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Stripped down. Unplugged and Unmasked for The Holidays.

KISSNATION The KISS Tribute Show, goes acoustic and performs an intimate unmasked show performing a night of KISS classics and rarities, along with some requests!!! Don’t miss out on an incredible evening with the band and incredible KISS fans. Come join us as we celebrate the happiest time of year – KISSmas Time!! We will be listening to KISS music all night and may even have some surprise guests and LIVE Music.

+ KISS Gift Exchange
+ KISS Kringle
+ Drinks
+ Friends
+ More Friends and many magical memories

Saturday Dec. 12, 2015

Madison Square Tavern
150 W 30th St
New York, New York 10001

Party starts at 7pm – No Cover.

Jon Wiederhorn | Loudwire

The commercial breakthrough for megastars KISS was 1976’s Destroyer, a slick polished hard rock album that contained the ballad “Beth,” the band’s most successful single. After its release the band faced a critical fork in the road. Either they could continue down path of mainstream success and seek to continue to appeal to their ever-growing fanbase or they could shake up the formula and return to some of the grit and urgency of their first three studio albums and the groundbreaking concert record Alive. After carefully weighing their options KISS returned to their roots and wrote Rock and Roll Over, which was released on Nov. 11, 1976, less than eight months after Destroyer hit the shelves.

From the blues sleaze rock of the opening track “I Want You” to the gruff, melodic pop of “Hard Luck Woman” — with vocals by drummer Peter Criss — Rock and Roll Over is an everyman’s journey through the band’s two most valued elements: girls and kicking ass. To give the album the spirit and echo of a live show, producer Eddie Kramer recorded Criss’ drums in a bathroom, with the artist connected to his band mates via a video conference link. The rest of the group tracked from the stage of the Star Theatre in Nanuet, New York.

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