Kiss: Kiss and Tell
Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 15 February 1975
LOS ANGELES: "We sold out two houses in Detroit at 12,000 each and were the biggest thing to hit the city since the Beatles. People were charging the stage; throwing jewellery at us, pills and everything else you could hope to imagine," reflected Kiss member Paul Stanley with just a hint of conceit.
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