Kiss god gave rock and roll to you movie#
Kiss god gave rock and roll to you tv#

Russ Ballard believes God Gave Rock And Roll To You’s message lives on, now more than ever. I believed that he could somehow turn things around. Eric showed up and stayed until the very end of the video shoot, which lasted until three in the morning. “We were concerned about whether he was healthy enough or strong enough to do it.

“When it came time to shoot the video, Eric begged to be in it, even though he hadn’t played on the record,” Simmons wrote in his book Kiss And Make-Up. Touchingly, God Gave Rock And Roll To You II marked the final contribution to Kiss of drummer Eric Carr before he succumbed to heart cancer, aged just 41. God knows how much money that song has made me, but it’s probably bought me my house.'Īlthough Kiss reached No.4 in the UK with their version, in January 1992, for once the song’s commercial performance was not Simmons’s chief concern.

Kiss god gave rock and roll to you tv#

Apparently, Gene said on the TV show School Of Rock: ‘When I wrote God Gave Rock And Roll To You…’ But at least the royalties are good. I don’t mind that most people think it’s a Kiss song. “Funnily enough, when I wrote the song, it was about the speed Kiss made it. “That new lyric was more universal, perfect for what Kiss were doing,” he says. Now, instead of the quaint instruction to ‘ love your friend and love your neighbour/Don’t step on snails, don’t climb in trees/Love Cliff Richard but please don’t tease’, listeners were urged to ‘ put your faith in a loud guitar’. The tweaked title of Kiss’s version, God Gave Rock & Roll To You II, denoted that the New Yorkers had raised the tempo and rewritten the verse lyric.

That evening, when they came on, I was in the wings, and suddenly Kiss walk up in their makeup and platform heels, about seven-and-ahalf feet tall. At the sound-check, they weren’t in any slap. “One night in about 1973, we were playing in New York with Wishbone Ash and Kiss,” he remembers. They tried out a few bands, then came back and said: ‘ Kiss are going to do it.’”īy this time Ballard had already made the acquaintance of Gene Simmons and co. Nigel told me he was collating the soundtrack, and he’d suggested God Gave Rock And Roll To You for the final scene.

Kiss god gave rock and roll to you movie#

To order by phone - Call (+44) 0147485010 quoting RareVinyl.Then in the early 90s, Ballard was sitting in the lobby of a US record label, when former Blondie bassist Nigel Harrison stopped and told him about an upcoming movie called Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, the sequel to a hit comedy about two rock-obsessed slackers, played by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Postage/Shipping Cost - Add item to your basket for a postage/shipping quote. Related Artists - Ace Frehley, Angel (Kiss), Bruce Kulick, Davitt Sigerson, Eric Carr, Gene Simmons, Keel, King Kobra, Lyn Christopher, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Silent Rage, Skatt Bros., Treasure, Trigger (70'S Rock), Union, Vinnie Vincent.Īvailability - In Stock - Buy Now for shipping today Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.Ĭondition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Title - God Gave Rock & Roll To You - Hype Stickered (click link for more of the same title)įormat - 12' vinyl picture disc (12 inch picture record) Junior's Gone Wild - Performed By King's XĪrtist - Kiss (click link for complete listing) God Gave Rock N Roll To You II - Performed By KissĢ. Includes Junior's Gone Wildīy King's X and Shout It Out by Slaughter, hype stickeredĬlear PVC sleeve with the original picture backing insert. KISS God Gave Rock & Roll To You (1991 UK limited editionģ-track 12' Picture Disc single taken from the 'Bill &