Opening Bands – How They Get the Gig, Great Bands We Saw, Not So Great Bands, Who Opened for KISS

Episode 682. The Three Sides of the Coin podcast discussed opening bands, focusing on how opening acts are selected for tours and sharing experiences with both good and bad opening bands at KISS concerts and other shows. Mark shared stories about seeing Rush and Iron Maiden perform recently, noting how these bands that once opened for KISS are now headlining sold-out arena tours with elaborate productions. The discussion covered the business aspects of tour support, record label involvement in booking opening acts, and how bands like Faster Pussycat could be dropped from tours when album sales declined. Michael, Mark and Lisa Martini exchanged memories of memorable opening acts including Wasp, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, and various bands from KISS tours throughout the 1980s, discussing what made some opening performances stand out and others fall flat. They also touched on how tour frequency can impact a band&#8217;s marketability and the challenges of maintaining fan interest over time. Three Sides of the Coin https://linktr.ee/ThreeSidesoftheCoin Three Sides of the Coin has moved to its own YouTube Channel, don’t miss any future episodes click the link below and click SUBSCRIBE… so easy! Subscribe &#8211;    / @threesidesofthecoinkisspodcast   Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook, Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Slaughter lead singer Mark Slaughter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, comedian Craig Gass, KISS’ former business manager Chris Lendt, the Black Veil Brides&#8217; Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley&#8217;s Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss&#8217; drum tech), Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS&#8217; Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was picked (October 2013) as a &#8216;What&#8217;s Hot&#8217; podcast by Apple&#8217;s iTunes. In the early &#8217;90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS&#8217; official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video &amp; print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album &amp; the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!! It&#8217;s only our opinion&#8230; it&#8217;s neither right nor wrong. Three Sides of the Coin Radio: www.threesidesofthecoinradio.com Facebook: facebook.com/threesidesofthecoin Twitter: twitter.com/threesidescoin Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4NsWzEiRlDKP9fHBDxOmda?si=Z8apc1tPSPSDvFgLQlbmlAhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4NsWzEiRlDKP9fHBDxOmda%3fsi=Z8apc1