KISS Concert (Jan 18, 1983)

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KISS« hits Syracuse, NY for their Creatures of the Night tour. Performing for 4,902 wild and screaming fans, with 15 songs. This tour saw the addition of the Egyptian Warrior Vinnie Vincent, and this show in particular, got bad reviews from the press, for the band being so loud, that the sound was distorted.

	Event Location Information

	Background Information
	Band Name:	KISS«
	Album Tour:	Creatures of the Night«
	Labels:	Casablanca
	Date:	January 18, 1983
	Venue: War Memorial Auditorium Address: Syracuse, NY
	Promoter:	Magic City Production/TCA
	Attendance:	4,902
	Capacity:	7,903
	Opening Act:	Night Ranger
	Member Lineup Information

	Guitar & Vocals:	Paul Stanley«
	Bass & Vocals:	Gene Simmons
	Lead Guitar & Vocals:	Vinnie Vincent
	Drums & Vocals:	Eric Carr«

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About

KISS performed to little over a 1/2 house on January 18, 1983 in Syracuse, NY. Performing 15 songs.
The local newspaper (read below) stated that the band was so loud, that it was distorted.
This was the first tour that Vinnie Vincent played with KISS. He would perform for one more album tour, before being replaced.

Set List

KISS Concert (January 18, 1983)

# Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Album
Creatures of the Night	Paul Stanley, Adam Mitchell	Paul Stanley	Creatures Of The Night«
Detroit Rock City	Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin	Paul Stanley	Destroyer«
Cold Gin	Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons	Gene Simmons	KISS«
Calling Dr. Love	Gene Simmons	Gene Simmons	KISS«
Guitar Solo	Paul Stanley	Solo
I Want You	Paul Stanley	Paul Stanley	Rock and Roll Over«
Guitar Solo	Vinnie Vincent	Solo
I Love It Loud	Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent	Gene Simmons	Creatures Of The Night«
Firehouse	Paul Stanley	Paul Stanley	KISS«
Drum Solo	Eric Carr«	Solo
War Machine	Gene Simmons, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance	Gene Simmons	Creatures Of The Night«
Love Gun	Paul Stanley	Paul Stanley	Love Gun«
Bass Solo	Gene Simmons	Solo
God Of Thunder	Paul Stanley	Gene Simmons	Destroyer«
I Still Love You	Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent	Paul Stanley	Creatures Of The Night«
Shout It Out Loud	Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bob Ezrin	Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons	Destroyer«
Encore
Black Diamond	Paul Stanley	Peter Criss, intro by Paul Stanley	KISS«
Strutter	Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons	Paul Stanley	KISS«
Rock And Roll All Nite	Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons	Gene Simmons	Dressed To Kill«

Local News

Source References
kissmonster.com«

Local TV WIXT Channel 9 news filmed backstage and concert footage at the show which was broadcast including clips of "Creatures of the Night." Superior, but shorter, footage of the same song was filmed (also with backstage interview) and broadcast by WSTM Channel 3 news.

News Paper Article

Source References
kissmonster.com« & Jason Gallinger«

Syracuse Post Standard, 1/19/83 "Kiss has been called Disneyland on acid, and the description isn't far from the truth. The band is a showbiz extravaganza that Disney himself might have concocted had he been born forty years later. Introduced as 'The Greatest Band in the World,' Kiss walked onstage to flashing lights, jets of smoke pouring from the ceiling, and a hall full of kids standing on their chairs, fists in the air, cheering the band's arrival. The audience itself was somewhat incongruous for a War Memorial concert. Seated here and there among leather and T-shirt clad, long-haired rockers and face painted Kiss enthusiasts were a sizable number of middle-aged people with young children, looking at times bewildered and besieged. Then again, their presence shouldn't have been entirely unexpected. After all, how many other rock bands have become the basis for such a wholesome American institution as the comic book... The band's movements were highly exaggerated, and when these were absorbed along with the rest of the stage, the show began to look like a Kabuki presentation some crazed individual had turned inside out.

Musically, the concert was a disaster, distorted and garbled, noise with a driving beat. It was heavy metal music in its purest form: volume. That this didn't matter to the audience proves one person's noise may be another's ecstasy. Although lyrics were indistinguishable, when the crowd wasn't cheering and dancing it was singing right along. They knew all the words. Close your eyes and Kiss becomes just another heavy-metal band. Open them and you enter a world of fantasy. P.T. Barnum would be proud"