If You Wanted the BEST YOU Got The BEST on this day 50 years ago at a small club in New York.
KISS performed for the first time publicly at the Popcorn Club in Queens, New York – January 30th, 1973.
Gene Simmons said about the gig:
“But, where to play? We didn’t have a manager. We didn’t have an agent… I made a phone call cold to a place called Popcorn in Queens and on the phone convinced the guy to hire a band, who would soon be changing their name from Wicked Lester to KISS. We got the gig — three nights — Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for the sum total of $150. That was the beginning.”
KISS did two sets that night
First Set:
- Deuce
- Watchin’ You
- Love Her All I Can
- She
- Simple Type – (Wicked Lester cover)
- Keep Me Waiting – (Wicked Lester cover)
- Want You Beside Me (Life in the Woods) – (Wicked Lester cover)
- Let Me Go, Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Firehouse
- Black Diamond
Witness the birth of KISS for yourself in the video below.
[YouTube: Yan Parreiras]
