KISS - Rock And Roll All Nite

Artist ----  KISS

Song   ----  Rock And Roll All Nite

Album  ----  Dressed To Kill (1975)

Background: KISS is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Well known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of 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 1973–'80 original lineup of Paul Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals and bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar) and Peter Criss (drums) is the most successful. 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. "Rock and Roll All Nite" became Kiss's most identifiable song and has served as the group's closing concert number in almost every concert since 1976. In 2008 it was named the 16th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.

Trivia: During their performance at the MTS Centre 2009 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, one of the lighting trusses caught on fire from a pyro cue. The truss had to be lowered in order to have the fire put out. During the five or so minutes it took to extinguish the fire, the band broke into the song "Firehouse". No one was hurt and the show continued on.

My two cents: I got to know this song pretty well by playing Guitar Hero. This song just rocks! I don't know that many KISS songs, they never got to me because of their strange outfits and face paint and their pop rock sound. To me they seemed more like making fun of rock music than actually seriously playing it but nowadays I think I am wrong in this point. They have a great sound, a lot of rock anthems and wow, those pyro effects are better than on any Rammstein gig.

Cite: You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy