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About This Track
Detroit Rock City is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss featured on their 1976 album, Destroyer. The song was written by Paul Stanley and Bob Ezrin and is about a real Kiss fan who was killed in a car accident on his way to a Kiss concert (in the intro you can hear a report on a car accident, narrated by Gene Simmons). The song, recorded and released as a single in 1976, was the third single off of Kiss’s album Destroyer and was planned to be their last in support of the album.
As a single, it did poorly in sales and radio play (other than in Detroit), and failed to chart in the U.S. even though it would prove to be a fan favorite. It came as a surprise that the B-side “Beth”, a ballad sung by drummer Peter Criss, wound up catching on in different markets in the United States, so the single was reissued with “Beth” as the A-side and “Detroit Rock City” as the B-side.
During the Love Gun/Alive II tour, Paul changed the lyric, “I know I’m gonna die, why?” to “I know I’m gonna die, and I don’t care!”
The song was #6 on VH1’s 40 Greatest Metal Songs, and is featured on the album Heavy Metal – The First 20 Years which was released on July 25, 2006.
The song’s title was used for a 1999 motion picture in which a group of teenage Kiss fans travel to Detroit to see the band in 1978.
The Detroit Tigers use the song when the players take the field, and also on various radio and television broadcasts of games. It is also sometimes played right before the first face-off in Detroit Red Wings games.
As a single, it did poorly in sales and radio play (other than in Detroit), and failed to chart in the U.S. even though it would prove to be a fan favorite. It came as a surprise that the B-side “Beth”, a ballad sung by drummer Peter Criss, wound up catching on in different markets in the United States, so the single was reissued with “Beth” as the A-side and “Detroit Rock City” as the B-side.
During the Love Gun/Alive II tour, Paul changed the lyric, “I know I’m gonna die, why?” to “I know I’m gonna die, and I don’t care!”
The song was #6 on VH1’s 40 Greatest Metal Songs, and is featured on the album Heavy Metal – The First 20 Years which was released on July 25, 2006.
The song’s title was used for a 1999 motion picture in which a group of teenage Kiss fans travel to Detroit to see the band in 1978.
The Detroit Tigers use the song when the players take the field, and also on various radio and television broadcasts of games. It is also sometimes played right before the first face-off in Detroit Red Wings games.
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Shouts
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guitarspawn wrote:
CLASSIC
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PeterWalton wrote:
Always loved the intro to this song.
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MoparGeorge wrote:
Everybodys gonna leave their seat!!!
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MichaelMizzanin wrote:
EARGASM
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rocknurse1 wrote:
They always know how to ROCK!!!
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catman903 wrote:
KISS ROCKS
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nopuppet wrote:
\m/
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zepp44 wrote:
great :)))
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BMWPRETTY wrote:
I love this tune! Arstist is great! Lots of Luv!
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Hi_peeps wrote:
I haven't heard that one in a long time.
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
First KISS album i ever bought was Destroyer back in the 80's when i first got into rock and to this day they are my all time fav band.KISS ARMY 4EVER
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xxxvanessaxx wrote:
ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh yyyeeesss
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MightyMikeRocks wrote:
ROCKOMNESS!!!!!
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jonyac wrote:
but i"m in the KISS army for life !!
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jonyac wrote:
the first time i heard kiss i was about ten years old and i used to stay up late to watch don kirshners rock concert, but i fell asleep before it started and it came on and my mother woke me up and said john wake up and check this band out !! i awoke to music in the background i never herd before and it was KISS !! i"ve been there biggest fan from that night on !! KISS rules !! that"s before dynasty i never bought a new kiss album since ,!! but still stuck on the old school KISS !!! forever!!!!
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UalferingHC wrote:
Love this good old stuff!!
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weemies wrote:
I would say this is pretty close to a perfect rock song.
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boxofspiders wrote:
I remember listening to this track right after ripping the plastic off and putting the needle down. Sat in awe as I smelled the black ink and signed up for the Kiss Army. I was 11 and had just seen them in concert at the tail end of their Alive tour in March 1976 where they previewed "Shout It Out Loud". Those who lived this know what I'm talking about.
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argienta wrote:
kiss goes over generations
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hairmetalfan63 wrote:
great song!
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