(Casablanca, 1977) By 1977, KISS were on a certified hot streak. ‘Love Gun’ served as their sixth studio album and saw Ace Frehley contribute lead vocals for the first time. The Space Ace wrote “Shock Me” after being electrocuted onstage, furthering one of the most notable moments in...
"And I wasn't sure about the music either, because I thought I wanted to do something that wasn't like Black Sabbath. I was so sort of anti-heavy in a way, because the way I write a song, the way my other friends who are guitar players, the way they wrote songs, it wasn'...
“All that alternative stuff really propelled us into 'Far Beyond Driven,'” Drummer Vinnie Paul told ‘Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal,’“Before we even wrote a note we went, ‘This album has to be the most over-the-top metal record ever made.’ After ‘Vulgar ...
‘Forbidden’ marked the final Black Sabbath album of the otherwise criminally underrated Tony Martin era and if there was any way to salvage the band’s name after ‘Forbidden,’ it was to enlist Ozzy Osbourne as the returning frontman soon after. Produced by Body Count’s Ernie C., this ...