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Gene Simmons
KISS - Asylum demo's
Original Recording: 1985
Produced by: ???
01
We Won't Take It Anymore
(1983)* |
(3:13)
Simmons / Carr |
02
100 Percent |
(2:41)
Simmons
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03
Anyway You Slice It (1983) |
(3:41)
Simmons / Howard Rice
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04
Hello Hello |
(3:22)
Simmons
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05
I Have Just Begun To Fight
* |
(1:33)
Simmons
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06
Nobody's Perfect
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(3:15)
Simmons
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07 Nobody's Perfect
(instrumental) |
(2:19)
Simmons
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08
Russian Roulette |
(2:40)
Simmons
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09
Secretly Cruel
(1983) |
(3:05)
Simmons
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10
Take It Like a Man |
(2:37)
Simmons
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11
What
You See Is What You Get * |
(2:56)
Simmons / Weissman
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12
Reason
For Living * |
(0:00)
Simmons / Weissman
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13
Eat
Your Heart Out * |
(0:00)
Simmons / Weissman
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14
Daily
Planet (version
2, instrumental)
* |
(1:09)
Simmons
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15
Untitled
(instrumental) |
(2:13)
Simmons |
* Track 01 : "We Won't Take
It Anymore " was long
considered as a Gene Simmons 1985 "Asylum" demo. The
song was offered in
1983 to British band HEAVY PETTIN'
while Gene Simmons was on location filming "Runaway".
* Track 05 : "I Have Just Begun To Fight" is often described as being an "Asylum" demo it was originally demoed in early 1979. The original demo is far superior to the generally circulating piece
(which runs 1:33) in terms of quality and runs 3.30. During 1978/9 Gene Simmons was working with the boy-band
VIRGIN
(who were managed by Bill Aucoin), producing an album that was never released. At the same time Gene was
demoing material
with Virgin drummer Chuck Billings. Chuck, and Virgin's guitarist, Tom
Moody.
* Track 11 : More than likely this demo also dated before
"Animalize" (1984). Eric Carr would play drums on this
demo (in progess).
* Track 12 : While the song title is similar to a track Gene
Simmons would record in the early nineties with Silent Rage, and
release on the audio CD version of (the book) "Sex
Money KISS",
this song would be written with Mitch Weissman prior to
"Animalize" (1984), based on the main riff of
"It's Gonna Be Alright" (1982
- 1983 demo).
* Track 13 : Written before "Animalize" (1984). Eric
Carr would play drums on this demo.
* Track 14 : Recycled version of the 1975
- 1976 demo.
NOTES
:
Before the final recording session of Asylum, Gene Simmons already had written about 40 songs. The tracks on this list appeared on some demo's circulating in the mid -80's.
further details unknown.
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