Ancient concert of KISS unearthed. This could could be the earliest footage in existence.

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments

Dangerous Minds found this bit of film featuring KISS performing in Queens, New York, on December 21, 1973. The venue is The Coventry, a place that hosted many early KISS gigs.

We can glean from the video that the band had just signed to Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records. Check it out.

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3 thoughts on “Ancient concert of KISS unearthed. This could could be the earliest footage in existence.”

Paul Bessette

December 30, 2019 at 3:23 am
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That show is on one if the history DVDs I believe vol 3
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- Jim Corley
  
  December 30, 2019 at 11:30 am
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  Nope. The following night.
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- Harik
  
  December 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm
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  The idiot who wrote this is a few years late and don’t know anything about KISS
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