Kiss Alive 1975-2000

[jaxfactor]

Anyone have this boxed set? I was going through my BMG catalog when I saw it. It contains the complete original(and best) Kiss Alive, Alive II, Alive III, and a 4th millennium concert taped in Vancouver New Years Eve 1999. I was a hugh fan of them as a kid. In fact, my first concert as a 14 year old back in 1976 was Kiss. I have all of their early CDs up through R&R Over, but none of the live CDs. Always though they wanted an arm and a leg for Alive. I figured I'd look on eBay so I placed a bid and got it for $11.01 plus $4.05 Priority mail shipping. Should arrive Monday. Seems rather odd that a 45 year old would still be buying Kiss material, but it brings back many memories.

[The Vatican Hitsquad]

Anyone have this boxed set? I was going through my BMG catalog when I saw it. It contains the complete original(and best) Kiss Alive, Alive II, Alive III, and a 4th millennium concert taped in Vancouver New Years Eve 1999. I was a hugh fan of them as a kid. In fact, my first concert as a 14 year old back in 1976 was Kiss. I have all of their early CDs up through R&R Over, but none of the live CDs. Always though they wanted an arm and a leg for Alive. I figured I'd look on eBay so I placed a bid and got it for $11.01 plus $4.05 Priority mail shipping. Should arrive Monday. Seems rather odd that a 45 year old would still be buying Kiss material, but it brings back many memories.

Dude, you're 45 and still buying KISS cd's? oKAYYY.... a little odd is one way to put it...

 

Thank god i'm a mere 38 buying KISS cd's!

 

If you ask me, grouping ALIVE 3 in there is a mistake. The first two are insanely great, I agree with ALIVE 1 being the better. What they should have done is release a version of ALIVE 2 with a 4th side of live music (instead of those studio tracks) recorded from that 3-album stretch. And then maybe include bonus tracks for each that were recorded and not released.

[Skilly]

I LOVED the Alive II album when it came out! It had stickers, a poster, and I believe some fake tatoos. I wore that album out when I was a kid.

[whomper]

Paul stanley just went through a ticker issue

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul Stanley, a singer and guitarist with rock band Kiss, was forced to pull out of a show in California on Friday after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level, he said on his Web site.

 

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The apparent tachycardia happened while the band was rehearsing for a performance at a casino in San Jacinto, California, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.

 

"My heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus beats per minute, where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get it into a normal pattern," Stanley, 55, wrote on his site (http://www.paulstanley.com)

 

A normal heart rate at rest is about 60 to 80 beats a minute, according to the American Heart Association.

 

Tachycardia, or rapid heart rate, can cause palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting or near fainting, the group said on its Web site (http://www.americanheart.org).

 

Stanley said he was advised performing would be risky, and the show went on without him. Fellow principal Gene Simmons told fans the group would play as a trio, and turned the show into a tribute to his ailing bandmate.

 

A call to Kiss manager Doc McGhee for an update on Stanley's condition was not immediately returned late on Saturday.

 

Stanley, born Stanley Eisen, and Simmons co-founded Kiss in New York City in 1973. Adored by fans, despised by critics, the group made a name for itself performing in white face make-up and ghoulish costumes.

 

Hits during its heyday included such anthems of teen rebellion as "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Shout It Out Loud." Stanley released a solo album last year.

[The Vatican Hitsquad]

Wow... that sucks... on a side note, i bought that solo album last year, and it's really good. It has stayed in rotation on my ipod heavily ever since.