I became a kiss fan around May or June of 2006. I live in Oregon and I had no money to go out of state to see them. I had to wait for them to come to Oregon. Then, on November 17th , 2009 they came and I went and I got to say that these youtube videos don't do them justice. It was the best thing I've ever seen in my entire life. By not doing them justice I mean the sound quaility. The first time the pyro went off I nearly crapped myself it was so loud. Kiss I love you.
.... Paul can't do an interview without putting someone down and putting himself over. I'm a HUGE KISS fan since 98 and for the last 10 years or so he keeps doing this shit in interviews
@@lordeuronymous + I'm not one to say whose a true fan, or not a fan. But I have been listening to Kiss since 76, and I know Paul's personality inside and out. This guy has only liked them since 1998. They have made 3 albums since then, and Ace and Peter left the band around 2001. Ace stayed on with Eric for a tour in Australia, and then Peter came back for the Aerosmith tour. But he's definitely just hating to hate.
Tommy deserves it though, he interrupted his employer twice. I loved how Tommy made it all sound like Gene and Paul wrote the album while he knew all the riffs were his :)
Great Album By New KISS. I love the old original KISS but am glad they can continue and make new music. They Hit the lottery in 1996 and are just cashing the check.....Again & Again & Again & Again & Again....
I love this record. I really like hearing how Gene and Paul worked together on some and Tommy and Eric gave their input to round out the songs. It's great when the band member's ideas can gel together and I love hearing the stories of how it's done!
i got no problem with tommy and eric but dont you agree that if they both got their own characters that it would seem alot better? i mean eric carr was the fox and vinnie vincent was the ankh warrior... eric and tommy having the orginal make up just makes it seem like a tribute band, 2 orginals and 2 imposters... if they both got their own character it would be sooo cool it just doesnt seem right with them wearing peters and aces make up
WELL SAID! Thank you! Look peeps, I love Ace and Peter as much as ANYBODY, and I've been a fan since '76, but Eric and Tommy (like Bruce and Eric Carr, etc.) have earned what they have today. Get off their backs. Any KISS fan worth their salt would tell you that if they weren't good guys they wouldn't be in the band at all.
"Stand" has become one of my favorite of all time KISS songs, only a few from the later eras has entered into the "TOP 20ish" of all time, the other being Psycho Circus. Though I like most everything they've ever done in general.
@ClassicRockfan79 ROFLMAO! 22 YEARS!!?? your a new fan huh? I bought the first album the month it was released and wore ALL of them out. sonic is awesome! I say its their "fourth" album..... you young guys give us old fans energy! luv ya man! no matter which one you like best YOUR STILL IN THE ARMY! Brother!! and you know Paul! YOU ROCK!!
but you gotta remember for people like me (90's kid) i would never have had the opportunity to see KISS if it wasn't for Paul and Gene gettin two great musicians to step in for Ace and Pete.
Why didn't they play these songs live! I listen to bits of this album every day and I never get tired of it! If they played these songs live, it would be totally something else. I love this album, easily one of my top 5 KISS Albums, and these songs deserve to be played live. Same with Monster.
I love it too! At that point (and currently as well), Kiss sells the most tickets by playing the tried and true songs live. It drives me a little crazy, but I understand it. Sonic Boom is a great album, however.
If you purchase the album the more you listen -the better it sounds,I bought this cd on the day it came out,and it is really growing on me,really sounds like classic Kiss,and hey KissArmy,it's not a greatest hits package or alive 35!It is brand new classic Kiss! Go fckn buy it!!!
@smokey1726 You're wrong. Their real names are: Chaim Witz (Gene Simmons) Stanley Harvey Eisen (Paul Stanley) Eric Doyle Mensinger (Eric Singer) Couldn't find Tommy Thayer's real name, but I suppose it's Thomas Thayer. Even Ace and Peter don't use their real names! Ace is Paul Daniel Frehley Peter is Peter George John Criscuola
i bet it's awkward for tommy thayer. i'd love to be ace frehley, but i'd feel stupid if i were in KISS stepping in the spaceman's silver boots... i bet always being Ace Frehley messes with tommy thayer's head. he seems like a nice guy. nerdy but nice
You don't see Sonic Boom on shelves because it was limited to Walmart and since it tanked on sales, they replaced it pretty fast. It wasn't a very good album and Monster wasn't any better. My store didn't sell more than maybe 5 copies which is REALLY poor sales for Monster
Sonic Boom is a badass rock album, and KISS is a great band....new lineup, old lineup...whatever. Tommy and Eric belong....all the haters can get over it!
Look at Stanley while Thayer is talking. Its almost like, Who the hell are you? Oh yeah, you're the scab I hired. Stanley looks tired and bored with him too.
KIss played in Dublin a few months back to a sold out crowd of 12,000 people in an indoor arena. Brought the house down. Tommy is seen as the outsider, not Eric. For some reason people won't warm to his personality. He's a brilliant musican though.
Eu Amo o Fenomeno chamado Kiss I Wanna Rock, Sonic Boom, finalmente um novo album em studio boa, mais bem que Erick e Tommy cria-se suas próprias maquiagens ,ja que Space Ace Frehley e The Catman Peter Criss , nunca mais voltou, mais o que mais impórta é que a banda continue tocando e gravando albuns! XD
Yeah i guess. But it was a business decision that had to be made. Almost every KISS product nowadays has the original four faces on it, and now more than ever those faces are instantly recognisable. It was 100% a business decision and it had to be made, it would be illogical to do something ohter than what was done. Some may take it as disrespect, some wont. Thats life. They are both talented musicians and deserve to be in KISS. If they get hate for the sake of continuity so be it
Is it just me or is Paul Stanley talking like Michael Jackson? I am noticing the unease between Ace and Paul in this video, "Ace" knows he's a hired hand and can't wait to be a good lapdog to his masters. Time to retire already!
@mabutterman Well. Peter and Ace can't keep it together, so Kiss goes on without them. Now I only like the 70's Kiss. But the reason they keep comin' back is because the fans won't let them go away, so I don't think it's deceptive of them. Look at Skynyrd-Every original member is either dead or not in the group anymore. They've become their own tribute band for Chrissakes. I think their roadies are playing for them now in an attempt to keep it somewhat close to the original lineup. LOL
often doe's went along with it because he probably thought the fan's would love kiss going back to the original look.He also is tired of gene's shit but still is focus to keep the band together & if you go back in time it was always gene's bs that drove ace away but that wasm't the biggest reason bro & the biggest reason is family man imagine being away from your kid's & wife for over a year imagine that would you get depressed among other thing's bro.Again paul is a good man he's just trying
@sirflipper 22 years, my first kiss album was smashes thrashes and hits, turned me on to the older stuff from the 70s. i would have been a fan back in the 70s but i was born in 1979, so i missed it lol, but there are other kiss albums i did not like. i think the Elder was really ok. i met Paul but sure if i saw him now he would have no fucking clue who i am. also i was in front on the farewell tour in 2000, Ace tossed me a towel he used on his face, and i caught Genes empty water bottle
I loved Monster better than Sonic Boom. Sonic Boom has its moments. I thought the band was trying too hard to sound like 70s KISS. Monster was a lot more modern sounding.
@oioirock it was gene who is at fault for that man eric,tommy were happy being themself's but gene wanted to give us the old kiss imagine back so in his thinking he thought the fan's would like tommy & eric wearing peter's & ace's makeup to pay homage to them "ace & peter" & try to retain the original look of kiss.They didn't want to disgrace them bro & they were inspired by them to even play music so it make's since they'd want to pay their respect's but as for paul he like
Not 2 be a dick, but those are not Gene, Paul's "real" names, if by real you mean their given birth names. I grew up w/t Kiss, and wht a great time tht was 2 be young!! Great showman.
bs dude it was a classic album it will go down in history as the great kiss comeback album i don't understand you 2-12 year olds who don't know anything about classic kiss and you guys think that tommy sucks just because gene and paul think he is better well let me tell you tommy is the best damn guitar player after ace because he can play every damn ace solo note for note
@oioirock his best to keep kiss alive & well if i ever meet him i'm going to tell him or them we don't want tommy & eric pretending to be ace or peter's character but create their own character as that was the original thought behind kiss one of many btw whihc was to be themself's & i need to remind them of that.Paul is doing his best but he need's help & gene's lost man he's become a victim of the wealth that came with the music.I hope they open their eye's soon.
first of all Gene and Paul killed the spirit of Kiss. Pauls ego is really getting worse than Genes'. Tommy and Eric are puppets This album is not like classic Kiss.. Wal-Mart is really pushing this album hard, i saw kiss m&ms, kiss blankets, kiss mr. potato heads it was cheesy but cool.
@bigevil20 well to tell you the truth it would lol in the early 80s they had there own make up the first time Peter and Ace left and it makes sense because they are not the same people people that are not fans dont care and people who are would rather see diff make up .. any how they lost me and I loved them !!!! just to child like or fake now
so? i bet you said that in 79-81 Look at the stuff they did after that, alot of great songs They didnt listen to dumbasses who said "give it up" I like sonic Boom alot better than Aces new one.
Well said dude. Anomaly is a brilliant album. Paul and Gene only know 5th chords. They are lost with anything else. It is embarrassing. Ace was the man in every way.
I am not a big for of ''Sonic Boom'' to be honest. The lyrics are not just symplistic they are just annoyingly dumb. It is almost as if Paul and Gene never finished elementary school. I'd hoped they made something more interesting after 10 years. This is just TO commercial.
@sirflipper really, ive been a kiss fan for over 22 years, met Paul Stanley, i have a big collection of kiss items autographs old records, almost every product they put their name on between 1975- 1996, and i ll be the first to tell you, Sonic Boom is terrible, its a long way from being a good kiss album. one good song, rest of it is shit. if you think its classic kiss you need to listen to the 70s albums really hard lol
Come on,,,How can you go watch KISS live and not realize how bad Ace just sucks? You do that many drugs in your lifetime and of course your physical abilities are gonna' fall off. Tommy had to re-teach Ace HIS OWN licks before the KISS reunion tour. Ace isn't even in Tommy Thayer's ballpark.
Tommy Thayer seems to be a genuinely nice guy, he is always smiling
I became a kiss fan around May or June of 2006. I live in Oregon and I had no money to go out of state to see them. I had to wait for them to come to Oregon. Then, on November 17th , 2009 they came and I went and I got to say that these youtube videos don't do them justice. It was the best thing I've ever seen in my entire life. By not doing them justice I mean the sound quaility. The first time the pyro went off I nearly crapped myself it was so loud. Kiss I love you.
.... Paul can't do an interview without putting someone down and putting himself over. I'm a HUGE KISS fan since 98 and for the last 10 years or so he keeps doing this shit in interviews
Alex Thorn Who did he put down in this interview?
@@cellblocknine5385 I guess Alex doesn't like "Never Enough" lol.
A huge Kiss fan since 98!! That isn't a true Kiss fan.
@@PerpetualArt I agree he's a hater.
@@lordeuronymous + I'm not one to say whose a true fan, or not a fan. But I have been listening to Kiss since 76, and I know Paul's personality inside and out. This guy has only liked them since 1998. They have made 3 albums since then, and Ace and Peter left the band around 2001. Ace stayed on with Eric for a tour in Australia, and then Peter came back for the Aerosmith tour. But he's definitely just hating to hate.
Tommy deserves it though, he interrupted his employer twice. I loved how Tommy made it all sound like Gene and Paul wrote the album while he knew all the riffs were his :)
Exactly. Sonic Boom and Monster are the best reviewed KISS albums from both critics and fans since Love Gun aside from Creatures and Revenge.
this album is amazing!!!! everyone whos hating needs to rediscover great rock n roll music!!!!!
brilliant album Cant wait to see them live in May for 1st time
TOMMY IS SO FUCKIN AWSOME!!
Great Album By New KISS. I love the old original KISS but am glad they can continue and make new music.
They Hit the lottery in 1996 and are just cashing the check.....Again & Again & Again & Again & Again....
IMHO if you dont like sonic boom your not a kiss fan, this is classic back to basics KISS! their best work in decades!! in my heart KISS IS BACK!!!
I love this record. I really like hearing how Gene and Paul worked together on some and Tommy and Eric gave their input to round out the songs. It's great when the band member's ideas can gel together and I love hearing the stories of how it's done!
great album Cant wait to see them live in Dublin in May
saw them live 2 days ago, they rocked the house down! If you don't go see them, you are going to regret it !!!
i got no problem with tommy and eric but dont you agree that if they both got their own characters that it would seem alot better? i mean eric carr was the fox and vinnie vincent was the ankh warrior... eric and tommy having the orginal make up just makes it seem like a tribute band, 2 orginals and 2 imposters...
if they both got their own character it would be sooo cool it just doesnt seem right with them wearing peters and aces make up
They have their own character: 'Impostor 1' and 'Impostor 2'.
@@caverna1969 leCUMberry 😂😂
WELL SAID! Thank you!
Look peeps, I love Ace and Peter as much as ANYBODY, and I've been a fan since '76, but Eric and Tommy (like Bruce and Eric Carr, etc.) have earned what they have today. Get off their backs. Any KISS fan worth their salt would tell you that if they weren't good guys they wouldn't be in the band at all.
Your faces looks beautyfull and your Eyes look so good
Paul Stanley your the hot guy with words and I love you Paul Stanley
"Stand" has become one of my favorite of all time KISS songs, only a few from the later eras has entered into the "TOP 20ish" of all time, the other being Psycho Circus. Though I like most everything they've ever done in general.
GREAT ALBUM! I'm happy with this lineup
the worst lineup
Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect) is by far the best song on the album.
I love this album I rank it somewhere around seven or eight in my top 10 Kiss albums
@ClassicRockfan79 ROFLMAO! 22 YEARS!!?? your a new fan huh? I bought the first album the month it was released and wore ALL of them out. sonic is awesome! I say its their "fourth" album..... you young guys give us old fans energy! luv ya man! no matter which one you like best YOUR STILL IN THE ARMY! Brother!! and you know Paul! YOU ROCK!!
Tommy looks so fucking awesome in that makeup. And in my opinion, Sonic Boom is a masterpeice
great album Cant wait till May till I see KISS live for 1st time
Was it a good concert?
but you gotta remember for people like me (90's kid) i would never have had the opportunity to see KISS if it wasn't for Paul and Gene gettin two great musicians to step in for Ace and Pete.
KISS WILL NEVER DIE!
Why didn't they play these songs live! I listen to bits of this album every day and I never get tired of it! If they played these songs live, it would be totally something else. I love this album, easily one of my top 5 KISS Albums, and these songs deserve to be played live. Same with Monster.
I love it too! At that point (and currently as well), Kiss sells the most tickets by playing the tried and true songs live. It drives me a little crazy, but I understand it. Sonic Boom is a great album, however.
They played at least 3 songs from Sonic Boom live. Modern Day Delilah, Say Yeah, and I'm an Animal.
Tyler Glynn they've played them live. Shows right after album was made
they played hot and cold on the last kiss kruise too
great ! they just did it.what we ever wanted.
and kiss do the best thing. that ever had u know. nothing gonna be change ! kick ass !
"never enough" have the same vibe as "nothing but a good time" by posion, even the volculs sound the same
If you purchase the album the more you listen -the better it sounds,I bought this cd on the day it came out,and it is really growing on me,really sounds like classic Kiss,and hey KissArmy,it's not a greatest hits package or alive 35!It is brand new classic Kiss! Go fckn buy it!!!
Im going to meet them on the KISS Kruise in 2 weeks!!!! SO PSYCHED!!!!
Paul Stanley you're a man with wise words.
Emma Amina Hazoumi
never enough sounds like shock me but in another rhythm
I am 33 dude i have zero memory of Kiss in their heyday but I still prefer to remember them like they were.
@smokey1726
You're wrong.
Their real names are:
Chaim Witz (Gene Simmons)
Stanley Harvey Eisen (Paul Stanley)
Eric Doyle Mensinger (Eric Singer)
Couldn't find Tommy Thayer's real name, but I suppose it's Thomas Thayer.
Even Ace and Peter don't use their real names!
Ace is Paul Daniel Frehley
Peter is Peter George John Criscuola
i bet it's awkward for tommy thayer. i'd love to be ace frehley, but i'd feel stupid if i were in KISS stepping in the spaceman's silver boots... i bet always being Ace Frehley messes with tommy thayer's head. he seems like a nice guy. nerdy but nice
You don't see Sonic Boom on shelves because it was limited to Walmart and since it tanked on sales, they replaced it pretty fast. It wasn't a very good album and Monster wasn't any better. My store didn't sell more than maybe 5 copies which is REALLY poor sales for Monster
Sonic Boom is a badass rock album, and KISS is a great band....new lineup, old lineup...whatever. Tommy and Eric belong....all the haters can get over it!
Ryan Craig I just wish they would take the makeup off or let Tommy and Eric create their own characters.
Awesome!
wheres the 2nd half
Easily one of my favorite KISS albums
Música de los ochenta y noventa ,mas. Son las número 1
Look at Stanley while Thayer is talking. Its almost like, Who the hell are you? Oh yeah, you're the scab I hired. Stanley looks tired and bored with him too.
I have Sonic Boom a long time and its a great album!
KIss played in Dublin a few months back to a sold out crowd of 12,000 people in an indoor arena. Brought the house down. Tommy is seen as the outsider, not Eric. For some reason people won't warm to his personality. He's a brilliant musican though.
They never did part II?
that's just the way his face look's when he's not smiling.
Eu Amo o Fenomeno chamado Kiss I Wanna Rock, Sonic Boom, finalmente um novo album em studio boa, mais bem que Erick e Tommy cria-se suas próprias maquiagens ,ja que Space Ace Frehley e The Catman Peter Criss , nunca mais voltou, mais o que mais impórta é que a banda continue tocando e gravando albuns! XD
Yeah i guess. But it was a business decision that had to be made. Almost every KISS product nowadays has the original four faces on it, and now more than ever those faces are instantly recognisable. It was 100% a business decision and it had to be made, it would be illogical to do something ohter than what was done. Some may take it as disrespect, some wont. Thats life. They are both talented musicians and deserve to be in KISS. If they get hate for the sake of continuity so be it
I have this album but tell now I have not under stud the songs
kiss fricken rocks...TOMMY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
i agree with you but maybe they're trying to reach younger fans that didn't hear it the first time around like we did -
Cadê o resto ?
@Chrisdrumz You have a point there....I go back and forth with that myself.
Euhh... that was not Ace dude!
@anticashmoneyrecords tommy can play and eric is a great drummer and their sober when playing
i cant find part 2?
Kind of rock and rollie ? I dont know if I ever heard that one before
I wonder if Paul likes reminding people that Gene can get unfocused at times.
Can't wait for Monster!
renues bet you were dissapointed lol
hirskdubbi I know I was.
I still haven't even listened to Monster. Not even going to waste my time listening to the KISS tribute Nostalgia-act album.
Is it just me or is Paul Stanley talking like Michael Jackson?
I am noticing the unease between Ace and Paul in this video, "Ace" knows he's a hired hand and can't wait to be a good lapdog to his masters.
Time to retire already!
Their body language looks tense and uneasy in this
It's not ACE !!! Lol, it's Tommy Thayer.
album has grown on me over the years monster not so much
@Vinnie7683 not mark st john
@mabutterman Well. Peter and Ace can't keep it together, so Kiss goes on without them. Now I only like the 70's Kiss. But the reason they keep comin' back is because the fans won't let them go away, so I don't think it's deceptive of them. Look at Skynyrd-Every original member is either dead or not in the group anymore. They've become their own tribute band for Chrissakes. I think their roadies are playing for them now in an attempt to keep it somewhat close to the original lineup. LOL
@wickedmoonshine HAHAHAHA xDDDD
often doe's went along with it because he probably thought the fan's would love kiss going back to the original look.He also is tired of gene's shit but still is focus to keep the band together & if you go back in time it was always gene's bs that drove ace away but that wasm't the biggest reason bro & the biggest reason is family man imagine being away from your kid's & wife for over a year imagine that would you get depressed among other thing's bro.Again paul is a good man he's just trying
@sirflipper 22 years, my first kiss album was smashes thrashes and hits, turned me on to the older stuff from the 70s. i would have been a fan back in the 70s but i was born in 1979, so i missed it lol, but there are other kiss albums i did not like. i think the Elder was really ok. i met Paul but sure if i saw him now he would have no fucking clue who i am. also i was in front on the farewell tour in 2000, Ace tossed me a towel he used on his face, and i caught Genes empty water bottle
btw, it aint ace...
I loved Monster better than Sonic Boom. Sonic Boom has its moments. I thought the band was trying too hard to sound like 70s KISS. Monster was a lot more modern sounding.
Been a fan sice 76. The new kiss sucks ass!
Give It up Gene and Paul!
@oioirock it was gene who is at fault for that man eric,tommy were happy being themself's but gene wanted to give us the old kiss imagine back so in his thinking he thought the fan's would like tommy & eric wearing peter's & ace's makeup to pay homage to them "ace & peter" & try to retain the original look of kiss.They didn't want to disgrace them bro & they were inspired by them to even play music so it make's since they'd want to pay their respect's but as for paul he like
@bigevil20 I dont think the problem is that tommy is a new guitar player in kiss I think its more they make him an ace clone!!!!!!
@AmericanPowerBase Thanks!!;''
tommy thayer i love
At least Mr. Paul Stanley can afford hair transplants, but when you get old will you be able to afford it or will you remain bold.
Not 2 be a dick, but those are not Gene, Paul's "real" names, if by real you mean their given birth names. I grew up w/t Kiss, and wht a great time tht was 2 be young!! Great showman.
its tommy thayer its not ace look it up
i admire the loyalty these guys command BUT they take a little too far
bs dude it was a classic album it will go down in history as the great kiss comeback album i don't understand you 2-12 year olds who don't know anything about classic kiss and you guys think that tommy sucks just because gene and paul think he is better well let me tell you tommy is the best damn guitar player after ace because he can play every damn ace solo note for note
@wickedmoonshine nice try....but thats tommy thayer.
@oioirock his best to keep kiss alive & well if i ever meet him i'm going to tell him or them we don't want tommy & eric pretending to be ace or peter's character but create their own character as that was the original thought behind kiss one of many btw whihc was to be themself's & i need to remind them of that.Paul is doing his best but he need's help & gene's lost man he's become a victim of the wealth that came with the music.I hope they open their eye's soon.
first of all Gene and Paul killed the spirit of Kiss. Pauls ego is really getting worse than Genes'. Tommy and Eric are puppets This album is not like classic Kiss.. Wal-Mart is really pushing this album hard, i saw kiss m&ms, kiss blankets, kiss mr. potato heads it was cheesy but cool.
I thought Sonic boom was ok, maybe average. I actually liked Monster better..
@bigevil20 well to tell you the truth it would lol in the early 80s they had there own make up the first time Peter and Ace left and it makes sense because they are not the same people people that are not fans dont care and people who are would rather see diff make up .. any how they lost me and I loved them !!!! just to child like or fake now
so? i bet you said that in 79-81 Look at the stuff they did after that, alot of great songs They didnt listen to dumbasses who said
"give it up" I like sonic Boom alot better than
Aces new one.
Well said dude. Anomaly is a brilliant album. Paul and Gene only know 5th chords. They are lost with anything else. It is embarrassing. Ace was the man in every way.
I am not a big for of ''Sonic Boom'' to be honest. The lyrics are not just symplistic they are just annoyingly dumb. It is almost as if Paul and Gene never finished elementary school. I'd hoped they made something more interesting after 10 years. This is just TO commercial.
What? Who is that trying to be Ace? Epic fail.
thats because its not ace
@sirflipper really, ive been a kiss fan for over 22 years, met Paul Stanley, i have a big collection of kiss items autographs old records, almost every product they put their name on between 1975- 1996, and i ll be the first to tell you, Sonic Boom is terrible, its a long way from being a good kiss album. one good song, rest of it is shit. if you think its classic kiss you need to listen to the 70s albums really hard lol
@jkrantz23 tommys home state
@Ryan52501 Sure they belong. They just shouldn't be wearing Ace and Peters makeup and personas.
Not crazy about Russian Roulette
Thats Tommy Thayer dressed as Ace.....terrible!
Come on,,,How can you go watch KISS live and not realize how bad Ace just sucks? You do that many drugs in your lifetime and of course your physical abilities are gonna' fall off. Tommy had to re-teach Ace HIS OWN licks before the KISS reunion tour. Ace isn't even in Tommy Thayer's ballpark.
lol my students can play solos note for note too who cares Ace fucking wrote them.
michael88863 Tommy wrote these solo's dude, not Ace
Tommy has no confidence. He knows that he's in someone else's shoes. Literally.
SONIC BOOM had 3 or 4 decent tracks, the rest was filler crap.