Kiss - Carnival Of Souls review by 'The Music Of Kiss' also: Gene Simmons 1st post Kiss performance 

Great episode, welcome back!!! I love Carnival of Souls! A departure from the normal KISS but it shows how diverse than can be when they want to be.

For me COS is more consistent than Revenge, maybe not better. When I first got it back in ‘97 I thought Gene’s songs carried the album. Now, I think there’s 3 really good Paul songs, but my favorite song is I Walk Alone. Especially on the outro verse with Bruce and Gene singing together. Cold chill moment for me.

love the show and am a huge Kiss fan since 1978. read all the julian gill books plus everything else i can find. looking forward to more shows.

Great episode! Like all your episodes. Great job guys!

COS rules. Never had a problem with it at all. I remember KISW playing Jungle when I was at work for a couple weeks when it came out.

45:00 that riff aside from sounding like them bones is hella dope solo too

52:50 such a badass ass low key vibey riff

Bought this album and van halen 3 around the same time loved them both a lot of different guitar textures going on in the background of these songs great heavy solid kickass album 5 stars a gem.

Welcome back, gentlemen! Fantastic episode! I know that I've mentioned this before, but what I really love about your channel is that it makes me go back and re-listen to albums/c.d.s in the KISS library that I gave a "one-and-done" to in the past. In preparation for this show, I dusted off my copy of CARNIVAL OF SOULS (Which I haven't listened to in the better part of a decade; maybe even longer). I don't know why I had such a negative attitude towards this album all these years because it genuinely is some of their finest work! I regret not giving it more of a chance in the past! Awesome album! Awesome show! Thank you, again! (*And I know this is neither here nor there... Have you guys ever considered adding one of those "tip jar"/"thanks" option things so fans can contribute? Thanks! Take it easy!)

I always thought this album was cool. I was one of those fans who loved the reunion tour but loved the direction the band was going with Bruce Kulick with Revenge and Carnival of Souls back to back. I was hoping that after the reunion tour , they would take the makeup off and continue on.

Gene was so nice about the tribes and this area 🌲😌

Hey! Welcome back! I'm a big fan of COS. Great episode!

I like this album more than a lot of Kiss fans. Some good bass lines by Gene

Poor Shane .. Atleast he got his fist bump

I think part of the reason why Nirvana was so good was their rhythm section was perfect and moody

55:30 like the Smells like teen spirit /Were not gonna take it solo but I agree that was bangin

I got CoS the same day I purchased Psycho Circus. I was used to 80s - 90s Kiss at the time and I was blown away by CoS. I thought Psycho Circus was good but it sat for about a month as played Carnival non stop. I still like it more than Psycho Circus. I'd rank it as my 6th favorite Kiss album. Love your episode! Rock on brothas

Love AiC and Soundgarden all of our grunge bands like Skinyard , Screaming trees .. They walk among us!

Album is groove metal grungy def dif from Revenge like Peter said sounds quite a bit later musically but both r badass

25:30 the dog record is their darkest and best imo their self titled most AiC record one of my personal top 10

After Revenge, I was so eager to hear the follow-up, and some of the material on COS is everything I hoped (Hate, Jungle, I Confess, In My Head). But in general the record sounds uneven and underdeveloped in spots, which makes sense with Paul and Gene's attention going elsewhere! Let's not forget they wanted to bury COS. It only got released because someone leaked it and it was so heavily bootlegged.

55:10 so melodic reminds me of the Nevermind solo sooooo gooood

Glad you're back! Moving homes is A LOT of work. The whole Carnival of Souls thing was weird. There was virtually no hype for it, as by then all the attention was on the reunion. It seemed to be an afterthought. As you stated, even the cover had no effort put into it. I don’t buy into the whole "It’s not KISS" thing. KISS is everything: Dressed to Kill, Destroyer, Dynasty, Unmasked, The Elder, Creatures, Crazy Nights, Revenge, COS and everything inbetween. That's part of what makes KISS interesting and fun; all those left turns. Having said that, I don’t like Carnival of Souls. I don’t think it sucks, mind you. It’s just not for me. I have no doubt Rush were a great band with untold talents. But I've never cared for their music. It just wasn’t for me. Same thing. (I'm not saying COS sounds like Rush.) I really hate the "dry, tight-sounding" drums. There's no OOMPH! to them. I wish Michael James Jackson had come in just to produce the drums. The only parts from the album that interest me are most of Childhood Ends, that killer riff on It Never Goes Away, and the intro and verses of I Confess. (Great observation of that one could of being an Elder track, btw. So true.) The rest do nothing for me. But to each their own. For the record, I'm that KISS fan who loves songs like Then She Kissed Me, Read My Body, Great Expectations, Nothing Can Keep Me from You, and Gene's solo album, among others most KISS fans despise. So take my opinion for what it's worth. :)

52:50 yes great call man!

Yo I didn’t know u actually dropped the episode!?!

1:20:00 Helmet vibez cool chorus

Paul would never allow Gene to do a tour with Bruce Kulick.

1:04:35 kinda sounds load/ reload era

40:00 think Paul heard rain when I die?

The northern lights were liiiit! lol

Roll the bones isn’t that a steely Dan lyric?

10:38 I heard that 😂

hey Nirvana could write Paper Cuts, In Bloom and School to guys ok 🤘😤 haha

14:20 fist bump supervisor

Bruce kinda looks like Iommi! lol

Idk man pretty convincing on stage the way you keep tempo and crush the drums 😤

1:01:00 man in the box

Def not Nirvana or Mudhoney tho

1:00:30 groovy

Lots of Alice In Chains influence aha