Kiss
Rock and Roll All Night:


The Kiss memorabilia field is so dense, there are entire books, price guides and fan conventions devoted to the Kiss collectors-sort of the rock version of "Star Trek." With the seventh album, "Love Gun," an assured instant hit on release in 1977, the band unleashed a mountain of Kiss merchandise on an eager public. The band even produced instruments such as the Gene Simmons "Axe" bass, made in a "limited edition" of 1000. The dragon's head Pedulla custom bass was more like something Simmons might have actually played onstage. (taken from Treasures of the Hard Rock Cafe ©2001)