Posts tagged "Kiss"
Blerd Radio 2016 | Episode 2: Blerd Radio Comes Alive!

Blerd Radio 2016 | Episode 2: Blerd Radio Comes Alive!

The Blerd Radio panel discusses their favorite live albums in a brand new podcast!

Prince "Stare"s In His Rear View With New Single

Prince “Stare”s In His Rear View With New Single

The always-confounding Prince has just released a new single called “Stare”.

Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 6 : More Nostalgia; Exploring The Reissue Theory

Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 6 : More Nostalgia; Exploring The Reissue Theory

I bet you can’t wait until the deluxe reissue of this podcast, coming your way in 2035. With bonus footage!

Blerd Radio 2013 | Episde 20: Jann Wenner Can Bite Me (Part 1)

Blerd Radio 2013 | Episde 20: Jann Wenner Can Bite Me (Part 1)

The potential class for the Rock Hall in 2014 is a doozy…and the Blerd Radio team is talking about it.

New Release Report 10/9/12: Potpourri (Latest Version)

New Release Report 10/9/12: Potpourri (Latest Version)

Albums by KISS, The Wallflowers and Meshell Ndegeocello cover the landscape of this week’s new releases? Check out the complete list!

Spin Cycle: Kiss, Destroyer [Resurrected]

Spin Cycle: Kiss, Destroyer [Resurrected]

Do you remember the first full-length LP you ever bought? Mine was Kiss’ Destroyer, which I purchased in 1976 at the ripe old age of 10. I got it at the Post Exchange and then waited for my dad to come home from work so that I could listen to it on his 4 channel system rather than the portable turntable my sister and I normally used (and by portable, I mean it folded up into the size of a […]

Spin Cycle: The Darkness, Hot Cakes

Spin Cycle: The Darkness, Hot Cakes

Almost a decade after Permission to Land and “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”, The Darkness once again rock out with their collective cock out. Popblerd reviews “Hot Cakes”.

The Singles Bar: Kiss, "Hell or Hallelujah"

The Singles Bar: Kiss, “Hell or Hallelujah”

KISS is back with a new single! Check out the lyric video and let us know what you think!

Moonlighting: “Why The Hell Should I Like…Kiss?” (The Rebuttal)

So far, the “Why The Hell Should I Like?” series done in collaboration with The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (which is now boasting a nifty new design) has worked out very well. Additionally, it is now seasonably appropriate to wear flannel, so it ties together better this time of year. He got me to listen to (and appreciate) Rush , there’s still a few Field Music songs to check out, and I think I may have turned Mr. Suit into a Tribe Called Quest fan. My powers of persuasion are legendary-well, […]

Why the Hell Should I Like… Kiss?

“Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and  The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit . What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite artists — one for which the other has professed dislike or disinterest — and show them why they’re wrong.   This is both the easiest and yet hardest Why the Hell Should I Like piece I’ve written yet. Easy because Kiss was my first musical love, and I’ve been […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary MTV!! The Top 50 Videos of the Eighties

Turns out that the revolution WOULD be televised. The musical revolution, that is. On August 1st, 1981, MTV was launched. It was the first TV channel to devote itself exclusively to music videos. When it debuted (with The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”), I don’t think anyone had the slightest idea that MTV would turn into the cultural phenomenon it became.  Within a few short years, the video age began. The era of the faceless, unphotogenic rock star was […]

Award Show Sundays: What the Deuce?

I can’t say that I’m the biggest fan of KISS in the history of the world, but I certainly respect their place in rock history. I also give props to Gene Simmons for building such an empire out of…well, mediocrity. Come on, let’s be serious. Not great songwriters, not great musicians. Excellent live performers. Excellent marketers with tons of kid appeal. There’s a reason that just about every rock musician sites them as an early influence, and a reason that […]