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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1975 — December: Kiss “Alive!”
Description: While they were a moderate regional success as a band with three studio albums, Kiss was most notable for their live performances. They would not be vaulted into super-stardom until this breakthrough live album Alive! was released in September of 1975. It peaked on the Billboard 200 album charts at number 9 in December of that year, and that's why we're featuring this album in this month.
Kiss is well known today not only because of their success as a band, but they also heavily marketed their brand in everything from movies to lunch boxes to a comic book (to wh...