Flaming Youth (song)
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| Single by Kiss from the album Destroyer |
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| Released | 1976 (US) | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Record Plant Studios, New York City: 1976 |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | ||||
| Length | 2 min 39 sec | ||||
| Label | Casablanca NB-858-A (US) | ||||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin | ||||
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"Flaming Youth" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss. The song is featured on their 1976 album Destroyer, and was the first Kiss single to feature a picture sleeve.[1]
The song was written by Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Bob Ezrin. Ezrin actually took samples of music written by the other three and organized them into one song. For example, one of the main riffs on "Flaming Youth" was from a song that Simmons wrote called "Mad Dog", which appeared on Kiss' 2001 release, The Box Set.
Session guitarist Dick Wagner played lead guitar on the track, much to the surprise to Frehley, who did not find out that his own part was recorded over until he heard the final mix of the album.[2]
There is some highly unusual instrumentation in this song, especially for a glamrock band, an organ or possibly a barrel organ.
[edit] References
- ^ KISS singles Information
- ^ Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography, Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5
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