1973
- 1974 ;
Gene Simmons / Kiss - demo's It's
not clear if the songs listed were simply written, demoed or
processed by Simmons.
01
Mistake
(1974)
(0:00) Simmons
02
From
Where You Belong
(0:00) Simmons
03
Two
Bits
(0:00) Simmons
04
Girl
Who Makes People Smile
(0:00) Simmons
05
All
It Takes
(0:00) Simmons
06
Dreamer
(0:00) Simmons
07
Got
To Give Me More
(0:00) Simmons
08
She'll
Do It Again
(0:00) Simmons
1974 ;
Gene Simmons demo's (during " Hotter Than Hell ") NOTE
: titles of Gene Simmons written and possible demoed songs
01
Mad
Dog
(early version)
(0:00) Simmons
02
Too
Young
(0:00) Simmons
03
Red
Nails
(0:00) Simmons
04
High
and Low (early
version)
(0:00) Simmons
05
Got
No Pity
(0:00) Simmons
06
Ladies
In Waiting
(early version)
(0:00) Simmons
07
Reputation
(unknown
version)
(0:00) Simmons
08
Great
Expectations (early
version)
(0:00) Simmons
09
Into
The Void
(0:00) Simmons
(probably
a title only)
10
Mr.
Miracle
(0:00) Simmons
(probably
a title only)
11
Kansas
City Kitty
(0:00) Simmons
(probably
a title only)
12
Lady's
Blisters
(0:00) Simmons
(probably
a title only)
13
Non-Stop
Express
(0:00) Simmons
(probably
a title only)
14
Little
Preserve Us
(0:00) Simmons(probably
a title only)
15
Blood
and Guts
(0:00) Simmons(probably
a title only)
1974/1975 ;
Gene Simmons demo's NOTE
: titles written during "Hotter Than Hell Tour"
Track 02 /03 : simply words Gene Simmons liked as possible song
titles
01
Drive
Me Wild
(demoed)
(0:00) Simmons
02
Svengali
(0:00) Simmons
03
Starry
Eyed
(0:00) Simmons
1975 ;
Gene Simmons demo's NOTE
: titles written which are not necessarily demoed, except for
title 07 - 09 which are just song titles, not necessarily
written or demoed.
01
Always
Near You
(0:00) Simmons
02
Back
Where You Belong
(0:00) Simmons
03
Two
Bits
(0:00) Simmons
04
All
It Takes
(0:00) Simmons
05
Daddy
Longlegs
(0:00) Simmons
06
She
One Of The Boys
(0:00) Simmons
07
Seduction
Of The Innocent
(0:00) Simmons
(song
title and riff)
08
Dressed
To Kill
(0:00) Simmons
09
Wet
And Wild
(0:00) Simmons
1975 ;
Gene Simmons demo's
(details
unknown)
NOTE
: track 01 would be reworked by Gene Simmons to become
"Great Expectations".
1978 - 1981
;
Gene Simmons - various demo's There are quite a number of different versions of “Feel Like
Heaven”.
The first 2
versions are demoed in 1978 - 1979, which circulated in fan circles
(bootleg albums) for decades. Track 02 appeared on
The Vault (disc 11).
The demo features Gene Simmons on
bass and a children’s synthesizer.
At the beginning of 1981 Gene Simmons
would record a version of this song, at primarily Ace Frehley’s
home -studio (Ace In The Hole) with overdubs being added at Penny Lane Studios
in New York City, before that album sessions transformed into
“The Elder” project.
In 1982 the song appeared on
PETER CRISS’ 1982 “Let
Me Rock You” album. According to “The
Vault” book, during the eighties Gene Simmons also re-recorded
the song with Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr which version was less
dancey, less R &B and more rock.
01
Feel Like Heaven (piss
flaps vs)
(1:57) Simmons
02
Feel Like Heaven (The
Vault vs)
(3:07) Simmons
03
Feel Like Heaven (Ace
In The Hole)
(7:06) Simmons
04
Feel Like Heaven (Penny
Lane demo)
(7:06) Simmons
05
Reputation
(2:52) Simmons
Gene Simmons
- various demo-tracks (dates unknown)
(Gene Simmons singing, used drums is a drumtrack by Eric Carr)
01
Reputation
(different
version)
(0:00) Simmons/Weissman
1982
-1983 ;
Gene Simmons - various demo's Track
01 : written by Gene Simmons and Mikel Japp.
Additional details unknown, but published via BMI.
Track
02 : written by Gene Simmons, Mikel Japp and Mitch Weissman.
Two versions of this demo song do exist, one has Gene laughing
at the beginning of the song. The guitar riff on "It's Gonna Be Allright"
is played by Mitch Weissman, and later used on "Reason for Living" (1985 and 1992 demo-versions).
1983
;
Gene Simmons (Kiss) - Lick it Up demo's
Track
01 : Demoed by Gene Simmons around the "Lick It Up"
sessions.
Gene Simmons would give the song to Keel to record for "The
Right To Rock"
1985 album and it would be used with different lyrics.
01
So Many Girls, So Little Time
(2:31)
Simmons / Howard Rice
1984
;
Gene Simmons (Kiss) - Animalize demo's
Track
01 : 2 different versions are demoed, all vocals and instruments played by Mitch Weissman
except the drums, which is Eric Carr's drum track from "Lick
It Up".
Both versions are finished demos that contain different melodies on the chorus.
This song is an early version of "Easier Said Than Done" , as recorded by Keel for "The
Right To Rock"
1985 album.
Track 02 : An unfinished demo, which completed version ended up
as "Get Down" on Keel's "The
Right To Rock" album.
01
Sooner Said Than Done
(0:00)
Simmons /
Mitch Weissman
02
Keep
Your Tail Between Your Legs
(3:44)
Simmons /
Howard Rice
1985
;
Gene Simmons - "Never To Young To Die"
movie concert scene
Track
01 : used in a concert
scene in the movie "Never To Young To Die" starring
Gene Simmons. The song was based on an old Wayne County song
"It Takes A Man Like Me To Find A Woman Like Me",
which he/she performed live with the band Queen Elizabeth
(1972).
1987
;
Gene Simmons - E-Z-O demo's
Track
01 and 02 : Both tracks co-written
by Gene Simmons E-Z-O
during pre-production for the album.
01
Heart
Beats Harder
(instrumental)
(0:00)
E-Z-O / Simmons
02
Predictable
(instrumental)
(0:00)
E-Z-O /
Simmons
1988 - 1989 ;
Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley
Prior KISS' "Hot In The Shade" album recording sessions Gene
Simmons and Ace Frehley wrote a song together entitled "Hot
Lips" for
Ace Frehley's
upcoming album ("Trouble Walkin' "), which is confirmed by Ace
Frehley in 1989. According to Gene Simmons a very heavy tune
....
01
Hot
Lips
(0:00) Simmons
/ Frehley
1989 : Wet
Engine
Scan
on the right :
News flash taken from Kerrang UK magazine #227
February 1989.
BLACK 'n BLUE split in March 1989. Tommy Thayer started
working on American Man whilst the others put together Wet
Engine. By the summer of 1989 it was reported that Wet Engine
would be released on Simmons Records in November 1989, but this
didn't happen. American Man lead into
Harlow.
(thanks to Richard Buffett for final
details)
1988 - 1989 ;
Gene Simmons "Hot In The Shade" demo's
A final version of track 03 ended up on DORO's
1990 album,
which was produced by Gene Simmons.
01
Street Legal
(version 1)
(3:28) Simmons
02
Street Legal
(version 2)
(3:50)
Simmons
03
Something Wicked This Way Comes
(5:35)
Simmons
1988
- 1989 ;
Gene Simmons with Lita Ford demo
"Rotten To The Core" has been a song title that Gene Simmons has messed around with for decades. An early 1975/6 version surfaced following the Kiss Butterfields auction, though while it never made it on to a Kiss album Gene didn't let the lyric go.
In 1989 it was purported that the title would appear on the band's "Hot In The Shade" album, since Gene and Bruce Kulick had worked on the song (Gene used the lyric on his "Nobody's Perfect" demo around 1984/5).
Bruce felt that the song was wrong for Kiss' sort of attitude at the time and it was dropped from consideration for the album. Gene continued to try and place the song with other artists, without success, and he recorded another version of the song with members of Silent Rage in 1991. The song was considered again for Kiss' "Psycho Circus" album in 1998, and has been mentioned by Gene as a candidate for
the 2009 "Sonic Boom" album.
Lita Ford (vocals, guitars)
Bruce Kulick (guitars)
Gene Simmons (bass, percussion)
Rodger Carter (drums, percussion)
Produced by Gene Simmons.
(thanks to Julian
Gill / KissFaq for detailed liner notes.
In 2016 this version of "Rotten To The Cure" appeared on Lita
Ford's "Time
Capsule" album.
1992
;
Gene Simmons - Bob Dylan demo
One day, Gene called Bob Dylan as he wanted to write a song with the legendary musician. Dylan came over to Gene’s house and came up with a chordal pattern pretty quick. Gene came up with the rest and a few weeks later he finished the entire arrangement, which sounded like a Traveling Wilburys tune. Gene demo’d the music with Tommy Thayer and two other musicians. When he ran into Dylan again on tour, he asked him to write the lyrics but Dylan said Gene should write the lyrics himself. So, Gene came up with the lyrics and claimed: “The lyrics are okay, but they sure ain’t Dylan.”
When Bag heard Gene’s demo, he came up with a different arrangement,
to finally release the song as " Waiting For The Morning Light
" on Gene
Simmons "Asshole"
2004 solo album.
2002
; "Speaking In Tongues"
; various demo's
Gene
Simmons previewed an assortment of demo samples during his Australian Speaking Tour in 2002...
01
Sweet & Dirty
(0:00)
Simmons
02
You're My Reason For Living
(0:00)
Simmons
03
I Am Yours
(0:00)
Simmons
04
Carnival Of Souls
(0:00)
Simmons / Scott Van Zen
2002
; Gene Simmons ; various demo's
Track
01 demoed April 2002 presumably with Gene Simmons on lead
vocals.
Track 02 demoed May 2002 presumably with Gene Simmons on lead
vocals.
Both tracks were songtitles mentioned by Gene Simmons that he
was working on at the time.
01
Wait
(4:03)
Simmons
02
All
The Kids With Painted Faces
(0:00)
Simmons
2003
; Gene Simmons - Matt McCormack session
In
2002 Matt McCormack released his album "Here
We Go Again"
which features the song "Pride". When Gene Simmons heard the CD
, he really liked the song "Pride".
He ended up buying the song from Matt McCormack, and flying down to Austin to record it at the Slaughterhouse Studio, May 2003.
Gene Simmons took Matt's lead vocals off, and putting his lead vocal on the track.
He also wrote a new verse or lines in it too. The song is to be featured in the box set "Monster (100 unreleased songs) Gene Simmons".
Gene Simmons and Matt McCormack also worked on a couple of other
songs and ideas.
01
Pride
(3:02)
Simmons/M.McCormack/Stax/R. Carter
2003
; Gene Simmons
June 2003, the song "Looking Out The Window" was mentioned for inclusion on Gene
Simmons "Asshole"
2004 solo album. It's not clear whether this song was discarded or simply re-titled.
01
Looking Out The Window
(0:00)
Simmons
2024
; Gene Simmons
ca. August 2024 Gene Simmons has recorded
a new version of the 1930s torch song “Stormy Weather” for the
(upcoming) biopic Reagan.
Simmons’ rendition of “Stormy Weather” will play over a scene
between Ronald Reagan and his actress wife Jane Wyman in a
Hollywood nightclub.
