Paul Stanley recalls Kiss’ 1975 live record, Alive!, as lifting the band to stardom and being “the beginning of a rollercoaster ride.” The Starchild adds: “When the chain and the pulley is bringing the coaster to the top, and you know what’s ahead, all you can do is hold on.”
Their first three albums – 1974’s Kiss and Hotter than Hell, and 1975’s Dressed to Kill – hardly dented the charts while critics and peers sneered at their bombastic, kabuki-clad image. But despite its studio additions, Alive! captured the essence of Kiss at their brimming-with-energy best. “If it was a court, I’d say the defense rests,” Stanley comments.
