Footage from the first KISS

The good vibes and high energy of the reunion tour (caught in all its
glory on the set with a gig at Tiger Stadium in Michigan) blended into
the Psycho Circus tour, a big deal at the time as Psycho Circus was the
first new KISS record with both Frehley and Criss in 18 years. The
possibilities for future KISS albums and the ilk were dashed by the
announcement of a final tour in 2000. The show from this tour, at
Continental Arena in New Jersey, shows the band had once again gotten
back their '1979/80-curse' and was a tired looking unit and at the end
of their line. The good times of the prior two tours apparently were a
facade as Simmons say in the KISSOLOGY liner notes that working with
Frehley and Criss was 'torture' from the Unplugged set all the way
through the disablement of the original band once again. Regardless,
the band created some of their most poignant moments during their
second coming, and the performances from these reformation years are a
rock historical keepsake on how to properly re-launch a band of this
caliber.

The most interesting moment on the set is footage
from the first KISS tour in 1973 in Queens, NY. Looking more like the
tons of KISS cover bands that would follow, it is a great time machine
view at the embryonic state of the group, sans the stadium backdrops
and mayhem, which would be an essential part of their shows from then
on.

Volume 3 is by far the best of all the KISSOLOGY’s. And
while your sensible side may wonder why you would ever need more
versions of Rock and Roll All Nite-your rock side (if you truly do have
one) knows you can never hear it enough.