![]() ![]() A pool of around 35 songs could be chosen, and the strongest appeared on MTV Unplugged - "Comin' Home," "Plaster Caster," "Goin' Blind," "Do You Love Me," "A World Without Heroes," "See You Tonight" and "Sure Know Something," among others. The quartet had been touring for two months as part of a traveling Kiss Convention, where they would take the stage to perform an unplugged set and participate in a Q&A session with fans. But prior to the reunion, the early '90s lineup of the band ( Simmons, Stanley, Kulick and Singer) perform inspired acoustic versions of obscure gems, some performed for the first time in concert. Three-fourths of the way through, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss join Simmons and Stanley for the first time in 15 years or so for four Kiss classics. Take care.To witness the exact moment that the idea of the successful '90s Kiss reunion was hatched, just pick up a copy of the 1996 home video MTV Unplugged. It certainly was a lot of fun! Please reach out to me through my website, subscribe to my YouTube channel and make sure to click on the bell for your notifications, and then of course look for me on social media. I hope that you enjoyed my recap of the anniversary of KISS‘ MTV Unplugged event. What an incredible, momentous event for KISS and the KISS fans. After their performances, Eric and I rejoined the band onstage where all six of us played “Nothin’ To Lose” and “Rock And Roll All Nite.” We blew the roof off the place. The reaction from the crowd was unbelievable and as weird as that was for me, it felt like I was a big part of KISSstory that night. So now it was time for the reunion and there was Ace and Peter coming out. We played with so much passion and playing those songs acoustically was so intimate for the crowd, I really felt that we were all one that night. “Sure Know Something”, “A World Without Heroes” - truly amazing performances. The setlist had so many highlights but there were songs that I have never really played with the band professionally before. The band looked and sounded like a million bucks. The production was really incredible from the purple lights to the camera angles to the sound. But I will never forget what it felt like to walk out onto that stage.įrom the setlist variety to the acoustic sounds, and then the reunion under those quality lights of that studio, this was an incredible part of KISStory and an even that I’ll never forget. So we had the rehearsals at SIR and one also at Sony Studios as well.Īnd now we’re ready for the big day and I can promise you, I didn’t sleep the night before. That was done also at Sony Rehearsals at the studios on the day before the event on August 8th. ![]() That was really cool of us to have that little guitar chat. I was explaining to him one of my secret tricks - a pedal that I had from Tech 21 that would boost the signal a little bit. Now, Ace and I had a talk about the challenges of playing lead guitar on strictly acoustic instruments. Everybody was really cordial and we all got along fantastic. There was quite a few to go over but when Ace and Peter arrived, that was really something special. Now, we already knew a lot of the songs that we wanted to play. Rehearsals started at SIR just a few days before the event. This caught the attention of MTV but the network wanted fomenting better, and they wanted to bring out Ace and Peter to also be at this amazing event. And that’s when we were playing acoustic doing songs from all off the years in the band. The official conventions, KISS conventions, in 1995 were very successful for the band. It was filmed and recorded at MTV‘s Sony Music Studios in New York City. “Hey everyone! KISS anniversaries really do mean a lot to me and one that really stands out in my career for those 12 years is one that happened on August 9th, 1995. Kulick stated (as transcribed by Sleaze Roxx): ![]() KISS‘ MTV Unplugged show started with the current band line-up at the time of Stanley, Simmons, guitarist Bruce Kulick and drummer Eric Singer before Frehley and Criss rejoined Stanley and Simmons for two songs (“2000 Man” and “Beth”) and the evening ended with all six musicians performing the songs “Nothin’ To Lose” and “Rock And Roll All Nite.” Kulick released a video on his YouTube channel today where he shared his recollection of that historic night. Today is the 25th year anniversary of KISS‘ historic MTV Unplugged show that saw KISS mainstays Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons reunite with original band members Ace Frehley (lead guitar) and Peter Criss (drums) for a live performance, which was the first time they performed live together in 16 years. Bruce Kulick recalls not sleeping the night before KISS’ historic MTV Unplugged show 25 years ago ![]()
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