Hotter than Hell (Kiss song)
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"Hotter Than Hell" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, released on their second album of the same name in 1974. It was written by the band's rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley, and it shows a heavy influence of the band Free on him. Despite being rarely performed during the years, "Hotter Than Hell" has appeared on many of the band's albums. It has also appeared as a B-side to the album's lone single Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll.
Background
"Hotter Than Hell", as Stanley said, was basically a re-writing of a Free song "All Right Now", mostly because Stanley was a big fan of Free and the song meant a lot to him.
Stanley described the story of the song: "[It] was written about an encounter with somebody in a bar, and then at the end of the song I didn't know quite how to end it so I came up with this riff that was kind of like a Black Sabbath kind of riff and we tacked that on."[1]
Live performances
"Hotter Than Hell" has been performed during the following tours, but was dropped from the Destroyer Tour set-list and didn't return until the Revenge Tour in 1992. The song was returned again to the set-list for the Kiss/Aerosmith co-headlined Rocksimus Maximus Tour/World Domination Tour. It was again dropped from the Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour and hasn't been performed later. During the TV film KISS Meets The Phantom the "evil" Kiss perform a version of this to incite a crowd to riot called "Rip and Destroy"
Appearances
"Hotter Than Hell" has appeared on following Kiss albums:
- Hotter Than Hell - studio version
- Alive! - live version
- The Originals - studio version
- Double Platinum - studio version
- The Box Set - studio version
- The Very Best of Kiss - studio version
- The Best of Kiss: The Millennium Collection - studio version
- Gold - studio version
- Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums - studio version
- Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 - Alive! version
- Kiss Alive 35 - live version
- Jigoku-Retsuden - re-recorded studio version
- Ikons - studio version
- Sonic Boom (Bonus CD: Compilation Kiss Klassics) - studio version
Other appearances:
- B-side for the Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll single
Personnel
- Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, lead vocals
- Gene Simmons - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Peter Criss - drums, backing vocals
- Ace Frehley - lead guitar
References
- ^ "Hotter Than Hell song info - KissFaq-Wiki". Retrieved July 4, 2011.
