest etc kicked so much and were more with the times. Even RUSH stayed relevant which is funny because Gene scoffed at them.

[@jonstreng7850]

Well what do you know... excerpts from the books of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. My God. One who is greedy and conceited and the other who wants us to believe that he did all the work in the band and no one else had any clue what it took to be a rock star ⭐.

[@newavatar2947]

I didnt like the Fox character I thought the concept was weak. However I thought the Ankh was awesome.