Kiss - eXposed

Starring:Kiss
Studio: Mercury / Universal
Product Type: DVD

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Ah, the '80s! A time of hair bands and their ludicrous MTV videos filled with spandex-clad band members and skimpily clad bimbos. Kiss: Exposed returns us to that forgettable era, as Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons show how to desperately try to remain cock rock's elder statesmen. This 1987 compilation serves up several now-hilarious video clips from Kiss's '80s "unmasked" period, including "Tears Are Falling," "Heaven's on Fire," "Lick It Up," and "I Love It Loud." (Count the fires burning in these classic video relics of days gone by!) Also on hand are Stanley and Simmons themselves, looking properly embarrassed as they act out rock's biggest fantasy: lounging by the pool with a bevy of (mostly) bare beauties. The saving grace is the generous selection of vintage live performances: hearing the band do "Strutter," "Detroit Rock City," "Ladies Room," and "Deuce" in its late-'70s prime is worth wading through the outdated '80s-style power pop... if you're a real Kiss fan, of course. --Kevin Filipski

Customer Reviews:

Fun.......2007-07-03

This is a good re-issue of the original VHS version. I always liked this Video. It features many many songs and/or clips. Some dating back very early and rare (well, before the Kissology dvd was released). Most tracks are from the post-makeup days. Featuring the clips that were shown on MTV during the Asylum era.
The cheesiness comes in the form of a reporter going into the 'Kiss Mansion' and getting interviews with Gene and Paul. Women are running amuck through the video and some footage from the pool area actually has brief(very) nudity. A bunch of paid models i am sure. Its is corny, but actually is fun. Its different and makes it more enjoyable than just watching videos in order. Genes sexual puns are good as well.
I actually like this disc. And you will too if you enjoyed the non-makeup years(which i do very much). It is a good showing of Past and Present(1987) kiss.. a good watch. Also good to have a couple (though minimal) scenes with Eric Carr in them. RIP..

KISS at their best!.......2005-05-25

By the time it was 1987, the hair metal era had been big for about four or five years, and even though Ace Frehley and Peter Criss were gone from KISS and they(KISS)had taken their makeup off, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley had managed to keep the band together,even though it meant having lineup changes and taking their makeup off.It was sad to see Ace Frehley and Peter Criss leave the band-but this made up for it.

This DVD starts off with Mark Blankfield(the interviewer in this DVD) talking to people watching the DVD with a little "warning" and then he goes over to Paul Stanley's mansion in Beverly Hills, California. When Blankfield gets there, he rings the doorbell, and Paul answers the door- except he is irritated because he claims that Mark has interrupted his "beauty sleep"(there are a few females who accompany Stanley to the door in this scene)but when Paul finds out that a Barry Manilow concert coming up VERY soon could get in the way of KISS, Blankfield is let inside. Throughout the rest of this DVD, you get interviews with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons,Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr(even though Kulick and Carr have very small parts in this)and you do get to see the "beauties"during most of this DVD. There is video footage of KISS concerts from both the 70's and 80's to be found here, as well as six KISS videos from the 80's: "Lick It Up", "All Hell's Breakin' Loose", "Heaven's On Fire", "Tears Are Falling", "Uh! All Night", as well as the uncensored video for "Who Wants To Be Lonely", which MTV did NOT show on TV.

Highlights(the best scenes from this DVD)include:"The Paul Stanley Exercise Session", the monkey that is dressed up like Sonny Crocket(Don Johnson's character on "Miami Vice"), Paul's(Stanley)beauties telling him that their favorite KISS song is "Uh!All Night"because it reminds him of them with Paul's response being "I've Got Them Well Trained", as well as all of the hot women that are to be found on this DVD.

My only complaints are that Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr were not given a big enough part in this DVD and also because they didn't say anything about the Barry Manilow concert at the end of the DVD that Paul Stanley and Mark Blankfield seemed so worried about at the beginning of this DVD, but other than that, this is KISS at their raunchiest, best, and funniest.Everybody who was in this had very cheesy acting-but that is part of what makes this behind the scenes look at KISS so hillarious.

A great treat for ALL KISS fans-especially(especially)male KISS fans.

All for the Classic Material.......2005-03-15

At least this release has a semblance of production to it.
The greatest moments are the Classic KISS footage, and not the throw away non-makeup material. It has taken KISS 20 years to realise that the best and most lucrative material is the out and out concert footage, with all of the blasting phantasmagoria that is the original KISS.
This video comes close to that original fantasy in some of the scripted material, but falls flat on oh too many ways, however, just before it goes through the floor, it gets rescued by another classic clip.
There definitely should have been more of Eric Carr in the Video, but not of Bruce Kulick. However, the original is still the best, and that footage is why I give this disc 5 stars. Unfortunately it would still be better in the bootleg version, but its nice to have the Authorised version. Pity they cannot do more releases of the Classic and Re-united KISS ( However short lived that fabulous fanatasy was).

Good collection but they should put full retrospective out .......2005-02-03

If you've seen Motley Crue's "Uncensored", it's somewhat similar to this one. "Konfidential", "Unplugged" and "Kiss My A**" should also be picked up. So far the footage alone makes this one worth getting over the others. If you loved the 80s era KISS along with seeing some vintage clips, this one's the one you want to pick up.

I would love to see them put out a full length blown out video collection from over the years worthy of being a companion to the KISS box set including the original 4 playing the songs from "Alive" and "Destroyer" from beginning to end.

KISS EXPOSES !!!!!!!.......2005-01-11

My brother Pablo owns this DVD. I watched it last year for the first time in 5 years. And I was very entertained not because it's my favorite band of all, because I learned more about KISS than I ever did. They show videoclips I have never seen before, like: "Who Wants To Be Lonely" and "Uh! All Night".
I'm dying to wstch the videoclip of "Unholy", it is one of my favorite KISS songs. But those who don't know, I think that a DVD is comin' out this January 25th, a KISS DVD that contains both "KISS KONFIDENTIAL" and "KISS EXPOSED".
Anyway. The videoclips on this DVD have an excelent resolution for being "80's" videoclips. There is a footage of KISS's last concert on make-up of "I Love It Loud".
I only wished Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr apeared longer on this DVD. This DVD is also humorous and some of the parts are funny.
You should buy this one. It is a great DVD and perfect for KISS fans or not.

KISS RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!

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