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Illustration by Scott Blair
Photography by Bryan Adams
(Neither Bryan Adams nor Pamela Anderson are associated with SuperCool-Guy, supercool-guy.com or have given their permission for their photograph to be used in this composition. SuperCool-Guy finds the (entirely coincidental) symmetry pretty cool and amusing but is prepared to remove the image at the request of its copyright holders.)
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Bryan Adams is one of my all-time favorite artists and songwriters and his unique brand of pop, rock and ballads a major influence on my music.
I first became aware of Bryan Adams with “Cuts Like a Knife” and his co-writes on KISS’ “Creatures of the Night”. Then “Reckless” came out in 1984 and became one of the biggest albums of the 80s.
At one of my first bands (in France, around 1985-87), every rehearsal would start with a “warm up” which consisted of playing most tracks on “Reckless”, particularly “Kids Wanna Rock”, “It’s Only Love”, “Summer of 69”, etc. That album was the model and inspiration for the kind of music I wanted to make at the time.
At another band (in Austin, TX, 1989-90), I insisted that we include one Bryan Adams song in the repertoire – and we chose “Run to You”...
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What is left to write about KISS that hasn’t been written before?... I have grouped the KISS discography (minus some of the later-day compilations) into the 6 “musical phases of KISS” – as I see them, this is an entirely subjective and personal grouping – and for each album, listed and rated my personal favorite tracks:
I finish off with my recommendations for newbies and a video playlist from the KISS VEVO channel…