A 1974 KISS Debut Album Review… Part of the New Wave of Ultra-Commercial, Almost Pop, Hard Rock

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 […]

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… […]