KISSFilmography

Billy the Kid

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Billy P.

Synopsis: Filmmaker Jennifer Venditti crafts a cinema verite-style coming of age story with this portrait of a small-town teen from Maine who struggles to embrace his outsider status while still being shaped by the tragic events of his childhood. It was while casting the Carter Smith film Bugcrush that Read More

Air Guitar Nation

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: David "C-Diddy" Jung, Dan "Bjorn Turoque" Crane

Synopsis: In this documentary from filmmaker Alexandra Lipsitz, the cameras roll to capture the fierce competitive spirit that defined the first annual U.S. Air Guitar Championship. Staged in Finland and featuring some of the fastest-fingered shredders on the planet, the U.S. Air Guitar Championship would Read More

Global Metal

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, X-Japan, Orphaned Land

Synopsis: Filmmakers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn continue their cinematic study of all things heavy metal with this documentary examining the influence of the much-maligned musical genre beyond the affected cultures of Europe and North America. For those who know the telltale signs to watch for, metal-heads Read More

KISS: KISSology - The Ultimate KISS Collection, Vol. 2 (1978-1991)

Actors: KISS

KISS: KISSology - The Ultimate KISS Collection, Vol. 1 (1974-1977)

Actors: KISS

Synopsis: KISS fans get ready to rejoice; this comprehensive collection of classic clips has been completely re-mastered and restored to the optimum quality and packed with enough extra features to impress even the most ardent KISS collector. With over six hours of full concert sets, rare television Read More

Rockin' the Corps

Crew: Featured Music

Synopsis: Rockin' the Corps documents a music and comedy concert held to honor Marines returning from Iraq. The concert offers a variety of acts including the hard rocking Kiss and Ted Nugent, the hip-hop sound of Ja Rule, the smooth R&B of Destiny's Child, and the comedy of Cedric the Entertainer, Louie Read More

20th Century Masters: The Best of Kiss

Synopsis: One of the truly unstoppable juggernauts of hard rock, Kiss has made itself one of the most consistently popular American bands since the '70s, with its flashy blend of riff-centric rock and upscale stagecraft . 20th Century Masters: The Best of Kiss features music videos for five of the group's Read More

KISS Symphony

Synopsis: This concert film captures a February 28, 2003 performance by KISS in Austraia. What makes the night special is that the band was backed up by a full symphony orchestra. The group performs three sets of songs that night, one high-energy traditional rock and roll show, a more sedate acoustic set Read More

Rockthology Presents: Hard 'N' Heavy, Vol. 9

Synopsis: The Rockthology video series contains performance clips, videos, and interviews with rock artists. This edition contains work by performers as Cheap Trick, Mötley Crüe, David Lee Roth, Damn Yankees, and Extreme. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Rock Survivors

Synopsis: This documentary presents the personal accounts of many of rock & roll music's biggest stars as they share their personal war stories of life in the music business. In a genre known for its excesses, many stars were eclipsed shortly after they shot across the entertainment sky. Some made Read More

Tribute

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Andy Kelley, Danny Lopez, Chuck Hartel, Jay Harris, Jeff Richards

KISS: The Vintage

Synopsis: The loyal, rabid KISS fan base, known to many as the "KISS Army," helped put together this compilation film consisting of rarely seen footage of the band at work and play. Many images from the KISS's '70s heyday are included, much of it shot in 8 mm by hardcore devotees. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Read More

KISS: Unauthorized

Synopsis: In the year 2000, the theatrical hard rock band Kiss announced that, after an international "farewell" tour, they would be hanging up their platform boots and bat-lizard costumes and call it quits. This self-described "video fanzine" pays tribute to the band's 27-year career through a combination Read More

KISS: Hell's Guardians

Synopsis: This home video release compiles a number of television news pieces and interviews with the wildly popular hard rock group Kiss. Highlights include reports on the band from the ABC-TV news magazine 20/20 and the Australian edition of 60 Minutes, both shot at the height of their first burst of Read More

Tony Bennett: Live By Request

Synopsis: This video captures Tony Bennett performing before an adoring audience during a 1998 concert that was recorded for A&E as part of their Live By Request series. Featuring appearances by such luminaries as Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, and Sting, the concert fins Bennett performing timeless favorites Read More

Behind the Music that Sucks, Vol. 1: Pure Energy! Pure Rock!

Synopsis: This program is part of a series that takes a humorous look at some musical genres and their stars. The creative animation series parodies well-known names and styles with often hilarious results. In this episode, the butts of the joke are some hardcore rock bands of the '90s, including KISS, Limp Read More

KISS: Live in Las Vegas - The Unseen Concert

Synopsis: On October 29, 1999, theatrical rock legends Kiss -- in the midst of a sold-out tour supporting their comeback album {^Psycho Circus} -- videotaped a live concert in Las Vegas, NV, with a full multiple camera setup for a later Internet webcast. The webcast, however, fell victim to a massive server Read More

KISS: The Second Coming

Actors: KISS

Synopsis: Sporting elaborate make-up, futuristic leather and vinyl costumes, huge platform boots, and one of the most elaborate stage shows in rock and roll, Kiss was one of the biggest bands in America -- perhaps the biggest -- between 1975 and 1980. However, the band's original lineup splintered Read More

KISS: Rock 'N' Roll Through the Night

KISS: Unplugged

Synopsis: "The Hottest Band in the Land" set down their electric guitars for this special show taped for MTV, which featured the first reunion in nearly 20 years of the original Kiss lineup: Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. Songs include "Comin' Home," "Plaster Caster," "A World Read More

KISS: Kiss My Ass

Synopsis: Released in tandem with the tribute album {^Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved}, this home video collection brings together rare and unusual live footage and television appearances by Kiss, playing their explosive hit songs at several stages of their career. Kiss: Kiss My Ass features excerpts Read More

Inside the Casbah: A History of Casablanca Record and FilmWorks

Synopsis: Neil Bogart founded a company in the 1970s that he named Casablanca Record and Filmworks. Unfortunately, he died five years later. During that interim period, a number of the company's performers became stars. They included the Village People, Donna Summer, and Parliament. After Bogart's death Read More

KISS: Konfidential

Synopsis: Originally recorded at the Palace of Auborn Hills in Detroit, Michigan, Kiss Konfidential was filmed in order to supplement the band's {^Alive III} tour. In addition to concert footage, this video features interview segments with the band from back stage at concerts, as well as aboard their tour Read More

KISS: X-treme Close-Up

Actors: KISS

Synopsis: Go back to the beginning with rock and roll legends Kiss in this career retrospective that also includes a generous helping of concert and music video highlights. In addition to getting the true story of Kiss directly from the band members themselves, this release offers numerous performance Read More

KISS: Rock and Roll Legends

Synopsis: In 1990, theatrical rock stalwarts KISS were touring in support of their album {^Hot In The Shade} when the group's founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley granted an in-depth interview following a concert in Georgia. KISS: Rock and Roll Legends features footage from this chat, as Simmons and Read More

KISS: Crazy Nights

Synopsis: In the mid-'80s, theatrical hard rock band Kiss took off their makeup and scored a whole new string of hits in the process. Kiss: Crazy Nights collects music videos for three of the band's post-makeup hits: "Crazy, Crazy Nights," "Turn on the Night," and "Reason to Live." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Read More

KISS: Exposed

Synopsis: Kiss has always been a rock band determined to give their audience plenty of bang for the buck, and whether they were in the midst of their fabled "monsters in makeup" period of their flashy neo-glam post-makeup period, they always set out to be the biggest, loudest, and most outrageous show in Read More

Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

Actors: Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley

Synopsis: This made-for-television film, an unusual collaboration between hard rock group Kiss and children's television kings Hanna Barbera, became one of NBC's highest-rated programs of 1978. The plot, reminiscent of the average episode of Scooby-Doo, begins with crazed inventor Abner Devereaux (Anthony Zerbe Read More

KISS: The Lost Concert

Synopsis: A long-unreleased taping of a 1976 Jersey City appearance by supergroup Kiss is the focus of this video. Including blistering performances of the songs "Watchin' You" and "Rock & Roll All Nite," among others, the black and white footage was shot at Roosevelt Stadium. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Read More

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

Synopsis: Love him or hate him comedian Paul Lynde - the master of the slow burn, who presided over the "center square" on Hollywood Squares for years and made famous the character of Uncle Arthur on Bewitched - also mounted this all-star Halloween special in late October 1976. The story, adapted from A Read More

Killer KISS Interveiws

Metal Shop, Vol. 5: Toxic Edition

Actors: KISS, Winger, Hardline, Neil Schon, Slaughter

Synopsis: Metal Shop, Vol. 5: Toxic Edition documents the careers of some of the most famous rock bands of the '80s including KISS, Winger, and Slaughter. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

KISS: Kissaholic Killers