Continuing on with our look at classic-era KISS, here’s the band in 1974 getting ready for a gig at Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom.
Stay tuned for weekly updates for what is proving to be a popular section here at Dogmatic… When KISS Was Cool! (and Peter Criss could actually play the drums!)
Awesome pictures!
When KISS was a band, not a Brand… I miss those days…
Many thanks for sharing & can’t wait to see what you have in store for us in the future.
Simply amazing!!!!
Keep Them Coming
Thanks so much for the pictures. Awesome!! Really like the black and white ones. So cool to see them backstage and so young too! Of course, we all know that KISS is STILL cool, but that’s alright!
those are awesome pictures. thanks so much for sharing them.
Fantastic photos. Period. End of sentence…
Wooooooooooooooooohhhoooooooooooooooooooooooo Yeah
Super cool pics!
Thanx thanx
Awesome! These pictures are so beautiful.
Looks like they were really having a great time … and yet they did not know about Alive 35.
Regards from Germany
Great, awesome!, KISStory is Alive!
KISSincerely:
Roberto Pinna.
These are special pictures taken at a special time, ha just think of all the people who said KISS wont last…thats right people KISS wins!!!!!!!!
The shots from side stage are awesome. Agree with the commenter above who said “when they were a band not a brand”. Tres cool.
thanks for the pixs!!!!! They were great to see………
WOW just fuckin WOW.
WOW GREAT PICS BACK WHEN KISS WAS A REAL BAND AND NOT A TRIBUTE BAND .
AWESOME! Great pics of a great band!
These are really GREAT PICTURES from a really GREAT BAND!!!
I love to see them being so young!!! FANTASTIC!!!
Thanks so much for sharing with us!!!
Thanks, these are great! Greetings from South Africa.
words are not enough…(so I use numbers,..)
2 die 4
HUNGRY KISS!! AWESOME PICS!!! THANKS!
Very nice rare photos, very super group!!!
GREAT photos! THIS is the Kiss I love. The REAL Kiss! Thanks for those!!!
that are so awesome pictures from kiss,they are a great and fantastic band!!!!
greetings from the netherlands
I thought I had all of these shots from this show but I guess not. I love seeing classic shots of KISS from the 70′s that you don’t see everyday. Can’t wait to see the next set of photos you put up. Classic Kiss is the real KISS!
Great pic’s – thanks a lot!
THANK YOU…THIS WAS PURE DIAMONDS!!!!!!!!!!! AN AMAZING DELIVERANCE!!!!!
Absolutely AWESOME pics!!
Greetings from Melbourne, Australia – the KISS capital of the world
AMAZING!!!! I ALMOST CRIED! GOOD TIMES!!! KISS FOREVER!!!!
Excellent! Amazing! Speechless!
GOD! awesome pics man, I LOVE IT! thanks so much for sharing! I love your site, keep up the good work! and for the record; KISS ruled and still rules!!
the “real” (heavy and rock) kiss
intense pic.
thanks.
PERFECT *–*
F-ing great! More pics than last time. Keep them coming.
I remember playing a club next to Alex Cooleys called Hotlanta and 4 guys sitting at the bar who said they were playing next door. I didnt know who Kiss was…
Great stuff!!! For sure some of the best EARLY photos I’ve seen. Always looking for more!! Keep up the great work. Anyone has any other photos or wants to swap KISS stuff email me at KISSEXTRAS@AOL.COM always looking to trade.
Awesome, but KISS are definately still cool!!!!
Kiss still cool? They are the laughing stock even amongst their own fans. More like a joke these days.
Después de 35 años KISS aun sigue siendo la banda más grande del planeta. Gene y Paul son los mejores. Excelentes fotografías. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile.
After 35 years KISS even it continues being the biggest band of the planet. Gene and Paul are the best. Excellent photographies. Regards from Santiago de Chile.
Simply outstanding photos…
if only they still had half the energy you can feel in these photos….
Awesome pictures,many I’ve never seen before THANX for sharing!!!!! KISS FOREVER
What an amazing set of pics! I almost drooled on my pc-keyboard… KISS at their best! Thanx so much for sharing them!
great set, too bad they aren’t even a real band anymore.
Growing up in NYC these guy’s were our local hero’s. I was a little young so I did not get to see them at The Coventry or Max’s Kansas City. I first saw them after they were signed and were already headlining venues. It’s great to look back when they were really cool and still developing themselves as musicians. Thanks to those guy’s, you helped make me the musician I am today.
Cheers
Brandon Rouge
NYC