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Love Gun
Love Gun is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on June 17, 1977, by Casablanca Records. Casablanca and FilmWorks shipped one million copies of the album on this date. It was certified platinum and became the band's first top 5 album on the Billboard 200. The album was remastered in 1997 and again in 2014. Love Gun is the first Kiss studio album to feature a lead vocal performance from Ace Frehley, thus making it the first to feature lead vocal performances from all four band members.
Before Love Gun was completed, a Gallup poll indicated that Kiss was the most popular band in the United States, beating Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles. On August 26, 27 and 28, 1977, Kiss recorded three shows at the LA Forum for their next release: their second live album, Alive II (1977).
Paul Stanley has said that "I Stole Your Love" "came quickly. It was influenced in some ways by the Deep Purple song 'Burn'."
The lyrics of Gene Simmons' "Christine Sixteen" have a similar theme to "Goin' Blind" from Hotter than Hell (1974); both songs involve older men lusting after underage girls. It was later sampled by Tone Loc for his 1989 hit single "Funky Cold Medina".
Ace Frehley's "Shock Me" was inspired by an event that took place during Kiss's Rock and Roll Over tour, when Frehley suffered an electric shock. On December 12, 1976, Kiss performed a concert at the Lakeland Civic Center in Lakeland, Florida. During the opening song, Frehley touched an ungrounded metal staircase railing. He was knocked backward, and the concert was delayed for 30 minutes. The show was eventually completed, and Frehley lost feeling in his hand for the remainder of the concert.
"Tomorrow and Tonight" was written to try to recapture the feeling of "Rock and Roll All Nite". A soundcheck recording of the song appears on Alive II.
The title track shares many of its lyrics with "The Hunter", originally recorded by Albert King, a derivation Stanley later acknowledged. Led Zeppelin had also borrowed from the song for "How Many More Times" on their first album. Stanley has stated that "Love Gun" is probably "one of the five signature essential songs" by Kiss and the one he enjoys performing most.
"Plaster Caster" was inspired by Cynthia Plaster Caster, a former groupie famous for casting penises of famous rock musicians, such as Jimi Hendrix.
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Love Gun
Love Gun is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on June 17, 1977, by Casablanca Records. Casablanca and FilmWorks shipped one million copies of the album on this date. It was certified platinum and became the band's first top 5 album on the Billboard 200. The album was remastered in 1997 and again in 2014. Love Gun is the first Kiss studio album to feature a lead vocal performance from Ace Frehley, thus making it the first to feature lead vocal performances from all four band members.
Before Love Gun was completed, a Gallup poll indicated that Kiss was the most popular band in the United States, beating Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles. On August 26, 27 and 28, 1977, Kiss recorded three shows at the LA Forum for their next release: their second live album, Alive II (1977).
Paul Stanley has said that "I Stole Your Love" "came quickly. It was influenced in some ways by the Deep Purple song 'Burn'."
The lyrics of Gene Simmons' "Christine Sixteen" have a similar theme to "Goin' Blind" from Hotter than Hell (1974); both songs involve older men lusting after underage girls. It was later sampled by Tone Loc for his 1989 hit single "Funky Cold Medina".
Ace Frehley's "Shock Me" was inspired by an event that took place during Kiss's Rock and Roll Over tour, when Frehley suffered an electric shock. On December 12, 1976, Kiss performed a concert at the Lakeland Civic Center in Lakeland, Florida. During the opening song, Frehley touched an ungrounded metal staircase railing. He was knocked backward, and the concert was delayed for 30 minutes. The show was eventually completed, and Frehley lost feeling in his hand for the remainder of the concert.
"Tomorrow and Tonight" was written to try to recapture the feeling of "Rock and Roll All Nite". A soundcheck recording of the song appears on Alive II.
The title track shares many of its lyrics with "The Hunter", originally recorded by Albert King, a derivation Stanley later acknowledged. Led Zeppelin had also borrowed from the song for "How Many More Times" on their first album. Stanley has stated that "Love Gun" is probably "one of the five signature essential songs" by Kiss and the one he enjoys performing most.
"Plaster Caster" was inspired by Cynthia Plaster Caster, a former groupie famous for casting penises of famous rock musicians, such as Jimi Hendrix.