September
12 : Lipstick Generation covers Eric Carr's "Eyes Of Love" From
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KISS Related Recordings
Nashville, TN based hard rock band
LIPSTICK GENERATION have released a video
for their cover of Eric Carr‘s “Eyes of Love.” The cover song
is not yet released in physical format, but will (probably) appear
on the band's third album.
The Eric Carr, Bruce Kulick, Adam Mitchell written song "Eyes Of
Love", was one of the four songs Eric Carr brought to KISS "Hot In
The Shade" sessions. The Eric Carr demo of the song is eventually
released in 1999 on the CD album "Rockology".
September
6 : New
found KISS 1975 - 1976 cover versions From
:
KISSfaq
/
KISS Related Recordings
It is be known that the Finnish Punk Rockers
DEAD END 5
(probably) was the first band who recorded a cover of a KISS song.
Their 1976 debut album "Dead
Ends" features a cover version of "Let me
Go Rock 'n Roll", which song is in Finnish, entitled "WC-Paperi-75".
More recently an interesting discussion started at
KISSfaq forum to find out what's the earliest cover of a KISS
song to appear on a record or cassette, which
resulted in two more 1975 and 1976 'discoveries'. Both are compilation albums
of then-current top 40 hits as recorded by unknown artists. These
types of releases were common at the time.
In 1975 the
C.B. Radio Music Ensemble covered "Rock 'n
Roll All Nite" which version appeared on the LP "Convoy 20 Of
Today's Hits", as released by Homestead Records in the USA and
Canada.
In 1976 the
GMC Pick Hit Artists covered "Hard Luck
Woman" which version appeared on an 8-track tape entitled "Super
Rock", as released by Charlotte North Carolina label Fantastic
F.
September 6 :
Bruce Kulick guests on VELVET INSANE album From
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VELVET INSANE
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Bruce Kulick Last
June Bruce Kulick recorded some guitar pieces for a song entitled
"Ready For a Brand New Start" by Swedish Rockers
VELVET INSANE.
Currently the band is in studio working on their new album.
According to gthe band Bruce Kulick is helping in many different
ways with both the band and the record.
VELVET INSANE is a rock band from north of Sweden centered around
Jesper Lindgren - guitar and Jonas Eriksson - vocals.
August 19 :
Bruce Kulick guests on upcoming WOLFPAKK album From
:
KISS Related Recordings
The new studio album by German Rockers
Mark Sweeney (ex-Crystal Ball) and Michael
Voss (Mad Max, Casanova) allstar project
WOLFPAKKis titled "Nature Strikes Back", and will be released in late
January 2020 via
MASSACRE RECORDS!
A total of 32 guest musicians will contribute to the new album
"Nature Strikes Back", among them are Mikkey Dee (Official Motörhead,
Scorpions), Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, CoreLeoni), Michael Sweet (Stryper),
Craig Goldy (ex-DIO), Carl Sentance (Nazareth), Jeff Waters
(Annihilator), Vinnie Moore (UFO) and
BRUCE KULICK (ex-Kiss)!
In 2010
Mark Sweeney released his second solo
album "All
In" which also features a guest appearance
by Bruce Kulick.
August 16 : Cat #1 25th Anniversary
Edition 2LP vinyl released From
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Jelle Jansen / KISS Related Recordings CRISS 1994 album "Cat #1"
25th Anniversary Edition 2LP purple vinyl (550
numbered copies only) is released today, exactly 25 years
after its first release.
At this moment less than 100 copies are available.
To order your copy
contact Anthony Jr. at
tntmusic1353@gmail.com.
Earlier this year Anthony Lombardi decided to let Paul Tavenner
do the remastering for the vinyl release, and from then on it was
suggested to release the album as a 2 LP set, including the same
bonus tracks as used for the Japanese 2018 CD reisue. Around the
same time
I was asked about my thoughts, and the first thing what came in
mind was, that with a 2LP set you've 4 sides with an opening song,
instead of one (on a CD). To be honest, before last year, I hadn't spinned the album in years. I once had the Swedish vinyl picture
disc of “Cat #1”, and I wasn’t keen about “Strike” as the first
track on the B-side. Thinking back to the 70’s and 80’s vinyl
albums, to me the first song on the B-side is/was just as important as
the one on the A-side, for example the first song on each side of KISS' "Love Gun" album.
Another album which I thought of was the KISS compilation 4CD set
“Ikons” (2008), where each CD features the songs as sung by one of
the original members. To me it was cool to have all KISS songs as
sung by Ace Frehley or Peter Criss on one separate CD. With these
topics in mind I suggested to switch the track order a bit, as well
as Anthony was thinking about putting all ballads on one side of the
album.
So, for the 2LP
25th Anniversary Edition of
CRISS "Cat #1", I decided to put
all three songs featuring Ace Frehley together on Side 1.
For side 2 I took all three ballads of the album, except for “Beth”.
To me it’s funny the second side still opens with a heavy riff (“The
Truth”), before the track turns into a ballad
kind of song. I
personally rediscovered “Good Times” as a good song recently, and
with “Down With The Sun” all 3 songs together on one side of the
vinyl, it turns out you’ll easy recognize the way Peter sings like
he did on his 1978 and his early 80’s solo albums.
For side 3, I thought it was best to open with the MTV video single
“Show Me”. Besides that, the songs have shared vocals or are sung by
Mike Stone. “We Want You” (once) was the last the song of the set
list during CRISS 1992 tour, so that's a good reason to close the
third side with that particular song.
Because Anthony liked to have “Beth” as the last song on the 1994
album (track order), it was already decided to put that song on side
4. To me it was weird to open that album side with “Beth”, and
because “Bad People Burn In Hell” is one of the earliest CRISS band
songs demoed (in 1991), I switched that track as the opening song
for the fourth side of the album, which also contains "The Cat" and
"What You're Doin' “ as bonus tracks, both taken from the 1993 CRISS
EP.
I’m sure some will disagree with me, but on the other hand, I think
the new track order of this 25th Anniversary Edition of the album is
a good way to rediscover CRISS ‘Cat #1, even in a way the mood
you’re in.
25th Anniversary Edition 2LP purple vinyl track order.
SIDE 1. (length 14:47)
A1. Bad Attitude (featuring Ace Frehley - lead guitar)
A2. Walk The Line (featuring Ace Frehley - lead guitar)
A3. Blue Moon Over Brooklyn (featuring Ace Frehley - lead guitar)
SIDE 2. (length 14:24)
A1.
The Truth
A2. Good Times
A3. Down With The Sun
Side 3. (length 12:47)
A1. Show Me
A2. Strike
(near sure this is Mike Stone on vocals)
A3. We Want You
Side 4. (length 14:23)
A1. Bad People Burn In Hell
A2. Beth
A3. The Cat (taken from the 1993 EP)
A4. What You're Doin' (taken from the 1993 EP)
