NEWS UPDATE : July - August 2019
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)
To order your copy
contact Anthony Jr. at
tntmusic1353@gmail.com. |
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July 11 : Thomas
Zwijsen covers KISS again on “Nylon Metal II”
From
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Thomas Zwijsen
/
KISS Related Recordings
Award winning classical guitar virtuoso Thomas Zwijsen will release
his eight solo album “Nylon Metal II” on August 31st this year.
The CD contains 16 classical guitar arrangements of metal and rock
songs by Iron Maiden, System Of A Down, DIO, Black Sabbath, KISS,
Deep Purple, Van Halen, The Scorpions, Blind Guardian, Helloween and
more. Thomas performs his favourite metal hits in his signature
style combining baselines, guitar melodies and vocal lines
simultaneously on one guitar, using a wide spectrum of innovative
fingerstyle techniques.
Zwijsen states: “My mission is to bring Heavy Metal to the Classical
Guitar world and vice versa, combining the greatness of heavy metal
compositions with the beautiful tone of the classical guitar.”
Track listing:
Ecstasy Of Gold (Ennio Morricone)
Chop Suey! (System of a Down)
Jump (Van Halen)
The Number Of The Beast (Iron Maiden)
Wind Of Change (The Scorpions)
Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath)
Holy Diver (DIO)
A Tale That Wasn’t Right (Helloween)
Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden)
Mirror Mirror (Blind Guardian)
Alexander The Great (Iron Maiden)
Forever and One (Helloween)
I Was Made For Loving You (Kiss)
Phantom Of The Opera (Iron Maiden)
Bonus Tracks:
Take On Me (A-ha)
Wasted Years 2019 (Iron Maiden)
Last Year Thomas Zwijsen released a 2CD set entitled “Nylon
Metal” which features two KISS cover songs; "Forever" (featuring
Bruce Kulick) and "Detroit Rock City". |
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July 10 : JESSE
DAMON (Silent Rage)
interview about working and demoing with Gene Simmons
From
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SleazeRoxx.com
/
Jesse Damon
/
KISS Related Recordings
 Tyson
Briden of SleazeRoxx.com recently interviewed
SILENT RAGE lead vocalist / guitarist Jesse Damon.
June 2019 marks the 30th Anniversary of SILENT RAGE's 2nd album "Don't
Touch Me There", which was one of the first releases on Gene
Simmons then new label Simmons Records.
Topics include : Gene Simmons phonecall for meeting with the band,
signing them for Simmons Records; writing songs as well as Gene
Simmons suggestions to cover E.L.O.'s “Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind”
and to re-write and re-record "Rebel With A Cause”, which song was
already on Silent Rage debut album "Shattered Hearts" (1987);
writing and demoing songs with Gene Simmons for KISS' "Revenge"
album, as well as writing and demoing songs with Gene Simmons after
"Revenge" was released. Many of these recording sessions with Jesse
Damon / Silent Rage ended up on "Gene
Simmons - The Vault".
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SleazeRoxx Jesse Damon
interview part -1
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SleazeRoxx Jesse Damon interview part -2 |
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July 8 :
GENE SIMMONS Reveals KISS have unreleased material Ready to Roll
From
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Three Sides Of The Coin
This week’s edition of
Three
Sides Of The Coin features an interview with The Demon himself,
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, in conversation with British
rock writer (Record
Collector magazine) and musician (with UK metalheads Black
Sheets Of Rain) Rich Davenport.
Simmons discusses what KISS have in store for fans once the current
End Of The Road tour concludes, revealing that the band have
unreleased material ready to roll in the vaults, and plans for other
projects including a movie and “…all kinds of stuff that makes
purists furious.”
Says Davenport: “I was offered the chance to interview Gene for
Record Collector magazine as the band hit Europe for a series of
shows, and as a fan of the band since I was 12 years old, I aimed to
ask questions that would appeal to long-serving members of the KISS
Army. Gene was cordial and candid about such topics as the band’s
reasons for making this tour their last, the possibility of an
all-new lineup carrying on the KISS name, his relationship with
former guitarist Ace Frehley since Ace got sober, the origins of the
bands vast range of collectible merchandise, the early days of
Casablanca Records, and the different ways in which KISS is
perceived by audiences in different countries around the world. I
had a lot more material from Gene than it was possible to include in
the feature I wrote, so I contacted the guys at Three Sides Of The
Coin, and on this week’s show, they’re airing the full-length audio
version, giving you the unexpurgated Thoughts Of Chairman Simmons,
on everything from Stevie Wonder to Scooby Doo.”
To hear the interview Tune in at
Spotify or
YouTube. |
July 2 : The CULT
demo's featuring Eric Singer on
"Sonic Temple 30th anniversary expanded sets"
From
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KISS Related Recordings
/
superdeluxeedition.com
 The
CULT‘s 1989 album "Sonic Temple" is getting the 30th reissue
treatment in September 2019 with a series of expanded physical sets.
Their fourth album, "Sonic Temple" was produced by Bob Rock and
delivered three top 40 hits in the UK (‘Fire Woman’, ‘Edie (Ciao
Baby)’, ‘Sun King’) and sold over 1.5 million copies in the US
alone.
Beggars Arkive will reissue this album in three physical variations
including a 5CD super deluxe box set with the album, B-sides,
remixes, demos and live tracks and a 3LP+cassette box set which
covers similar ground. An expanded 2LP vinyl edition (featuring six
B-sides) is also available.
The box sets feature enhanced, rebooted artwork and the 5CD set
comes in book form. The 3LP vinyl package with the cassette is
limited to 3,000 units and comes with a host of facsimile
memorabilia including replica of original laminate, backstage pass,
original press releases, and the like. The label have confirmed to
SDE that there is no download code with either of the vinyl sets.
These will be released on 13 September 2019 and are available to
pre-order via the SDE shop by
CLICKING ON THIS LINK.
From
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KISS Related Recordings
The 3rd CD of the CD set, as well as the music cassette of the 3LP
vinyl package (probably) features
The SONIC TEMPLE DEMOS as recorded June 11 and 12, 1988 with
ERIC SINGER on drums !!!! The Cult was back down to the
original core three members and ready to try out ideas for the new
album. On 11th June they entered Track Record studios at 5102
Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood with session drummer
ERIC SINGER, to record fourteen tracks and on the following day
they laid down a further seven.
All songs recorded during the two day session are written by Ian
Astbury and Billy Duffy, produced by The Cult. (1st engineer John
Carter; 2nd engineers Edgar Garcia, Pete Magdaieno and Ken
Palakovitch.) |
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July 3 : ACE
FREHLEY To Release 'Origins Vol. 2' In October
From
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KISS Related Recordings
Ace Frehley recently completed work on "Origins Vol. 2", the sequel
to his 2016 collection of cover songs that inspired the former KISS
guitarist. The LP, which is tentatively due in October, will feature
guest appearances by Lita Ford (singing "Jumping Jack Flash") and
CHEAP TRICK's Robin Zander (singing HUMBLE PIE's "30 Days In The
Hole").
Frehley recently told
The Weekender that "Origins Vol. 2" will once again feature a
LED ZEPPELIN tune, "Good Times Bad Times". "I'm really excited about
'Origins Vol. 2'," he said. "It's surpassed my expectations. I got
Lita Ford singing 'Jumping Jack Flash', and she's amazing. She came
to my home and I coached her for two days with vocals and she just
[expletive] killed it. I also have Robin Zander singing '30 Days In
The Hole' by HUMBLE PIE. I really wanted to do the HUMBLE PIE song,
but I just couldn't cut it, vocally, because [Steve] Marriott's just
too good of a goddamn singer. I just couldn't do justice to his
vocals. But I remembered that I had bumped into Robin Zander years
ago at a meet-and-greet and he had mentioned to me that he'd like to
sing on one of my upcoming records, so I remembered that and gave
him a call. And he killed it as well. He sounds like a young
Marriott." |
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