i was about 5 years old when i first became aware of KISS

[datasuspect]

and yes, tom kozlow did get a mouthful of ronsonol and attempted to blow fire like gene simmons. shit, i loaded up on ketchup just to spit blood. this was around 1975/1976.

they didn't shut the school down, no one got arrested, and there was no intervention or counseling.

here's a clip that shows some small town shutting down to welcome KISS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4JhjkDGLqs

[reyd reid reed]

1. Hell...I was already

in my teens. I don't even think they existed when I was five.

God, I feel old.

x(

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Believe it or not, I have DVD #3 from "KISStory Volume 2" on my TV right now.

Don't ask me why, I don't know...tonight was just a KISS night.

I remember being in my ex-girlfriend's bedroom, listening to "Black Diamond" from the first album, and during that chord-slamming finale yelling "HOLY S**T!," which led to her mom opening the bedroom door and telling me to watch my mouth.

"Glorious results of a misspent youth"...

:toast:

[johnnie]

3. Awwww

How cute are you?..lol

[unpossibles]

4. me too

I did not realize you were my age. You come across as so much more mature.

[BarenakedLady]

5. I know I was in Elementary school

My neighbor's older brother had a KISS album. I remember sitting on the floor of her livingroom looking at the album cover while listening to it.

[datasuspect]

6. here's something spectacularly cheesy

a hanna barbera production:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2roEGV0MVM

[Rhythm]

7. Oh gawds... i had forgotten all bout that...

So spectacularly bad... just gawd-awful.

And 12 yr old me, and every friend i had were plopped down in front of our respective t.v. sets that night like zombies, annoying the hell out of our parents and siblings, who would have been dying to watch anything else.