The Chronology

1963

Unknown - Peter fills in for the absent drummer for Joey Greco & The In Crowd, and is offered the position full time. The band performs jazz/rock material at the Metropole, opening for Peter's hero Gene Krupa, from whom Peter is soon getting drumming lessons!

1964

The Beatles invasion of America, and the plethora of bands that soon follow, has a tremendous effect on many young Americans, including some future members of KISS...

1965

April 22 - Paul Frehley gets his first guitar, a Japanese electric, a gift from his father on his 14th birthday.
Unknown - Paul Stanley gets his first guitar, an acoustic, and starts taking lessons..

1966

Unknown - Peter joins The Barracudas..
Unknown - Ace joins his first High School band, The Four Roses, who soon start playing school concerts.

1967

1968

1969

Unknown - Chelsea sign a two album deal with Decca Records.
Unknown - Paul Stanley teams up with Stephel Coronel in the band Tree. The band also includes Marty Cohen on bass and Stan Singer on drums.
May 30 - Ace Frehley attends what he considers to be one of his first "real" concerts seeing Led Zeppelin open for Iron Butterfly at New York's Filmore East... Apparently, most patrons left after Zeppelin finished their set!
Late 1969 - Recording of the Chelsea album which is produced by Lewis Merenstein.
Unknown - Tree disbands and Paul works with Uncle Joe, featuring Neil Teeman (Drums) and Matt Rael (guitar). The band doesn't have a bassist.
Unknown - Ace Frehley meets the later Mrs. Frehley, Jeanette Trerotola...

1970

Early - The Chelsea album is released and does nothing. Chris Aridas leaves the band.
January - Chelsea place an add in the VIllage Voice for a guitarist to replace Aridas. Stan Penridge responds.
January - Stan Penridge auditions for Chelsea, without Peter Criss present, who quits the band as a result of not being involved in the decision to invite Stan to join the band. The other members soon persuade Peter to rethink this decision.
January - The first Chelsea gig with Stan, playing a Young Republicans socialite cruise around Manhatten. Oddly, Peter missed the boat!
July 17 - Ace Frehley roadies for the Jimi Hendrix Experience at Randall's Hall, at Randall's Island in New York, on their last NY appearance before the death of Hendix later that year. Ace basically sneaks back stage and sets up Mitch's drums for him. Stylin'!
Unknown - Invited to Stephen Coronel's house, who is putting a band together, Paul meets Gene...
Unknown - An argumentative Ace get's his cheeks broken in a fight with a disgruntled bar owner who refused to pay a drunken Ace for a gig.
Late - Gene, Paul, and Stephen form a band, Rainbow, who start performing gigs.

1971

Spring - Lips, then Michael Benvenga, Pter Criss, and Stan Penridge record some demos at RCA Studios.
September - Lips persuade Karma Sutra Records to give them some studio time...
September/October - Lips record several demos at Bell Sound Studios, many of which would later be used on Peter's 1978 solo album... Included in this session is the original version of "Beth" then titled "Beck" written by Stan and Peter during Chelsea about Mike Brand's bitch wife...
October - Lips present their demos to Neil Bogart at Buddah Records, who rejects the material and band by having them thrown out of his office...
Fall - Rainbow, becomes Wicked Lester, with the addition of Brooke Ostrander and Tony Zarella.
Winter - Michael Benevenga leaves Lips, who continue as a duo...
December - Wicked Lester get an one album deal with Epic Reocrds...
December - Gene & Paul use advance money from Epic to rent the famous loft on the 4th floor of a building at 10th East 23rd St.
December 15 - Ron Leejack "officially" joins Wicked Lester.

1972

January - Epic Records rejects the second attempt by Wicked Lester to record an album.
May - Peter marries Lydia Di Leonardo, whom he'd been dating since 1967. Best man at the wedding is New York Doll Jerry Nolan who'd been friends with Peter Criss for quite a while... The couple honeymoon in England where Peter tries unsuccessfully to get the gig as Elton John's drummer. Elton goes with Nigel Olssen who he'd used both in the studio and live for most of his career in the 60's and 70's...
August 17th - Wicked Lester studio sessions.
September - Wicked Lester play two concerts at The Daisy in Amityville, New York. Soon afterwards, the band breaks up.
Autumn - Peter Criss joins Wicked Lester who continue as a trio.
Autumn - Paul and Gene get a gig singing backing vocals on former Laura Nyro singer, Lyn Christopher's debut album. They appear on three tracks on the album which is released in early 1973. During this time Gene, Paul and Peter also do AMC commericals...
December 7th - Feeling the need to embelish the band's sound with a second guitarist, Paul, Gene, and Peter place add in Village Voice for a guitarist, "with flash".
December - Wicked Lester, still a trio, play a showcase for Epic A&R man, Don Ellis, resulting in the band finally being dropped by Epic. Don, apparently, didn't get the image changes Lester was going through or Peter's brother puking...
December - Wicked Lester becomes "KISS". With the band's name no longer a selling point in the industry the band consider new names, including "Fuck", "Crimson Harpoons", "Albatross", and even "Rainbow" before Paul comes up with what would be the band's name...

1973

January 3rd - Ace Frehley auditions for the band, jamming out to "Deuce" with them, where he lets ripwith every lick he knows! Contrary to popular belief, Ace does not interrupt Bob Kulick's audition by just plugging in and playing, but he does audition after Kulick finishes.
January 15th - Ron Leejack "officially" leaves Wicked Lester.
January 17th - Asked back for a second audition, Ace is hired. Ron Johnsen continues as the band's manager, a role he'd performed since the Wicked Lester days in addition to engineering duties at Eddie Kramer's Electric Lady Studios.
January 20th - Ace comes up with the KISS logo.
January 30th - KISS play their first concert at the Popcorn, renamed "The Coventry" that night. The concert is attended by 3 people!
January 31st - KISS start experimenting with make-up...
February 1st - KISS concludes their 3 night stint at Coventry.
June 1st - KISS attend the Alice Cooper show at Madison Square Garden, "to see how it's done".
June 2nd - KISS play the Daisy for the first time.
June - KISS get their first review in a local New Jersey paper which famously describes the band as being, "four wild men from Borneo", while generally savaging them!
June 12th - KISS, enter Electric Ladyland Studios, NY, to record a demo with Eddie Kramer's pique interested enough to produce the sessions with Ron Johnson engineering. The session is financed with money owed to Peter, Gene, and Paul for commercial work they'd done there earlier...
July 13th - KISS self produce a showcase at the Hotel Diplomat. They send an invitation to Bill Aucion who gets to sit next to Peter's sister who spends the show shouting at him about how great the band is!
August 11th - A further showcase at the Diplomat, with Street Punk and Luger, this time Bill Aucoin is in the audience.
August 13th - Following a show at the "Grand Ballroom" of the Diplomat, Aucoin offers to become band's manager usurping the role previously held by Ron Johnsen...
August 17th - Neil Bogart at a KISS show at the Daisy.
August 24th - KISS is offered a recording deal with Casablanca Records after a show at the Daisy.
August 25th - KISS, now with record deal, play a second night at the Daisy...
August 31st - Start of a 5-day stint at the Coventry with Wild Honey opening.
September 10th - Final show at the Diplomat before recording first album.
September (?) - KISS play a showcase at Le Tang Rehersal Halls for producers Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise, Neil, Bill, Joyce, Sean Delaney, and other executives at the fledgling Casablanca label... it is at this showcase that Gene admit's "borrowing" the facial grimace and tongue work from Richie Wise, who had done the same when performing with Dust...
October 10th - Band enter Bell Sound Studios, NYC, to record first album. While the band will pretty much use material developed during the year, and material written even earlier. A song never recorded for the first album is a Gene composition, "Mistake". Another popular fable is that all of Acrobat is recorded, which is not the case...
November - recording of the first album completed with only finishing touches to be applied. Around this time, Presto The Magician is brought in to teach Gene how to breathe fire!
November 1st - KISS "officially" signed to Casablanca with a 4 album deal and $15,000 advance, becoming Casablanca's first artist.
December 21st - Start of a final 3-day stint at the Coventry.
December 23rd - Last club date, at the Coventry.
December 31st - Industry premier at the Academy Of Music, NYC, opening for Blue Oyster Cult with Iggy Pop and Teenage Lust, where Gene sets his hair on fire. This incident is handled with style with a roadie extinguishing the fire with a jacket, while the set continues uninterupted! Unfortunately, the band is not invited back for a second set that night, but it doesn't matter!

1974

1975

Unknown - Gene Simmons discovers Angel, and get's them signed to Casablanca.
January - KISS, who are receiving numerous big offers from other record labels, have a meeting at Kenny Kerner's apartment with Kenny, Richie, Bill, Joyce, and the band where they discuss leaving Casablanca following the end of their contract... Immediately after this meeting its' contents are leaked to Bogart who promptly fires Kerner and Wise, and decides to produce their third album himself.
February - due to the lack of success with Hotter Than Hell, KISS reenter studios, this time Electric Lady Studios in New York, to record their third album with Neil Bogart, who is using his role in an attempt to usurp Bill Aucoin's position with the band. However, Bill soon buys out co-manager Joyce Biawitz (who was Neil's girlfriend) share in Rock Steady, finally forcing his and Neil's cooperation...
March 19th - Dressed To Kill released. It eventually reaches #32 in the US album charts.
March 21st - KISS play the first of two sold out gigs at the Beacon Theatre in New York organized by Bill Aucoin.
March 24th - The KISS show at Cleveland, OH, recorded for use on possible live album.
March 27th - KISS film segements at the Michigan Palace for use in videos.
April 2nd - "Rock And Roll All Nite" the first single off the album is released and eventally makes it to #68 in the singles charts.
May 16th - KISS play Detroit's Cobo Hall, the show is recorded for Alive!
June 21st - A second show in Cleveland, OH, is recorded for use on the Alive! record.
July 10th - Second single from Dressed To Kill released. "C'mon and love me" doesn't trouble the charts.
July 23rd - A third show in Wildwood, NJ, is recorded for use on the Alive! record.
August - KISS in the studios to do some clean-up recording work for Alive with Eddie Kramer brought in to capture the glory of the KISS performance!
September 10th - Alive! released. It hits #9 in the US album charts and eventually sells over 9 million copies.
October 6th - Start of "KISS Week" in Cadillac, MI.
October 9th - KISS in their famous visit to Cadillac, Michigan... Double Yellow Line opens for the band at their show at the high school that night.
October 10th - KISS awarded the key to the city of Cadillac and then appear in the town's homecoming parade.
October 14th - A live version of "Rock And Roll All Nite" released which storms up the charts to #12 to be the band's first hit.
November 21st - First official gathering of the KISS army in Terra Haute, IN.
December 4th - Alive! certified Gold by the RIAA, the first KISS album to attain any sales award.
December 31st - KISS close out the year with a concert in Nassau, NY, with Blue Oyster Cult and Leslie West opening.

1976

Early - KISS re-sign with Casablanca for a further two albums...
January 24th - The live version of "Rock And Roll All Nite" reaches its' peak position in the charts.
February 20th - KISS add their footprints to the sidewalk outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
March 1st - "Shout It Out Loud" released. It reaches #31 in the charts.
March 15th - Destoyer released and reaches #11 in the album charts.
March 26th - Protestors march against KISS' concert in Harrisburg, PA.
April 30th - "Flaming Youth" released as a single. While it only reaches #74 in the singles charts, it is the first KISS single to feature a picture sleeve, a feature Casablanca was experimenting with at the time.
May 10th - Ace Frehley gets married to longtime girlfriend Jenette!
May 13th - KISS play their first ever European concet at Manchester's Free Trade Hall, in England. Shortly afterwards Destroyer makes #22 in the UK album charts, the first KISS album to chart in the UK. Alive! charts soon afterwards making it to #49.
June 15th - A Special Summer KISS Tour album released in the States to promote the Destroyer Tour. At the same time, probably somewhat earlier to coincide with the visit to the UK, a 7" version is issued there with no picture cover, but the same songs...
July 3rd - "Spirit Of '76" Tour begins in Norfolk, VA.
July 21st - The Originals released. The triple repackaging of the first three albums sell's 250,000 copies, earning it Gold ceftification from the RIAA.
July 28th - "Detroit Rock City" single released, it fails to chart, while B-side "Beth" gets more airplay in certain rock markets.
August - "Beth" is rereleased as the A-side and later (9/25) reaches #7 in the charts, it eventually sells a million copies and becomes KISS' first Gold single and major hit.
September 12th - Destroyer Tour concludes in Allentown, PA.
September - KISS return to the studio to record Rock And Roll Over with Eddie Kramer.
October 31st - KISS appear on Paul Lynde's Halloween Special and perform 3 songs: Beth, Detroit Rock City, and King Of The Night Time World.
November 1st - Rock And Roll Over is released and is the first album to ship RIAA certified Gold.
November 11th - Rock And Roll Over receives its' Gold certification while Destoyer is also certified Platinum.
November - At rehersals at Stewart Airbase in Newburg, NY, for the new tour KISS experiment with an electric version of "Beth"...
December 1st - "Hard Luck Woman" is released as a single and reaches #15 on the US charts in a vain attempt to repeat the success of the novelty "Beth".
December 11th - At the first concert of the Rock And Roll Over Tour at Lakeland, FLA, Ace electrocutes himself on stage, though he is able to continue the show after a short recovery. Later in the show Gene sets his hair on fire... "Beth" is integrated into the live show.
Late - KISS and Casablanca negotiate their largest contract, for five albums between 1/1/77 and 6/30/79. The contract defines solo albums as equaling 1/2 of an album with minimum number of songs to equal an album being 5, thus confirming that the solos were not just something done to keep the band together in 1978.

1977

January - The Orignals released in Japan in preparation for the Japanese Sneak attack tour...
January 5th - Rock And Roll Over becomes KISS' second album to be certified Platinum.
February 10th - KISS win a People's Choice Award for "Beth".
February 21st - Blood extracted from the members following a concert at Nassau Colliseum for the Marval Comic Special!
February 28th - Dressed To Kill becomes the first pre-Alive! album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.
March 3rd - "Calling Dr Love" issued as a single. It reaches #16 the following month.
March 18th - KISS visits Japan for the first time on its' Sneak Attack Tour.
April 2nd - The KISS show at Tokyo's Budokan Hall is filmed and later shown on HBO in 1978.
April 4th - Final show in Japan. Filmed and recorded for possible future use. The material recorded is produced and fully mixed by Eddie Kramer for planned use as a live album, but this is abandoned when it is decided to use new material on the next tour for this concept. However, "Beth" from these sessions does later turn up on Alive II along with material from the LA Forum shows...
May - KISS return to the studio with Eddie Kramer to record Love Gun.
May 26th - The blood KISS had "donated" is mixed with the ink at Borden Ink Plant, Depew, NY, for the first KISS Marvel Comic.
June 30th - Love Gun is released and ships Platinum. It features Ace's first lead vocal on "Shock Me" recorded while he lies on his back in a darkened studio. Love Gun is RIAA certified both Gold and Platinum.
June - "Christine Sixteen" released as a single and reaches #25 in the charts.
June 30th - The first Marvel Comic, allegedly containing some of the members blood in the ink, is released.
July - "Love Gun" released as a single and only manages to reach #61 in the charts.
July 9th - Love Gun Lp enters the charts.
August 4th - After touring Canada the previous month, the American leg of the Love Gun Tour kicks off in Salt Lake City.
August 26th - The first of three shows taped at the LA Forum, Los Angeles, CA.
September - KISS enter Electric Lady Studios, NY, to record studio songs for the forthcoming Alive II album. Ace Frehley only participates in the recording sessions of his own song, "Rocket Ride", so KISS draft in Bob Kulick, who had auditioned for KISS in January 1973, to fill in on the other tracks while Ace spaces out nextdoor to the studio watching TV. Contrarty to popular belief Rick Deringer has nothing to do with these sessions.
October - A live version of "Shout It Out Loud" released. It reaches #54 in the charts.
October 14th - Alive II released and ships Platinum.
November 11th - The Alive II Tour starts in Oklahoma City.
December 14th - KISS begin a three night stand at Madison Square Garden.

1978

January - The Originals II, a repackaging to the second group of three studio albums, released in Japan, exactly a year after the release of the first Originals package.
January - KISS appear on the American Music Awards via satellite from Largo, MD.
February 3rd - Alive II Tour ends in Providence, RI.
February - "Rocket Ride" released as a single, it manages #39 in the charts.
February - KISS enter Electric Lady Studios in New York to re-record "Strutter" for inclusion on their forthcoming compilation Double Platinum.
March - A promotional only sampler, Taste Of Platinum, is issued to radio stations.
March 29th - KISS start a 5 day sold out stand at Budoken Hall, Japan, beating The Beatles record of 4 days.
April 2nd - The first of many compilations is released. Double Platinum reaches #22 in the charts, while the single culled from the album, Strutter '78, fails to chart.
May - Filming of KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park commences in California. The filming is finished in June.
May 19th - KISS play a free concert at Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA, which is filmed for inclusion in the film.
August 28th - The second Marvel Comic goes on sale.
September 18th - The four solo albums are released and ship 5 million copies. However, many of these soon turn up in cut-out bins leading to the RIAA revising their certification methods.
September - Four singles are released off the solo albums. Paul's "Hold Me, Touch Me" reaches #46 in the charts. Gene's "Radioactive" makes #47. Peter's "Don't You Let Me Down" fails to chart, while Ace's "New York Groove" moves steadily up the charts becoming the biggest "hit" on any of the solo albums.
October 28th - Phantom Of The Park premiers on NBC with masses of viewers.
December 2nd - Ace's single "New York Groove" hits it's highest chart position at #13, the best of any of the singles issued in promotion of the solo albums.

1979

January - A second single from Peter's solo album is issued, but "You Matter To Me" also fails to chart.
February - KISS return to New York studios to record Dynasty with Vini Poncia, the producer of Peter's solo album at the controls. Peter Criss is unavailable at some of the sessions, partially due to problems with his hands cause from a recent car accident and partially due tohis increasing personal problems, and is replaced by Anton Fig and Richie Fontana on five of the albums 9 tracks.
April 25th - The first box set is issued in Japan containing the 4 solo albums.
May 23rd - Dynasty released. It becomes a big hit and reaches #9 in the album charts while the change in musical style with "I Was Made For Lovin' You" starts to alienate some in the KISS Army.
June 14th - The unsuccessful Dynasty Tour kicks off at Lakeland, Florida.
June 16th - "I Was Made For Lovin' You" hits #11 in the singles chart, eventually becoming KISS' second Gold single.
July 6th - A show at Largo, MD, is filmed for TV broadcast.
July 10th - Dynasty certified Triple-Platinum.
July - HBO air the concert recorded at Largo, MD.
August 16th - "I Was Made For Lovin' You" awarded Gold certification.
September - "Sure Know Something" released as a second single off Dynasty. It fails to make any impact and stalls at #47.
October - Gene and Ace appear on the Robert Klein Hour.
October - The band appear on the Tom Synder show with a drunk Ace who steals the show, much to the dismay of Gene. Of course, the interview went straight downhill after the "trout" incident!
December 16th - The Dynasty Tour ends in Toledo, OH. This concert marks the last KISS performance with Peter Criss.
December - Phantom Of The Park/Attack Of The Phantoms is released Worldwide.

1980

January - KISS enter the Record Plant Studios in New York to record Unmasked. Peter is not present, working on his own project, and is replaced by Anton Fig. Peter doesn't play a note on Unmasked, and only appears on the "Shandi" video for contractual obligations.
March 16th - Peter leaves the band and starts work recording his first non-KISS solo album at RCA Recording Studios in New York City.
May - Peter helps KISS vet some prospective replacements, yet even at this point his input is very minimal.
May 17th - Peter officially leaves the band which starts the search for a new drummer.
May 20th - Unmasked is released and is ignored by the fans.
June - "Shandi" with accompanying promotional concept video issued as a single and reaches #47 in the charts.
June 17th - The deadline date for submission of prospective drummer's info-kits to Aucion.
June 18th - Paul Caravello (Eric) finally submits his resume to Aucoin. On the day following the deadline, but dressed in a day-glo orange neon folder!
June 19th - Paul attends an interview with Bill Aucoin at his Madison Avenue office. Later that day, on the suggestion of Bill Aucoin, Paul shaves his mustache off...
June 20th - Paul recieves the call from Aucoin Management telling him that he is to audition with KISS, and what songs to learn...
June 23rd - Paul auditions with Gene, Paul and Ace, at Star Rehersal Studios, NY, bashing out 5 tunes, including Black Diamond, Firehouse, Strutter, Is That You, and Detroit Rock City, which are video recorded by the band. He manages to get the band's autographs before leaving, just in case!
July 1st - Paul is informed of his acceptance as the new drummer for KISS after Bill Aucion phones and leaves a message with his sister Loretta...
July - Paul changes his name to Eric Carr, aparently with him and his then girlfriend Pantera picking names out of a hat, and because the name "spoke well" like the other member's names did, and designs his "Fox" makeup after rejecting chicken man (The Hawk) costume designed for him while at rehersals at the Palladium!
July (Late) - Eric Carr officially announced as the new drummer for KISS...
July 25th - Eric Carr makes his live debut at New York's Palladium, the only US show done in support of Unmasked and the only show done with the first version of the Fox makeup which is streamlined shortly afterwards.
August 25th - KISS play the first date of their European Tour in Lisbon, Portugal.
September - Casablanca releases Peter's first non-KISS solo album, Out Of Control, which quickly disappears from sight...
November 9th - The KISS Unmasked Tour reaches Australia for the first time and it's hugely successful.
November - "Tomorrow" issued as a single but fails to chart.
December - Peter's first single, appropriately "By Myself" issued, but fails to chart.
December 3rd - Unmasked Tour ends in Auckland, New Zealand. This final concert is Ace's last with the band.

1981

January 12th - Alive! is included in a consignment of records donated by the RIAA to the Library Of Congress.
January - Best Of The Solo Albums released everywhere but the States, it had earlier been released (1979) in both Australian and W. Grmany.
March 1st - KISS enters Ace Frehley's Ace In The Hole studios in Connecticut to start work on tracks for new LP, tentativly titled "Rockin' With The Boys". Band records classic "Deadly Weapons", Eric's first song with KISS - this song is reworked in 1985 for inclusion on the Asylum album as "Love's A Deadly Weapon".
May - Band enters IRS studios in New York to record demos of songs for the new album, which is now to be a rather obscure concept album. Later the band moves to New York's Record Plant and soon afterwards to Bob Ezrin Farms in Toronto as work on what would become the Elder continues. The earlier material is scrapped.
July 1st - Formal sessions for The Elder begin at Record Plant Studios in New York. Recording continues through August and September making the recording process the longest for any KISS album. Ace stays at home in Conneticut and works on material sent to him by the band.
September 25th - KISS make a promotional visit to Mexico and appear on TV channel 13 lip-synching to "Charisma" and "I Was Made For Lovin' You" dressed in their Elder outfits...
November 16th - "Music From" The Elder is released to critical acclaim. The fans and record buying public disagree and the album only makes #75 in the US charts while failing to sell anything near 500,000 copies.
November 22nd - "A World Without Heroes" released as a single. It fairs badly in the charts and eventually only makes it to #56, while an exceptional promotional video is also done for the song.
December - KISS appear on a satellite link to the San Remo musical festival performing a lypsynched version of "I" without Ace who couldn't be bothered to show up....

1982

January 14th - KISS play three songs from the Elder: "The Oath", "A World Without Heroes", and "I", live on Friday's TV show which was recorded in December 1981. This is Ace's final live appearance playing material with the band...
February - Peter starts recording his second non-KISS solo album, Let Me Rock You, recorded at Conway Recording Studios, LA. It's produced by Vini Poncia.
February 5th - Phonogram places an order for the pressing of the new UK KISS single, "A World Without Heroes" b/w "Mr Blackwell", for 7500 copies of the regular single with picture sleeve and 10,000 copies of the 7" picture disc.
March - KISS enter Record Plant Studios in LA to record songs planned for an EP, Severe Cuts, again without Ace. Bob Kulick fills in on guitar, but unlike his work in 1977 where he was asked to conform to the Ace Frehley style, this time he is allowed to let rip on his own...
May 8th - Neil Bogart dies from cancer.
May - Killers is released Worldwide except in the US, as is Peter's Let Me Rock You which pretty much fails.
July - KISS re-enter Record Plant Studios to record new album without Ace Frehley, who has been involved in a car accident. Several session musicians fill in for Ace, including one Vinnie Cusano.
September - Recording of Creatures Of The Night is finished.
October 13th - Creatures is released and reaches #45 in the album charts. The single from the album, "I Love It Loud", only manages #102 in the singles charts, but other songs do well overseas. Unfortunately, this album really suffers from the Elder affair with many unwilling to risk buying the album...
November - Ace's final publicity appearances with the band in Europe in support of Creatures including appearances where the band lip-synch material. However, Ace decides to quit on the flight back to America...
November - Ace leaves the band, though at the time it is only a temporary move as far as the rest of the band is concerned.
December - Vinnie Cusano joins KISS, initially with plans for Ace to join them later on tour. However, it soon becomes apparent that Ace is not coming back.
December 31st - The Creatures Tour kicks off in Rockford, ND. That night "Rock And Roll Hell" is played for the first and only time and dedicated to Ace...

1983

January - KISS come in fifth place with Creatures Of The Night in Kerrang's top ten albums on 1982...
June 18th - KISS start three nights of sell out shows at Macarana Stadium in Brazil playing to a staggering 247,000 fans.
June 25th - At Morumbi Stadium, Sao Paolo, Brazil, KISS perform their last concet of the Creatures Tour, and their final concert in makeup. It is the end of an era.
July - KISS again choose the Record Plant Studios in LA to record their new album, Lick It Up.
August - KISS is forced to cancel a tour of Argentina after they are threatened by a terrorist group.
September - Single "Lick It Up" reaches #66 in the charts.
September 18th - KISS appear unmasked on MTV. Lick It Up is released.
October 11th - European Tour kicks off in Lisbon, Portugal.
November 25th - Tour concludes at Uleaborg in Finland. Vincent is then fired...
December - Vincent is rehired to complete US tour.
December 26th - Lick It Up American Tour kicks off in Atlanta.

1984

January - KISS come in third place with Lick It Up in Kerrang's top ten albums of 1983.
February - Single "All Hell's Breaking Loose" fails to chart.
March 17th - Lick It Up Tour concludes in Evansville, IN. Vinnie Vincent fired again...
May/June - Mark Norton becomes the latest in a line of guitarists. He changes his name to the more interesting Mark St. John...
July - KISS enter Right Track Recording Studios to record Animalize. On some tracks Bass is provided by Plasmatics bassist Jean Beauvoir, because Gene is busy with his budding Hollywood career. Paul also calls in Bruce Kulick to do some work on the album, using his solo on "Lonely Is The Hunter".
August 12th - The Alliance, Peter Criss and Stan Penridge's band, performs at a private function in Newton, NJ, playing a set of classic R&B hits and 1950/60's Rock 'N Roll standards... Included is Tossin' And Turnin' from Peter's 1978 solo album!
September 19th - Animalize is released and reches #19 in the album charts.
September 30th - Animalize Tour begins in Brighton with Bruce Kulick filling in for ill Mark St. John.
October - Single "Heaven's On Fire" reaches #49 in the charts.
November 5th - European Tour ends in Paris.
November 15th - US Tour begins in Bethlehem, PA, again with Bruce Kulick.
November 27th - Mark St John makes his live debut with the band at a concert in Baltimore, MD, with Bruce standing in the wings, just in case.
November 28th - Mark plays the show Poughkeepsie, NY, .He only plays part of the show, three songs, with Bruce replacing him for the rest of the show.
November 29th - Mark St John plays his final concert with KISS, again only managing part of a show at Broome County Arena in Binghamton, NY (Hey, I used to live there and was supposed to go to this gig, but got grounded!).
November 30th - Ace makes a return to live duties playing S.I.R. Studios in New York with new material from his band, Frehley's Comet.
December - Mark leaves KISS (sent home by the band) and is replaced by Bruce who early in the month is offered the position as guitarist in the band. It was apparent from quite early on that Mark's style and background did not fit in with the band and that hiring him may have been a mistake, plus the band had become comfortable with Bruce...
December 8th - The show at Detriot, MI, is filmed by MTV concerts. This is later released in video form as Animalize Live Uncensored...
December 16th - Parts of the show in Lexington, KY, are filmed for inclusion on the concept video for "Thrills In The Night"...

1985

January - A second single off Animalize is released. "Thrills In The Night" fails to chart.
March - Ace returns to the studio to record a demo. He continues touring small venues.
March 29th - The Animalize Tour ends at Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ.
April 19th - Animalize Live Uncensored released on video. It attains Platinum status, the first in a long line of successful KISS videos.
June & July - KISS record Asylum at Electric Lady Studios, NY.
July 4th - Bruce busy at Electric Lady recording solos for the album.
July 14th - As a part of the PolyGram reissuing of the KISS catalog, Creatures Of The Night is rereleased with new artwork featuring Bruce Kulick. Two songs are remixed with the drum sound being fiddled.
September 16th - Asylum is released and eventually reaches #20 in the charts.
November - Single "Tears Are Falling" reaches #51 in the charts.
November 29th - Asylum Tour begins in Little Rock, AK.
December - "Uh All Night" released as a video which quickly attains plenty of play on MTV...

1986

Spring - Second single off Asylum, "Uh! All Night", released but it fails to chart.
April 11th - Asylum Tour ends at Meadowlands Arena.
May - As a part of the Hear 'N Aid Famine Relief project KISS contribute a live version of "Heaven's On Fire" which had been featured on the UK (and some Euro) "Tears Are Falling" Single and Japanese "Who Wants To Be Lonely" 12".
Summer - KISS film Exposed, their first full length compilation of video material.
August 13th - Peter Criss makes his live debut with Balls Of Fire at their live debut at a club in Hollywood, CA. While they perform all original material, Gene Simmon's "Feel Like Heaven", recorded by Peter on his second non-KISS solo album, is incorporated into the set.

1987

January - Vinnie Vincent comes in eighth place with Invasion in Kerrang's top albums of 1986.
February - Paul performs Strutter on stage with Poison in Texas. Rumors soon start circulating that he is to produce their second album which he is unfortunately un able to do to due to scheduling problems.
March - Recording of Crazy Nights, then titled Who Dares Wins, begins at One-To-One Studios in LA with Ron Nevison at the controls.
June 20th - Paul again joins Poison on stage to perform "Strutter", this time at the Texxas Jam.
May 18th - Exposed released. It is very successful and attains Platinum status while a compilation clip video for "Rock And Roll All Nite" is released to support it.
August 8th - KISS perform free show and the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, to film segements for their Carazy Crazy Nights video.
August 18th - Crazy Crazy Nights video released. The single only reaches #65 in the charts in the US but becomes a smash in the UK reaching #4.
September 18th - Crazy Nights released. This album proves popular and reaches #18 in the charts. In the UK success continues with the album also reaching #4, the best album position since Lick It Up reached #7 in 1983....
November - "Reason To Live", the second single off Crazy Nights does slightly better in the US singles charts reaching #64.
November 15th - The Crazy Nights Tour kicks off in Jackson, Mississippi.
December 1st - At a concert in St. Paul, MN, Paul is hit by a bottle thrown from crowd...

1988

January 27th - Show at Worcester, MA, filmed for the "Turn On The Night" video.
February - Single "Turn On The Night" released. It doesn't chart in the States, but makes #41 in the UK.
March - Crazy Nights video released, it eventually attains Gold certification and contains the three video cuts from the album.
April 2nd - US Tour ends in San Diego, CA.
April 16th - KISS return to Japan for the first time in 10 years.
June - KISS record two new tracks at Right Track Studios, NY, for inclusion in a forthcoming compilation.
June - Chikara, a Japanese only compilation, released including several remix versions of KISS songs.
June - Paul and Gene jam with Ace Frehley and band at the Limelight in New York performing "Deuce".
August 12th - KISS play two nights at the Ritz club in New York. The concert is a warm-up for the European Tour and is filmed by MTV.
August 16th - KISS become the first band to play at London's Marquee Club, which has recently moved premisies.
August 20th - KISS play at the Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donnington, England.This show is attended by life long friends CAMERON VALLANCE, TYRONE WILLIAMSON AND CRAIG MOUNSEY! They had been offered the chance to play in 1982, but had been too busy with work on Creatures. During the band's visit to the UK Paul finishes work on the new songs at British studios...
October 3rd - European Tour concludes at King's Hall, Belfast, Ireland.
October 11th - Single "Let's Put The X In Sex" released, but it stalls at #97.
November 15th - Smashes, Thrashes and Hits released. It attains Gold and Platinum certification quickly and becomes the best selling KISS album of the 1980's.

1989

January - In Kerrang's 100 Best Metal albums of all time KISS ranks at #21 with Alive!, #36 with Destroyer, and Vinnie Vincent Invasion gets #100.
February 15th - Paul hits the road on a solo tour playing classic material from his solo album and some new material. Members of his touring party include Bob Kulick and Eric Singer.
April 18th - Vinnie Vincent's Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearings begin in Los Angeles, CA...
May 4th - Paul's solo tour ends in Hollywood, CA.
July - Band starts recording Hot In The Shade at the Fortress Studios in LA.
August - Buoyed by the recent success of Crazy Nights, KISS re-sign with PolyGram Records with a ten year 7 record contract which includes a live album, a compilation, solo albums from Gene and Paul, and three studio albums.
September - Hide Your Heart video shot in LA.
October 17th - Hot In The Shade released. The "Hide Your Heart" single stalls at #66, while the album reaches #29 in the charts.
November 21st - KISS start filming of the "Rise To It" video, with Paul and Gene donning makeup. Though this video is not used for a while as "Forever" is used instead. This does not help the single as it only reaches #81.
December 16th - KISS start filming the "Forever" video...

1990

February - "Forever", a track co-written by Stanley and Michael Bolton, hits the top-ten at #8.
February - Promotional album "First KISS, Last Licks" released featuring two of the original 1973 demos and the 1989 remix versions of two Killers studio tracks. This issue is restricted to 800 copies...
April 14th - In preparation for the forthcoming tour KISS play a benefit show at the Stone Pony in Ashbury, NJ.
April 24th - At a concert for contest winners at Reseda Country Club in California Eric performs "Little Ceaser" for the first and last time.
May 4th - The Hot In The Shade Tour kicks off in Lubbock, Texas featuring Leon the Sphinx.
May 23rd - After many years of waiting, PulyGram finally reissues "Music From" The Elder on CD and audio cassette, an album which had often been very difficult for fans to find in the preceeding years.
June - Paul injures himself on stage by running into a piece of metal. As a result several shows are cancelled.
July 4th - Paul involved in a major road accident. While he escapes without serious injury several more shows are cancelled.
November 11th - The Tour concludes at MSG. This is Eric Carr's final concert with the band.

1991

February (Early) - Gene and Bruce jam with Bob Kulick and George Lynch at the KCN in Los Angeles.
February - Band start work on new material in Los Angeles.
April 9th - Eric Carr undergoes heart surgery to remove a tumor.
June - God Gave Rock And Roll To You II, a reworking of an Argent song, released as a single from the Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Film sountrack. Eric, to ill to drum, sings background vocals while Eric Singer is drafted in to beat the skins.
July - God Gave Rock And Roll To You II becomes a smash summer hit in the UK reaching #4 in the charts.
August - The announcement is made that Eric Carr is fighting cancer.
September - Eric's final appearance with the band at the MTV music awards...
September - Eric suffers several medical setbacks.
November 24th - Paul Caravello, aka Eric Carr, passes away. At the time his death is somwhat over-shadowed by the passing, on the same day, of Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury...
December - KISS enter the studios to record Revenge. The announcement is quickly made that Eric Singer will join the band on drums.

1992

March - Recording of Revenge completed.
April 23rd - Revenge club tour kicks off at the Stone in San Francisco. Fans are treated to an impressive setlist.
May 4th - Single "Unholy" released, though it fails to chart.
May 14th - Revenge is released and dedicated to the late Eric Carr. It debuts at #6 in the US charts, the best performance of a KISS record in 15 years.
May 16th - KISS Tour the UK in a further warmup for the US tour.
July - Video "X-treme Close-Up" released featuring numerous clips and TV segements.
July 26th - Paul Stanley marries Pamela Bowen.
October 1st - The Revenge Tour begins in Allentown, PA, with a vast and varied setlist.
November 27th - The first of three shows are taped by Eddie Kramer for Alive III with "I Was Made For Lovin' You", a song they had performed on the Club Tour, recorded during sound checks.
December 16th - WCWP, 88.1 FM, broadcasts the Eric Carr Memorial Tribute. This features the re-broadcast of a 1989 interview done with Tony Mal at the radio station plus the first ever broadcast of the Cellermen single recorded by Eric around 1966 with him singing lead vocals on songs he wrote himself. The station also broadcasts other songs which Eric had been involved with including material from the WOW album, Bryan Adam's "Don't Leave Me Lonely", and KISS tracks...
December 20th - Tour ends in Phoenix, Arizona.

1993

February 25th - Gene and Paul appear on the Howard Stern Show and perform an acoustic version of "Detroit Rock City".
March - Paul and Gene record "Hard Luck Woman" with Garth Brooks in Nashville for inclusion on the KISS My A$$ tribute album. The album is initially planned to be a double album with 1 CD of covers and a second of the KISS versions.
May 8th - A live version of "I Love It Loud" released as a single, it does not chart...
May 18th - Alive III released, it debuts at #9 in the charts.
May 20th - KISS appear on Arsenio Hall and perform "Detroit Rock City" and "Deuce".
June - Gene produces Lenny Kravitz's cover of Deuce.
June 7th - KISS appear on Rockline radio program.
June 15th - Short Alive III Tour begins in Dallas, TX. The dates are mostly private parties.
July 11th - KISS appear again on Howard Stern's TV show.
July 15th - Alive III tour concludes in Los Angeles.
July 20th - Another long-form video is released. Like its' predeceesors Konfidential also attains Gold status.
August - Announcement of the contributors list for the forthcoming Tribute album is made known.
September 11th - KISS play their only full concert of the year at the Foundations Forum in Burbank, CA, Goin' Blind is performed for the first time.
September 18th - KISS play a private wedding reception for a friend of the band at the Ramada Classic Ballroom, Albuquerque, NM. They perform "Forever" with members of the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra.
December - After more than a decade of seeming inaction, Peter Criss' new band Criss release an EP.
December 12th - KISS perform at Pleasure Island in Florida to film segements for Dick Clarks Rocking New Year TV program.
December 31st - ABC's Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve '94 airs.

1994

January - KISS' Alive III falls just outside the top ten (#11) in Kerrang's top albums of 1993.
April 2nd - First of four one-off shows performed at Villa Park, IL. Classics such as "Got To Choose" and "Goin' Blind" added to live show. Debut of Eric Singer on lead vocals on classic "Black Diamond".
April 19th - Second show of the year in San Antonio, TX. as part of the La Semana Alegre celebrations.
June 7th - A limited edition vinyl version of Kiss My Ass released.
June 21st - Kiss My Ass finally released worldwide. It debuts at #19 on the charts. Garth Brooks' "Hard Luck Woman" very well received by radio DJs across the country. The album eventually attains Gold certification.
July 4th - Gene and Paul feature on Rockline radio show.
July 9th - KISS My Ass enters the charts.
July 13th - KISS makes surprise appearance on NBC's Tonight Show as Garth Brooks' backup band on "Hard Luck Woman".
July 17th - Paul and Gene make a suprise "visit" at a unofficial convention in Troy, Michigan... unfortunately, they also bring the police and raid the convention for items alleged to have been stolen from them...
July 26th - Gene and Paul appear with the Gin Blossoms on the Late Show with David Letterman performing "Christine Sixteen".
July 30th - Third US show of the year in Nashville, TN.
August 27 - First South American stadium tour on over ten years!. Touring with KISS are Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer and Black Sabbath for whom KISS once opened back in 1974. Concerts announced for Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Mexico. Opening night in Sao Paulo draws 60,000 metal hungry fans.
September 3rd - Monsters Of Rock South American tour continues with an unprecedented 5 sell-outs in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
October 21st - KISS' fourth and final appearance in the US with a performance at the Arizona State Fair...

1995

January 24th - Kiss plays 5 dates throughout Japan and donates part of its earnings to victims of the Kobe earthquake.
February 3rd - Kiss returns to Australia after 15-year absence. First ever "official" Kiss Convention takes place at Hyatt Hotel in Perth, WA. Highlighs of the tour include a live performance of "Shandi" in Perth.
May - "KISSTORY", a $160, 9-lb Kiss bible, finally ships. Fans complain books fall aparts easily while the vapours from a heafty amount of color prints are very noticable. This problem is later rectified, as are distribution problems which initially concern the band who take over to ensure delivery as quickly as possible...
June 17th - US leg of Konvention tour begins in Los Angeles, CA with Peter Criss joining the band onstage for an acoustic performance.
June - Peter Criss and Ace Frehley reunite for first leg of "Bad Boys Tour". Peter's band "Criss" supports yet another Ace Frehley tour. Shows end with Ace/Peter jamming to "Nothin' To Lose" and "Rock And Roll All Night".
August 1st - Last date of the Konvention Tour in Philadelphia, PA.
August 8th - Ace Frehely and Peter Criss join KISS during their MTV unplugged performance. They perform "Beth" and "2,000 Man" (plus an a capella version of "Louie, Louie" instigated by Ace!) with Paul and Gene, and "Rock And Roll All Nite" and "Nothin' To Lose" with Paul, Gene, Eric, and Bruce. It is quickly apparent that the magic is still there (especially after the days of rehersal leading up to the show)... This marks the first ever appearance of the four original band members playing without makeup (in public)...
October 31st - "Unplugged & Unmasked", Kiss' MTV Unplugged special, premieres. It features a cut-out version of the show while arguments soon follow between MTV and the band about releasing the show as an album...
November - Kiss return to the studio to record follow-up to 1992's Revenge.
December - KISS continue to work in the studio with Toby Wright assisting at the helm. News leaks of there being one heavy album being made...
December - Metal Edge visits the band in the studios for a photo shoot.

1996

January - News about a reunion tour leak from the Kiss camp...
February - Recording of their latest studio album is complete....
February - Both Smashes Thrashes & Hits and Alive II certified double-platinum by the RIAA.
February 28th - A reunited KISS, in makeup, appear at the Grammys to present an award.
March 12th - Unplugged album and video released. The album debuts at #15 on the US album charts.
April 2nd - The Unplugged video reaches #1 in the video charts.
April 16th - The KISS newsconfrence which officially announces the Reunion Tour takes place on the U.S.S. Intrepid.
May - KISS' MTV Unplugged video certified Gold by the RIAA, their sixth gold music video.
June 15th - KISS play KRQQ's Weenie Roast as a tour warm-up. The first gig since 1979 with all original members in makeup.
June 25th - You Wanted The Best released and debuts at #17 in the US album charts.
June 28th - The Alive/Worldwide Tour kicks off at Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan.
August 16th - Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer quit KISS.
August 17th - KISS headline the Castle Donnington "Monster's Of Rock" festival in England.
September 4th - KISS perform 4 songs at the MTV Music Awards, only one of these songs are broadcast...
September - Bruce Kulick tours Europe with Lenita Erickson
October - KISS' MTV Unplugged album certified Gold by the RIAA.
November 11th - Greatest KISS released in Europe.
November 20th - Bruce and Eric kick off a week-long clinic tour of Australia.
December 8th - Queen Tribute album "Dragon Attack" released in Europe featuring Bob and Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer.
December 9th - Greatest KISS released in Japan.
December 10th - Announcement released of Bruce Kulick's collaboration with John Corbai.
December 13th - "Second Coming" TV documentary airs on MTV Europe.
December 31st - KISS perform via satellite from the Meadowlands on Dick Clark's Rocking New Year's Eve Party on ABC, one of the songs is actually a taped clip from an earlier show in Atlanta, GA which was recorded for satellite transmission to Japan.

1997

January 22nd - Gene loses his voice during the concert in Osaka, Japan, resulting in Paul and Ace singing several non-standard vocal parts.
April 4th - At a concert in Columbus, GA, Peter is too ill to play and is replaced by his drum tech, Eddie Kannon.
April 8th - KISS' Greatest KISS and Ace's 12 Picks released in the USA. Greatest KISS debuts in the US charts at #77.
May 6th - Last date if the North American leg of the Alive/Worldwide Tour in Vancouver, Canada.
May - You Wanted The Best... certified Gold by the RIAA, their 22nd Gold Album.
June 30th - UK only compilation, Greatest Hits, released.
July - In Kerrang's 100 Best Metal concerts of all time KISS ranks at #51 with their re-opening gig at The Marquee, in London, in 1988.
July - Vinnie Vincent sues KISS....
July 5th - KISS conclude their Alive/Worldwide Tour at Finsbury Park, London.
July 15th - First batch of Remasters, including KISS through Alive!, are released in the US.
August - TNT Records, Peter's former label, sues KISS...
August 12th - Second batch of Remasters, including Destroyer through Alive II, are released in the USA.

August - band members individually start thinking about the next studio album....

1998

1999

January 2nd - The first US Leg of the Psycho Circus Tour concludes in Nashville, TN. The planned show for Florida on the 29th is postponed while the band get the stage shipped to Europe...
January 11th - KISS appeared as presenters at the American Music Awards. Following a brief mention during a commercial interlude, the band stomped onstage in grand fashion and received an absolutely fantastic reception (compared with some other presenters) with many present giving the band a standing ovation and they all seemed to be in great spirits. The category they presented was Best Pop/Rock album of the year contested by Celine Dion, Will Smith, and Shania Twain - all fantastic artists. Will won, and ran over to high-five Gene... and check out his cod-piece!...
January 13th - KISS' Psycho Circus video is certified Platinum, for sales of 50,000 copies, while Second Coming attains both Gold and Platinum status for long-form video sales of 100,000 copies. This proves that KISS videos are still strong sellers...
January 16th - Gene Simmons appears at the New York Fangoria Convention, a horror convention, where he presents an advance clip of the film. He was joined onstage by the film's director, Adam Rifkin, associate producer, Tim Sullivan, and one of the film's stars, Sam Huntington, for a half-hour Q&A session ...
January 26th - KISS are featured at the NATPE session in New Orleans where they are promoting the "Detroit Rock City" film to TV executives. They pose with Marth Stewart!!
January 29th - FOX TV re-broadcasts the KISS Millenium Episode...
January 31st - KISS appear on the Super Bowl pregame show, lyp-synching to "Rock And Roll All Nite" which was recorded during the soundcheck of their Meadowlands show in December. The amount of pyro effects result in the stadium looking like it's being nuked!
February - After many years of waiting fans finally get a taste of the music from Eric Carr's Rockheads project with the release of a 4 track EP...
February 3rd - KISS' Playboy "Girls Of KISS" issue released...
February 22nd - KISS do the photoshoot for the Got Milk? advertizing campaign in Los Angeles... Both regular and chocolate milk are used...
February 23rd - Europe gets a special Tour reissue of the Psycho Circus CD which now includes a bonus EP of live material recorded during the US leg of the tour. It features the three Psycho Circus tunes and three others...
February 24th - In their first ever Grammy award nomination, KISS loose out to fellow veterans Page/Plant... Much better than losing to Marilyn Manson!!
February 24th - Union are voted "best new band" in a Metal Edge reader's poll..
March 5th - Psycho Circus Comic #17 ships...
March 11th - Total shocker to the KISS ARMY when Paul Stanley is announced to be playing the lead role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Phantom Of The Opera, at Toronto's Livent Group Pantages theatre in a run from May 25th to August 1st...
March 12th - At their concert in Bremen, Germany, KISS are banned by the fire marshall from using any pyro effects... Naturally, KISS comply until the end of Black Diamond (the last song of the set) when they set off all of the show's pyro in one go!
March 24th - UK Metal Magazine Kerrang issues four individual KISS covers for their 3/27 issue...
March 25th - While in London for their concert at Wembley Stadium, Paul Stanley is "fitted" for his costume for Phantom Of The Opera...
March 29th - KISS are forced to postpone their planned dates in Russia following violence resulting from NATO action against Serbia...
April 16th - Psycho Circus Comic #18 shipped...
May - TV commercials for Nike staring Gene Simmons start airing in the US...
May 18th - Union release their live album Live In The Galaxy...
May 25th - At Pantages Theatre in Toronto, Paul Stanley takes to the stage playing the lead role, The Phantom, in Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom Of The Opera...
May 29th - A mini-KISS related reunion occurs at Pleasure's in Pasadena, CA, when Bruce Kulick's Union perform. Also on the bill is the Gilby Clark band which includes Eric Singer...
June - The KISS "Got Milk" add starts to appear in print while the Detroit Rock City Movie promo starts appearing during the trailers at select Austin Powers showings...
June - Gene and partner Shannon Tweed get sued by a former housekeeper. No not V!...
June 12th - Ace appears on WNEW Radio in New York reporting some items that immediately cause some concern with fans...
June 28th - Gene, the cast of DRC, and Everclear shoot a video for "The Boys Are Back In Town" in L.A...
July - KISS are nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Since other rocks acts like Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, and Aerosmith have not yet been inducted it is not surprising that they don't get in... This year...
July - The new Paul Stanley sung ballard, from the Detroit Rock City OST, hits the airwaves...
July 20th - ESP, featuring Karl Cochran, John Corabi, Eric Singer, and Bruce Kulick is re-released on a big label, with new artwork and songs...
August - The legal run-in between Alice Cooper's publishers and KISS is resolved out of court. The case had been caused by similarities between a KISS song and Alice Cooper hit (Dreaming v. Eighteen)...
August - Late in the month Union complete work on their follow-up to 1998's fantastic debut album...
August 3rd - Universal Music Group releases the Detroit Rock City soundtrack. It is a bit different than originally conceived, not including the new KISS recording of Detroit Rock City...
August 10th - The Official KISS Magazine, Issue #2, from Starlog, hits the news-stands...
August 10th - At the Detroit Rock City premier party KISS perform a mini-set of four songs: "Cold Gin", "Rock And Roll All Nite", "Detroit Rock City", and "Shout It Out Loud"...
August 11th - KISS receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
August 23rd - KISS appear live in WCW Nitro lip-synching "God Of Thunder" while the KISS Demon wrestler is premiered...
August 25th - Gene Simmons turns 50...
August 31st - Proving that vinyl is not dead, Lookout Records release a special clear vinyl single featuring KISS' Detroit Rock City and The Donnas' cover of Strutter... It's limited to 5000 copies and quickly sells out...
September 6th - The full length release of material from Eric Carr is released as "Rockology" on Rock Hard Records...
September 27th - Paul Stanley appears at Toronto's Planet Hollywood...
October 16th - The latest in a long line of Tribute albums is released in Germany, KISS Deutschland - A Tribute To KISS, containing covers from all eras of the band in a nicely produced package...
October 25th - Paul Stanley appears on Rockline...
October 28th - KISS finally get honored with an appearance on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch where they waste N'SYNCH...
October 29th - KISS perform at Pixelon's iBash, the premier of a new internet media streaming technology...
October 31st - Paul Stanley concludes a stunningly successful 15-week run as the Phantom Of The Opera...
November - Vinnie Vincent sues his lawyers after the failure of his legal battle against KISS...
November 5th - KISS finally announce their New Year's plans with a show in Vancouver, Canada, where parts of Alive IV will be recorded...
November 7th - Sean Delaney, Bruce Kulick, and Mark St. John make guest appearances at the Toronto KISS Expo...
November 15th - Photographer Chip Rock, who'd been photographing the band since 1974, publishes his "Out-takes" book through Studio Chikara...
November 25th - Union embark on a brief Scandanavian tour which concludes on Dec. 4th...
December 3rd - Shipping date of McFarlane's Psycho Circus Comic #25...
December 27th - Ace appears on WNEW, New York, again though this time he's more careful about what he says!...
December 30th - At rehearsals for the New Year's show KISS perform "Forever"...
December 31st - For Y2K KISS Rock in the New Year in Vancouver, B.C. where 1980's gems such as "Lick It Up", "Heaven's On Fire", and "I Love It Loud" are performed for the first time with Peter and Ace. Also in the set is the obligatory "Y2K Man"...
December 31st - At their New Years performance at the Silverdome in Detroit Metallica cover KISS' Detroit Rock City...

2000

2001: A KISS ODYSSEY...

April 2001 - Kiss play the carrara stadium in australia to raptourous applause . 

  KISS Rocks Carrara 14th April 2001  GOODBYE AUSTRALIA!
From: GCbulletin.com.au
THE KISS Army came expecting something special - and they got it. More than 20,000 fans aged six to 60 soaked up 140 minutes of the last Kiss-off at Carrara Stadium last night. KISS - 28 years old and still pumping at more than 70dB (the council's limit) showed why they are one of the world's legendary rock bands. And the Gold Coast proved again it is the equal of any city in the nation at holding world class events. This was the classic rock and roll of the 70s and 80s - no mosh pit, no crowd surfing and seemingly no trouble without a uniformed policeman in sight. A bare-chested Gene Simmons implored the Gold Coast audience to enjoy the night as though it was the band's first concert and not their last. Women in the crowd even threw underwear on stage a-la Tom Jones as the Kiss juggernaut rolled through songs from 31 albums that had notched up a staggering 90 million album sales. Fans from New Zealand, the USA and Europe mingled with Gold Coasters and Australians from all parts of the nation all in a happy holiday mood. In the packed stands people applauded and cheered including VIPs such as former swimming star Kieran Perkins and Australian test bowlers Michael Kasprowitz and Damian Fleming.