Episode 38: Creatures of The Night 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set: Demos, Disk 2 It's 2023! Happy New Year! New year means, new box set from KISS. Rob predicted this a year ago and he couldn't be happier, Creatures of the Night!. Just like last year Nick, Nikko, & Rob look at the demo disk first. They discuss how they discovered the Creatures album and go through the 16 tracks that make up this first disk. KISS is coming out of the rubble that was Music from the Elder . What direction...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 38
Episode 37: The Boot I - Dynasty Tour The Omni 1979 As 2022 comes to a close one looks back at the past and remembers what lead us to this place in time, that was the previous episode. Now we look towards the future. The Future with the band, future KISS related items... and the future of RBTE of course. We are so excited for what's in store for this show, including the episode you are about to hear, and a new segment that we are adding to the show, bootlegs! The Dynasty Tour 06-30-1979 Atlanta,...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 37
Episode 36: KISSmas 2022 It's the most wonderful time of the year... its been a great year for KISS fan! In all our years being fans of the band, we have seen no other year like this before. The amount of music, merchandise, concerts, events & a KISS Krusie has been like no other year that we can remember! We moved the KISSmas episode up in the rotation to the first episode of the month so we can enjoy all these presents all month long! There was so much to go through Nick, Nikko, & Rob ...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 36
Episode 35: THE 9 HALLOWEEN KISS SONGS! The Episode is simple, you throwing a Halloween party and you need some tunes.... some KISS tunes! The only problem is you can only pick 9 songs for the party because your Mom only bought 30 minute blank cassette tapes! Your in luck though, with Nick, Nikko and Rob's help they will each pick the perfect 9 songs for your KISS Halloween party! It's time to walk the streets as kings and be a little but unholy as a creature at this party! Links: We are on all ...
Oct 31, 2022•56 min•Ep. 35
Episode 34: KISS Off The Soundboard: Des Moines 1977 The Year 1977, KISS is on it's ALIVE II tour and makes a stop in Des Moines Iowa!?..... that's where we pick up the latest Off The Soundboard album. This is fourth in the series and the second in a row featuring the classic lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, the last one being Donington 1996. This is KISS in its prime and dare we say at it peak in 1977. KISS is everywhere and on all types of merchandise TV appea...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 34
Episode 33: Crazy Nights (35th Anniversary) KISS released their 21st album on September 21st 1987. Paul and Gene worked with the hot producer at the time Ron Nevison for the next chapter of the band. Crazy Night would bring a pop/rock/metal sound for this album. More akin to 1980's Unmasked album but with a heavy keyboard presence. Speaking of presence, Gene's was almost nonexistent. Gene was spending more time in Hollywood leaving the reigns to Paul and Ron. Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick delivered...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 33
Episode 32: Ace Frehley 1978 KISS Solo album In an effort to keep Ace Frehley and Peter Criss from exiting the band in early 1978 pursue solo careers. Gene, Paul and band manager Bill Aucoin said that each member should do just that, record KISS solo albums. Each album would be a KISS solo album where each member would be the center star of their own direction and music and would be in complete control, all while still being under the umbrella od KISS. September 18th 1978 would see the release o...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 32
Episode 31: We are going on tour. Travel back in time as we look aback at our 9 favorite KISS shows we attended. Nick, Nikko, & Rob each pick three giving us the 9 shows we liked the most. We discuss what made each show special and the memories... and sounds form that shows. Plus if we had a time machine what 9 other shows do we wish we could go back and see?! This is what we call an evergreen show, the appetizer before the main event that is just around the corner! 1973-2022 here we come! L...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 31
Episode 30: The Opening Act: Def Leppard - Diamond Star Halos Just 10 episodes ago we last visited Def Leppard by celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 1992's Adrenalize. Little did we know we would do another Opening Act segment again so soon with Lep, but here we are. Def Leppard released their 12th studio album Diamond Star Halos on May 27th 2022. Written while in lock down because of the pandemic the band did the entire album all remotely and separately a first for the band. What resulted are ...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 30
Episode 29: Billy Baker On this episode the guys have the wonderful pleasure interviewing the man behind Eric Singer’s End of The Road & last few KISS Kruise drum kits, the amazing Billy Baker. Billy takes us on the fantastic roller coaster ride of how he got to be part of KISSTORY and his friendship with Eric. All it took was a mirror and Facebook and the rest as they say is KISSTORY! Billy Baker’s Web Site: www.bakerdrums.com We are on all podcast platforms and over at our host site https:...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 29
Episode 28: Proper One Year Anniversary Celebration: May 30th 2021 was our first episode of the show. A year and a month later... we finally have the chance to sit down and properly record a true anniversary episode of the show. Nick, Nikko, & Rob look back a the last year of show, how it started and their favorite moments plus. The 9! We celebrate with our favorite party, anthem, and just plain feel good music you would play by KISS if you were celebrating any kind of milestone! We each pic...
Jul 07, 2022•56 min•Ep. 28
EPISODE: 27 KISS OFF THE SOUNDBOARD: Donington 1996 In the third installment in the Off The Soundboard series take us back to 1996 and the Reunion tour was in full swing. This also marks the first release in the series to feature the original band line up of Gene, Ace, Peter, & Paul KISS took a small break from the US leg of the tour in August and the band heads to the Monsters of Rock Festival to headline Donington! The Reunion Tour being a highlight for Nick and Rob back in the day, the pa...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 27
Bonus Episode: 1 Year Anniversary! This is our 1 year Anniversary "episode"... kinda-sorta LOL. A proper one is coming. This however is a collection of discussions over the last year that did not make previous recorded episodes. Some are things we discussed on the mic before we started the actual episode, or i kept the mic recording after we finished the main episode and other topics of conversation started. You will get a chance to hear how we came up with a couple of episode on the spot... one...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Episode 26: REVENGE 30 years ago May 19th 1992, KISS released their 16 studio album and 24th overall. Having suffer the tragic loss of their beloved drummer Eric Carr the year prior KISS was determined to get Revenge and get their heads back in the game. A new look for the band that was more akin to black and leather look of the past welcomed new member and drummer Eric Singer. Formally of Badlands, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath and Paul Stanley's solo touring band to name a few joined the legenda...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 26
Episode 25: On this episode we have the wonderful pleasure of interviewing Ron Williams to discuss his book I Stole Your Love: the 100% True Story of a 100% True KISS Fan. His book takes you to his to his childhood home in the Vancouver suburb of Port Coquitlam, BC, Poco as the locals call it. The back drop and the driving force for Ron is of course KISS. KISS was and is not only in his blood it effected his surrounding and influenced his friends. The adventures he will take to acquire this KISS...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 25
For second part the KISS Family Tree featuring Ace Frehley, we take a look at his first solo outing since leaving KISS in 1982 with his band Frehley's Comet ! On April 27th 1987 (Ace's birthday no less) Frehley's Comet released their first studio album. Nick, Nikko, & Rob celebrate the 35th Anniversary of this album! The guys discus each track and pick their 9! Some of the guys are hearing this album for the first time! We are "Calling To You" "Rock Soldiers" as we discuss Anton Fig on drums...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 24
Episode 23- The KISS Family Tree: Ace Frehley On this episode Nick, Nikko and Rob discus The original Spaceman (a.k.a) The Space Ace, Mr. Ace Frehley! How did each of the guys discover Ace? What is it that makes Ace so damn good? How does a guy that says "if I would have know I would have inspired so many people to pick up the guitar, I would have studied more" , do just that? Those are the questions we discuss on this episode, from the flaming guitar solo, to the out of the world antics on and ...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 23
Episode: 22 The Opening Act Def Leppard part 2: Adrenalize 30th Anniversary On March 30 (in the UK) and her in the United States on March 31st 1992 Def Leppard released their 5th studio album Adrenalize! The album debuted at No. 1 on both the UK Albums Chart and, in the following week, on the U.S. Billboard 200. This would be the first album with out founding lead guitarist Steve Clark since his passing the year prior. The band completed the album as a four piece and would make a worthy successo...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 22
KISS Off The Soundboard Virginia Beach 2004 This episode is well, kinda gonna sound like the Paris show from the Destroyer Box Set. And that should not be the case. Nick, Nikko, and Rob work their way through the second release from the Off The Soundboard series. Coming off Tokyo 2001 release the guys were pleased with that on. How will they favor this one? Rob saw this tour twice, plus he and Nick probably have all of the Instant Live CD's between them both. The guys will discuss the album, ran...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 21
EPISODE 20 Topic: Def Leppard For our next installment of The Opening Act, Nick, Nikko, and Rob knew right away what the band was going to be... DEF LEPPARD! Formed in 1977 in Sheffield with the union jack flag waving, helped lead the new wave of British heavy metal movement of the early 1980s. Through the late 70's till today Def Leppard have blazed a trail the most bands can only dream of with iconic albums like Pyromania, Hyesteria , Adrenalize and Euphoria to name a few have topped the rock ...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 20
Episode 19: Destroyer On March 15th 1976 KISS unleashed their magnum opus, an album that might as well be considered a greatest hits before it was even released. Destroyer was the album that KISS was looking for. An album that truly represented themselves as artists, it took what they were doing live and finally captured that spirit on vinyl. With producer and song writer on the album Bob Ezrin brought out parts from each band members that they didn't know they had. This episode we look at the a...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 19
Episode 18: Destroyer 45: Live In Paris 1976 Part 3 of our look at the Super Deluxe Box Set that is Destroyer 45th Anniversary. On this episode Nick, Nikko and Rob take a look at the... well... you know. The Paris disk. This was the big audio item in the box that had a lot of people talking when it was first announced, after we found out what it was, and after we all heard it... so yeah. This is going to be one of those episodes. What do we think of the end result..? I think you kinda already kn...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 18
Episode 17: We continue our journey through the Destroyer 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Box Set). On this oversized episode we look at Disk 2 Destroyer Demos and Disk 3 Destroyer Outtakes, Alternate Versions/Mixes & Singles... that's a mouthful. We go track by track on the Demo disk and do an overview of the Outtake Disk. "Doncha Hesitate", it's "True Confession" time on this episode... is this the Destroyer show or Rock and Roll Over, or Gene's solo album show? While Nick, Nikko, a...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 17
Episode 16: 45 years ago on March 15th 1976 KISS release their 5th studio album Destroyer. On November 19th...ish. Universal and KISS released a mega deluxe box set commemorating the release of this landmark album that pushed KISS into the stratosphere. On this episode Nick, Nikko, and Rob take a look at the box itself and all the goodies and extra that make up this massive collection. Over the next few epsidoe we will break down all of material and CD's in this box. This is just part 1 for our ...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 16
A Very Merry KISSmas Vol. I Gather around the KISSmas tree, Santa Gene is going to grant you a KISSmas wish... and probably charge you for it, but that's neither here nor there. On this episode Nick Nikko and Rob discuss receiving Destroyer 45 finally, then the the trio pick 6 things each they would love to see under their KISSmas tree. Grab some hot chocolate (maybe with a splash of Cold Gin in it) and gather around the fire place and KISSmas tree and we celebrate our first Christmas as a podca...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 15
Episode 14 KISS: End Of The Road Tour Recap Nick, Nikko & Rob have now all seen... well almost seen all of their shows for the tour. The trio look back at their 2018-2021 concerts for the tour. The shows, the songs, the band members, the fire, the rain and the merch... Rob bought a lot! Did they get to say goodbye the way the hoped to? Did they get what they came for? Push play and lets find out. Let's go back to the End Of The Road! Links: Twitter @RBTEpodcast https://twitter.com/RBTEpodcas...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 14
EPISODE 13 NOTES Topic: Rock And Roll Over (Album Review) Rock and Roll Over is the 5th studio and and the 2nd album review for the show. Released November 10th 1976, this would be the follow up album to the massively successful Destroyer album. Nikko, Nick and Rob go track by track through the album and discuss its importance and its place in KISStory! Grab a hold you rocket, get your baby from the ladies room and drive down the road because Dr. Love is here! Links: Twitter @RBTEpodcast https:/...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 13
EPISODE 12 NOTES Topic: On this episode we take an overview of the band members past and present body of work outside of, before during or after KISS. Peter, Ace, Eric, Vinnie, Mark, Bruce, Eric, Tommy, Gene & Paul. Not so much each band or project, but what we thought of their music outside of the band. This will open the door for full album reviews of all these projects. The Blue Room is open, so Lift yourself up and prepare for the Invasion. Ace is back and he's a Fire starter! We're goin...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 12
EPISODE 11 SHOW NOTES: Topic: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (Commentary Track) For our first annual Halloween episode we thought we would kick off the trick or treat season in style! At the height of KISS’ popularity in 1978, the band set off to make a TV movie that was billed to them as The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night meets Star Wars… more on that later. So on October 28th 1978 at 8pm this TV movie event was released. This podcast is also released on its 43rd Anniversary. Grab your copy of ...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 11
It was 1980 something, and we can all remember sitting down with our boom box and making that perfect KISS Mix Tape. You poured over it, you had to pick the right songs that expressed what this band means to you.... but each song had to fit just right on the tape. Maybe it was your road trip tape, maybe it was the tape you gave your best friend, maybe it was the tape you gave that special someone, OR when someone would say KISS sucks and you said HELL NO!... LISTEN TO THIS! So we are going back ...
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 8
