For a while now this has been one of my favorite Amazing Music Moments. Not only because it was cool to see KISS reunited with the original lineup and back in makeup, but also because it's pretty WTF. Tu-Pac, the since murdered gangster rapper, on stage at the 1996 Grammys giving an award to Hootie and the Blowfish for best Pop performance by a duo or group with legendary 70s metal rockers KISS standing around him. How does time not unravel at such an occurance?
As amazing as that moment undoubtedly is, it is not the real focus of today's blog entry, but rather a back drop. I thought that was the craziest KISS moment, but doing a little research I found one that if not equal to the 1996 Grammy's appearance it is at least a close second. Watch:
Did your head explode? That's 90's Country Music mega star, Garth Brooks, performing the KISS classic "Hard Luck Woman" with KISS on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. KISS were still un-masked at this point, July 1994, with their members consisting of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick (guitar), and Eric Singer (drums). Now you must of course be wondering, how the fuck did this possibly happen? Well let's check the facts jack.
Coinciding with KISS's 20th Anniversary, the KISS tribute album Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved was released by Mercury Records. Originally Gene Simmons wanted the tribute album to include hard rock/metal groups like Mozart, Dramarama, the Melvins, Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore, and Ozzy Osbourne, but due to contract entanglements none of these groups possible inclusions materialized. Instead, the album features mostly alt-rock 90s acts like the Gin Blossoms and Toad Wet Sprocket along side bigger music industry names like Lenny Kravitz and Garth Brooks. Though the album recieved mixed reviews from fans and critics, the record did reach Gold status.
The Album's Tracklisting is:
1. "Deuce" by Lenny Kravits w/ Steve Wonder on Harmonica
2. "Hard Luck Woman" by Garth Brooks w/ KISS
3. "She" by Anthrax
4. "Christine Sixteen" by Gin Blossoms
5. "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Toad Wet Sprocket
6. "Calling Dr. Love" by Shandi's Addiction
7. "Goin' Blind" by Dinosaur Jr
8. "Strutter" by Extreme
9. "Plaster Caster" by The Lemonheads
10. "Detroit Rock City" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
11. "Black Diamond" by Yoshiki
Wow Steve Wonder playing Harmonica on a KISS tribute album, this truly is an Amazing Music Moment.
Bonus
The band Shandi's Addiction is a one time group performance from Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) Billy Gould (Faith No More) and Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave). Their name being taken from the KISS song "Shandi" as a word play to the band Jane's Addiction.
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