KISS filmography
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The following is a complete filmography of the American
United States
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 rock band Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

. It does not count film appearances by individual band members.

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park is a 1978 television film, starring American hard rock band Kiss...

(1978) – Made For TV movie that originally aired on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 on October 28, 1978. The movie features Kiss (endowed with superpowers) battling an evil robotics inventor (Abner Devereaux, played by Anthony Zerbe
Anthony Zerbe
Anthony Jared Zerbe is an American stage, film and Emmy-winning television actor. Notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in The Omega Man, a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend; Milton Krest in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill;...

). When Devereaux gets fired from his job at an amusement park he swears revenge against Kiss, who he blames for his bad fortune.

The movie was filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park located in Valencia, California north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In...

 in Valencia, California
Valencia, California
Valencia is an affluent planned community located in the City of Santa Clarita, California and Los Angeles County, California, U.S. in the northwestern corner of the Santa Clarita Valley, adjacent to Interstate 5. In 1987, it was one of the four unincorporated communities that merged to create the...

. It was a ratings success for NBC, but is viewed as either a low point or a source of amusement for the group by Kiss fans and Kiss themselves, depending on who is asked. Most of the scenes were filmed with little or no rehearsal, and the dialogue was tongue-in-cheek.

Kiss: Animalize Live Uncensored (1985)

Animalize Live Uncensored (April 1, 1985) was recorded at Cobo Hall
Cobo Hall
Gavin Hamilton memorial arena is a major convention center situated along Jefferson Ave. in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. Designed by Gino Rossetti, opened in 1960. Expanded in 1989, the present complex contains of exhibition...

 on December 8, 1984 during Kiss' Animalize
Animalize
Animalize is the 12th studio album by the American band Kiss. In a continuation of the commercial resurgence begun with Lick It Up, Animalize was certified platinum by the RIAA on December 12, 1984. It was the biggest-selling Kiss album since 1977's Alive II.The album marked the only appearance by...

 tour. It was originally aired by MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

. It features the lineup of Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...

, Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley
Stanley Harvey Eisen , better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's...

, Eric Carr
Eric Carr
Paul Charles Caravello , also known as Eric Carr, was an American musician, best known as drummer for the rock band Kiss. Caravello was selected as the new Kiss drummer after Peter Criss left in 1980...

 and Bruce Kulick
Bruce Kulick
Bruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....

. One of Kulick's first concerts after replacing Mark St. John
Mark St. John
Mark Leslie Norton , better known as Mark St. John, was a guitarist known for his brief work with the rock band Kiss.-Prior to Kiss:...

. Certified platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

 by the RIAA on October 1, 1987.

Track list
  • "Detroit Rock City"
  • "Cold Gin"
  • "Creatures Of The Night"
  • "Fits Like A Glove"
  • "Heaven's On Fire"
  • "Thrills In The Night"
  • "Under The Gun"
  • "War Machine"
  • "Young And Wasted"
  • "I Love It Loud"
  • "I Still Love You"
  • "Love Gun"
  • "Lick It Up"
  • "Black Diamond"
  • "Rock And Roll All Nite"

Kiss Exposed (1987)

Exposed
Exposed (Kiss)
Exposed is the name of a 1987 long form music video released by the band Kiss. This was the band's second home video release.The video is a long interview with Kiss interspersed with music videos and live concert clips including:*Promotional videos for "Lick It Up" and "All Hell's Breakin' Loose"...

(May 18, 1987) – Mixture of rare live clips, videos and interview segments. Features lots of scantily clad women. Certified platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

 by the RIAA on October 1, 1987.

Crazy Nights (1989)

Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights (video)
Crazy Nights is a music VHS by American hard rock band Kiss. The VHS features 3 videos from their non make-up era album of the same name.It included the music videos for "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Turn on the Night" and "Reason to Live"....

(January 1, 1989) – Compilation of all three videos from the Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights is the 14th studio album by American band Kiss. The album was recorded in June 1987 and officially released on September 18, 1987 by Mercury and Vertigo in Europe. The album featured keyboards which was another departure in their music style changing from their Lick It...

 album: "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Reason to Live" and "Turn on the Night". Certified gold by the RIAA on March 29, 1991.

X-Treme Close-Up (1992)

X-treme Close-Up
X-treme Close-Up
X-treme Close Up features the history, facts and stories of American hard rock band Kiss up to then. The video features vintage concert footage, interviews and videos from the early beginnings to the early 1990s...

(August 18, 1992) – Compilation of interviews, live performances, videos and commercials. Certified platinum by the RIAA on June 6, 1995.

Konfidential (1993)

Kiss Konfidential
Kiss Konfidential
Kiss Konfidential is a music VHS by American hard rock band Kiss released on August 16, 1993. The video features 13 live performances, and also features backstage interviews from their Revenge Tour...

(August 16, 1993) – 12 of the 16 songs were recorded during the band's Revenge
Revenge (KISS album)
Revenge is the 16th studio album by American heavy metal band Kiss, released on May 19, 1992. It was the band's first album after the death of long-time drummer Eric Carr in November 1991. His replacement, Eric Singer, had played with Black Sabbath, Brian May, Alice Cooper and even Paul Stanley,...

tour. Filmed in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

, Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

 and Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

, November 27–29, 1992. Certified gold by the RIAA on October 13, 1993.

KISS My Ass: The Video (1994)

Kiss My Ass: The Video
Kiss My Ass: The Video
Kiss My Ass: The Video, also known as Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved is a VHS tape released in 1994, by American hard rock band Kiss. The video includes clips from various live concerts and interviews with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons...

(1994) – Companion video to the album of the same name. Mixture of obscure TV commercials, live performances and previously aired interview segments.

MTV Unplugged: KISS (1996)

MTV Unplugged: KISS
KISS Unplugged
Kiss Unplugged is a Kiss album featuring the group performance in MTV Unplugged.On August 9, 1995, hard rock band Kiss performed on MTV Unplugged in what fans consider the beginning of the eventual Kiss Reunion Tour. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons contacted former members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley...

(March 12, 1996) – Contains the complete performance as originally aired on MTV, as well as outtakes, interview and behind the scenes footage. Certified gold by the RIAA on May 15, 1996.

Psycho Circus 3-D Video(1998)

Psycho Circus
Psycho Circus (song)
"Psycho Circus" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss. It is the title track from the 1998 album with the same name. The B-side is the non-album track "In Your Face", a song written by bassist Gene Simmons and sung by Kiss guitarist/vocalist Ace Frehley."Psycho Circus" was written by...

(October 27, 1998) – Features the 3D video for "Psycho Circus", as well as a CD single containing "Psycho Circus" and "In Your Face". Four different CDs are available, each featuring a different band member. Certified platinum by the RIAA on January 13, 1999.

KISS: The Second Coming (1998)

The Second Coming
The Second Coming (Kiss video)
The Second Coming is a DVD collection released by the band Kiss in 2000. The DVD set focuses on the Alive/Worldwide Tour tour, which took place in 1996 and 1997.It was certified Platinum in the US.-External links:*...

(November 24, 1998) – This video chronicles the band's hugely successful Reunion Tour of 1996/1997. It contains an overview of the band's history, and leads up to the press conference announcing the reunion. Narrated by MTV's Matt Pinfield
Matt Pinfield
Matt Pinfield is a music personality and TV host, best known for being a video deejay on MTV and VH1. He currently lives in Harrison, New Jersey having previously resided in East Brunswick Township...

. Concert footage from the reunion tour is included. The video is packaged with a 35-page color booklet. Certified platinum by the RIAA on January 13, 1999.

KISS Symphony: The DVD (2003)

Kiss Symphony: The DVD
Kiss Symphony: The DVD
KISS Symphony: The DVD is a DVD by American Hard Rock band KISS. The DVD features footage from the Australian tour, and the Audio was previously released for the Live album Kiss Symphony: Alive IV.-Track listing:...

(September 9, 2003) – DVD companion to the band's KISS Symphony: Alive IV
KISS Symphony: Alive IV
Kiss Symphony: Alive IV is a 2003 live album from Kiss performing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra . The arrangements were made by David Campbell, who also conducted the MSO. It is the group's fourth album in the Alive series and first release under Kiss Records and Sanctuary Records...

album, recorded live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Melbourne, Australia. It has 100 permanent musicians. Melbourne has the longest continuous history of orchestral music of any Australian city and the MSO is the oldest professional orchestra in Australia...

. Certified 2x platinum by the RIAA on December 2, 2003.

KISS Rock The Nation Live (2005)

Rock the Nation Live!
Rock the Nation Live! (DVD)
KISS: Rock The Nation Live! is a 2005 live music DVD by American hard rock band Kiss. The DVD is popular because of the addition of "Kiss Powervision" which enables the viewer to select different camera angles each focusing on a different member of the band...

(December 13, 2005) – A two-DVD set featuring highlights from KISS' 2004 "Rock The Nation" tour. This DVD set has a special feature that, on some songs, allows the viewer to select a band member on which to focus. Certified 2x platinum by the RIAA on January 29, 2007.

KISSOLOGY Volume I: 1974-1977 (2006)

Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977
Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977
Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977 is a DVD/Home Video released by Kiss on October 31, 2006. It contains two discs, plus three separate bonus discs sold only within initial first pressings....

(October 31, 2006) – The first in a planned series of three DVDs spanning the group's career. Volume I contains a number of live performances and interviews, as well as four full concerts. While much of the footage has circulated (with varying degrees of quality) as bootlegs
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...

 for a number of years, some has never been seen before. Certified 5x platinum by the RIAA on January 29, 2007.

KISSOLOGY Volume II: 1978-1991 (2007)

Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991
Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991
Kissology Volume Two: 1978–1991 is a DVD/Home Video that was released by Kiss on August 14, 2007. It contains three discs, plus three separate bonus discs sold only within initial first pressings. Some initial packages included a replica ticket to Magic Mountain for Kiss meets the Phantom of the...

(August 14, 2007) - The KISSOLOGY Volume II DVD set encompasses 1978 - 1991, and includes seven hours of live KISS including two full concerts, TV appearances and extras on three DVDs. Certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA on October 24, 2007.

KISSOLOGY Volume III: 1992-2000 (2007)

Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000
Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000
Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000 is a DVD/Home Video released by Kiss and VH1 Classic Records. It was released on December 18, 2007.Kissology Vol. 3 is the third installment of the Kiss archival video series...

(December 18, 2007) The KISSOLOGY Volume III DVD set encompasses 1992-2001. Certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA.

Other appearances

In 2002, KISS filmed a music video with the cast of the popular sitcom That 70's Show to announce that the show was going into sydication. The half-hour special showed behind the scenes of the making of the video. The half-hour special, called "That 70's KISS Show" aired on VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

.

KISS had a role in Fairly OddParents Wishology Part 1: The Big Beginning, as themselves.

KISS appeared in the TV-series Millennium in 1998 in the episode Thirteen Years Later that aired on October 30, 1998.

Kiss was also featured in the Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...

 episode, 'Road to Europe
Road to Europe
"Road to Europe" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 7, 2002. The episode follows baby Stewie, who becomes obsessed with the fictional British children's television series "Jolly...

', and the Christmas special. They played themselves during a reunion tour consisting of 5 shows in the US, called "Kiss-Stock". They also appear in an episode of Whats New Scooby Doo? Performing as themselves during a hallowen party in the halloween episode of the show.

Films

Year Film Director
1978 Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park is a 1978 television film, starring American hard rock band Kiss...

Gordon Hessler
Gordon Hessler
Gordon Hessler is a British film and television director, screenwriter, and producer.He was raised in England and studied at the University of Reading. While a teenager, he moved to the United States and directed a series of short films and documentaries...

1999 Detroit Rock City
Detroit Rock City (film)
Detroit Rock City is a 1999 film about four teenagers in a Kiss cover band who try to see their idols in Detroit in 1978. Comparable to Rock 'n' Roll High School, Dazed and Confused, The Stöned Age, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Detroit Rock City tells a coming of age story through a filter of 1970s...

Adam Rifkin
Adam Rifkin
Adam Rifkin sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public-access television cable TV to Hollywood.His eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult...


Certification

Year Video Album Certification
1985 Animalize Live Uncensored Platinum
1987 Exposed
Exposed (Kiss)
Exposed is the name of a 1987 long form music video released by the band Kiss. This was the band's second home video release.The video is a long interview with Kiss interspersed with music videos and live concert clips including:*Promotional videos for "Lick It Up" and "All Hell's Breakin' Loose"...

Platinum
1989 Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights (video)
Crazy Nights is a music VHS by American hard rock band Kiss. The VHS features 3 videos from their non make-up era album of the same name.It included the music videos for "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Turn on the Night" and "Reason to Live"....

Gold
1992 X-treme Close-Up
X-treme Close-Up
X-treme Close Up features the history, facts and stories of American hard rock band Kiss up to then. The video features vintage concert footage, interviews and videos from the early beginnings to the early 1990s...

Platinum
1993 Kiss Konfidential
Kiss Konfidential
Kiss Konfidential is a music VHS by American hard rock band Kiss released on August 16, 1993. The video features 13 live performances, and also features backstage interviews from their Revenge Tour...

Gold
1994 Kiss My Ass: The Video
Kiss My Ass: The Video
Kiss My Ass: The Video, also known as Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved is a VHS tape released in 1994, by American hard rock band Kiss. The video includes clips from various live concerts and interviews with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons...

Gold
1996 Kiss Unplugged
KISS Unplugged
Kiss Unplugged is a Kiss album featuring the group performance in MTV Unplugged.On August 9, 1995, hard rock band Kiss performed on MTV Unplugged in what fans consider the beginning of the eventual Kiss Reunion Tour. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons contacted former members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley...

Gold
1998 Psycho Circus 3-D Video Platinum
1998 The Second Coming
The Second Coming (Kiss video)
The Second Coming is a DVD collection released by the band Kiss in 2000. The DVD set focuses on the Alive/Worldwide Tour tour, which took place in 1996 and 1997.It was certified Platinum in the US.-External links:*...

Platinum
2003 Kiss Symphony: The DVD
Kiss Symphony: The DVD
KISS Symphony: The DVD is a DVD by American Hard Rock band KISS. The DVD features footage from the Australian tour, and the Audio was previously released for the Live album Kiss Symphony: Alive IV.-Track listing:...

2× Platinum
2005 Rock the Nation Live! (DVD)
Rock the Nation Live! (DVD)
KISS: Rock The Nation Live! is a 2005 live music DVD by American hard rock band Kiss. The DVD is popular because of the addition of "Kiss Powervision" which enables the viewer to select different camera angles each focusing on a different member of the band...

2× Platinum
2006 Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977
Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977
Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977 is a DVD/Home Video released by Kiss on October 31, 2006. It contains two discs, plus three separate bonus discs sold only within initial first pressings....

5× Platinum
2007 Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991
Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991
Kissology Volume Two: 1978–1991 is a DVD/Home Video that was released by Kiss on August 14, 2007. It contains three discs, plus three separate bonus discs sold only within initial first pressings. Some initial packages included a replica ticket to Magic Mountain for Kiss meets the Phantom of the...

6× Platinum
2007 Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000
Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000
Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000 is a DVD/Home Video released by Kiss and VH1 Classic Records. It was released on December 18, 2007.Kissology Vol. 3 is the third installment of the Kiss archival video series...

8× Platinum
2012 Kissology Volume Four: 2001–2011
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