{"id":28800,"date":"2024-02-16T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/paul-stanley-reflects-on-kiss-self-titled-debut-album-as-it-turns-50\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:00:56","slug":"paul-stanley-reflects-on-kiss-self-titled-debut-album-as-it-turns-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/paul-stanley-reflects-on-kiss-self-titled-debut-album-as-it-turns-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Stanley reflects on KISS\u2019 self-titled debut album as it turns 50"},"content":{"rendered":"
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February 18 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of\u00a0KISS<\/strong>‘\u00a0self-titled debut album, which included such songs as \u201cStrutter<\/a>,\u201d \u201cBlack Diamond<\/a>\u201d and \u201cDeuce<\/a>.\u201d But while those songs may be\u00a0KISS<\/em>\u00a0classics today, The Starchild\u00a0Paul Stanley<\/strong>\u00a0says those tunes didn\u2019t exactly take off out of the gate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stanley tells ABC Audio that it wasn\u2019t until their 1975 live release,\u00a0KISS Alive!,<\/em>\u00a0that fans started to really appreciate the tunes on their early records.<\/p>\n

\u201cKISS Alive!<\/em>\u00a0was really where those songs came to life,\u201d he shares. \u201cWe were becoming well known for our live show, but our record sales didn’t reflect that until\u00a0KISS\u00a0Alive!\u00a0…\u00a0<\/em>many of those songs from the first album have been staples in our concerts ever since.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

While KISS just said goodbye to the road in December, they are far from over, with plans for a hologram show in 2027. And for Stanley, the idea of KISS still being around 50 years later is something he never could have imagined.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no precedent for a band going much beyond five years,” he says. He notes that when they started out “music was still at a point where the audience outgrew it, or the musicians outgrew it.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point back then, to think of being a band for 50 years, you might as well think about breathing underwater. It was inconceivable,” he shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n

KISS’ debut album\u00a0<\/em>wasn\u2019t exactly a hit when it was first released in 1974. In fact, it only sold about 75,000 copies. It wasn\u2019t until it was rereleased in 1997 that it was certified Gold by the RIAA.<\/p>\n