Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show

Episode 641. Izzy is back to talk about the event he is hosting in Las Vegas… WELCOME TO CASABLANCA! The Official, UNOFFICIAL KISS Army Pre-Party!

Come join us at The Dive Bar (Las Vegas) for a night of rock and roll celebration before the big weekend! Meet up with fellow KISS fans and enjoy some killer tunes and trivia. Let’s kick off the BIG weekend in true KISS Army style! Las Vegas KISS Tribute Band, ONE LAST KISS will play a set. Las Vegas’ own ROCK N ROLL CRAZIES, THE BONES, will kick off the live music.

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Episode 640. Ace Frehley Tribute Discussion

The team gathered to record a tribute to Ace Frehley, who passed away on October 16th. They discussed the widespread impact of his death, noting how many people from various walks of life expressed their condolences. The group shared personal memories of Ace, including Lisa’s story of meeting him at a guitar signing and Tommy’s first encounter with him in 1979. They agreed to take time to process the loss before making a formal statement, and planned to share more stories in the coming months.

Remembering Ace Frehley’s Legacy...

Episode 639. October 7, 2000 was the last time the original four members of KISS ever played together… Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. 25 years ago! We share behind the scenes stories and memories from the last show and events leading up to the last show.

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Episode 638. NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCERT FOOTAGE OF KISS AT CADILLAC HS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY

We sit down with Dale K. Myers.

In 1975, I was a disc-jockey, Dale K. Myers, at WATT 1240-AM Radio in Cadillac, Michigan. When KISS came to town in October, I interviewed Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley, and filmed KISS performing at Cadillac HS. The audio and film recordings have been locked away in a safe deposit box for the last fifty-years.

On the night of October 9, 2025 – on the 50th Anniversary of KISS on stage at Cadillac HS...

Episode 637. No Michael this week so this show is going to suck bad! But I guess they talked about things to do in Vegas….Three Sides in Vegas…..Alice Cooper/Judas Priest tour….and Mark shares some of the very first Kiss fanzines. Yeah thats right, Mark shares something!!

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Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Su...

Episode 636. We are joined by Jason Hartless Sr. And Jason Hartless Jr who run the NUGE VAULT. They taking deep inside all the amazing things Ted Nugent fans get when they join the NUGE VAULT. Don’t worry there is plenty of KISS talk, including shared for the first time a story about a cassette tape recording Ted Nugent made of a KISS concert from the mid-70s and the song titles he wrote on the tape because he didn’t know their songs.

Seriously though… something just like the NUGE VAULT is what the KISS ARMY fan cl...

Episode 635. No Michael this week so honestly, I have no idea what these two fools talked about… I don’t want to listen to find out. Something about when and why you listen to KISS. And I guess they also talk about Nick Simmons, Sophie Simmons and Evan Stanley and what they are doing.

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Episode 634. Lots of topics this week… we start off talking about “B” level artists. This leads to discussing “KISS” and “Aucoin” related artists such as New England, Starz, Piper, Angel, Godz and why didn’t any of them break big? And finally Tommy drops a great what if… what if during the very early days of MTV KISS World Without Heroes was played? Would The Elder have been a more successful album? What if Polygram had sent all their artists videos to MTV rather than holding them back.

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Episode 633. We were going to take off this week as Mark was on vacation, but KISS announced a partnership with the video game World of Tanks and we realized we had to talk about this, share our feelings.

This appears to be an effort to expose the band to a potentially new audience and gain new fans, but… in doing so are they ignoring their longtime fans and forgetting to keep them also engaged and happy? Are they risking losing some diehard fans who eventually throw their hands up and say… I don’t care any longer.

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Episode 632. It was announced that KISS… Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss have been selected to be 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees. HOLY CRAP! Nobody saw this coming! This is a HUGE honor for the band, it could be argued this is bigger and more important than the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. We discuss our feelings and just what this means. We also speculate on who could be the musicians honoring KISS at the ceremony.

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Episode 631. We talk about two KISS products… a Hot In The Shade pin and some brand new KISS 70s costume action figures. What do you think of each item? That Hot In The Shade pin is a trainwreck, the product copy is so wrong and the pin looks like crap. But… the action figures, wow! Mark isn’t a big fan, but Michael can’t wait to buy them. One product appears someone who knows a loves KISS was involved, the other product… do they have a clue?

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Episode 630. We remember Ozzy Osbourne who passed away on July 22nd, 2025. Lisa’s husband Bryan joins Michael, Mark and Lisa as we all share our memories and stories of Ozzy.

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Episode 629. We read and react to a review of KISS Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. Boy is this reviewer spot on! But this review leads into deeper discussions of greatest hits albums, record label influence and contracts and then somehow we get into a AC/DC discussion.

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Episode 628. Lisa is back this week and we start off by catching up with her and what she has been doing. We talk about the Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning concert and our thoughts. Then we move into talking about if KISS could do something like this and who might the guest musicians be. Just another great bar room discussion.

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Episode 627. We are auditioning a possible “weather boy” and for his audition to join us he brought a great topic… what was it about KISS and how did we get get into them in the 1970s? Talk about a trip down memory lane! Stories of school, siblings, friends, monsters, wrestling, Sid & Marty Krofft and more!

Does this guy make the cut? Should we let him join the show?

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Episode 626. This week Mark and Michael sound off! Is the KISS Army fan club worth joining? $50 a year for early access to buy merchandise? Come on! Oh and celebrating the anniversary of album releases by doing nothing more than releasing some t-shirts, colored vinyl and a picture disc… that isn’t how you celebrate an anniversary. We open up… it is time for Pophouse to step up to the plate! We are ready to spend money, but you have to give us something worthwhile and of value to purchase.

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Episode 625. Groundbreaking episode… this week Mark Cicchini gets up, walks to another room, finds a collectible, brings it back, sits down and OPENS IT! And Tommy ( who is this Tommy guy? ) isn’t here to see it happen! Mark reads two 1974 reviews of the debut KISS album and both are actually quite good. Though how they describe KISS is interesting. One of them even mentions how KISS used to be Wicked Lester… remember this is a review from 1974. When did you first learn that KISS used to be Wicked Lester?

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Episode 624. It has been 10 years since Ros Radley appeared on Three Sides of the Coin saying the Magic book would be released Xmas 2015, still no updates… but lets be real, the book is not happening.

And Paul Stanley in a recent interview… Stanley told Broken Record about the Vegas event (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “ It started off as something, honestly, that Gene and I kind of took a back seat in, and, honestly, we reached a point not too far in the past where we both said, ‘You know what? This isn’t the way we want i...

Episode 623. An outstanding account of the music business, A riveting story of determination and focus, Musical teenage dream come true, Against all odds musical ups and downs, Defying logic following your heart, Climbing the musical ladder of success, Fearless journey on the road to stardom, (You won’t read about the heads of chickens being bitten off or mounds of drugs being snorted from the naked bodies of sweaty groupies. No, what you will read about on these pages is the deep and intense journey into the very heart of rock and roll and what it takes to come ou...

Episode 622. The Magic is Back! Alain Bellicha Releases ANOTHER Book… KISS at BUDOKAN!

50 years ago, KISS debuted in Japan with the release of Dressed to Kill on Victor Music. KISS’s success spread like wildfire. In March 1977, their first tour shook Japan to its core. KISS played four shows at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan in 1977, five a year later, and came back in 1988, ten years later, for two more Budokan shows, and again in 1995. That was 30 years ago this year.

KISS at Budokan is a one-of-a kind photo album: 160 pages, featuring KISS photos from the mighty...

Episode 621. We read and react to a Sounds Magazine review of the four KISS solo albums from October 14, 1978. The reviewer is Geoff Barton.

“First spins revealed that Gene Simmons’ solo LP sounded almost exactly like a Kiss platter, that Ace Frehley’s independent attempt sounded well night indistinguishable from a Kiss original, that Paul Stanley’s individual album sounded too close to a Kiss disc to be true… but that Peter Criss’ package was another jar of make up entirely.”

“Although in some ways these four may only give added weight to the old adage the whole is gre...

Episode 620. So much KISS discussion with Joey Cassata. Running through all discussion is Joey’s new book The Order of The Rose. But, we immediately get sidetracked with a 10 year look book at Ros Radley’s promised and never delivered book Magic. Along the way Joey makes a claim he is a better drummer than Eric Carr and Eric Singer (just kidding). We discuss Peter Criss’ recently announced new rock album and what does Joey know about it. A short discussion of the latest KISS Off The Soundboard release and the fast tempo shows up. This is old school Three...

Episode 619. Pyro John Watkins first appeared on Three Sides in 2019 to just share his many stories or the many bands he toured with doing pyro, including KISS on the Dynasty, Hot In The Shade and Revenge tours. Today John is back to promote his brand new book, Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am?, that he just released and you can order now on Amazon.

Order your copy at https://www.amazon.com/Dont-You-Know-Who-Think/dp/B0F6D9QVQB/ref=sr_1_1

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Episode 618. Izzy and Lisa are back this week and frankly I can’t even remember what we talked about. But I think most will agree this show sucked bad, lol!

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Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Ja...

Episode 617. Michael and Mark share their thoughts and review of the new KISS Off The Soundboard from the 1985 Asylum tour. It is great to finally have a live show with Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr. It is great to have the Asylum tour represented. We are glad to have purchased this release, but…

We only need to listen to this once and we are done. No return listens are needed. Why? Paul Stanley’s stage raps are cringeworthy. Four solos during the show, please NO! And for goodness sake, stop playing so damn fast! Slow down!

To...

Episode 615. Guitarist Jack Starr joins us to share his stories of auditioning to replace Ace Frehley. The phone calls from Bill Aucoin, his friendship with Eric Carr and playing a album Eric produced, Gene Simmons and Eric Carr coming out to see him perform with his band Virgin Steele and the advice Gene gave him.

Get Jack Starr’s new album Out Of The Darkness Part II at http://smarturl.it/jackstarr

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Episode 616. The private KISS collection of John Humphrey, best known as the drummer for Seether is being auctioned by Backstage Auctions. John joins Tommy and Mark to talk about his collection and why he is selling it. In KISS inner circles, John is regarded as one of the key memorabilia collectors, often appearing in podcasts and cited in reference materials.

Visit https://www.backstageauctions.com/catalog/auction_list.php?traitlist&traitunid=781

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Episode 614. CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF KISS ARMY WITH THE HOTTEST FAN FESTIVAL LAS VEGAS HAS EVER SEEN

We have some questions and we have some updates. But, where are Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer? Who is in KISS?

50 years ago in Terre Haute, Indiana, a small group of fans lit the spark that would become the loudest and proudest fan movement in rock history: the KISS Army. Now, five decades later — and 30 years since the first official KISS Convention — we’re cranking it up to 11 in Las Vegas for the ultimate celebration. On November 14–16 Virgin Hotel Las Vega...

Episode 613. Mark is primed and ready, we put a quarter in him and let him go. Plus, updates on the ever changing KISS Asylum tour Off The Soundboard… where you can purchase the CD and the merch featuring only Gene and Paul are pulled. Pophouse is listening and reacting.

Purchase the CD at: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICY-80591

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Episode 612. Mark talks all about his trip to Las Vegas, hanging to some longtime KISS friends, seeing Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer and Bruce Kulick. And… he answers and we discuss the new KISS Asylum Off The Soundboard… will there be a CD version? Will there be black vinyl? Why are Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr not on the merchandise? If you aren’t afraid of the truth give this a listen, you may learn something new.

Note, since this was recorded the OTS exclusive bundle on KISSonline has sold out. And, you can purchase a CD of the re...

Episode 611. Sebastian Bach joins Three Sides of the Coin this week and what great conversation! It is all KISS, with a little Van Halen thrown in. Baz starts by showing us one of his Gene Simmons Gargoyles. He shares many stories, including how Gene called him to be in a film called Crash and how Baz went out to Gene’s house to see him. He also shares something that Steve Vai told him… that when he was 15 Steve went to see KISS live in Amityville, NY and that Steve said he filmed the entire performance and the tape is s...

Episode 610. This week we discuss the Dressed To Kill NYC audio tour.

COMING SOON! DRESSED TO KILL 50TH ANNIVERSARY: BRAND NEW KISS AUDIO TOUR IN NEW YORK AND ONLINE On March 22nd, KISS will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their iconic Dressed To Kill album in New York City with a never before heard audio tour. A brand new audio tour will be released on Kissonline.com, which takes you on a tour of the relationship New York has with the band.

Packed with exclusive interviews from Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Bob Gruen...

Episode 609. Our reaction to the new KISS Strutter gold records… holy crap! $50,000 for a solid gold records. We didn’t see this one coming!

KISS, proudly present “Strutter” on a limited-edition, playable gold records in honor of 50 years of the single available now. KISS partners with Precious Sound to produce two versions—the ultra-rare Pure Gold Edition and the Gold-Plated Edition.

As the ultimate KISS precious metal collectible, the world’s first-ever Pure Gold Edition playable disc will be limited to only 5 copies worldwide pressed from eight ounces of pure .999 24-karat gold. These 5-inch records are specific...

Episode 608. Ken Nardi is back, this time talking about his reimagined Music From The Elder. This new release is the Music From The Elder the KISS Army has always wanted to hear. This is a TRUE concept album now! Ken has expanded The Elder to two discs and he didn’t just work on the “sound”, he created new tracks, utilizing songs from releases such as KILLERS and PSYCHO CIRCUS. Ken takes us through all the amazing he work he did to create this new and vastly improved Music From The Elder.

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Episode 607. Mark takes the time this week to discuss at bit more about the cool things coming from KISS this year. Two box sets, more Off The Soundboard recordings. The machine is cranking back up are you ready for some incredibly cool and surprising releases?

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Episode 606. Javier Rueda and Mauricio Vázquez from KISS Army Spain join us to talk about their amazing book LAST KISS AT THE GARDEN, DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2023

This new book complements the one they did back in 2021: KISS DESTROYS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, 1977-2019. After more than 250 shows on their seemingly never ending final tour and on their 50th anniversary, the curtain fell for the very last time. And as we all expected it was in the city where the band was born and at the legendary Madison Square Garden.

LAST KISS AT THE GARDEN, DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2023 captures all o...

Episode 605. We react to another vintage review. This week it is a review of Music From The Elder in Sounds, reviewed by Geoff Barton. The review is very gushing with love, but it does recognize that it may result in career suicide.

Please… we do NOT want your review of The Elder, we want your reaction to this review.

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Episode 604. This week we read and react to a 1980 Sounds review of Peter Criss’ solo album Out Of Control. But… as we discuss the review and what happened , or why nothing happened, to the album and Peter Mark reveals and shares some documents from Peter’s team talking about playing live. What solo songs would Peter play live and what KISS songs would Peter play live… VERY interesting, but brings up more questions.

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Episode 603. This week we discuss a post in the Three Sides of the Coin Facebook Group

 The post is a Heavy Metal chart from Sounds magazine, May 9, 1981. Boy did it open a can of worms… so much debate about bands on this list not being heavy metal. Well, what is heavy metal? Heavy metal in the 70s and early 80s was a lot different than heavy metal today.

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Episode 602.

NME January 15, 1977

KISS Rock And Roll Over

(Casablanca Import)

MUCH, MUCH against my better nature I must admit to having had quite a laugh listening to this one. Kiss however are pushing themselves into amusingly ghastly quarters in the numbered vault.

Once considered the very crust of hopeful predictions of outlasted hasty demise, partook company with Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin and even Kim Fowley, our kultur shock heroes just refuse to go away and die. The recipe for their continuing success would be obvious: just keep pumping out...

Episode 602.

NME January 15, 1977

KISS Rock And Roll Over

(Casablanca Import)

MUCH, MUCH against my better nature I must admit to having had quite a laugh listening to this one. Kiss however are pushing themselves into amusingly ghastly quarters in the numbered vault.

Once considered the very crust of hopeful predictions of outlasted hasty demise, partook company with Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin and even Kim Fowley, our kultur shock heroes just refuse to go away and die. The recipe for their continuing success would be obvious: just keep pumping out...

Episode 601. We answer more of your questions this week. Tommy is nearly fired, again. And Lisa reveals she was filmed for an episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels that never aired.

Forget the haters, we won!

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Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead...

Episode 600. 600 episodes! This episode is spent answering as many of your questions as possible. And wow do you have some great questions!

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Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason...

Episode 599. This week is our Thanksgiving episode… Five things (KISS) we are each most thankful for.

1) Song (again, thankful for not favorite)
2) Album
3) Tour
4) Era
5) Memory

Play along and share what you are most thankful for.

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Episode 598. Mark suggested this week’s discussion… respecting the opinions of other people. We start by discussing the comments Blackie Lawless made regarding censorship at his recent NYC show. People can have different opinions and different beliefs and still get along, still be respectful. And of course this sort of behavior is nothing new to KISS fans… what era is better. What band member is better. What album is better. Discuss, but do not get aggressive and violent.

Warning… keep your political comments to yourself in the comments. If you get into political discussions… your a** is grass and...

Episode 597. Idolator recently shared a new story titled, KISS Finally Admits The Truth About Their Band Name + Other Secret Facts Most Fans Don’t Know.

We went through this list so see if there were any secret facts we didn’t know. Sorry, but most of this article is filled with “duh!” moments. But join us and let us know if you learned anything new, any secrets you didn’t know.

Read: https://www.idolator.com/7934789/forgotten-facts-from-the-early-days-kiss-5

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Episode 596. We discuss Creem Magazine’s review of Rock N Roll Over… you need to sit through seven paragraphs of “what the hell is he talking about” before we get to the actually album review, but it is worth it! KISS –

Rock And Roll Over by Billy Altman Creem Magazine Feb 1977

In the last few years we’ve seen the notion of image stretched beyond belief, because most of our biggest stars turn out to be all too ordinary offstage and off the record. If pop music reflects the times, and it usually does, then we’re all in...

Episode 596. We discuss Creem Magazine’s review of Rock N Roll Over… you need to sit through seven paragraphs of “what the hell is he talking about” before we get to the actually album review, but it is worth it! KISS –

Rock And Roll Over by Billy Altman Creem Magazine Feb 1977

In the last few years we’ve seen the notion of image stretched beyond belief, because most of our biggest stars turn out to be all too ordinary offstage and off the record. If pop music reflects the times, and it usually does, then we’re all in...

Episode 595. Ken Nardi, known on YouTube as FranKENstein, brings his passion to Three Sides of the Coin to discuss his Hotter Than Hell fan remix. Why he did it? How he did it? What other projects is he working on?

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Episode 594. What the f is wrong with some of you people? Do you understand just how foolish you look when you comment on an episode and you haven’t listened to it first? When you react based on how someone else is reacting? When you offer your opinion of a show that you didn’t listen to, your opinion is garbage. Everything you say is worthless. So let’s clear up all the BS lies about last week’s show. We lay it all out, full transparency, about what REALLY happened and who was involved.

Oh lets remind s...

Episode 593. It’s only Mark and Tommy this week… they discuss where did the live albums go? Why do bands no longer release them and Mark updates on Pop House. The best part is Mark compares Eric Singer to Eric Carr saying Eric Carr was no where near the quality of a drummer that Eric Singer is.

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Episode 592. The family is here… Michael, Mark, Tommy and Izzy! We discuss the new KISS Destroyer vinyl box set that sells for nearly $1000! This leads to a discussion on the “return” of CDs and Vinyl and finally a look at how streaming services pay artists or don’t pay artists and record deals and why artists need to understand their record label deal and how the money flows.

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Episode 591. Food Preferences and Izzy’s Eating Habits The team discussed their personal preferences for food, particularly focusing on the McRib and Izzy’s eating habits. They shared their experiences and opinions about the McRib, with some members expressing their love for it and others criticizing it as not being real meat. They also discussed Izzy’s eating habits, with some members recalling an instance where he struggled to finish a large steak. The team also shared their amusement at Izzy’s comedy bits and his interactions with Liz. The conversation ended with a light-hearted discussion about their food preferen...

Episode 590. This week Lisa is back AND Izzy joins us to audition to maybe replace Tommy Sommers. As part of his audition Izzy thought doing a short comedy routine would help, did it? What do you think? Is Izzy ready to get called up to the big leagues? You have to let us know… does Izzy make the cut?

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Episode 589. We talk about Mark Cicchini being on the show for 10 years. What is your favorite Mark moment or quote? Mike talks about how 3 of his 5 all time favorite bands are essentially no more… KISS, ELO and Molly Hatchet. We are reaching a point where you can no longer count on your favorite bands being there every year with another tour and another album. Hard to imagine.

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Episode 587. We go back to October 1979 and read and react to the Creem Magazine review of Dynasty…

“We had some good times, but now they’re gone. So long,.” —Ace Frehley, “Save Your Love”

So long, Ace, it’s been good to know ya.

And, uncool as it may be for someone my age to admit it, y’know, five years ago I held high hopes that you guys would ultimatey transform yourselves into the great American white (faces) rock ’n’ roll hope. But hey, Ace, the Ramones now have that title—and they don’t even wear mak...

Episode 587. We go back to July 1976 and read and react to the Creem Magazine review of Destroyer…

After three near-perfect studio albums and an excellent live summing-up LP that finally put them in the platinum, Kiss have pulled an abrupt change in direction that goes over about as well as a lead Buckinghams.

As the prime purveyors of desensitized stupidity in the twilight of the behavioral sink, Kiss could not be matched. Their 70s treatments of Chuck Berry succeeded where others of the same “mentality” fell short because they alone had a true insight into the re...

Episode 586. We want you to play along with us this week… KISS Albums Either You Love It or Hate It, Greatest Album of All Time, Overlooked Masterpiece, Mental Breakdown, Which Divides Fandom. Let’s hear from you!

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Episode 585. Well we had an entirely different topic planned for this week, but conversations take on a life of their own. We comment on the recent Unpopular KISS Opinions which exploded and completely took over the Three Sides Facebook group. This lead into discussing a couple unpopular opinions about the Elder. Which in turn led into us discussing the reality of being a fan when the Elder was released. What it was like. Could anything have saved the Elder? Short answer… no! It was a mistake to record, but without it we would have never gotten Creatures of the Ni...

Episode 584. We are sure you will have some comments about this episode. We share our unpopular KISS opinions. Opinions that we believe, but are sure to cause other fans to yell and scream at us.

Play along this week… what are your unpopular KISS opinions?

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Episode 582. Steve Stierwalt joins us this week and we talk about the very beginning of KISS on the internet as Steve was there when it all started with his website KISS Freaks. Steve shares stories and insight into putting on the Indy KISS Expos. How much money does it take to put together and make a KISS expo happen? How did Steve’s online store KISS Army Warehouse get started, how did he end up acquiring the inventory from KISS Museum.

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Episode 582. KISS join a very small and elite group of artists who have a song with over one billion streams on Spotify. I Was Made For Lovin’ You from the album Dynasty has been streamed over one billion times!

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Episode 581. We are joined by guitarist Jason Hook this week. Jason updates on his new band Flat Black, their new album will be released on July 19th. But… we talk all KISS with Jason, who is a HUGE KISS fan. Jason shares his feelings and thoughts on the end of KISS and the upcoming avatars. We also discuss our five favorite KISS albums and our two least favorite albums.

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Episode 580. Recently Peter Arquette announced he was shutting down his long running and respected KISS collectibles store KISS Museum. He sold the inventory to KISSArmyWarehouse.com and is retiring. Why now, why is he retiring. What is he going to do now. What about the future of KISS expos. Is he planning to do any expos in the future.

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Episode 579. One of the premier showmen in rock, Carmine Appice became known worldwide for his astonishing live performances, in addition to becoming a highly sought-after session drummer, recording with countless artists throughout his career. In ‘76, he joined Rod Stewart‘s band, touring, recording and writing two of Stewart‘s biggest hits, “Do Ya Think I‘m Sexy’ and “Young Turks.’ He left Stewart to record his first solo album, “Rockers’, and tour Japan and North America with an allstar band. . In the early 80’s, he toured with OZZY Osborne ,Ted Nugent . In the mid 80’s, he formed King Kobra for two Capitol albums a...

Episode 578. Another Mark fan boy episode this week! Guitarist Pat Travers sits down with us this week. Yes Pat does have some KISS stories to share, talks about Doc McGhee managing his career even lets us in on the one song he wishes he had recorded and why! Pat talks about working with Carmine Appice on the new Cactus album that is out now and shares the news that he is starting to work on a new Pat Travers album.

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Episode 577. We check out a radio station playlist from 1975, wow what a variety of great songs! This is what is called AM Gold.

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Episode 576. This episode we track down Ace Frehley’s DeLorean that he made famous in the song Rock Soldiers. The DeLorean is fully restored and lives in Florida. Robert Gadocha from ClassicDMC.com is the owner and also a HUGE KISS fan. He says how he found the DeLorean and restoration that went into the vehicle. He shares the history of the car, items he found in the car and a couple interesting modifications that Ace made to the car when he owned it.

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Episode 575. In a recent interview Ace Frehley stated he talked his label out of releasing a live Ace Frehley album and instead talked them into doing a third Origins cover album. So our question to you… what would you rather have, a live Ace Frehley album or another album of cover songs?

Read: https://guitar.com/news/music-news/ace-frehley-talked-label-out-of-doing-live-album/

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Is Gene Simmons…
Why does the band KISS…

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Episode 574. In this episode we take a look at some of things people are Googling about KISS.

Is the band KISS…
Is Gene Simmons…
Why does the band KISS…

We end up discussing what to expect from KISS in 2024 and why it will probably be a very quiet year for KISS.

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Episode 573. This week we go off track before even getting to our topic. But, we end up talking about Ace Frehley’s new set list for his solo shows and frankly how disappointing it is. We then move into Gene Simmons solo set list. Then we share our thoughts on the new Motley Crue single. And we end with a discussion about what we are listening to right now and are we now listening to more or less KISS music since the tour ended.

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Episode 572. Pat Fant joins us to discuss how he created the KISS Kasket and what happened to the Kasket. Pat also talks about his new documentary Runaway Radio about his time leading the radio station KLOL in Houston, TX. We talk about the state of radio and the changes that have occurred in radio.

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Episode 571. One email is the focus of this week’s episode, see below. Why does anyone care what someone else likes or doesn’t like? Why do you attack people with different views? Why would you think you are going to change the minds of anyone with a message like this?

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Episode 570. Guests are Tim Kletti of Arch Allies, Michael Schneider of Hairball and Dave Moody of Hairball. Four friends sit down and talk about the magic of KISS. We also talk about Dave’s hair starting on fire when he was dressed up like Gene Simmons, the music industry and insight from 50 years of being a KISS fan. This is a great roundtable discussion where you don’t have to deal with Mark or Michael. It’s worth tuning in just for that. Welcome to the new era of Tommy Sommers presents Three Sides of the Coin.

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Episode 569. Another long unopened box of KISS stuff today, what do we find? Some more “action figures”, a blow up KISS chair and a bunch of KISS VHS tapes… some original commercial tapes such as KISS Meets the Phantom and Animalize Live Uncensored and some white label promotional video tapes. We also find a 1994 book that is a directory to the internet so we look up KISS, the results were not what we expected.

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Episode 568. Mark asks an interesting question… how come Aerosmith and KISS have similar merchandise? Is Aerosmith copying KISS? No, the truth is both bands are with the same merchandise company, Bravado. We spend time talking about how merchandise companies will use the same merchandise ideas across many bands.

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Episode 567. Before heading to court, Lisa joins us to review the new Glamlite KISS Makeup and wow, pretty impressive! After her quick review we do a Hit and Run show, you ask us the questions and we answer them.

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Episode 566. Uffda, $900 for the vinyl edition of the Creatures of the Night box set! What are they thinking? Were they even thinking? This new edition has EXACTLY the same content as the previous box set, but instead of CDs it comes on vinyl. And they think we are just going to open up our wallets and pay nearly $1000! Well we aren’t cracking open our wallet for this. It is time Universal talks to some KISS fans about what we would have purchased because it really seems the label is completely out of touch.

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Episode 565. Mark Cicchini is not silent this week! He pulls out his notes and give us his review of the new Ace Frehley album 10,000 Volts. Michael adds a little and Tommy takes a nap.

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Episode 564. Steve Brown and Joey Cassata join us to talk about the new Ace Frehley album 10,000 Volts. So much discussed about how this new album happened and who was involved. What were the two things Ace insisted be on the album? Were other cover tunes discussed? Who wrote the songs? Who played on the album? The album production and recording process. What about another Ace Frehley Origins album? Oh yeah and are there any future plans for Steve’s band Tokyo Motor Fist?

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Episode 563. This week is another trip into Michael’s garage to open a box of KISS stuff that has been in storage for decades… what do we find? This week it is a nice little goldmine as we find the original KISS Viewmaster reels, some unopened series one and two KISS trading cards and a full set of KISS Rockstics Puffy Stickers and a lot more! Can you help us identify what tour the KISS condom pack from Winterland was sold on?

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Episode 562. We are joined by Frank Novinec and Wayne Lozinak from Hatebreed, both a HUGE KISS fans. We try to dig into their minds and what do they as musicians think about avatars, holograms, tribute bands and backing tracks. Would they turn Hatebreed into avatars? Really amazing discussion where we learn what professional musicians think of all of this!

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Episode 561. Martin Popoff joins to discuss his book KISS At 50. This richly illustrated book pays tribute to the band on the occasion of their 50th anniversary by curating and examining the 50 most significant milestones. We discuss a number of milestones Martin selected. Do you agree with Martin’s picks?

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Episode 560. Julian Gill is back this week as we discuss a poll from the KISSfaq message board about the worst business decision KISS has made in their career. Frankly most of the examples listed in the poll aren’t even business decisions and they also made money for the made… so how can that be a bad decision?

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Episode 560. Julian Gill is back this week as we discuss a poll from the KISSfaq message board about the worst business decision KISS has made in their career. Frankly most of the examples listed in the poll aren’t even business decisions and they also made money for the made… so how can that be a bad decision?

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Episode 559. No Mark this week so Mike and Tommy dive into another moving box filled with KISS stuff. This week we find a bunch of KISS lunch boxes along with a mint condition original KISS lunch with thermos.

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Episode 558. We open another box of KISS collectibles that has been in storage for decades… what do we find? Some original items from the 70s and some one of a kind, personal items from the band. Mark also breaks down and opens two of his own boxes to show us some of his collectibles.

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Episode 557. John Jeffrey from Buffalo Rock City is back to talk about his new KISS tribute CD. We also talk about how as a member of a KISS tribute band he approaches picking the setlist for a live show vs picking the song list for a tribute CD.

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Episode 556. Tommy, Mark and Lisa talk about attending Eddie Trunk’s 40th anniversary party in Las Vegas.

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Episode 555. There simply is not a lot that we know about the avatars, but we talk about how we felt the moment they were revealed at the last KISS show. We speculate on the future of the avatars. What could be exciting about the avatars. Who the avatars are really for.

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Episode 555. There simply is not a lot that we know about the avatars, but we talk about how we felt the moment they were revealed at the last KISS show. We speculate on the future of the avatars. What could be exciting about the avatars. Who the avatars are really for.

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Episode 554. This is it! The Three Sides of the Coin KISS End of the Road Final Show review and discussion! This episode focuses only on the final show and not the New Era of KISS introduction, that will be in the next show. Tommy, Mark and Lisa were in NYC for the show, Michael watched it on PPV. You will get all of our honest reactions to what we saw… some of it great, some of it not so great. We talk about interviews and the show. Did any of us get emotional and shed a tear? What was mi...

Episode 553. Craig Gass is back reminding everyone of his upcoming shows in NYC just before and just after the final two KISS shows at Madison Square Garden. You can get info on these shows at GetGass.com. Besides more of his great impressions of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Craig shares stories about Adam Sandler and Kevin James.

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Episode 552. Dave Ellefson, former bass player of Megadeth, joins us this week to take about his love for KISS and growing up a KISS in Minnesota.

From humble farm roots in rural Minnesota, David Ellefson has come a long way, literally and figuratively, to conquering stages around the World as bassist of thrash metal titans MEGADETH. Revered for his unique, hard-hitting playing style, and unwavering dedication to his musical craft, Ellefson has woven a vast professional tapesty as a bassist, songwriter, record producer, clinician and author. As a member of MEGADETH, he has been awarded 10 Grammy nominations...

Episode 551. Fascinating interview this week with legendary producer Tom Werman. Tom starts by taking us back to working with Wicked Lester and then the performance when KISS auditioned for Epic Records and what his bosses response was. We then move on to many of the bands he produced, hearing some amazing stories!

As an A&R man at Epic Records, Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and Cheap Trick; he also discovered KISS, Rush, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, but his record label passed on all of them. Then, as an independent producer, he...

Episode 550. In February 1999 while running KISSONLINE.com Michael Brandvold interviewed producer Bruce Fairbairn about his work on KISS Psycho Circus. The entire interview was at one time available on KISSONLINE, but has long since been deleted. Michael wasn’t sure he still had the original interview. How appropriate that shortly after the 25th anniversary of the release of Psycho Circus Michael found the original interview stored in a box. Sadly Bruce passed away just a few months after this interview was conducted. Here is the entire interview, unedited.

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Episode 549. It is always a blast when comedian Craig Gass joins us, we are treated to a free Craig Gass performance. Craig talks about his upcoming very special KISS themed comedy shows. You can get info on these shows at GetGass.com.

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Episode 548. What a honor to have legendary drummer Roger Earl, from Foghat, join us this week. Mark is in full fan boy mode by the way. Roger talks about the new Foghat album Sonic Mojo that releases November 10th, he talks drumming and drummers, he talks about some of the classic Foghat albums and talks about KISS. Mark really pulls the minutia out of Roger!

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Episode 547. There has been so much love for the episodes where we open up Michael’s boxes of collectibles that we continue. This week Michael randomly picks another box from the garage and opens it up and goes through everything that is inside… sort of a KISS grab bag. What do we find!

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Episode 546. Tommy Sommers shares an amazing story of how he just by chance discovered some KISS artwork he drew in 1978 at a local collectibles store. He shares that he drew this art to promote a KISS “concert” he and some friends were putting on in their neighborhood. The memories, the experiences, the happiness that KISS have brought to so many of us is something we should all remember and never be afraid to share with others.

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