Today in 1985 Kiss released the album Asylum New York City, New York Hard rock, heavy metal Status:Active Years active 1973–present Kiss (often styled as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well known for its members black and white face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s with their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits and pyrotechnics. Counting the 1978 solo albums, Kiss has been awarded 28 gold albums to date, the most of any American rock band. The band has sold more than 40 million albums in the United States, of which 20 million have been certified by the RIAA and their worldwide sales exceeds 100 million records, making them one of world’s best-selling bands of all time. The original 1973–80 lineup consisted of Paul Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals and bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar and vocals) and Peter Criss (drums and vocals). With their makeup and costumes, they took on the personas of comic book-style characters: Starchild (Stanley), The Demon (Simmons), Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley) and Catman (Criss). Stanley became the Starchild because of his tendency to be referred to as the starry-eyed lover and hopeless romantic. The Demon makeup reflected Simmons cynicism and dark sense of humor, as well as his affection for comic books. Frehleys Spaceman makeup was a reflection of his fondness for science fiction and his supposedly being from another planet. Criss Catman makeup was in accordance with the belief that he had nine lives because of his rough childhood in Brooklyn. Because of creative differences, both Criss and Frehley were out of the group by 1982. The bands commercial fortunes had waned considerably by that point. Buoyed by a wave of Kiss nostalgia in the 1990s, the band announced a reunion of the original lineup in 1996. The resulting Kiss Alive/Worldwide/Reunion Tour was the top-grossing act of 1996 and 1997. Criss and Frehley have since left Kiss again, but the band continues with Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer. Stanley and Simmons have remained the only two constant members. Kiss has been named in many Top lists. They include Number 10 on VH1s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, 9th on The Greatest Metal Bands list by MTV, number one on Hit Paraderss Top 100 Live Bands, 56th on VH1s 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time, and 26th on Gibsons 50 Greatest American Rock Bands. Kiss was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ten years after becoming eligible Mercury Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, vocals, bass guitar on Tears Are Falling Gene Simmons - bass guitar, vocals Bruce Kulick - lead guitar, backing vocals Eric Carr - drums, percussion, backing vocals (R.I.P. 1991) With: Jean Beauvoir - bass guitar and backing vocals on Who Wants to Be Lonely and Uh! All Night Allan Schwartzberg - additional drum overdubs 1. King Of The Mountain (4:20) 2. Any Way You Slice It (4:04) 3. Who Wants To Be Lonely (4:03) 4. Trial By Fire (3:26) 5. Im Alive (3:47) 6. Loves A Deadly Weapon (3:31) 7. Tears Are Falling (3:53) 8. Secretly Cruel (3:44) 9. Radar For Love (4:02) 10. Uh! All Night (4:01) Total Time 38:54 Asylum is the 13th studio album by the American rock band Kiss. It features the debut of lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, who played on KISS Animalize LP (Ghost guitarist for Lonely Is The Hunter), and filled in for guitarist Mark St. John (Mark Norton) for their European and American Animalize tour, and officially replaced Mark St. John in December, 1984. He was the bands third lead guitarist since the departure of Ace Frehley in late 1982. The new lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Carr, and Bruce Kulick would last for six years until Carrs death in November 1991. The color of the lips on the sleeve mimic the colors of the 1978 solo releases: red for Simmons, purple for Stanley, blue for the lead guitarist (Kulick here, not Frehley) and green for the drummer (Carr here, not Peter Criss). The tour for the album featured the largest Kiss logo on stage the band has ever used, as well as one of the largest lighting rigs. No concert footage of the tour was used in the Kissology II release, minus silent film which is overshadowed by graphics in the menu. The three music videos for the album were filmed on set in London, England, for the songs Who Wants to Be Lonely, Uh! All Night and Tears Are Falling. Only Tears Are Falling was released for retail sales as a single. Tears Are Falling is the only song on the album that has been played regularly in live performances. However, like many of the bands songs of the mid-80s, it was rarely played live after the reunion of the original lineup, although it would be resurrected in the bands set list during their 2004 Rock the Nation Tour youtube/watch?v=spr3zFkwjD8
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