yeah, he rules in general, he actually gets no respect and it's because, what a shocker, he had to turn kiss into a stupid BRAND, if he had not gotten stupid with the band name they would have been more respected and underground.
@@midnight347 current music is. You dont see any new artists or guitarists out there thats playing a gazilion notes on guitar do we now?…its all simple and catchy its 2023 people have a small attention span
When i read or hear people say " i liked KISS when i was younger, but then i grew up", i hear "i liked kiss, but then i started caring about what other people thought" You dont have to love everything they do or did, but a good song is a good song
KISS is everywhere. It’s an awesome thing. I feel good about myself because I knew as the 13 year old kid (in 1975) that KISS was something special. Thank you Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter.
Like 'em or not, when KISS came onto the scene in '74/'75, the world changed for almost every 10 year old guitar, bass, or drum player who loved comic book super heroes and hard rock. KISS ARMY 4 evah 🤟😝🎸🥁
I can definitely see that. I wasn’t around until 89, but I can imagine with all the “cookie cutter” bands, kiss was probably a huge culture shock. Pissed off parents and authority figures. The government, churches, schools etc were probably coming at em from all sides.
@@GypsyDanger514 Absolutely! Alice Cooper was the only thing even close. KISS took Alices's theatrics over the top, cranked the Marshalls to ten, and blew the stage up with pyrotechnics. NOBODY had done this yet, their shows were the beginning of what is now considered a normal concert. I know Sabbath and Deep Purple were rockin' as hard, maybe even a little harder, but i was there, i was 10 years old, and KISS was everything i thought a metal band should be, including an irritant to my parents, school, and church 🤟😝🎸🥁
It’s really cool, listening to all these musicians referencing KISS as an influence. I can totally relate. As a kid I was totally swept away by the whole package as well…the music, the imagery, just everything!
Incredible to hear how many musicians decided to pick up a guitar because of KISS. They may have ended in hair metal bands or death metal bands but KISS was the beginning of their careeers.
@@HorsepowerHouse I get that completely, as I have most of those VHS and DVD releases, but watching a band on a video is no substitute for being part of the actual live experience itself. No comparison.
@skeletal13 Exactly, you save about $500 to a $1000 vs standing up for 3 hours with a bunch of. Sweaty dudes all around you, while you pay $20 for a beer. I'll stay home and watch it on my 75-inch Samsung 8K TV and killer stereo all day long instead.
I was 9 yrs old and playing air guitar to the Destroyer album, absolutely loved Detroit, Rock City. Kiss made me want to play guitar and be a rockstar. Years later finally started learning to play, discovered Randy Rhoads who made me want to be a guitarist.Thank you Kiss for the inspiration and all the kickass songs, you are fucking legends
My first concert was KISS in 1979. I was 9. I saw those guys and said that’s what I’m going to do. I started as a hired gun musician at 19 and have never looked back since. Thank you to KISS.
I got into Kiss around 1995, during their reunite. And I still big Kiss fan! And of course the first ever song that I played on guitar was the Kiss song! It was I stole your love.
I remember KISS from the 70s but never really knew much about the music.. In my 25 years on the internet I've seen absolutely tons of music snobs putting them down. Recently I decided to delve into their stuff and it's much better than I was expecting. Ace Frehley is an amazing guitarist. Blistering tone and one of the best vibrato techniques I've heard. Plus by most accounts he was drunk on stage in the 70s so it makes his playing even more remarkable!
i find that most anti kiss snobs (other than the really really talented players) when pressed to play KISS, usually cant play it correctly. they sound like amateurs. me being a musician that can do sweeps and "shred", Honestly it takes some talent to be able to play the KISS songs properly with the intricacies the songs actually have. are they difficult to learn? nah, but it does take some talent.
The first song that "cracked" the guitar for me was Calling Dr. Love. Not my favorite Kiss song but it was the first time I could feel the flow of the chord changes as I played and that set off playing an avalanche of songs that I didn't quite get before.
Fun fact; I have played music since I was 5 years old, but I didn't start caring until I saw KISS in 7th grade. 2009 during the sonic boom tour. My dad and I went and it was a first for both of us since he lost his opportunity during the Dynasty tour (they canceled portland due to fire permit) in 1979 so it was definitely an amazing experience. Even if it wasn't the original lineup it was still fantastic. Tommy Thayer doing Shock Me is what sold me though. That song stuck out and after the show I was talking to my dad about it who explained who Ace and Peter are and how Ace did it originally. He showed me his old kiss records and I absolutely went to town like it was a feeding fucking frenzy. For a whole year or two I was obsessed with KISS and learned their entire catalog between 74 and 80 by playing along to the records. Still to this day that shit triggers something in my brain that just makes me wanna rock. KISS fuckin rules.
I've been a huge fan of Kiss, since I listened to Kiss Alive, and still listen to them today, saw them back in 82 at Maple Leaf Gardens,with Eric Carr, right upto the Hot in the Shade concert in my Hometown of Hamilton Ontario, which would have been Eric Carr last Performance R.I.P Eric, u put the Heavy sound to Kiss and will always be missed
All the members of Kiss are very talented singers, players, writers, performers. They are also the only band to have 4 lead singers/instrumentalists other than the Beatles!
When I was a kid, Ace was the guy who made me want to play guitar. KISS Destroyer was my first rock album and it changed everything. Image being 11 in 1976, Barry Manilow is on the radio so that's what I knew... and then I heard Detroit Rock City. Everything changed. I may have outgrown some of their music, but I will always love that band. Also, Strutter is still a great track, and Gene was a criminally underrated rock bass player. His bass lines always had a groove going.
They certainly changed Rock n Roll forever with their shows, there is no denying that. Only time i wish I was older is when wishing to have been there during the Alive I shows :)
@@olorb2618Wow! My comment when way over your head. I was asking who the original poster was because he is a nobody. Had nothing to do with Gene Simmons. Are you dumb? It really seems like it.
Most people only know a small handful of songs, but throughout their 50 year career, their music has changed with each era. Their first stuff is very 70's, their early 80's stuff is very heavy metal, their mid-late 80's is very "glam metal" and fit in with the other popular "hair bands" of the time, etc.
I think is pretty safe to say that some of the greatest musicians in metal have KISS as a big influence and admiration, I just want to point out that Chuck Schuldiner and Dimmebag Darrel were one of those guys and both metal gods on their instrument. 🤘
That bass line to 100,000 years is pretty heavy. I found some isolated bass tracks of other songs too. You get a better appreciation for what gene is playing.
La forma de tocar de kiss es impresionante tiene una gran cantidad de riiffs poderosos de los mejores de hard rock y heavy metal de todos los tiempos.🎸
Well said Tobias. You’ve been playing to music for as long as you can remember. I’m glad you’re more compositional in your soloing too - Ghost carries Kiss’ luggage.
Most KISS songs are pretty straight ahead, and don't have a lot time changes or odd chords. Sure, there are a few that are a bit more difficult, but most of their songs are easy to learn.
5:00 Tell me there’s not a feel of Rick Derringer’s “Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo” in this solo. I don’t know which one was released first, but they sound similar.
people say Gene is not a good bass player. Thats because they believe good bass player are only that fast-slap tikitikitakatakatuktktktktikitikitktkterkrrrktrrkktrkkktktkkt.. they think if bass player don't slap bass like this is not a good bass player. They are the same people who compare Peter Criss and Joey Jordison or Ace Frehley with Steve Vai. Thats wrong, is like compare Ferrari with Cadillac ...both are amazing but two different worlds.
Notice how nearly everyone of these guys say a different KISS song really influenced them. Shows you that KISS was far more than just a crazy, live theatrical group that played music as an afterthought.
It funny how the haters always bash KISS’s musical ability. But pro musicians tell a different story.
Exactly!
McDonald's sells billions of cheeseburgers. Doesn't mean its good
@@heathsalter8549But clearly billions think so
@@heathsalter8549most definitely if it has one of your family members fat as shit
@@heathsalter8549 define good ! As it relates to music.
Gene is honestly an extremely underrated bassist. If you listen closely to Kiss songs there is some serious bass grooves going on.
He's no Paul 😅
Paul wrote a lot of the bass parts im pretty sure
yeah, he rules in general, he actually gets no respect and it's because, what a shocker, he had to turn kiss into a stupid BRAND, if he had not gotten stupid with the band name they would have been more respected and underground.
@@fallout3rocks889 Ace wrote and played most of the bass lines on the albums
@fallout3rocks889 pretty sure? Why comment?
Kiss had such badass riffs, so simple yet so effective, easily some of the most satisfying riffs anybody can learn
Thats all music simple and catchy
Strange Ways is my favorite!
@@HenritheHorse
@@theshield2207all music isn't simple and catchy
@@midnight347 current music is. You dont see any new artists or guitarists out there thats playing a gazilion notes on guitar do we now?…its all simple and catchy its 2023 people have a small attention span
Gene is a super underrated bass player. Always tasty and stylish, with great tone. He was the Ace Frehley of bass in a way.
No brainer
When i read or hear people say " i liked KISS when i was younger, but then i grew up", i hear "i liked kiss, but then i started caring about what other people thought"
You dont have to love everything they do or did, but a good song is a good song
As soon as ppl say: .. and then
I grew up" you know for certain, they didn't.
I have liked them since 1979 when I was a kid. The look got me interested, then the music hooked me.
KISS is everywhere. It’s an awesome thing. I feel good about myself because I knew as the 13 year old kid (in 1975) that KISS was something special. Thank you Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter.
Like 'em or not, when KISS came onto the scene in '74/'75, the world changed for almost every 10 year old guitar, bass, or drum player who loved comic book super heroes and hard rock. KISS ARMY 4 evah 🤟😝🎸🥁
I can definitely see that. I wasn’t around until 89, but I can imagine with all the “cookie cutter” bands, kiss was probably a huge culture shock. Pissed off parents and authority figures. The government, churches, schools etc were probably coming at em from all sides.
@@GypsyDanger514 Absolutely! Alice Cooper was the only thing even close. KISS took Alices's theatrics over the top, cranked the Marshalls to ten, and blew the stage up with pyrotechnics. NOBODY had done this yet, their shows were the beginning of what is now considered a normal concert. I know Sabbath and Deep Purple were rockin' as hard, maybe even a little harder, but i was there, i was 10 years old, and KISS was everything i thought a metal band should be, including an irritant to my parents, school, and church 🤟😝🎸🥁
I wasn't alive in 1977 but my parents were. They say 2 things mattered that year: Star Wars and Kiss
It’s really cool, listening to all these musicians referencing KISS as an influence. I can totally relate. As a kid I was totally swept away by the whole package as well…the music, the imagery, just everything!
Duvall pulls out Strange Ways!!!! Total props!!
I covered that with Rob Dukes!
Such a heavy and very overlooked song. And Ace’s solo in that is just amazing. Total classic.
Such a heavy and very overlooked song. And Ace’s solo in that is just amazing. Total classic.
Incredible to hear how many musicians decided to pick up a guitar because of KISS. They may have ended in hair metal bands or death metal bands but KISS was the beginning of their careeers.
Any decent band will tell you once they heard Kiss Alive they were hooked.. enough said!!!!!!!
Gonna be over soon. What a 50 year ride. Greatest live band of all time. Gonna miss them when they’re gone.
Is their music erased when they are no longer performing live? Definitely not…
@@HorsepowerHouseno, but the experience of seeing them live in person will be done. Oh there will always be tribute bands, but it won’t be the same.
@@skeletal13 tons of the videos available here and via DVD.
@@HorsepowerHouse I get that completely, as I have most of those VHS and DVD releases, but watching a band on a video is no substitute for being part of the actual live experience itself. No comparison.
@skeletal13 Exactly, you save about $500 to a $1000 vs standing up for 3 hours with a bunch of.
Sweaty dudes all around you, while you pay $20 for a beer. I'll stay home and watch it on my 75-inch Samsung 8K TV and killer stereo all day long instead.
Kiss influenced so many bands.
Kiss is awesome. One of that band to whom you can always return and listen again.
I was 9 yrs old and playing air guitar to the Destroyer album, absolutely loved Detroit, Rock City. Kiss made me want to play guitar and be a rockstar. Years later finally started learning to play, discovered Randy Rhoads who made me want to be a guitarist.Thank you Kiss for the inspiration and all the kickass songs, you are fucking legends
I knew Kiss, but I was never really a fan… until I saw them live. OMG do they know how to put on a Show!🤟
They certainly do, i was just a casual fan before I saw their final concert in Sydney Australia a few weeks ago, definitely 100% worth it!
Welcome to the Army!
same. biloxi in 2021
4:05 God of Thunder was the first riff i ever learned as well and my dad taught it to me too
I am 66 years old and I grew up with KISS. To me they are one of the best bands I have ever heard live. I am talking late 1970's live. Peace!
Black Diamond is one of the best riffs of all time, no debate.
1000%
Paul Stanley knows how to write rythym guitar riffs
My first concert was KISS in 1979. I was 9. I saw those guys and said that’s what I’m going to do. I started as a hired gun musician at 19 and have never looked back since. Thank you to KISS.
🎵 Strange Ways 🎵 twisted days 🎵
I grew outta them years ago but they hold a special place in my heart because they were my first intro into the rock world
those videos make me proud to be a Die Hard KISS fan for over 40 years...
Love gun has an incredible bass line.
And a guitar solo that hasn’t been bettered by anyone else trying to play it.. Ace is such an underrated player.
That was Paul playing the bass in the studio
So does I Stole Your Love.
dude im seeing kiss in a few hours at the hollywood bowl
nobody cares
Way to make it all about you
Enjoy dude
Have fun dude! I’ll be seeing them again in a few weeks in Knoxville 🤘🏻
@@Сунђербобан Except those who do.
Strutter was the first song I learned KISS is just great
I got into Kiss around 1995, during their reunite. And I still big Kiss fan! And of course the first ever song that I played on guitar was the Kiss song! It was I stole your love.
Saw KISS an 76 and 77 when I was 15 and 16. Still have my $6 tickets stubs (one untorn)
I remember KISS from the 70s but never really knew much about the music.. In my 25 years on the internet I've seen absolutely tons of music snobs putting them down. Recently I decided to delve into their stuff and it's much better than I was expecting. Ace Frehley is an amazing guitarist. Blistering tone and one of the best vibrato techniques I've heard. Plus by most accounts he was drunk on stage in the 70s so it makes his playing even more remarkable!
i find that most anti kiss snobs (other than the really really talented players) when pressed to play KISS, usually cant play it correctly. they sound like amateurs.
me being a musician that can do sweeps and "shred", Honestly it takes some talent to be able to play the KISS songs properly with the intricacies the songs actually have. are they difficult to learn? nah, but it does take some talent.
@@LadyFairChildVideoTo write the songs and musical structure and riffs.
The first song that "cracked" the guitar for me was Calling Dr. Love. Not my favorite Kiss song but it was the first time I could feel the flow of the chord changes as I played and that set off playing an avalanche of songs that I didn't quite get before.
Joey Vera - one of the most underrated bassists
Amazing mood & tone!
Fates is the best prog metal band of all time imo.
Fun fact; I have played music since I was 5 years old, but I didn't start caring until I saw KISS in 7th grade. 2009 during the sonic boom tour. My dad and I went and it was a first for both of us since he lost his opportunity during the Dynasty tour (they canceled portland due to fire permit) in 1979 so it was definitely an amazing experience. Even if it wasn't the original lineup it was still fantastic.
Tommy Thayer doing Shock Me is what sold me though. That song stuck out and after the show I was talking to my dad about it who explained who Ace and Peter are and how Ace did it originally. He showed me his old kiss records and I absolutely went to town like it was a feeding fucking frenzy. For a whole year or two I was obsessed with KISS and learned their entire catalog between 74 and 80 by playing along to the records. Still to this day that shit triggers something in my brain that just makes me wanna rock. KISS fuckin rules.
Are u from the US?
Yeah
Besides entertainment, inspiring others is the ultimate goal for any artist. Thanks Kiss!!
I've been a huge fan of Kiss, since I listened to Kiss Alive, and still listen to them today, saw them back in 82 at Maple Leaf Gardens,with Eric Carr, right upto the Hot in the Shade concert in my Hometown of Hamilton Ontario, which would have been Eric Carr last Performance R.I.P Eric, u put the Heavy sound to Kiss and will always be missed
All the members of Kiss are very talented singers, players, writers, performers. They are also the only band to have 4 lead singers/instrumentalists other than the Beatles!
I am a bass guitar player and my favourite Kiss song is War Machine! Such a great song!
When I was a kid, Ace was the guy who made me want to play guitar. KISS Destroyer was my first rock album and it changed everything. Image being 11 in 1976, Barry Manilow is on the radio so that's what I knew... and then I heard Detroit Rock City. Everything changed. I may have outgrown some of their music, but I will always love that band. Also, Strutter is still a great track, and Gene was a criminally underrated rock bass player. His bass lines always had a groove going.
They certainly changed Rock n Roll forever with their shows, there is no denying that.
Only time i wish I was older is when wishing to have been there during the Alive I shows :)
Gene is such a cool guy, he'll tell ya so himself.
Who are you again?
@@ducksoff7236AGAIN JUST FOR YOU 😂
@@ducksoff7236nice try gene
@@olorb2618Wow! My comment when way over your head. I was asking who the original poster was because he is a nobody. Had nothing to do with Gene Simmons. Are you dumb? It really seems like it.
I love KISS bass lines. They are great 👍
Most people only know a small handful of songs, but throughout their 50 year career, their music has changed with each era. Their first stuff is very 70's, their early 80's stuff is very heavy metal, their mid-late 80's is very "glam metal" and fit in with the other popular "hair bands" of the time, etc.
I loved Satchel saying they will have a next farewell tour. I lost it
Awesome to hear a BTO and Fred Turner shoutout. He was Canada's Lemmy
I think is pretty safe to say that some of the greatest musicians in metal have KISS as a big influence and admiration, I just want to point out that Chuck Schuldiner and Dimmebag Darrel were one of those guys and both metal gods on their instrument.
🤘
Kiss inspired untold thousands of people to learn to play music, undeniable fact. you don't have to like them, but their legacy is undeniable.
8:15 Alex Skolnik mention the song Hotter Than Hell but chooses to play the best riff from the song (and one of their best overall) - 🍻
That bass line to 100,000 years is pretty heavy. I found some isolated bass tracks of other songs too. You get a better appreciation for what gene is playing.
La forma de tocar de kiss es impresionante tiene una gran cantidad de riiffs poderosos de los mejores de hard rock y heavy metal de todos los tiempos.🎸
Gene doesn't get the credit for his bass playing... Dude is so legendary
David Ellefson likes that riff in A Minor
I really like the bass line in Hard Luck Woman
That was fun! Thank You!
Well said Tobias. You’ve been playing to music for as long as you can remember. I’m glad you’re more compositional in your soloing too - Ghost carries Kiss’ luggage.
Ace definitely had signature bends in his solos
they called them dinosaur bends
Their riffs are pretty simple, but that's part of the magic. They are memorable and punchy, and they immediately resonate.
Yep. I agree. Patriarchs In Black with Johnny Kelly from Type O Negative on drums just released Rock Bottom cover. Also did I Stole Your Love.
They're not really that simple. Depends on the song. I've had a guitar for years and I still can't play so many of them.
Most KISS songs are pretty straight ahead, and don't have a lot time changes or odd chords. Sure, there are a few that are a bit more difficult, but most of their songs are easy to learn.
KISS... 4 guys, all of them sing lead on various songs, all of their voices stylish and memorable (well, Ace not so much, but there is a style there).
5:00 Tell me there’s not a feel of Rick Derringer’s “Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo” in this solo. I don’t know which one was released first, but they sound similar.
I was hoping any of these amazing bass players would do 100,000 years line
My favorite KISS song is Shandi!
😂
Gene Simmons' bass licks are tasty as hell! He does NOT suck
KISS Forever
I was 5 when I first heard Kiss, I was never the same after that, I put my Elvis records away and never looked back,
I never put it it together that Ace was play Chuck Berry. Makes total sense now, hearing it.
that Gene interview is the most akward ever
Love them or hate them, KISS influenced a shi* load of musicians.
1:20 the best bass lick in all of KISS is let me know
KISS ruled the world. Simple.
I miss Dave in Megadeth.. Him and Dave were the heart and soul of Megadeth.
Let’s get this straight only the actual guitar players not Paul were and what made the music rock
KISS IS The Best!! 🎸⚡️🎸
Duvall making himself laugh cracked me up 😂
people say Gene is not a good bass player. Thats because they believe good bass player are only that fast-slap tikitikitakatakatuktktktktikitikitktkterkrrrktrrkktrkkktktkkt.. they think if bass player don't slap bass like this is not a good bass player. They are the same people who compare Peter Criss and Joey Jordison or Ace Frehley with Steve Vai. Thats wrong, is like compare Ferrari with Cadillac ...both are amazing but two different worlds.
i am love kiss!!!!!!!
Love the FOGHAT T-shirt David E.
I think as a Guitar player starting out you think, I might be able to play that and then it pulls you in.
12:20 I love that***** I love that****** mama can you wait mama can you wait
Ghost covering Strutter would be awesome.
I know it's always objective...screw that, KISS is the GREATEST band on earth!!!
joeye I love you playing on armord saint One of the 1st cds I had.
Notice how nearly everyone of these guys say a different KISS song really influenced them. Shows you that KISS was far more than just a crazy, live theatrical group that played music as an afterthought.
I started playing bass because of a pic on their first album. So the influence was heavy.
Finally a comment section who understands the genius of Kiss
Because of KISS many of us in our 50s picked up instruments in our Teen years
9:17 Kenny is the business. Love Type O. Always will.
Other musicians: *Play KISS riffs*
Gene: That'll be 1000 dollars, thanks
I looked at the thumbnail with my glasses off and I thought Dave Ellefson was Necrobutcher from Mayhem
Kiss tonight at the Hollywood bowl babaayy!
Wasn't it great? 🎉
@@professorpsoop yah solid. Great fire work show at the end too. Farewell kiss!
TOBIAS!!! LETS GO
4:10 dude looks like a young Uli Jon Roth
Gene is a great bass player, song writer & singer. Just ask him !!
the steven seagal of rock and roll
graham 🥺
Gene Simmons plays bass, Nikki Sixx plays air bass
great video
Surprisingly even Nirvana made a version of a KISS song.
It was just for fun, as they say.
But it was obvious, they must have been KISS fans.
That PRS acoustic needs to be tuned.
Anybody know the last song or riff at the end of the video please?
Tobias is hilarious 😂😂😂
Even the twins from Nifelheim liked KISS.
I wonder if Athenar wore his face covering while chatting with Gene?
The one guy was saying “Lick it Up” but what he was playing was “Heavens on Fire.”
He played them both