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But what's the point of having all this ONCE MORE. Probably not but the demos and unreleased stuff is really good and great to hear. Fans were excited to hear that there would be demos and previously unreleased songs on it. It's expensive alright but is it really worth it.
There aren't enough unreleased songs, "Time Traveller" and "It's My Life" are pretty good but I mean it's been said often here that KISS has said they had TONS of unreleased stuff but why didn't they put them on this box set or make a box set with all of those, fans would fully have gotten their money's worth. KISS have been around for quite a long time, it's been a while since they came out in the early seventies which seem far away now and they continued since then and it doesn't seem like they're going to stop. It's for fans who don't own much but I don't see much those fans buying this pricey set the way I would see completists and hardcore fans buying a fully unreleased set of songs demos and all that. And that's what you get here the set is very well done, it looks great, the shiny KISS logo, it has five discs and an incredibly detailed booklet of 120 pages. It found the demos of "Love Gun" and "God Of Thunder" interesting, it also has the soundcheck of "I Want You". Disc 4 has the unreleased "Time Traveller" which is complete and wasn't released in the 80s, the single version of "Forever" and "Ain't That Peculiar".
Let's see.At the cost of this set you would expect something of excellent quality. They were initially supposed to stop after the farewell tour of 2000-2001 but then in 2002 they announced it wouldn't happen as planned and the band would continue. The introduction by Jeff Kittis is pretty good too.The best this set has to offer is the early demos, Wicked Lester stuff. It has detailed comments on EACH song here even the unreleased stuff and the demos which is great, mostly done by Gene and Paul but still. Disc 5 has "Got To Choose" unreleased from Unplugged, "Chilhood's End" unreleased coda, the demo for "Domino"," Nothing Can Keep Me From You" from the Detroit Rock City soundtrack, "It's My Life" unreleased song, "Shout It Out Loud" live from Greatest KISS and "Rock And Roll All Nite" live from what was the original Alive 4.The booklet that comes with the KISS box set is amazing. Disc 3 is where it gets worst: only the demo for "Radioactive", "Talk To Me" live and the demo "You're All That I Want, All That I Need". It has a lot of stuff that fans mostly have, I for instance own every single albums and therefore did not need all this even if I thought the setlist was pretty good and did justice to KISS covering every album and eras of the hottest band in the world. 3 stars.
In fact they are still active as of now. It looks great but out of the 94 songs here there are about 30 songs that have not been released before when fans expect something that's entirely new, that's never been heard before. In the end is it really worth spending this much money for this box set. After the farewell tour in late 2001 the KISS Box Set was released. There are some really great pictures with many I had never seen before, the Creatures Of The Night ones were pretty cool and the Elder one too but I liked them all. Disc 2 has more unreleased songs like "Mad Dog"(one of favourite of the whole set),"Doncha Hesitate", "Love Is Blind". Is the unreleased material good. It's sort of a disappointment on that end, but let's focus on what is here and what is not okay.The first disc is the best of the lot it has things every fan wants to hear for instance the demo to "Strutter"(with the amazing alternate solo) and some of the Wicked Lester stuff like "Keep Me Waiting(Wicked Lester),"She(Wicked Lester),""and the live "Acrobat" song which became "Love Theme Song From KISS".
Simple as: You wanted the best, you got the best. Essencial. If you belong to kissarmy you have to got it.
MY girlfriend love this product very well shipped got it earlier than expected thanks so much it made her day
It does have some really interesting live cuts, demos, and alternate takes. The problem is that the people that would buy this are Kiss fans and already have all the hits from the albums and multiple greatest hits packages over the years. I just read an interview with Gene saying that Kiss would release another box set of rarities. But for the most part it is a best of collection. This box set should have just been the rare bits and pieces. I wonder why they just didn't put everything in one set. This set is a waste for the most part.
This box set is great has demos, previously unreleased songs, live versions and of course the normal songs all on 5 disks.
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