Bands who have opened up for KISS at one time or another...

[Alan Kazam]

Bon Jovi, Bob Seger, John Cougar, Rush, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, ACDC,
Motley Crue, Scorpions, Winger, Styx, Sammy Hagar, Loverboy, Iron
Maiden, Night Ranger, Great White, Queensryche, Krokus, Dokken, White
Lion, Trixter, Loverboy, Slaughter, Skid Row, Nickelback, Alice in
Chains, Smashing Pumpkins

Pretty Impressive list. Are there any notables I left out?

[FVH]

Hi, Gene!

Hi, Killer! Hope you enjoyed reading this post!
FVH
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[lab~rat >:-)]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:38:52 -0700 (PDT), Alan Kazam
<alans...@gmail.com> puked:

Nantucket?
Buckcherry?
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Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

[Tito, King Of The Streets]

Trixter was totally fucking rad in '92.

[Alan Kazam]

On Mar 31, 12:42 am, "Tito, King Of The Streets"

BOC, of course. I also remember seeing White Lion open for Ace in
Detroit and Warrant opened for PAul Stanley there too.

[Triple H No.1 Fan]

when i saw KISS in '90 Danger Danger opened ... and they have had Judas
Priest as openers also

[TheChris]

h3fo...@webtv.net (Triple H No.1 Fan) wrote in
news:26573-4D98...@baytvnwsxa001.msntv.msn.com:

> when i saw KISS in '90 Danger Danger opened ... and they have had Judas
> Priest as openers also
>
>

I saw Black and Blue in the 80's - I think The Plasmatics once too - what a
freakin' hot bill that was!

[Alan Kazam]

On Apr 3, 7:13 pm, TheChris <cab...@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:
> h3fore...@webtv.net (Triple H No.1 Fan) wrote innews:26573-4D98...@baytvnwsxa001.msntv.msn.com:

>
> > when i saw KISS in '90 Danger Danger opened ... and they have had Judas
> > Priest as openers also
>
> I saw Black and Blue in the 80's - I think The Plasmatics once too - what a
> freakin' hot bill that was!

LUVVV Black n Blue...that is one 80s band that really should have made
it and never did.

I saw the Plasmatics open for KISS too, during the COTN tour. And on
the "Animalize" tour I saw WASP open for them in Lansing, MI.

[vsche...@gmail.com]

Plasmatics

[gfad...@gmail.com]

I saw them with Anthrax in Rapid City, SD.

[gba...@live.com]

You forgot Rush.

[TheChris]

gba...@live.com wrote in news:35153f76-bad1-466c-865f-18b4d7fe2da0
@googlegroups.com:

Every rock band opened for Kiss. There was once a magazine that had
Simmons rate the 'newer' bands of the day (1985-ish). Pretty much every
story started with him telling which tour they took them out on.

[Captai...@aol.com]

Van Halen opened for them.

[annasc...@gmail.com]

Was vixen ever an opening act for kiss?

[annasc...@gmail.com]

[at]

annaschmitz75 wrote:
>Was vixen ever an opening act for kiss?

8 times according to the book Kiss Alive Forever.

[dyingfetu...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 9:40:27 PM UTC-6, Captai...@aol.com wrote:
> Van Halen opened for them.

van halen never opened for kiss

[kpas...@gmail.com]

Skid Row opened for them,but it wasn't the original band

[frschoonover]

On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 2:54:58 PM UTC-4, gba...@live.com wrote:

>
> You forgot Rush.

Regarding Rush, Casablanca Records turned Rush down. I read the book "And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records" by Larry Davis, who was Neil Bogart's cousin. Davis was the one who wouldn't sign Rush to Casablanca. Later on, Rush would sign a USA distribution deal with Mercury Records and the rest was history. Davis felt that their time hadn't come and that they wouldn't have taken off at the time. Oh well. Mistakes are made every day. Later on, in the early 1980's, KISS would be transferred over to Mercury Records three years after PolyGram bought out Casablanca.

[frschoonover]

On Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 4:04:23 PM UTC-4, TheChris wrote:

> >
>
> Every rock band opened for Kiss. There was once a magazine that had
> Simmons rate the 'newer' bands of the day (1985-ish). Pretty much every
> story started with him telling which tour they took them out on.

I remember that. I remember buying that magazine issue just for that. I also remember that he also shared his personal feelings about the bands on whether he liked, loved or didn't like or love. I also remember reading on Twisted Sister that he didn't have a problem with them, but that they had a problem with KISS. Gene also stated that in every interview, Twisted Sister talked about them, even going as far as a few of the members of Twisted Sister stating that they were once in KISS. Gene remarked saying that they wished that he would let them know so he could pay them their back royalties. He did say that their stuff was credible.

[TheChris]

frschoonover <frscho...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:190c7826-350d-4008-
8daa-a83...@googlegroups.com:

>
> I remember that. I remember buying that magazine issue just for that.
I also remember that he also shared his personal feelings about the
bands on whether he liked, loved or didn't like or love. I also remember
reading on Twisted Sister that he didn't have a problem with them, but
that they had a problem with KISS. Gene also stated that in every
interview, Twisted Sister talked about them, even going as far as a few
of the members of Twisted Sister stating that they were once in KISS.
Gene remarked saying that they wished that he would let them know so he
could pay them their back royalties. He did say that their stuff was
credible.
>

Correct - I remember him liking Accept - saying they had a good image.
That was really his whole angle, if a band had a good visual or image
hook, he liked them. I agreed with much of it, but, now I realize,
music was always secondary to him - it was product.

It's funny how we can remember these crazy magazine stories from 35
years ago! :)

[kiss...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 10:40:27 PM UTC-5, Captai...@aol.com wrote:
> Van Halen opened for them.

WRONG...

[kiss...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 2:08:03 AM UTC-4, annasc...@gmail.com wrote:
> Was vixen ever an opening act for kiss?

Yes.

[kiss...@gmail.com]

Dee Snider has stated on more than one occasion that Jay Jay French was in Wicked Lester, the pre-KISS band, but Paul Stanley says no, he only auditioned. I brought this up once somewhere, Jay Jay saw it, and got pissed off about it, saying he never claimed he was in the band, and he's tired of being accused of saying he was. I then shot back at him, saying I didn't say HE claimed it, DEE did! I then sent him a link to a video on YouTube (cued to the exact moment) where Dee said it while Jay Jay was sitting right there, and never denied it.

[kiss...@gmail.com]

Ted Nugent has opened more shows for KISS than anyone else. Other notables include Blue Oyster Cult/Johnny Winter/Edgar Winter/.38 Special (August 29, 1976), Anthrax (March, 1988), Poison (2004), Black Sabbath (South America, 1994), Pantera (March, 1997), Rammstein (April, 1999), Red Hot Chili Peppers (KROQ Weenie Roast, 1996), Santana (May 17, 2003), Thin Lizzy (Australia, 2013), Montrose (August 20, 1976), J. Geils Band (July 10, 1976), UFO (July 21, 1976), Kansas (July 23, 1976), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (November 30, 1976), Dr. Hook (1976), Uriah Heep (1976), Piper (Billy Squier, December 1977), Sweet (June 19, 1979), Zebra (February 14, 1983), Molly Hatchet (March 1, 1983), Helix (late '83), Pat Travers (late '83), Accept (early '84), W.A.S.P. (March, 1985 and Jan.-Feb. 1986), David Lee Roth/Megadeth/Guns N' Roses (August 20, 1988), Faster Pussycat (May, 1990 and October, 1992), Fleetwood Mac (circa 1994-95), Lita Ford (circa 1994-95), The Melvins (July, 1996), Rage Against the Machine (July 5, 1997)

[TheChris]

You are correct on all accounts... I remember him liking Accept. He said
they were going to happen faster than anybody will believe.

And yeah, all of the JJ/Wicked Lester stuff. Who'd want owe up to being
in that band! :)


kiss...@gmail.com wrote in news:4505389f-431a-417a-814c-baf76088f380
@googlegroups.com:

[merv...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 6:38:52 PM UTC-7, Alan Kazam wrote:
> Bon Jovi, Bob Seger, John Cougar, Rush, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, ACDC,
> Motley Crue, Scorpions, Winger, Styx, Sammy Hagar, Loverboy, Iron
> Maiden, Night Ranger, Great White, Queensryche, Krokus, Dokken, White
> Lion, Trixter, Loverboy, Slaughter, Skid Row, Nickelback, Alice in
> Chains, Smashing Pumpkins
>
> Pretty Impressive list. Are there any notables I left out?

WASP!

[terrib...@gmail.com]

I opened for KISS once in Vancouver, I was originally thrown off the bill due to a conflict with the Scorpions (I believe Doc managed them too at the time, that or word got around) Anyway, I was replaced by Nickleback, I was signed to Nikki Sixx's label at the time and he knew how much it meant to me, so he asked Gene again and I was added for 15 minutes set before Nickleback, joke was on me though because it was also before they OPENED THE DOORS! The glory of rock...

[cmta...@yahoo.com]

BTO

[Donal Finn]

On Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 6:38:52 PM UTC-7, Alan Kazam wrote:
> Bon Jovi, Bob Seger, John Cougar, Rush, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, ACDC,
> Motley Crue, Scorpions, Winger, Styx, Sammy Hagar, Loverboy, Iron
> Maiden, Night Ranger, Great White, Queensryche, Krokus, Dokken, White
> Lion, Trixter, Loverboy, Slaughter, Skid Row, Nickelback, Alice in
> Chains, Smashing Pumpkins
>
> Pretty Impressive list. Are there any notables I left out?

There you go! Hey! On that Legendary show of shows I would have given my left nut to be at:

KISS, The New York Dolls, and Iggy and The Stooges....didn't Teenage Lust open that show?

I guess KISS played under the Dolls and Iggy, but it's worth mentioning as to me it's the greatest bill of all-time, and hard to believe it actually happened.

Oh! Don't forget Smashing Punpkins, Flash Bastard, Harlots of 42nd street, Street Punk...

[mn78...@gmail.com]

RUSH

[Donal Finn]

On Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 6:38:52 PM UTC-7, Alan Kazam wrote:
> Bon Jovi, Bob Seger, John Cougar, Rush, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, ACDC,
> Motley Crue, Scorpions, Winger, Styx, Sammy Hagar, Loverboy, Iron
> Maiden, Night Ranger, Great White, Queensryche, Krokus, Dokken, White
> Lion, Trixter, Loverboy, Slaughter, Skid Row, Nickelback, Alice in
> Chains, Smashing Pumpkins
>
> Pretty Impressive list. Are there any notables I left out?

Of course! Did nobody mention them before?

Oh! And here's a good one: Degeneration, Flash Bastard, and Smashing Pumpkins (I may have mentioned them before, but I don't think anyone has mentioned Degeneration before) all opened for KISS in the 90's/2000's

I also seem to recall that The Ramones opened for KISS on a few occasions. I remember reading about it in an interview with Johnny Ramone.

Also..I can't remember if they were opening for KISS (I think they were as they were never big in North America) but I KNOW KISS played with Slade.

Oh! And here's another one with a story behind it: In 79-90 there was a "New-Wave-Glitter-Rock" band in the U.K called GIRL. Its members included future Def Leopard guitarist Phil Collen and future L.A Guns frontman Phil Lewis (What's with the "Phil's"?) They opened for KISS on The Unmasked tour (There was a European tour) The Story is this: Phil Lewis was talking to Kim Fowley during the tour. Fowley told Lewis that KISS had never been big in the U.K and he thought it would be a good idea for Girl to do the song "Do you love me" Credited to Stanley/Ezrin/Fowley/Anthony maybe Fowley thought the song could be a hit and was pissed that KISS never released it as a single? Who knows? But regardless, Fowley inexplicably talked Lewis into having Girl perform the song live while opening for KISS (What did they THINK was going to happen?) They played the song. Gene called them into the dressing room and told them not to do it again. Even MORE inexplicably they played it THE NEXT SHOW. Gene called them in again and threw them off the tour. VERY WEIRD story if you ask me, I heard Phil Lewis himself tell it, so I think it's true, but it's hard to understand the motive behind it, probably just Fowley having fun fucking with the program.

[James Teed]

Awesome! I was also at that show at the Lansing civic center. My first concert. I was in the 3rd row front and center. I will never forget that night.