KissFAQ Podcast

Discussing Flaming Youth merch, Stanley Simmons' live debut, Kiss in the studio, and Landlocked in Vegas II...

Celebrating Ace Frehley's 75th birthday, we choose 10 of our sweetest Frehley licks. What are yours?

For harmony, there must be balance. The krew dissect some of their "best" and "worsts" for a variety of topics.

Points of interest from the Indy Expo to make it online, including Lonnie's in-person experience! And the peanut gallery chimes in from afar. And other topics of the day.

Pitting any of the KISS releases that year against our other personal favorite albums from 1978, can any KISS title win?

25th anniversary of the End of the Farewell. Chaos and disillusionment? A fitting cap stone to that chapter?

A discussion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of KISS's MTV Unplugged album and a selection of board topics and current affairs.

Pitting "Asylum" against our other personal favorite albums of 1985, is KISS the king of the mountain or are tears falling?

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Kiss's Destroyer album live, the KissFAQ krew refocus on the album's songs and where the album currently resides in their personal Kiss Sonic Library. Released in March 1976, the album was supported by four singles: Shout It Out Loud, Flaming Youth, Detroit Rock City, Beth...

Author Martin Popoff discusses KISS in 1976 and his new book, KISS '76: Twelve Months That Defined the Hottest Band in the Land.

The crew preview the imminently forthcoming "War Machine" with Julian excluded from proceedings for the positives and negatives!

Taking on some more questions from the message board about where folk were, were at in their fandom, during several seminal moments in KISStory! And Gene's new setlist!

Taking on a fun series of questions from the message board about where folk were, were at in their fandom, during several seminal moments in KISStory!

Record Store Day 2026, Eddie Trunk comments, and more!

Revisiting Gene Simmons' Silly Safe, and ranking the songs on Disc 01 from worst to best.

We're stepping in the time machine and setting the dials for 25 years ago. What happened in January 2001. And we'll take on some current affairs.

Now we've had the new Peter Criss album for a month it's time to find out what are the panel's favorite songs!

This episode won't cost you $200 per song! What are our top 5 Vinnie co-writes with KISS? And other current affairs stuff...

The KissFAQ krew look back at 2025... And forward to 2026!

Happy New Year! Special guests don't get any more special than Peter Criss, who has recently released his first solo album in 18 years. It's chock full of rock & roll goodness, so we're grateful for the opportunity to talk with Peter and ask him some questions! A huge thank you to Peter Criss for graciously giving us his time and thoughts!

Celebrating Peter Criss's 80th birthday, we each choose our top-10 Peter songs, drum performances, vocals, whatever comes to mind!

We discuss events that have reached the public from the Kennedy Center Honors. The event will be broadcast Dec. 23, but that doesn't mean there isn't a discussion to be had!

We'll tackle some topics from the board or whatever happens before then!

The Hooligans have recently released their Kiss Tribute Album Roll Over and Rock! Julian is joined by Al and Vincent to discuss this superlative effort.

The KissFAQ krew review the new 50th anniversary "Alive!" super deluxe edition box set treatment.

Armchair quarterbacking the musical highlights from KISS Kruise Landlocked Las Vegas. We're not talking about the sand in our knickers, we're talking about the SpongeBob moments from the core KISS-related musical performances.

While the animals prepare to party in Vegas, we head back to our historic show schedule to tackle some of the board topics that have been neglected of late!

The KissFAQ krew review the new 50th anniversary "Dressed to Kill" super deluxe edition box set treatment.

In this episode, Julian is joined by Alain Bellicha, who is publishing a new book "MADE IN JAPAN," dedicated to all things Japanese vinyl. It's available, along with newsletter #12 from www.kissontour74-83.com/

In this episode, Julian is joined by Joey Cassata, who has just published his new book "KISS DRUMMERS: The Heartbeat of the Hottest Band in the World,"available exclusively on Amazon.

Andrew Sgambati elevates the KISS "fan film" to the next level, and then some. We dig into his forthcoming "From Tokyo to You" documentary coming November 11.

The episode we didn't want to make. Ace Frehley 1951-2025.

Hey Curley! It's all about ACE! We compile a "best of" ACE post-reunion, limited to 16 songs and not including more than 1 cover and no archival live tracks! Ack!

The panel ranks their favorite line-ups.

Celebrating the 45th anniversary of the first post-Kiss solo album from a Kiss member: "Out of Control." Teamed with producer David Wolfert, the album was Peter Criss's opportunity to establish himself as a solo artist, and start the process of finding the audience for the sort of rock music he wanted to make...

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Kiss's "Asylum" album, the KissFAQ krew refocus on the album's songs and where the album currently resides in their personal Kiss Sonic Library. Released in September 1985, the album was supported by three videos...

Andy and Julian celebrate the 40th anniversary of KISS's "Asylum" album!

News and topics from another week in Kisstory! Disappointments and hopes abound!

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alive!, the KissFAQ panel refocus on the majestic KISS live commemorative album which finally generated the breakout they craved.

In this episode we feast from a mystery buffet of KISS topics. On the menu this week: Las Vegas Landlocked schedule, Doc Shouts it out Loudcast, and more.

Mystery items and tanks! And... looking at how some other artists have been honored by the Kennedy Center, we present our thoughts on various scenarios for how we'd like them honored in December 2025...

Topics of the moment: What do we think about the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors announcement; and what is needed to reignite the buzz around KISS?

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the filming of the MTV Unplugged broadcast at SONY Sound Studios in New York City, featuring Peter Criss and Ace Frehley!

We rank the biggest studio album to album change in the band's catalogue...

What are Kiss fans talking about this week? The legacy of KISS in relation to the passing of Ozzy Osbourne is one discussion topic...

Julian hosts author, podcaster, musician Joey Cassata to discuss his new "The Order Of The Rose" fantasy book, drumming on the "Music From The Elder" performance at the Kiss Cancer Goodbye event, and more!

Guitar warriors Daniel and Mark dig into some of their favorite Kiss riffs...

Kiss Storms Vegas gets Land Locked... And could Kiss do a back to the beginning type one-off-and-out show like Sabbath? Who would MC? Who would guest? What acts? What supergroups? What sort of structure would you apply to your single day festival? And what would be the deal breakers?

Foxy @ 45, 45 years of the fox. Ranking Eric's 9 co-writing contributions released on studio Kiss albums.

40th Anniversary Asylum merch, board topics, recent interview and more go under the discussion microscope!