While history may look at 1977 as the year punk exploded thanks to The Ramones’ sophomore masterpiece, and the debut LPs from The Clash and The Sex Pistols, it was really the year of KISS.
The wild New York rockers with their costumes, make-up, and pyro were all the things Johnny Rotten was railing against.
But Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley were laughing all the way into the record books.
In the summer of ’77, Kiss released Love Gun, their 6th studio album in their four years. In ’76 they had dropped two records (Destroyer and Rock and Roll Over) that peaked at #11 on the album charts. Love Gun made it to #4.
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