Ep. 54 Rosemont Recap

Episode 56: NYC PPV and Beyond

We might be last to the party; it's not when you show up, but did you have a good time? Nick, Nikko, and Rob are coming off the high of the Rosemont show on November 27th. For show purposes it's December 2nd and we are watching with the rest of the world... the finale live KISS show... ever with Eric, Tommy, Gene and Paul...KISS! What did we think? Was our Rosemont show better, was something else better? What does our show look like moving forward? All that and more. So, let's rewind the clock back just a bit to December 2nd, 2023, and talk the end of an era and the start of something... new?

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Episode 55: Billy Baker - New Yeras Eve 2023 "The End Of The Road"

The finale moments of 2023 are going out with a bang from the confetti cannon! Billy Baker stops back in and talks to Rob and special co-host for this episode Xander (KISS Army Things podcast). Billy tells the guys about last two years of his time work with Eric Singer, Lorne”Gump”Wheaton and Pearl Drums creating Eric's finale drum kits and the finale ever KISS kit for the End Of The Road Tour!  The kits you saw and the one kit that never made it home. All of that and more... Goodbye 2023 and Hello 2024!! Happy New Year!

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Episode 54: Rosemont Recap

November 27th 2023. The Day we have been waiting for, for six months. The build up the travel. the phone calls, the texts! Now three gentlemen are standing face to face with each other for the first time, only ever existing before on a computer screen. Nic, Rob, and Nikko and many of their friends are all standing in the same room, all having the same experiences together. They are all seeing their LAST KISS concert... TOGETHER!  Nick, Rob, & Nikko share their favorite moments from this event! We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Episode 53:

The Road To Rosemont Part 6: The Finale

The six-month journey has us all packed and traveling down the road to our finale KISS concert. Our guests Xander from KISS Army Things Podcast, Brant from In My Head Channel, Emily from EmilyGraziano96 YouTube Cannel and our good friend Ric from It’s All For You Demon Channel even joined us on these last three episodes. Nick, Nikko, Rob and the Rosemont crew will do a final Rosemont 9. It’s a best of KISS and what made us KISS fans episode. This is also an oversized episode and our KISS Thanksgiving Episode. Thankful that these friendships all grew out of the love for this band. This is our thank you to Paul, Gene, Eric, Tommy, Bruce, Mark, Vinnie, Eric, Ace, & Peter. Thank You for being the soundtrack of our lives for 50 years! Next stop… ROSEMONT!

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Xander  

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IN MY HEAD  

Brant  

www.youtube.com/@InMyHead  

Twitter: @InMyHeadChannel

Emily Graziano 96  

Emily  

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Twitter: @flapperdame16  

Ric  

IT"S ALL FOR YOU DEMON

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Episode 52 & The Road To Rosemont Part 5: The Halloween Edition. 

On this episode of the show, our cast of characters discuss the things that go bump in the night on Planet KISS! What are things that scared us when we first discover the band... or was it just ok to spit blood and fly up to the rafters and have glowing eyes with 100 other town kids in town... ok that got scary.... so, while we sit at home and eat the Halloween candy... and a few rocks, you can sit back and listen to the Rosemont Gang talk about the scary side of KISS! Happy Halloween! 

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IN MY HEAD  

Brant  

www.youtube.com/@InMyHead  

Twitter: @InMyHeadChannel

Emily Graziano 96  

Emily  

www.youtube.com/@emilygraziano96  

Twitter: @flapperdame16  

Ric  

IT"S ALL FOR YOU DEMON

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Epsiode 51:

PSYCHO CIRCUS (25th Anniversary) 

After the success of the 1996 Alive Worldwide Reunion Tour, everyone asked one question "what's next?"   Surely the band would record a new album, and they did just that... well kinda.  In 1998, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss entered the studio to record their first album together since 1979's Dynasty.  Much like Dynasty, Ace and Peter would practically appear on the album in name only, with the exception of Peter only playing drums on one track and singing lead vocals two.  Ace only played guitar on two tracks and sang on 2 tracks.  The remaining drum and guitar tracks were played by Kevin Valentine and future KISS lead guitarist, Tommy Thayer, both uncredited.  Most of these decisions were made by producer, Bruce Fairbairn.

On this episode, Nick, Nikko, and Rob discuss the 25th Anniversary of Psycho Circus.  Taking off the KISS goggles and ignoring the drama in the recording studio, is there a solid KISS album underneath the tracks of Psycho Circus or this just KISStory repeating itself?  So, take off the drama blinders, raise your glasses and get ready to toast the anniversary of Psycho Circus...welcome to the show!  

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Episode 50!

The Road to Rosemont part 4

It's All For You Gene Simmons: The 9 Gene Simmons Underrated Songs. The Rosemont Crew takes a look and some of the overlooked, and in some cases songs that were major songs for Gene at one time and for some reason never made it back in the set. Plus, this our 50th episode of the show and we couldn't think of a better group of people to talk with and celebrate... aaaand we have a special guest.... push play to find out! RBTE 50!!!! WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!!!

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Brant www.youtube.com/@InMyHead 

Twitter: @InMyHeadChannel

 Emily 

www.youtube.com/@emilygraziano96 

Twitter: @flapperdame16 

Ric 

IT"S ALL FOR YOU DEMON

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Episode Notes

Episode 49:  Gene Simmons 1978 Solo Album

It’s September, so you know what that means… we are reviewing another ’78 solo album.  This year we are looking at the Demon himself, Mr. Gene Simmons. How does Gene’s album compare to the previous album by Ace?  Is the album chuck full of the standard ‘Demon’ songs like ‘God of Thunder’, ‘Calling Dr. Love’, ‘Love ‘Em Leave ‘Em’, or ‘Duece’?  Or is this album a reflection of who Gene is as a person, musician, and star?  Nick, Nikko, and Rob take an in-depth look at the face of KISS, or should we say, the man of a thousand faces.  Like all the other solo albums, Gene’s album was released on September 18th, 1978.

After we look at the album, we will make our KISS list, and ‘The 9’ will make an appearance. We will each pick three songs to compile later for a ‘best of’ solo album compilation.  So, let’s ‘Wish Upon a Star’ at the ‘Holiday Inn’ and pray we don’t go ‘Burnin’ Up With Fever’ with ‘Mr. Make Believe’.

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Episode 48 & Road To Rosemont 3: The Opening Acts

As we like to do from time to time on the show is to take a look at some of the other bands/artist that have opened for KISS over the years, as a way to talk about other bands on the show. Since this is a Rosemont episode, we thought it would be cool to talk about the bands we have seen at the various KISS concerts over the years. The RTR panel has returned, Xander, Brant and Emily, but as it happens, we are missing a few people again on this show... our very own Nick and Nikko! Nikko got stuck at work and Nick got called back to work. The Caruso's are in high demand! They gave us their blessing to keep the show rolling. This makes it the first show that only one RBTE'er is present... mark that down... that will be on the test later. but I digress. The drive to rosemont continues! 

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KISS Army Things Podcast

Xander

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IN MY HEAD

Brant

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Episode 47: KISS Marvel Comics Super Special #1

The episode is at the heart of RBTE. Comic books! That is how this whole podcast was started. The three of us were doing a round table guest spot on another podcast, we did not know each other well at the time, but in the Zoom call screen Rob saw Nikko in a KISS t-shirt... and the rest is KISStory.

In 1977 right on the heel of KISS' 6th studio album Love Gun, KISS teamed up with Stan Lee and the folks at Marvel comics to release on June 21st The Marvel Comics Super Special Vol 1 KISS! The glorious 64-page comic was dripping with the bands very one blood... as we were told by the font cover! There was also Spider-Man, Captain Americ and more! The worlds were about to collide, comics and music! Nick, Nikko and Rob take a look at this very hard to find comic, and one that is sought after by comic book collectors and KISS fans alike! It's 1977, we have Star Wars, comic books and KISS... this is what dreams are made of and what made many people fans of KISS!!

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