Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show

Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show

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Episodes

Behind The Scenes Stories from 25 Years Ago When Original Members of KISS Played their Last Show

October 13, 2025
Episode 639. October 7, 2000 was the last time the original four members of KISS ever played together… Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. 25 years ago! We share behind the scenes stories and memories from the last show and events leading up to the last show. Press requests please contact Michael […]
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KISS in Cadillac, MI 1975 a DJ Shares Stories About Interviewing Them & Filming the Concert!

October 3, 2025
Episode 638. NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCERT FOOTAGE OF KISS AT CADILLAC HS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY We sit down with Dale K. Myers. In 1975, I was a disc-jockey, Dale K. Myers, at WATT 1240-AM Radio in Cadillac, Michigan. When KISS came to town in October, I interviewed Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley, […]
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Don’t Waste Your Time, No Michael This Week So the Show Sucks!

September 30, 2025
Episode 637. No Michael this week so this show is going to suck bad! But I guess they talked about things to do in Vegas….Three Sides in Vegas…..Alice Cooper/Judas Priest tour….and Mark shares some of the very first Kiss fanzines. Yeah thats right, Mark shares something!! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since […]
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KISS You Should Listen to this Episode. Fans Would Love Something Like the Nuge Vault!

September 22, 2025
Episode 636. We are joined by Jason Hartless Sr. And Jason Hartless Jr who run the NUGE VAULT. They taking deep inside all the amazing things Ted Nugent fans get when they join the NUGE VAULT. Don’t worry there is plenty of KISS talk, including shared for the first time a story about a cassette […]
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Nick Simmons, Sophie Simmons and Evan Stanley and What They are Doing

September 8, 2025 • 62 mins
Episode 635. No Michael this week so honestly, I have no idea what these two fools talked about… I don’t want to listen to find out. Something about when and why you listen to KISS. And I guess they also talk about Nick Simmons, Sophie Simmons and Evan Stanley and what they are doing. Press […]
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Could the Elder from KISS Have Been a Hit IF MTV Played the World Without Heroes Video

September 1, 2025 • 60 mins
Episode 634. Lots of topics this week… we start off talking about “B” level artists. This leads to discussing “KISS” and “Aucoin” related artists such as New England, Starz, Piper, Angel, Godz and why didn’t any of them break big? And finally Tommy drops a great what if… what if during the very early days […]
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Is KISS Leaving Diehard KISS Fans Behind with the World of Tanks Announcement, How Do You Feel?

August 25, 2025 • 74 mins
Episode 633. We were going to take off this week as Mark was on vacation, but KISS announced a partnership with the video game World of Tanks and we realized we had to talk about this, share our feelings. This appears to be an effort to expose the band to a potentially new audience and […]
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KISS Selected as a 2025 Kennedy Center Honoree, We Comment on this HUGE Honor

August 18, 2025 • 77 mins
Episode 632. It was announced that KISS… Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss have been selected to be 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees. HOLY CRAP! Nobody saw this coming! This is a HUGE honor for the band, it could be argued this is bigger and more important than the Rock N Roll Hall […]
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Two New KISS Products, Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? One is Crap, the Other… Take My Money!!

August 11, 2025 • 55 mins
Episode 631. We talk about two KISS products… a Hot In The Shade pin and some brand new KISS 70s costume action figures. What do you think of each item? That Hot In The Shade pin is a trainwreck, the product copy is so wrong and the pin looks like crap. But… the action figures, […]
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We Remember OZZY OSBOURNE, Sharing Our Stories and Memories

July 28, 2025 • 90 mins
Episode 630. We remember Ozzy Osbourne who passed away on July 22nd, 2025. Lisa’s husband Bryan joins Michael, Mark and Lisa as we all share our memories and stories of Ozzy. 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 […]
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We Read & React to a Review of KISS Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. This Reviewer Is Not Wrong!

July 21, 2025 • 76 mins
Episode 629. We read and react to a review of KISS Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. Boy is this reviewer spot on! But this review leads into deeper discussions of greatest hits albums, record label influence and contracts and then somehow we get into a AC/DC discussion. Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since […]
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Our Thoughts on Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning, Could KISS Do This?

July 14, 2025 • 89 mins
Episode 628. Lisa is back this week and we start off by catching up with her and what she has been doing. We talk about the Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning concert and our thoughts. Then we move into talking about if KISS could do something like this and who might the guest musicians […]
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What Was It About KISS That Made Us Connect with Them in the 1970s

July 7, 2025 • 75 mins
Episode 627. We are auditioning a possible “weather boy” and for his audition to join us he brought a great topic… what was it about KISS and how did we get get into them in the 1970s? Talk about a trip down memory lane! Stories of school, siblings, friends, monsters, wrestling, Sid & Marty Krofft […]
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Come On! Make the KISS Army WORTH Joining! It’s Time to Celebrate Album Anniversaries the Right Way

June 30, 2025 • 63 mins
Episode 626. This week Mark and Michael sound off! Is the KISS Army fan club worth joining? $50 a year for early access to buy merchandise? Come on! Oh and celebrating the anniversary of album releases by doing nothing more than releasing some t-shirts, colored vinyl and a picture disc… that isn’t how you celebrate […]
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A 1974 KISS Debut Album Review… Part of the New Wave of Ultra-Commercial, Almost Pop, Hard Rock

June 23, 2025 • 72 mins
Episode 625. Groundbreaking episode… this week Mark Cicchini gets up, walks to another room, finds a collectible, brings it back, sits down and OPENS IT! And Tommy ( who is this Tommy guy? ) isn’t here to see it happen! Mark reads two 1974 reviews of the debut KISS album and both are actually quite […]
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10 Years Later with the Magic Book and Paul Stanley Says Changes are Coming to Las Vegas Event

June 16, 2025 • 61 mins
Episode 624. It has been 10 years since Ros Radley appeared on Three Sides of the Coin saying the Magic book would be released Xmas 2015, still no updates… but lets be real, the book is not happening.   And Paul Stanley in a recent interview… Stanley told Broken Record about the Vegas event (as […]
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Gary Shea on New England, Warrior and Alcatrazz, Oh and KISS!

June 2, 2025 • 120 mins
Episode 623. An outstanding account of the music business, A riveting story of determination and focus, Musical teenage dream come true, Against all odds musical ups and downs, Defying logic following your heart, Climbing the musical ladder of success, Fearless journey on the road to stardom, (You won’t read about the heads of chickens being […]
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The Magic is Back! Alain Bellicha Releases ANOTHER Book… KISS at BUDOKAN!

May 26, 2025 • 90 mins
Episode 622. The Magic is Back! Alain Bellicha Releases ANOTHER Book… KISS at BUDOKAN! 50 years ago, KISS debuted in Japan with the release of Dressed to Kill on Victor Music. KISS’s success spread like wildfire. In March 1977, their first tour shook Japan to its core. KISS played four shows at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan […]
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We React to a 1978 Review of the KISS Solo Album, Are They the Greatest Solo Albums of All Time?

May 19, 2025 • 82 mins
Episode 621. We read and react to a Sounds Magazine review of the four KISS solo albums from October 14, 1978. The reviewer is Geoff Barton. “First spins revealed that Gene Simmons’ solo LP sounded almost exactly like a Kiss platter, that Ace Frehley’s independent attempt sounded well night indistinguishable from a Kiss original, that […]
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Joey Cassata Drops By to Discuss His New Book Influenced by KISS’ Music From The Elder

May 12, 2025 • 122 mins
Episode 620. So much KISS discussion with Joey Cassata. Running through all discussion is Joey’s new book The Order of The Rose. But, we immediately get sidetracked with a 10 year look book at Ros Radley’s promised and never delivered book Magic. Along the way Joey makes a claim he is a better drummer than […]
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