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LABELS
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USA
: New Millennium Audio / Simmons Books / Simmons Audio - ISBN: 1590073169
musicians :
Gene
Simmons (lead vocals)
E.J. Curse (bass on track 2)
Jesse Damon (acoustic & electric guitars on track 2)
Mark Hawkins (keyboards on track 2)
Brian James (drums & programming on track 2)
Further details unknown
NOTES
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"Your My Reason For
Livin' " is performed by Silent Rage and sung by Gene Simmons.
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67.17. You're My Reason
For Living (Gene Simmons, 2003)
(As KARRF #49.17 and
#36.28) An unused track dating from the "Revenge" era,
this song would finally be released in demo format as part of
Gene's audio CD lunch-box for "Sex Money KISS" in
2003. According to Jesse Damon, the song demo was "recorded
sometime between 1991-93. Around 10 years ago. I absolutely
thought it was a smash hit, not our demo, I mean the song
itself, the chorus 'You're My Reason For Livin,' say's it
all" (JG). Whatever the case the song is stylistically
similar to material Gene would later record, notably
"Journey Of 1,000 Years" for the "Psycho
Circus" album and can be seen as being a latter-day
"Great Expectations." Running to 4:23 this very
atmospheric piece is keyboard laden before becoming acoustic
with Silent Rage serving as Gene's backing band. While the piece
does become a full blown electric piece it includes some great
lyric lines: "Can't feel the pain / And that's a start /
But the first time I saw your face / Was the last time I saw my
heart."
67.18. Everybody Knows
(Gene Simmons, 2003)
Previously noted as 36.29.
this track, along with 67.17, was originally released on a bonus
CD in the lunch box version of the audio book for Gene's book
"Sex Money KISS." Both of these songs would be
included on the Japanese version of Gene's 2004 solo album as
bonus tracks. This probably dates to the same period as 67.17. |
