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Track 01 : "If It’s Too Hot, You’re Too
Cold"
was included
on Gene Simmons "The
Vault box set (disk 02 - track 13)"
(2018).
Track 02 : "I Wanna Live" was included on Gene Simmons
"The
Vault box set (disk 02 - track 12)"
(2018). Before moving into recording, Gene Simmons and Vinnie
Vincent worked on the instrumentation over a drum beat created
by SILENT RAGE.
After that the song is recorded with the members of SILENT RAGE.
During our Vault Experience in Frankfurt, Germany (July 24,
2018) Gene Simmons told me (Jelle Jansen) that he and Vinnie
Vincent wrote about 10 more songs together for the “Revenge”
sessions, which all were much heavier than “I Wanna Live”.
Track 03 : "Everybody Wants" was included on Gene Simmons
"The
Vault box set (disk 07 - track 03)"
(2018). According to Jesse
Damon: “This was the first song Gene Simmons and I wrote
together, it was in the running as a song for a possible KISS
album, but didn’t make it”. The lyrics weren’t complete, so you
hear Gene scatting throughout the song.
SILENT RAGE’s
Mark Hawkins plays guitar on the demo track.
Jesse Damon would release his recording of the song as
"Everybody Needs Somebody" on his 2002 “The
Hand That Rocks” solo
album.
Track 04 : "Rain Keeps Fallin’ " would be an early
version of a song which would become more relevant during the
period leading up KISS "Carnival Of Souls" sessions
since several different lyrical versions of this song exist from
late-1993. The
was included
on Gene Simmons "The
Vault box set (disk 02 - track 14)"
(2018). This version is a slightly different arrangement of the
demo song (which runs 3:55) which was released on the deluxe
Gene Simmons Family Jewels” Season 1 DVD Package
(2006).
Gene Simmons didn’t give up on the track and it was re-recorded
in 1998 and considered for the “Psycho
Circus”
album. Later on, Gene Simmons recycled the bass riff for
“Without You I’m Nothing” on Ace Frehley’s 2018 album “Spaceman”.
Track 05 : "Domino" was included on Gene Simmons
"The
Vault box set (disk 03 - track 05)"
(2018). The drums are via a drum machine. Gene Simmons only
performed the vocal. The lyrics are different in a few places
and there is no guitar solo or overdubs.
This track was previously released on the 2001 KISS “Boxset”.
However, the tempo of "The Vault" version is adjusted with an
edited outro section the shortens the arrangement.
Track
06: "You're My Reason For Livin'"
would finally be released in demo format as part of Gene's audio
CD lunch box for
"Sex Money Kiss" (2003)
and on the Japanese release of
Gene
Simmons "Asshole"
2004 solo album.
Track
07: "You're My Reason For Livin' [synth]"
was
included on Gene Simmons
"The
Vault box set (disk 05 - track 06)"
(2018).
The song is an updated version of the 1976 demo song "You're My
Reason".
A different demo version of the song which first was released in
2003 on Gene Simmons "Sex Money Kiss"
audio lunchbox disk and the Japanese “Asshole” release. The
Synth version has a slightly different arrangement. Silent
Rage’s Jesse Damon released a stripped back version of the song
on his 2004 album “Nothin’
Else Matters”…
Track
08: "We Are One"
was
included on Gene Simmons
"The
Vault box set (disk 05 - track 13)"
(2018). Demoed with SILENT RAGE with Gene Simmons on lead and
backing vocals only. The demo has the basic melody and some
lyrics, but there are numerous scat vocal sections. After
several rewrites the final version was released on the 1998
“Psycho Circus” album.
Track
09: "I'm Yours"
was
included on Gene Simmons
"The
Vault box set (disk 06 - track 10)"
(2018).
Track 10:
"Hold On"
was
included on Gene Simmons
"The
Vault box set (disk 06 - track 14)"
(2018). Demoed with SILENT RAGE with Gene Simmons on lead and
backing vocals only.
musicians
:
Gene
Simmons (lead and background vocals)
E.J. Curse
(bass)
Jesse Damon (acoustic & electric guitars,
background vocals)
Mark Hawkins (keyboards, guitar on track 03)
Brian James (drums & programming)
NOTES
:
Most of the songs listed above would be demoed by
Gene Simmons and Silent Rage, prior to KISS "Revenge"
sessions.
Recorded at the Chameleon Recording Studios, San Fernando, CA.
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