KISS - In Store Appearance - Peaches in Atlanta (1976)

[zetamoon]

I can't believe this. Thanks to whoever was involved in posting this. I was there and have this day in my mind ,but wow to see this.... I remember Ace being drunk and them staying at Peaches just a short time. I ran around to that wooded lot and saw them up close when they left. I still have a picture of Genes hand in the back window of the limo. THANKS !!!  ASH

[concertblast]

@zetamoon We were teenagers driving from Tifton, GA on the way back to Nashville, TN. We heard about the record store Peaches and wanted to visit. We couldn't believe the sign read KISS in store appearance today! I happened to have my Super 8mm camera with me and bought a new roll of film and fresh batteries across the street from Peaches. 3 out of 4 of our partners from our podcast, Concert Blast, happened to be there. A friend transposed this to DVD for me. Thanks, Mike A.

[thecoolestdad]

I was there and met KISS inside and my brother and I got their autographs on a Peaches flyer.I was so hoping to see myself in this footage.Glad to see it anyway.I almost got fired from my job for going up there to see KISS,because I was over 2 hours late to work.The idiot I worked for said he would not let me off to go to the concert so when I knew of KISS appearing at Peaches I went and didn't care if I lost my job.Luckily I didn't and got meet earth wind and fire wehn they stayed at my motel

[01po01po]

No cell phones back then. That same footage now would have everyone holding up a cell phone...

[DoublePlow]

WAS Ace really that loaded?

[necramoniumdotc0m]

the video states August 29, but it was August 14... August 29th was a show date they did in Atlanta...

[Vaekkrinhart]

What was KISS doing out in the woods? Hunting?

[kyleboy64]

@Vaekkrinhart  They were cutting through a Kudzu trail behind the shopping center where Peaches records and tapes was located, but looks like somebody let the cat outta the bag ahead of time.

[Vaekkrinhart]

@kyleboy64 they were hunting kudzus? jk. thx

[DBTdad]

The gal in the tube top & cutoffs at 0:51 is pure 70s!

[impellernut]

great GREAT video footage

[sagedrummer]

I love how they have KISS go into the trees, to then make a dramatic entrance all together later coming out of the woods. Probably another genius idea of Bill Aucoin's.

[pumpstations]

This is so great. It brings back so many memories. I cant believe how old I am now. Looking at the cloths and cars and bad video. I am nearly in tears. I am now dating a woman that was at the same concert from the'77 tour here in ATL. We were both about 10-12 at the time.Things were surly different back then.

They were on top of the world, and what's better they knew it. That has to be some kind of feeling.

[Joy0117S]

I was the only 12 year old in my neighborhood with a wall full of kiss Posters !

[angel6craw]

@Joy0117S all my walls is a giant kiss colage.i am osessed with kiss. and i have a bad ass collection

[DikkTrikkle]

Incredible bit of history right here!

I can't stop laughing at (w)Ace(ted)! LOL

[joshua97ify]

i seen them in atl ga october 26 2009

[izcallifornication]

ace is wasted

[angel6craw]

@izcallifornication fuck ya he is.

[wickedcurve]

@izcallifornication He sure looks like he's not only being led around but held up as well....LOL!

[lalostarchild]

what a good video!

thanks

you rock

[Rokket]

there goes Ace, up into the trees so he can throw up with being seen in public....omg

[WINFIELD120]

I would kill to have been a bit older so i could have experienced kiss in their prime ....but I was born in 74

[ickyHBS]

@WINFIELD120  dang dude I was learning their riffs on guitar at 3 months old! lol

it was so much different back then for sure!

[DarkOctoberx]

@ickyHBS I would be glad to post some but I don't know how to do that here on youtube!

[WINFIELD120]

ace rocks.....booze is great

[cherfan01]

You never told me about this. Why did Ace need help walking? LOL!!!!

[believin13]

@cherfan01 Ace wasnt good @ walkin in those boots, he'e failin many of times on stage, then he acts like its part of a show plus he was drinkin a bottle of wine wen he gotten out of the car. heheheee

[tonygrimsley]

hehe looks like the Zapruder film

[Speros11]

omg ace needs someone to keep him standing poor guy lol

[Hooty75]

this was kiss in their prime! it will never ompare to this. i think 1 more at the garden!

[sme4thorens]

"Peaches" was the best record store, huge!

I would love to have the huge lp posters they had all over the store.!!! I still have my "Peaches" record carrying sack!

[frehleyscomic]

Cool but this video should be titled KISS Out-Store Appearance as they never make it into the store on this vid.

[BINISSTUPID]

ACE LOOKS DRUNK ON 3:47

[buddyboy55]

Loved the decoys! LOL!

[ruissman]

Ace with a bottle? He couldn't walk!

Ace is great...

[Speros11]

lol

[PutOutTheLights]

KISS ARE SHITE!

[brightbite]

Very moody and introspective. Very nice job.

[Strutter78]

Possible the coolest KISS clip I have ever seen man! Downright trippy almost...and Ace's stumbling about is as rock & roll as it gets, coming out of the woods? Wacky! Like a time warp man, thanks!

[swidman]

Actually there were 30,000 according to Billboard magazine... you can look it up

[bowiemott]

30,000 tickets is cool though understand that the show started at 3 p.m. and ended around 1:15 a.m. Additionally it rained on and off throughout the day so by the time BOC hit the stage around 10 p.m. many people had bailed so the crowd had thinned considerably possibly because it was the night before school was due to start the next day. So when KISS hit the stage around midnight there was definitely fewer people.

[sagedrummer]

Thats really bizarre that they go up into the trees and then come out again. Where they touching up their make up in the woods???

[JPGR66]

KILLER!!!

[zmac69]

Where's the shooter on the grassy knoll?

[VenetianIsle]

Wow, Peaches Records. My mom used to drive my friends and I when I was a kid down to the one in Ft. Lauderdale, about 35 miles from our house. I actually bought my first KISS album there back in early '76. Memories :>)

[LEINADUNN]

See some of the KISS KEWADIN CASINO SHOW on my channel.

[AceFrehleyfan4eva]

hahahhahaha halarious a bottle in one hand and a glass in the other and ace couldnt walk comin out!!!lol!!!

[bowiemott]

cool. I went to the show at the stadium but didnt make the instore appearance. The show was a bit odd. Kiss hit the stage at midnight because of rain delays. Openers included 38 Special, Bob Seger, Johnny & Edgar Winter, and Blue Oyster Cult (who got the most rain during their set)

[zmac69]

Was the place packed? How was the attendance? Braves Stadium was a big venue. How many you guess were there?

[bowiemott]

well the stadium held about 50,000 though I would say there were much less than that. maybe 20,000. the field was open so one could hang out on the pitcher's mound. It rained a lot that day and pretty much ruined BOC's set. Kiss hit the stage at midnight !

[zmac69]

Cool. 20,000 ain't too bad considering the rain. KISS at midnight in 1976. Don't get any better than that.

[dezitonan]

the best is when ace steps out of the car with the glass of alcohol. haha

[aroisindubh]

Could anyone tell me where Peaches was located in Atlanta???????????

[sfarmer1962]

Peaches was located on Peachtree St (duh). If you were heading down 85 south, got off at Peachtree, turned right it was down about a mile or so on the left. It was sad when they tore it down...even worse was the fact that they destroyed the "walk of fame" handprints/footprints/autograp­hs set into all those concrete slabs. You could see a few of those in this video.

[randiland]

ohmigod. This is unbelievable. That's me and my friends in that first limo. I can't believe you have this.

I have lots of photos from that day. Me and my friends in those costumes before we went to Peaches, and me and Gene, and Ace at the hotel, etc. Wanna trade? I'd love to have a copy of this film! And I can sure prove it's me because I have loads of photos.

[ickyHBS]

@randiland show us! lol

[DarkOctoberx]

@ickyHBS oh, this is me, randi. I'm under this name now.

[lstn74]

@randiland Did you fuck Gene? You must be really old now?

[Mystifier122]

This took place on August 14th 1976, fifteen days prior to their Braves Stadium show. Kiss flew into Atlanta in between shows in Houston on the 13th and El Paso on the 15th. There was a costume contest and girls could pay to kiss their favorite band member. I knew about this event but have never seen film footage, only pictures. There's Ace with his ever-present champagne bottle, ripped.

[rgkrenkel]

Looked like they had to take a leak in the bushes. Nice documentation though of that great year of '76!

[foolmoon70]

The beezneez!

I actually met KISS in Atlanta at the Fox theatre in '95.(Gene,Paul,Eric Singer,Bruce Kulick)

[raredvdworldwide]

Wow that was really cool. I love stuff that takes you right back there. Thanks for filming this amazing footage 31 years ago and sharing now!

[fletch00001]

very original from early on in thier careers. It has a social documentation aspect to it as well.More people should film stuff like this and look back in 25 years.

[ALIENVINYL]

The biggest question is ...Who are the chicks in kiss makeup that pull up first? hee hee thats classic.

[Beauvoir666]

Very cool! Never seen this vintage footage before.

Thanks very much for posting.

[mjk2112]

nice!thanks!

[shinnox]

wish it had the actual audio :/

[anemone77]

ace is wasted! :o)

[robert0156]

Great! This is really rare. I Have never seens this one before. Thanx for sharing

[dwils71]

Great clip. Thanks for posting!

[perivars]

Great great stuff!! Mike who ever you are, thank youillfor sharing this brilliant clip!!

[DwightFry]

It's like JFK Dallas footage! Excellent stuff. Ace looks loaded towards the end, lol.

[sporty2000]

KISS ruled the 70's!