Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Kiss yakanga iri pamwero wayo mukuru wokutengeserana muna 1978. Alive II yaiva album yechina yepuratini yebhendi mumakore asingasviki maviri, uye rwendo rwakatevera rwaiva nehuwandu hwepamusoro hwekupinda (13,550) munhoroondo yeboka. Mukuwedzera, mari yose yaKiss ya1977 yaiva $10.2 mamiriyoni. Boka racho, pamwe chete nemaneja Aucoin, vakatsvaka kutora boka racho kune rimwe danho rinotevera rekuzivikanwa. Nokuda kwechinangwa ichocho, zano rine vavariro huru, rine mativi maviri rakagadzirirwa 1978. Rutivi rwokutanga rwakabatanidza kubudiswa panguva imwe chete kwamaalbhamana mana evanhu voga voga kubva kumitezo yeKiss. Kunyange zvazvo Kiss akataura kuti solo albums dzaiva nechinangwa chokuderedza kukakavadzana kunowedzera mukati mebhendi, chibvumirano chavo chekurekodha cha1976 chakadaidzira zvinyorwa zvina zvega, uye mumwe nomumwe wavo achiverengwa sehafu yealbum kune chikwata chechishanu chekurekodha. Album imwe neimwe yaive yekuedza kwega (hapana rimwe reboka rakaonekwa pane rimwe dambarefu), uye ese akaburitswa uye kutengeswa seKiss maalbum (ane akafanana kavha mifananidzo uye maposita ekuisa). Yakanga iri nguva yokutanga kuti nhengo dzose dzazvino dzeboka rematombo dzakanga dzasunungura ma-albhamu ega ega pazuva rimwe chete. Kune nhengo dzeboka, yaive mukana wekuratidza maitiro avo emimhanzi uye zvavanofarira kunze kweKiss, uye mune zvimwe zviitiko kubatana nevanyori vemazuva ano. Stanley naFrehley's albums vakanga vakafanana zvikuru neKiss' hard rock style, apo Criss' album yakaratidza R&B style ine ballads dzakawanda. Simmons' ndiyo yakanga yakasiyana-siyana zvikuru pane ina, ine dombo rakaoma, ballads, Beatles-yakafuridzirwa pop uye yakafukidzwa ye "Kana Iwe Uchida Pamusoro peNyeredzi" kubva mufirimu reDisney Pinocchio. Vakawanda vakabatana naSimmons vaisanganisira Joe Perry weAerosmith, Rick Nielsen weCheap Trick, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter weDoobie Brothers, Donna Summer, Janis Ian, Helen Reddy, Bob Seger, Katey Sagal uye musikana wake Cher.  Mubvunzo: Joe Perry ndeweboka ripi?
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