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Episode Fifty-Five: Kiss My A$$ The Video
Oct 23, 2019
Episode Fifty-Four: Kiss My A$$
Oct 9, 2019
Bonus Episode: Bootlegged Volume Two
Oct 2, 2019
Episode Fifty-Three: Konfidential
Sep 25, 2019
Episode Fifty-Two: Alive III
Sep 18, 2019
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 10/23/19 | Episode Fifty-Five: Kiss My A$$ The Video | Episode Fifty-Five is an in depth look at the home video KISS My Ass. This video accompanied the release of the record with the same name, a covers album curated by Paul and Gene themselves. | — | ||||||
| 10/9/19 | Episode Fifty-Four: Kiss My A$$ | Episode Fifty-Four is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album Kiss My Ass, a tribute album produced by KISS for KISS fans everywhere. Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder, The Lemonheads, Tom Morello, Garth Brooks, Anthrax, and more all recorded music for this tribute album. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/19 | Bonus Episode: Bootlegged Volume Two | On this special bonus episode Ryo delves into a bootleg CD from his personal collection. | — | ||||||
| 9/25/19 | Episode Fifty-Three: Konfidential | Episode Fifty-Three is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the home video, KISS Konfidential. | — | ||||||
| 9/18/19 | Episode Fifty-Two: Alive III | Episode Fifty-Two is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album Alive III. This was the live album that KISS fans had been waiting so long to hear! | — | ||||||
| 9/11/19 | Episode Fifty-One: X-Treme Close Up | Episode Fifty-One is a review of the KISS Home Documentary, X-Treme Close Up. Ryo provides a review of the home video, discusses what worked and what didn’t, and dives into some of the questionable history that is discussed by Gene and Paul. Welcome to the show! | — | ||||||
| 8/28/19 | Episode Fifty: Revenge | Episode Fifty is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album Revenge. Produced by Bob Ezrin, Revenge is one of the highlights of the entire KISS catalog. | — | ||||||
| 8/21/19 | Bonus Episode: The Year in KISS 1991 | This special bonus episode breaks down the year in KISS, 1991. Ryo discusses the band gearing up to record Revenge, their involvement in the Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey soundtrack, the passing of a beloved band member, and how KISS continued to move forward even after losing the heart of their band. | — | ||||||
| 8/14/19 | Episode Forty-Nine: KISS Favorites III | Episode Forty-Nine is a look at the third volume of Favorites, a collection of KISS songs that young Ryo made back in the day. Ryo provides an analytical overview of the tracks chosen, cringes at some of the choices made, and works hard to defend some of the songs selected | — | ||||||
| 8/7/19 | Episode Forty-Eight: Badlands | Episode Forty-Eight is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album Badlands. Ryo provides an analytical overview and breakdown of the self titled debut from Badlands followed by an in-depth look at each track on the album. There is plenty of conversation on the genius of Jake E. Lee, a pondering of what if Jake had been in KISS, and a deep dive into the amazing vocal style of Ray Gillen. | — | ||||||
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| 7/31/19 | Bonus Episode: Where The KISS You Been? | This Bonus Episode marks the return of the Podcast after a lengthy, unplanned absence. Ryo explains where he’s been, why there was no podcast for so many weeks, and what the future plans are now that the show is back on track. He also answers some questions that have come in over the last couple of months and discusses what happens when this podcast reaches “The End of the Road.” | — | ||||||
| 4/28/19 | Episode Forty-Seven: Trouble Walkin’ | Episode forty-seven is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album Trouble Walkin’ by Ace Frehley. | — | ||||||
| 4/3/19 | Bonus Episode: The End of the Road Tour Review | This special bonus episode is a review of the two concerts recently attended in New York City and Philadelphia. Ryo provides an in depth review of the concert, setlist, stage, pyrotechnics, and general mayhem that is a KISS concert. | — | ||||||
| 3/27/19 | Episode Forty-Six: Hot In The Shade | Episode forty-six is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album Hot In The Shade. | — | ||||||
| 3/6/19 | Episode Forty-Five: The Decline of the Western Civilization Part II | Episode Forty-Five is a look at the infamous documentary The Decline of The Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. Ryo provides an overview of the film complete with his own detailed analysis and memories of what this documentary meant to the metal community. | — | ||||||
| 2/27/19 | Bonus Episode: The Farewell Tour Setlist Criticism | SPOILER WARNING: If you do not want to know what the setlist is for the current tour, do not listen to this episode until you have seen the concert! The entire setlist will be discussed on this episode. | — | ||||||
| 2/20/19 | Episode Forty-Four: KISS Favorites Too | Episode Forty-Four is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the second collection of KISS songs Ryo compiled during his teenage years, KISS Favorites Too. Ryo provides an in depth look at the tracks selected, gives a little background on why each track was picked, and even scolds his younger self for including certain songs at the cost of others | — | ||||||
| 2/13/19 | Episode Forty-Three: In Heat | Episode Forty-Three is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album In Heat. This Gene Simmons produced album was Black N Blue’s last studio effort with Tommy Thayer on guitar and their last album of new material for more than 20 years. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/19 | Bonus Episode: The KISS Family Feud | This bonus episode is a deep dive into the current feud between Ace Frehely and Gene Simmons as well as Paul Stanley and Vinnie Vincent. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/19 | Episode Forty-Two: Live Plus Four | Episode Forty-Two is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the home video Live Plus Four. Ryo provides an overview of the home video, followed by an in-depth look at the live performance and a full on critique of each music video. What’s better, the live portion or the music videos? Are the music videos artistic and creative? Or are they just plain garbage that the band did in order to fulfill the requirements to make a video? | — | ||||||
| 1/23/19 | Episode Forty-One: Second Sighting | Episode Forty-One is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the Frehley’s Comet album, Second Sighting. Ryo provides and analytical overview of the record, states all the reasons why it’s not a good album, and gives an in-depth look at each track on the disc. | — | ||||||
| 1/16/19 | Episode Forty: All Systems Go | Episode Forty is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the Vinnie Vincent album All Systems Go. This is the album that introduced the world to Mark Slaughter who would later go on to have his own fame in his own band named after himself | — | ||||||
| 1/9/19 | Bonus Episode: The Kiss Farewell Tour Setlist Guess | With the upcoming farewell tour just weeks away, Ryo decided to take a look at what the potential setlist could look like and what songs could be played. The potential sets are broken down into three categories – A: pretty obvious and predictable, B: a nice balance of the expected and unexpected or C: Ryo’s dream setlist. And the dream set is quite a dream! | — | ||||||
| 11/21/18 | Episode Thirty-Nine: Live + 1 | Episode Thirty-Nine is a track by track breakdown and analysis of the album Live + 1. This EP was recorded live in Chicago by Frehley’s Comet and released as a hold over for fans between the first and second Frehley’s Comet albums. Four live songs and one brand new studio track make up the EP. The live songs include two classic KISS era gems and two Frehley’s Comet songs. | — | ||||||
| 11/14/18 | Episode Thirty-Eight: Chikara | Episode Thirty-Eight is an in depth look at a Japanese only release of collected material. Chikara. The release was limited to 100,000 copies and the album has been long out of print, so this may be one of the hardest KISS albums to get and one of the rarest to see in a collection. On this episode of The Psycho Circus Podcast, Ryo provides an analytical overview of Chikara, followed by an in-depth look at each track on the album. | — | ||||||
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