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

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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Pyro John Watkins Has Released His Book with Stories About KISS, Van Halen, Michael Jackson & More

May 5, 2025 • 86 mins
Episode 619. Pyro John Watkins first appeared on Three Sides in 2019 to just share his many stories or the many bands he toured with doing pyro, including KISS on the Dynasty, Hot In The Shade and Revenge tours. Today John is back to promote his brand new book, Don’t You Know Who I Think […]
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This Episode SUCKS! Hit The STOP Button! We Warned You! Oh and Izzy is Back!

April 28, 2025 • 66 mins
Episode 618. Izzy and Lisa are back this week and frankly I can’t even remember what we talked about. But I think most will agree this show sucked bad, lol! 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 […]
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Why Would I Listen to This? – Tommy Reviewing KISS Asylum Tour Off The Soundboard

April 21, 2025 • 67 mins
Episode 617. Michael and Mark share their thoughts and review of the new KISS Off The Soundboard from the 1985 Asylum tour. It is great to finally have a live show with Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr. It is great to have the Asylum tour represented. We are glad to have purchased this release, but… […]
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Jack Starr Shares His Experience Auditioning to Replace Ace Frehley

April 13, 2025 • 96 mins
Episode 615. Guitarist Jack Starr joins us to share his stories of auditioning to replace Ace Frehley. The phone calls from Bill Aucoin, his friendship with Eric Carr and playing a album Eric produced, Gene Simmons and Eric Carr coming out to see him perform with his band Virgin Steele and the advice Gene gave […]
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John Humphrey of Seether Sells His Amazing KISS Collection, He is Over KISS!

April 7, 2025 • 53 mins
Episode 616. The private KISS collection of John Humphrey, best known as the drummer for Seether is being auctioned by Backstage Auctions. John joins Tommy and Mark to talk about his collection and why he is selling it. In KISS inner circles, John is regarded as one of the key memorabilia collectors, often appearing in […]
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KISS Returns with KISS Storms Vegas, But Where are Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, Who Is In KISS?

March 31, 2025 • 55 mins
Episode 614. CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF KISS ARMY WITH THE HOTTEST FAN FESTIVAL LAS VEGAS HAS EVER SEEN We have some questions and we have some updates. But, where are Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer? Who is in KISS? 50 years ago in Terre Haute, Indiana, a small group of fans lit the spark that […]
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Do Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Detest Mark? We Put a Quarter Into Mark This Week

March 24, 2025 • 83 mins
Episode 613. Mark is primed and ready, we put a quarter in him and let him go. Plus, updates on the ever changing KISS Asylum tour Off The Soundboard… where you can purchase the CD and the merch featuring only Gene and Paul are pulled. Pophouse is listening and reacting. Purchase the CD at: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICY-80591 […]
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