Why does this band trigger /mu/ so much? I mean, all they did

do they trigger /mu/?

they're like ACDC to me, casual meme rock

>>72377479
Those early records are just good meat and potatoes '70s hard rock. Their unmasked stuff had a few good singles and some great guitar playing (Bruce Kulick is the best guitarist the band ever had), but was largely pretty forgettable. Everything else after is pretty garbo tbqh

Gene Simmons is a fucking literal Jew who thinks the only point in being a musician is getting laid and getting rich.

>>72377783
That literally was the only point to rock n roll before the art fags joined in.

they the greatest rock band to ever grace humanity with their presence

Good when you're fucked up but thats it

The first three albums were the best, after that they got a little too slick and poppy.

i literally cannot respect the opinion of anybody who doesn't appreciate strutter

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Dressed to Kill [Casablanca, 1975]

I feel schizy about this record. On the one hand, it rocks with a brutal, uncompromising force reminiscent of a slicked-back, heavied-up Dave Clark Five or MC5, and the songwriting is very much improved over albums one and two. On the other hand, the lyrics dimly recall the liberal fantasy of rock concert as Nuremberg rally, with sexism at its cruelest hinted at in songs such as "Room Service" and "Ladies in Waiting", a situation made all the more ominous by the band's refusal to bare the grinning faces beneath the clown makeup. That may be just the effect they intend, although for the worst of reasons. You damn well know that if they didn't have their eye set on maximum commerciality, they'd call themselves Blowjob. B-

Alive! [Casablanca, 1975]

This live album rescues from the sludge such unacknowledged hard rock classics as "Deuce" and "Strutter". There are others who feel that it is the sludge. I fall into neither category, applaud the drum solo on "Black Diamond", and take in the whole thing with bemused curiosity. The several million kids who are buying don't either. B

Destroyer [Casablanca, 1976]

Like most hard (not heavy) bands wildly favored by young teenagers (cf. Alice Cooper, BTO), these guys have always rocked harder than adults are willing to give them credit for. Pro producer Bob Ezrin however only adds bombast and melodrama. Their least interesting record. C

Rock and Roll Over [Casablanca, 1976]

Those who dismiss them as unlistenable miss the point--they write tough, catchy songs, and if they had a sly, Jagger-like singer up front, they'd be a menace. But they aren't a menace--as my sister and nieces/nephews assure me, the kids get off on the burlesque. When the cartoon superhero commands the audience to pull out their loaded gun, don't they know that this is a caricature of sex, and macho sex at that? Maybe so, but I'm not getting down on my knees to find out. C+

Meltdown [1980s]

Everything Rocks and Nothing Ever Dies [1990s]

>>72377869
Amen

They had some ok songs after the 70s, but that tightness and chemistry of the first six albums was something they never pulled off again.

>>72377552
how do u know so much about these guys

>>72378670
There's about 2-3 autists on /mu/ who know everything about KISS for some reason.