KISS Responds To Complaints Of 'Alive!!! 1975-2000' BEST BUY Bonus Track Problem
November 22, 2006KISS' official web site has been updated with the following message:
"Not 15 minutes after the KISS 'Alive!!! 1975-2000' CD set went on sale [Tuesday] morning [Nov. 21], we started receiving fan emails informing us that the Best Buy store version did not contain the advertised bonus tracks '2000 Man' and 'God of Thunder'. Thank you for bringing this to our attention so quickly.
"Though not directly involved with Universal's Best Buy store promotion, Paul [Stanley] and Gene [Simmons] were made aware of the bonus track problem and have chosen to help rectify the situation for the fans. Several solutions are currently being discussed by Universal Music and we expect to post more information in the next day or two.
"Bottom line — Paul and Gene appreciate your support and any fan who bought the CD at Best Buy expecting these two tracks will receive them."
The box set "Kiss Alive! 1975-2000" comes with the first three "Alive" albums from 1975, 1977, and 1993, as well as the December 31, 1999 Millennium show from Vancouver, British Columbia, which was supposed to be "Alive IV" but was never released.
The first "Alive!" album was a landmark for the band, becoming their first gold record, but singer-bassist Gene Simmons told Launch that their label wasn't in favor of the idea. "We were on our last legs, Casablanca was gonna go belly-up," he said. "We didn't get paid for the album — in fact, when we told the record company we were gonna do a live record, they didn't want to do that, because live records didn't work. In those days, a live album was a liability. You did that after your career was over."
"Kissology", which is the first in a planned multi-volume series, features rare live footage of the band from their early days through the "Alive II" period. It was released on Halloween (October 31) and debuted a week later at No. 1 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos chart.
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