On this day in music history: September 18, 1983 - Lick It Up, the eleventh studio album by KISS is released. Produced by Michael James Jackson, Gene Simmons, and Paul Stanley, it is recorded at Right Track Studios and The Record Plant in New York City from July - August 1983. Following the disappointing response to their previous album Creatures Of The Night, the veteran rock band will regroup and refine the harder rock of Creatures. It is also the first album to fully credit new guitarist Vinnie Vincent, who joined the band on the last album after original member Ace Frehley quits early in the sessions. KISS will also undergo a huge image change when they decide to stop performing in their trademark makeup and costumes. The band members will reveal themselves publicly without makeup for the first time on MTV, being interviewed by VJ J.J. Jackson on the same day the album is released. The new album will be well received and is their best seller since Unmasked in 1980. It will spin off two singles including All Hells Breakin Loose and the title track (#71 Pop). Vinnie Vincents tenure in KISS will be brief, when he is fired from the band in April of 1984 for having personal differences with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. Lick It Up will peak at number twenty four on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:00:07 +0000
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