KISS had two eras: The makeup era and the non-makeup era. Cody had these two eras too, but for him the makeup came after not before like the boys from KISS. They were certainly a rock and roll band throughout these two eras, and today's Which Song Rocked Harder is going to put one from each era against each other in battle. We all know Rock and Roll All Nite and Detroit Rock City and Beth. My favorite from makeup KISS (well, besides I Love It Loud off Creatures of the Night) was Love Gun off of the record of the same name. This song featured signature Paul Stanley, and signature Paul Stanley is a fantastic made-for-rock voice with some of the most base and inane lyrics known to man. Love songs by KISS will not be remade into great world poetry any time soon. My favorite non-makeup song (there are many) is Heaven's On Fire off Animalize. Let's put these two to the test. They don't sound all that dissimilar and they're good rock songs. This week's WSRH is Heaven's On Fire vs. Love Gun. Vote hard posters. Go easy on the eyeliner Cody.

editors note: I feel bad in not commenting on Mark St. John's recent passing, so I hope our inclusion of one of "his" KISS songs makes up for that a bit. I've owned Animalize on tape, record, or CD--and any combination thereof--since I was in sixth grade. It was an important album to me and I enjoyed the guy's work. RIP Mark.


Have a good one ya'll.