Kiss

1987 · Hard Rock · Casablanca

Japan · ROOC-2011

Credits

Producer: Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise
Written by: Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann, Peter Criss
Engineer: Warren Dewey

One record at a time, and the reason for each step.

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Detroit Proto-Punk

Pull this thread and you get Michigan guitar noise from 1969 ballrooms to 1999 basements, unbroken.