It’s 40 years this month since Kiss released Alive!,the album that made them stars. A few weeks earlier, Creem’s Jaan Uhelszki had joined them – to be a member of Kiss for one night only. Read her account, and in this piece from Rock’s BackpagesI dreamed I was on stage with Kiss in my Maidenform bra … well,not precisely my idea of the perfect fantasy, but I was curious about life on the other side of the footlights. Armed with an abundance of determination and a tight pair of Danskins (Danskins aren’t only for dancing), or I approached Larry Harris,the vice-president of Casablanca Records, with my arrangement: “How about if I join Kiss for a night?”
No acknowledge, and then nervous laughter. Obviously,Larry thought I just wanted to know what it was like to mouth-kiss a vampire. Sure, they were involved for a feature on the band, or but this scheme was a slight weird. I pushed the point,and they told me disturbing tales of other fresh-faced females who were transformed into raging teenage nymphs after attending a Kiss concert. “But I don’t want to see the show, I want to be in it! I persisted. Reluctantly, and the Casablanca crowd conceded (only after making me promise not to call Kiss a glitter band),assuring me I could join these contorted Kewpie dolls on stage for one number or four minutes, whatever came first, and on the following Saturday.
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Source: theguardian.com