Detroit Rock City (song)
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| Single by KISS | ||
| from the album Destroyer | ||
| Released | July 28, 1976 (US) | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | Record Plant Studios, New York City: 1976 |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 2 min 57 sec | |
| Label | Casablanca NB-863A (US) | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |
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| KISS singles chronology | ||
| "Flaming Youth" / "God of Thunder" (1976) |
"Detroit Rock City" / "Beth" (1976) |
"Beth" / "Detroit Rock City" (1976) |
"Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group KISS featured on their 1976 album, Destroyer. The song was written by Paul Stanley and Bob Ezrin and is about a real KISS fan who was killed in a car accident on his way to a KISS concert. The song, recorded and released as a single in 1976[1], was the third single off of KISS's album Destroyer and was planned to be their last in support of the album.
As a single, it did poorly in sales and radio play (other than in Detroit), and failed to chart in the U.S.[2] even though it would prove to be a fan favorite. It came as a surprise that the B-side "Beth", a ballad sung by drummer Peter Criss, wound up catching on in different markets in the United States, so the single was reissued with "Beth" as the A-side and "Detroit Rock City" as the B-side.[3]
It was covered by the band TNT (band) on the Kiss Army of Norway album, with Ronni Le Tekro implementing his famous "machine gun" technique into the guitar riff.
The song was #6 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs, [4] and is featured on the album Heavy Metal – The First 20 Years which was released on July 25, 2006.[5]
"Detroit Rock City" was covered by a ska-core band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones on a KISS tribute album KISS My Ass.
| KISS |
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| Gene Simmons – Paul Stanley – Tommy Thayer – Eric Singer |
| Peter Criss – Ace Frehley – Eric Carr – Vinnie Vincent – Mark St. John – Bruce Kulick |
| Discography |
| Albums: Studio – Live – Compilation |
| U.S. Top 40 Singles: "Rock and Roll All Nite" – "Shout It Out Loud" – "Beth" – "Hard Luck Woman" – "Calling Dr. Love" – "Christine Sixteen" "Rocket Ride" – "New York Groove" – "I Was Made For Lovin' You" – "Forever" |
| Filmography: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park – Detroit Rock City |
| Related articles |
| Anton Fig – Bob Kulick – KISS Army – KISS merchandising - KISS timeline – List of KISS concert tours – Wicked Lester |
[edit] Notes
- ^ KISS singles
- ^ KISS singles chart,
- ^ Sherman, Dale. Black Diamond - The Unauthorized Biography of KISS. CG Publishing, 1997. ISBN (1-896522-35-1)
- ^ "VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs", 1-4 May 2006, VH1 Channel, reported by VH1.com; last accessed September 10, 2006.
- ^ Heavy Metal - The First 20 Years album info
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