I respectfully disagree about Bruce being their best guitarist, that honor goes to the universally hated Vinnie Vincent. Vinnie could play anything, was a great writer and a pretty decent singer. Creatures and LIU are my two favorite Kiss albums.I can't understand why people hate Kiss .. they are the ultimate rock n roll band. I think Destroyer is a bit over rated though. Rock n roll over and Love gun are better albums IMO. Also 80's Kiss is VERY underrated , some great songs through out the 80's and Paul was singing his ass off in the period, plus Bruce is on fire when he joined... in fact he is hands down the best player Kiss had (but Ace was the "rock god" from an image/attitude point of view)
I find Vinnies' soloing cringe worthy on those 2 albums and even worse on the Invasion albums ... I agree though he is a fantastic songwriterI respectfully disagree about Bruce being their best guitarist, that honor goes to the universally hated Vinnie Vincent. Vinnie could play anything, was a great writer and a pretty decent singer. Creatures and LIU are my two favorite Kiss albums.
Agreed! Video for Thrills in the Night too!Cheesy as it was. Some my greatest MTV moments. Tears are falling And Heavens on fire.
Junior High school moments. Both them songs still in rotation my truck. Little nostalgia ...
But just GREAT TUNES!!
The problem is Vinnie was controlled on the two Kiss albums, and he was TOO free on his own solo stuff and I agree, the soloing is cringe worthy on his Invasion stuff. But I’ve heard demos of some Warrior tunes where he’s killing it, sort of between the simple style on Creatures ad LIU, and the over the top jizz fest of Invasion.I find Vinnies' soloing cringe worthy on those 2 albums and even worse on the Invasion albums ... I agree though he is a fantastic songwriter
As a longtime Kiss fan, dating all the way back to Alive, COTN is my favorite album. Basically love everything about it. Also like LIU as well and agree, VV was their best guitarist and a good writer. Sadly VV didn't realize this himself as a restrained VV is damn good, not when he's puking notes. Several of the tunes on the first Invasion album were intended for Kiss, they would have made better Kiss songs. In the end IMO, Vinnie needed them more than they needed him because they moved right along without him.I respectfully disagree about Bruce being their best guitarist, that honor goes to the universally hated Vinnie Vincent. Vinnie could play anything, was a great writer and a pretty decent singer. Creatures and LIU are my two favorite Kiss albums.