KISS return to the studio with Vini Poncia, producer of the Peter Criss solo album, only to have Anton Fig, fresh from playing on the Ace Frehley solo album play drums on eight of the nine tracks. Poncia elicits strong vocal performances from the band, heavily filters and treats the lead guitar, and lends a pop sheen to the material. The album yields the disco influenced hit song "I Was Made For Lovin' You" which exposes the band to a new audience while alienating some die hard fans. BONUS: Find out what Desmond Child had to say when Dave played him the Alive 3 version of the song!
Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's Tinseltown: Losing the Light, a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called "L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire," and is also a tribute to his mother, Miriam Lucarelli, who proudly served as a PIttsburgh Police Officer for 20 years here: https://tinyurl.com/TinseltownLTLightKickstarter (Live on Kickstarter until the end of May, 2023.)
