This would later be achieved with both Kiss' and Casablanca's first Top-10 album, the double-live album Alive!, which featured the number 12 hit ' Rock and Roll All Nite'. Dressed To Kill, released in 1975, was a much bigger success, breaking into Top-40, but the band's record label, Casablanca Records, was close to bankruptcy and needed a commercial breakthrough. It rebounded in Canada peaking at number 29 in June 1976. The follow-up album, Hotter Than Hell (1974), was a bigger disappointment, peaking at 100 and quickly dropping off the charts. The album did not have a hit single and rose only as high as 87 on Billboard, despite significant touring and promotion. The band's eponymous debut album was released in 1974. The band is known for its make-up and on-stage antics, which influenced many artists who later used similar effects in their concerts.
It is the most recognizable and successful line-up, which lasted until Criss' departure in 1980.
The group, formed in New York City in 1973, first consisted of bassist Gene Simmons, rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley, lead guitarist Ace Frehley, and drummer Peter Criss. Cataloging of published recordings by KissĪmerican hard rock band Kiss has released twenty studio albums (twenty-four counting the unified 1978 solo albums), thirteen live albums, and sixty singles.
