Chronology - 1977
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January
?? - The Originals released in Japan in preparation for the Japanese Sneak attack tour...
5 - Rock And Roll Over becomes KISS' second album to be certified Platinum.
15 - Ace, Chris Lendt, and Eddie Balandas spend a day-off at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The following day they rejoin the tour in Denver...
February
10 - KISS win a People's Choice Award for "Beth." The band's award is accepted for the band by Lydia Criss.
21 - Blood extracted from the members following a concert at Nassau Colliseum for the Marval Comic Special!
28 - Dressed To Kill becomes the first pre-Alive! album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.
March
?? - Peter's former Chelsea/Lips bandmate and bassist Michael Benvenga dies aged 28...
3 - "Calling Dr Love" issued as a single. It reaches #16 the following month.
18 - KISS visits Japan for the first time on its' Sneak Attack Tour.
April
2 - The KISS show at Tokyo's Budokan Hall is filmed and later shown on HBO in 1978.
4 - Final show in Japan. Filmed and recorded for possible future use. The material recorded is produced and fully mixed by Eddie Kramer for planned use as a live album, but this is abandoned when it is decided to use new material on the next tour for this concept. However, "Beth" from these sessions does later turn up on Alive II along with material from the LA Forum shows...
?? - Following the shows in Japan, Peter and Lydia Criss vacation in Hong Kong and South East Asis...
May
?? - KISS return to the studio with Eddie Kramer to record Love Gun.
26 - The blood KISS had "donated" is mixed with the ink at Borden Ink Plant, Depew, NY, for the first KISS Marvel Comic.
June
?? - "Christine Sixteen" released as a single and reaches #25 in the charts.
30 - "Love Gun" is released and ships Platinum. It features Ace's first lead vocal on "Shock Me" recorded while he lies on his back in a darkened studio. Love Gun is RIAA certified both Gold and Platinum. The first Marvel Comic, allegedly containing some of the members blood in the ink, is released.
July
?? - "Love Gun" released as a single and only manages to reach #61 in the charts.
9 - Love Gun Lp enters the charts. It will eventually hit #4 and be KISS' highest charting album until 1998.
August
4 - After touring Canada the previous month, the American leg of the Love Gun Tour kicks off in Salt Lake City.
25 - KISS appear on LA Radio Station 10-Q, with host Don Steele, in the famous event where the band are wearing helmets and masks to obscure their faces...
26 - The first of three shows taped at the LA Forum, Los Angeles, CA.
September
?? - KISS enter Electric Lady Studios, NY, to record studio songs for the forthcoming Alive II album. Ace Frehley only participates in the recording sessions of his own song, "Rocket Ride", so KISS draft in Bob Kulick, who had auditioned for KISS in January 1973, to fill in on the other tracks while Ace spaces out nextdoor to the studio watching TV. Contrarty to popular belief Rick Deringer has nothing to do with these sessions.
October
?? - A live version of "Shout It Out Loud" released. It reaches #54 in the charts in January.
14 - Alive II released and ships Platinum. The album reaches #7 on the US charts while only reaching #60 in the UK where it charts for just 1 week...
November
1-9 - KISS rehearsals in Newburgh, NY for the tour.
15 - The "Alive II" Tour starts in Oklahoma City.
December
14 - KISS begin a three night soldout stand at Madison Square Garden.
17 - On a day-off between dates Aucoin Management throw a private party for the road crew at JP's in New York.
