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  • Bands who have opened up for KISS at one time or another...

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 3 12:49:18 2018
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  • From Donal Finn@21:1/5 to Alan Kazam on Mon Dec 3 16:38:16 2018
    On Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 6:38:52 PM UTC-7, Alan Kazam wrote:
    Bon Jovi, Bob Seger, John Cougar, Rush, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, ACDC,
    Motley Crue, Scorpions, Winger, Styx, Sammy Hagar, Loverboy, Iron
    Maiden, Night Ranger, Great White, Queensryche, Krokus, Dokken, White
    Lion, Trixter, Loverboy, Slaughter, Skid Row, Nickelback, Alice in
    Chains, Smashing Pumpkins

    Pretty Impressive list. Are there any notables I left out?

    Of course! Did nobody mention them before?

    Oh! And here's a good one: Degeneration, Flash Bastard, and Smashing Pumpkins (I may have mentioned them before, but I don't think anyone has mentioned Degeneration before) all opened for KISS in the 90's/2000's

    I also seem to recall that The Ramones opened for KISS on a few occasions. I remember reading about it in an interview with Johnny Ramone.

    Also..I can't remember if they were opening for KISS (I think they were as they were never big in North America) but I KNOW KISS played with Slade.

    Oh! And here's another one with a story behind it: In 79-90 there was a "New-Wave-Glitter-Rock" band in the U.K called GIRL. Its members included future Def Leopard guitarist Phil Collen and future L.A Guns frontman Phil Lewis (What's with the "Phil's"?)
    They opened for KISS on The Unmasked tour (There was a European tour) The Story is this: Phil Lewis was talking to Kim Fowley during the tour. Fowley told Lewis that KISS had never been big in the U.K and he thought it would be a good idea for Girl to do
    the song "Do you love me" Credited to Stanley/Ezrin/Fowley/Anthony maybe Fowley thought the song could be a hit and was pissed that KISS never released it as a single? Who knows? But regardless, Fowley inexplicably talked Lewis into having Girl perform
    the song live while opening for KISS (What did they THINK was going to happen?) They played the song. Gene called them into the dressing room and told them not to do it again. Even MORE inexplicably they played it THE NEXT SHOW. Gene called them in again
    and threw them off the tour. VERY WEIRD story if you ask me, I heard Phil Lewis himself tell it, so I think it's true, but it's hard to understand the motive behind it, probably just Fowley having fun fucking with the program.

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  • From James Teed@21:1/5 to Alan Kazam on Wed Jan 20 07:31:42 2021
    On Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:47:08 PM UTC-4, Alan Kazam wrote:
    On Apr 3, 7:13 pm, TheChris <[email protected]> wrote:
    [email protected] (Triple H No.1 Fan) wrote innews:[email protected]:

    when i saw KISS in '90 Danger Danger opened ... and they have had Judas Priest as openers also

    I saw Black and Blue in the 80's - I think The Plasmatics once too - what a freakin' hot bill that was!
    LUVVV Black n Blue...that is one 80s band that really should have made
    it and never did.
    I saw the Plasmatics open for KISS too, during the COTN tour. And on
    the "Animalize" tour I saw WASP open for them in Lansing, MI.
    Awesome! I was also at that show at the Lansing civic center. My first concert. I was in the 3rd row front and center. I will never forget that night.

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