Episode 127, May 19, 2015. Back to the Ace Frehley Well & Are You a Real KISS Fan? Why does Ace continue to do things that KISS fans discuss? It’s not just us, it is the KISS Army. We love the guy, but his actions just leave us scratching our head. This week we read and discuss a message from Ace Frehley’s Australia tour promoter regarding the meet and greets and the many complaints. We also discuss the topic of What Is a REAL KISS Fan? Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hours every week to reco...
May 20, 2015•1 hr 53 min
Episode 126, May 12, 2015. We are joined by special guest Jay Gilbert who brings us MANY KISS stories from his time working at Universal Music and Sanctuary Records. We start back in 1977 and talk a show when Peter Criss was to sing Beth and a Beatles tune started to play. We talk about Paul Stanley’s rare 1978 solo records in store in Seattle. A Hot In The Shade industry meet and greet is discussed. Being invited by Ken Sharp to visit Gene Simmons’ house and finding out Gene was not aware you w...
May 12, 2015
Episode 125, May 5, 2015. God Will Send A Fireball From Space To Destroy Earth If Ace Frehley Returns To KISS. Huh? What? No we aren’t getting all religious on you, we just lay down the truth about Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in 2015. Don’t hate the messenger. We discuss Ace Frehley in Australia, KISS in South America and Scooby Doo! Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We don’t have any advertisers or sponsors and would love to ...
May 05, 2015•1 hr 44 min
Episode 124, April 28, 2015. Author, historian, collector, video expert… Curt Gooch joins us and talks about EVERYTHING KISS video. What exists, what doesn’t exist. The story behind KISSOLOGY IV. So much is revealed that as a KISS fan your jaw will be on the floor by the end of the show. Curt also takes over This Ain’t No Spencer’s Crap this week. Find Curt and EliteWorks online at http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZeliteworks Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hours every week to record, produce and ...
Apr 29, 2015•2 hr 25 min
Episode 123, April 21, 2015. Mark Slaughter Gives the Not So Pretty Details on Vinnie Vincent. What was the very first comment Vinnie Vincent made to Mark? What was the first comment Gene Simmons said to Mark when Slaughter toured with KISS? Who got the Vinnie Vincent Invasion their record deal? How did Slaughter get their record deal? How did Vinnie treat Mark on stage? Just what kind of a person is Vinnie Vincent? And of course… did Vinnie Vincent save KISS? Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hour...
Apr 22, 2015•2 hr 11 min
Episode 122, April 14, 2015. Inside the Studio the Last Time Original KISS Ever Recorded Together with Detroit Rock City Associate Producer Tim Sullivan. Tim also takes us back to the making of Detroit Rock City The Movie. The stories! Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We don’t have any advertisers or sponsors and would love to keep it that way. If you love every Tuesday when a new episode is posted maybe you can show your sup...
Apr 14, 2015•1 hr 45 min
Episode 121, April 7, 2015. What If It Was Bob Kulick & Not Ace Frehley in 1974? What sort of success would KISS have had in their first year? Was Ace that critical to the band getting started? As a tease for next week’s special guest, Mark shares a Detroit Rock City movie program from Japan. And… we finally learn what rules Mark’s world, and it isn’t KISS! Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We don’t have any advertisers or...
Apr 08, 2015•1 hr 23 min
Episode 120, March 31, 2015. The Beauty Who Plays The Beast, Andrea Zermeno from PRISS. We discuss why Gene is grossly underrated as a bass player. Mark continues his rant about Steel Panther and KISS fans who have a problem with someone having a opinion. Reminder… We release a new shirt, THANK GOD IT’S TUESDAY, and all profits are being donated to help a young KISS fan battling cancer. Order your shirt at http://thankgod.threesidesofthecoin.com Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hours every week to...
Apr 01, 2015•1 hr 27 min
Episode 119, March 24, 2015. Mark Vents (some might say SNAPS!) About Steel Panther Playing on the KISS Kruise V. Steel Panther are a parody act no different than Weird Al Yankovic. Are they appropriate for kids on the Kruise? We break 10,000 fans on our Facebook page. We release a new shirt, THANK GOD IT’S TUESDAY, and all profits are being donated to help a young KISS fan battling cancer. Michael, Tommy and Mark put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We...
Mar 24, 2015•1 hr 13 min
Episode 118, March 17, 2015. Your prayers have been answered! No Michael on this week’s show. If this week’s show sucks it is because Michael is not there. If this week’s show is great it is because Michael groomed these two knuckleheads in his image. You know Three Sides of the Coin is all Michael! Tommy and Mark discuss some of your questions and talk about what a KISS fan is. Plus we go through the best and worst songs of every KISS album. This Ain’t Spencer’s Crap looks at KISS poster books ...
Mar 18, 2015•1 hr 30 min
Episode 117, March 10, 2015. Eric McKenna from Boogie Street Guitars joins us to discuss Paul Stanley’s guitars. Eric talks about his relationship with Paul. He discuss the guitars he built for Paul. He discusses Paul’s involvement. What Paul wants in a guitar. If you are a guitar geek this show is for you! Michael and Tommy put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We don’t have any advertisers or sponsors and would love to keep it that way. If you love eve...
Mar 10, 2015•1 hr 19 min
Episode 116, March 3, 2015. We discuss the can of worms you opened up, Paul Stanley sings over a backing track. This Ain’t No Spencer’s Crap… Mark shows a ticket, guitar picks and show poster from KISS’ appearance on the David Letterman Show. Michael and Tommy put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We don’t have any advertisers or sponsors and would love to keep it that way. If you love every Tuesday when a new episode is posted maybe you can show your su...
Mar 04, 2015•1 hr 22 min
Episode 115, February 24, 2015. Mark Cicchini talks about how he was is busted taping KISS & Ace Frehley Concerts! Mark talks being part of a movie about concert tapers. This leads into Mark’s stories about being busted filming KISS and Ace Frehley. We discuss the legalities of bootlegs. Why bands don’t release live concerts. KISSOLOGY IV what is up with it? This Ain’t No Spencer’s Crap… Mark shows his KISS Dodger Stadium Psycho Circus radio broadcast promo CD. Michael and Tommy put in hours...
Feb 25, 2015•1 hr 44 min
Episode 114, February 17, 2015. Inside the Book KISS Alive Forever with Author Jeff Suhs. Jeff discusses the history of KISS Alive Forever. How the book was born, how he and co-author Curt Gooch researched and gathered, interviewed and gathered all the data. Jeff also discusses his involvement with Lydia Criss’ book Sealed With A KISS, Larry Harris’ book And Party Every Day and Out On The Streets by The Original KISS Krew. This Ain’t Spencer’s Crap this week features a special Valentines Day col...
Feb 17, 2015•2 hr 11 min
Episode 113, February 10, 2015. Kruise V is nearly sold out will a electric sail away show wow Mike & Tommy? What will it take for them to go on the Kruise this year? Are they whipped by their wives? We talk about the fan voting for the three songs each Kruiser would like to hear. What about voting for the songs you don’t want to hear instead? We share some great fan mail we received, tease next week’s guest from the book KISS Alive Forever. This Ain’t Spencer’s Crap this week features KISS ...
Feb 10, 2015•1 hr 32 min
Episode 112, February 3, 2015. Back to a fun show! What if… Ace Frehley and Peter Criss had a full share in profits from the reunion tour? How would things be different? Would KISS remained together longer? This Ain’t No Spencer’s Crap… a Paul Stanley firehouse hat. He also shares some of his KISS posters. Michael and Tommy put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We don’t have any advertisers or sponsors and would love to keep it that way. If you love ever...
Feb 04, 2015
Episode 111, January 27, 2015. JR Smalling and Moose from The Original KISS Krew join us on Three Sides of the Coin to discuss their book Out On The Streets and our review of the book. Be sure to listen to episode 109 if you want to understand our review that led to this episode. Five of us sit down for this interview, do we leave friends? Does the Krew pull their knives on us? Do they put in a road case? You have to listen! Michael and Tommy put in hours every week to record, produce and promot...
Jan 27, 2015•2 hr 25 min
Episode 110, January 20, 2015. We are joined by KISS vinyl expert Tom Shannon. Tom shares with us what he did as a consultant with Universal Music Group in the creation of the KISSTERIA and KISS SINGLES box sets. We take you inside the record label as these projects were created. We also look back at the first week of reaction to our review of OUT ON THE STREETS by The Original KISS Krew. Holy crap we didn’t see this reaction coming! Michael and Tommy put in hours every week to record, produce a...
Jan 22, 2015•2 hr 16 min
Episode 109, January 13, 2015. Out On The Streets a new book by The Original KISS Krew… we review it! This 352 page book chronicles the work of The Original KISS KREW during the bands formative years of late 1973 – mid 1976. Featuring behind the scenes stories and containing some very rare and unseen photo’s and other bonus material, you’ll get as close to the action as The KREW was themselves. For This Ain’t No Spencer’s Crap Mark takes a look a limited edition magazine box set from Classic Roc...
Jan 13, 2015•1 hr 38 min
Episode 108, January 6, 2105. Happy New Year! KISS have announced they will play Alive! in it’s entirety on KISS Kruise V. That excites one of us, the other two not too much. This turned into a very fun discussion. We also discuss your vote for the top KISS story of 2014. We have a short discussion about Kiss vs. Momorio Clover Z SAMURAI SON, the new KISS song. Mark really nails it on This Ain’t Spencer’s Crap this week… he shows us a letter, this letter is better than any letter you might have ...
Jan 06, 2015•1 hr 42 min
Episode 107, December 23, 2014. Happy Holidays! This week we do a hit and run, you ask us the questions. This is Mark’s very first hit and run… how does he do? This Ain’t No Spencer’s Crap features a VERY RARE Japanese CD discography release, something even Mark didn’t know about until someone sent him the set. Michael and Tommy put in hours every week to record, produce and promote Three Sides Of The Coin. We don’t have any advertisers or sponsors and would love to keep it that way. If you love...
Dec 23, 2014•1 hr 46 min
Episode 106, December 16, 2014. We are honored to be joined by professional wrestler and musician Chris Jericho. Chris talks about the HUGE influence Paul Stanley has had on his life and career. How he connected with Paul to have him on his podcast Talk Is Jerhico, http://podcastone.com/Talk-Is-Jericho. What are Chris’ thoughts on Ace & Peter? What does he think as a professional about being on time for showtimes… in the ring or on the stage. Chris is a HUGE KISS fan and is sure to return to...
Dec 16, 2014•1 hr 47 min
Episode 105, December 9, 2014. This week we look the KISS appearance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Was it a live Spinal Tap moment? Was it cool as hell? Was it both? We share some possible insight from a listener as to what may happened. We follow up on last week’s Ace Frehley setlist show, yes we KNOW Rip It Out was added, it doesn’t change anything. We also read a few listener comments. For This Ain’t No Spencer’s Crap Mark shares his Originals and Originals II CDs with us. Michael an...
Dec 10, 2014•1 hr 28 min
Episode 104, December 2, 2014. Ace Frehley hits the road with his Space Invader tour and we geek out on the tour and set list. Mark sums it all up with his statement… where the hell is Rip It Out! We ask why is Ace playing more songs from his time with KISS then his time as a solo artist? Why is Ace playing Love Gun and King of the Night Time World? Why isn’t Ace playing more of his songs? We discuss the FAN reviews of the shows and the VIP meet and greets. We also talk about KISS recording the ...
Dec 03, 2014•1 hr 19 min
Episode 103, November 25, 2014. THE RETURN OF CHUCK! Chuck Klosterman was one of your favorite guests and he returns. But this time it is to discuss Vinnie Vincent! Chuck and Mark in one corner and Mike and Tommy in the other corner. Some really great deep and intense discussion on Vinnie Vincent in KISS and as a solo artist. This is sure to cause some debate online. For this Ain’t Spencer’s Crap Mark shares with us his Vinnie Vincent Invasion fan club membership kit. Michael and Tommy put in ho...
Nov 26, 2014•1 hr 59 min
Episode 102, November 18, 2014. This is a MONSTER show! We review both The KISS KRUISE and the KISS Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel. In addition we review KISS Monster Mini Golf in Las Vegas, where we held a Three Sides of the Coin fan meet and greet. We spoke with many fans at mini golf and include the interviews at the end of the show. Don’t worry half way through the show we take a intermission. Mark shares with us the various KISS Kruise collectibles he received on the Kruise. Mic...
Nov 19, 2014•2 hr 26 min
Episode 101, November 11, 2014. Mark is away on the KISS Kruise so Michael and Tommy are holding the fort down alone this week. This week Michael starts pulling some vinyl from his collection and shares their stories. PLUS, Tommy introduces us to a new KISS Creatures of the Night drinking game and Michael ends up taking a shot of Aquavit. Mark might be on the Kruise, but he still has a This Ain’t Spencer’s Crap segment this week… he says the Deluxe KISS Reunion Tour press kit. Michael and Tommy ...
Nov 12, 2014•1 hr 39 min
Episode 100, November 4, 2014. Our big 100th episode and how do we celebrate? By doing what we have done for 99 previous shows… talking about the hottest band in the world KISS! Lots of topics today… update on Ace Frehley’s tour promotion and we put the offer out to Ace, hire us to promote your tour! We talk about our Mark quitting prank. Mark points both barrels at the KISS FAQ message board and lets them know what he thinks. We spend time reviewing the packaging of the Love Gun Deluxe release…...
Nov 04, 2014•1 hr 46 min
Episode 99, October 28, 2014. The new KISS Love Gun Deluxe was released today. We sit down and give you a track by track review of the bonus disc featuring demos, interviews and live tracks. Is this worth buying? What would make it better? The live Shock Me track features the entire Ace Frehley solo and ROCKS! We also spend some time wondering where is the promotion for the upcoming Ace Frehley tour? It has been very quiet in the online Ace world. Seems to us we should be hearing more “noise”. O...
Oct 29, 2014•1 hr 30 min
Episode 98, October 21, 2014. Former KISS Business Manager Chris Lendt returns! Chris discuss KISS during the 1980s. Topics include: Replacing Vinnie Vincent with Mark St. John and then Mark with Bruce Kulick. He gets into the contracts Peter Criss and Ace Frehley each had with KISS after their departures from the band. Chris even talks about Jesse Hilsen, Paul Stanley’s former Therapist and KISS’ former manager. The three of us also spend some time discussing the average attendance per show for...
Oct 22, 2014•2 hr 3 min
