Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Kiss sun kasance a saman kasuwancin su a shekarar 1978. Alive II shi ne kundi na hudu na platinum a cikin shekaru biyu, kuma yawon shakatawa na gaba ya kasance mafi yawan yawan masu halarta (13,550) a cikin tarihin kungiyar. Bugu da kari, babban kudin shiga na Kiss na shekarar 1977 ya kai dala miliyan 10.2. Kungiyar, tare da manajan Aucoin, sun nemi ɗaukar ƙungiyar zuwa matakin gaba na shahara. Don wannan dalili, an tsara wata babbar manufa, da dabarun da aka tsara don 1978.Sashe na farko ya ƙunshi fitowar kundi guda hudu daga mambobi na Kiss. Kodayake Kiss ya yi iƙirarin cewa kundin waƙoƙin solo an yi niyya ne don sauƙaƙe tashin hankali a cikin ƙungiyar, yarjejeniyar rikodin su ta 1976 a zahiri ta buƙaci waƙoƙin solo guda huɗu, tare da kowannensu yana ƙidaya rabin kundin zuwa ga alƙawarin rikodin rukuni na biyar. Kowane kundin ya kasance ƙoƙari ne na mutum (babu ɗayan rukunin da ya bayyana a kundin wani), kuma duk an sake su kuma an tallata su azaman kundin Kiss (tare da zane-zanen murfin da takaddun talla). Wannan shi ne karo na farko da duk mambobin ƙungiyar mawaƙa na yanzu suka fito da kundin wakoki a rana ɗaya. Ga membobin ƙungiyar, dama ce ta nuna salon waƙoƙin su da abubuwan da suke so a waje da Kiss, kuma a wasu lokuta don yin aiki tare da masu zane-zane na zamani. Stanley da Frehley ta albums sun fi kama da Kiss ta wuya dutsen style, yayin da Criss ta album featured wani R & B style da mahara ballads. Simmons'shi ne mafi mahimmanci na hudu, yana nuna dutsen dutsen, ballads, Beatles-influenced pop da kuma murfin "Lokacin da kake so a kan Star" daga fim din Disney Pinocchio. Yawancin abokan aikin Simmons sun haɗa da Joe Perry na Aerosmith, Rick Nielsen na Cheap Trick, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter na Doobie Brothers, Donna Summer, Janis Ian, Helen Reddy, Bob Seger, Katey Sagal da budurwarsa ta Cher.  Tambaya: Wace ƙungiya ce ta Joe Perry?
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