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Art director reveals the creative process behind the mysterious artwork for KISS’ 1981 concept album “Music From The Elder”
In conjunction with KissFAQ’s month-long NovElder retrospective, longtime KISS art director Dennis Woloch revealed the creative process behind the album artwork for KISS’ 1981 “Music From The Elder.” Among many other topics, Woloch detailed the challenges and design nuances inherent to working on this particular KISS album. Additionally, Woloch revealed that Manhattan Model Shop‘s Bill Finneran created The Elder” door, which is a never-before-revealed piece of KISStory. Finally, Woloch discussed the challenges of working with KISS and the band’s lack of acknowledgement of his work in recent years.
The following are excerpts from Woloch’s interview.
About the art concept:
KF: Once you learned about the album’s details, what was the process for developing the creative direction for “The Elder” album art?
DW: Well, I got as much information of what the album was about as I could stand. A lot of it seemed to me to be (pauses)… you know, it was ground that was gone over before by others. I mean to me, it would be like somebody coming out and saying, “I’m thinking of writing a book series or a movie about a little boy and a sorcerer that becomes his mentor.” And I say, “Well, wait a minute. Didn’t we just see that some place?” That’s kind of how “The Elder” felt to me, even though it was ’81. They weren’t breaking any new