Product Details

• Actors: Kiss
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram Video
• VHS Release Date: August 18, 1992
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302507251
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,079 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where's Ace & Peter?, May 3, 2002

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B-MAN "B" (Earth, occasionally. Until I get bored.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extreme Closeup [VHS] (VHS Tape)

You remember Ace & Peter, the other two members that were vital in making KISS what it is! Well, they're not being interviewed on this video or any other so far. This video receives four stars because of one thing: the classic KISS footage. It is the best in terms of quantity of the 70's footage available! The downfall? You have to wade through lots of interview footage of Gene & Paul blaming Ace & Peter and pretty much everyone else besides themselves for problems with the band. I liked watching this the first couple of times, back when I was naive enough to believe most of it, but now I fast forward through the interviews to get to the make-up footage, which is very cool. Things I got tired of hearing while watching Extreme Close-up are:

1. Hearing Paul say how Ace's guitar playing stopped "blossoming" (a. Ace's 1978 Kiss solo LP sold the most copies, b. Like Paul's playing "blossomed" ?, and c. How do you "blossum" when your guitar solos are being edited and your allowed 1 to 2 songs an album?)

2. Hearing Gene talk about how Ace created the original KISS logo and then Paul "refined it" and how they're still using "Paul's logo" today - Give me a break, just say Ace created it!

3. Hearing how Eric Carr "buried" Peter Criss as a drummer. For one, their styles were different, Peter had a funky sound that made songs like "Parasite", "Hotter than Hell", and "Strange Ways" groove as hard as they did and Eric Carr had a hard rock style that gave the "Creatures of the Night" album and subsequent albums a kick in the butt.

4. In general, hearing how Ace & Peter were basically self destructive losers who wanted to bring down the band and Gene & Paul are drug-free, consumate professionals.

The thing I did like: The classic footage, which is worth owning it for.

The classic line up (Ace, Peter, Gene, & Paul) and the make-up and costumes, etc. are why the group has had any success at all. There success did not start with "Lick it up", "Asylum", or "Revenge", it started with "Alive!". Their influential period began and for the most part ended when Ace Frehley and Peter Criss were officially out of the band. When people think of KISS, they're going to think of Ace, Peter, Gene, and Paul. These four are the reason KISS is what it is. There should be a video for Ace & Peter to tell their sides of the KISS story for once. I almost don't care what is true anymore, just show a different point of view for crying out loud. Buy Extreme Close-up for the footage of KISS in their most influential, exciting, prime: the 1970's, not for the "truth" from Gene & Paul.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great classic footage!, January 6, 2000

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Buck Murdock (the place) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extreme Closeup [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The only aspect of this video that is not cool is that you only hear Gene and Paul's side of the story on everything including Ace & Peter's departure. A video would be great having interviews with all four KISS members. Gene and Paul may have kept the band together but it gets old hearing how seemingly problem free each of them are. Great footage throughout of the first and best KISS lineup - Ace, Gene, Paul, & Peter - If your a fan, you'll love it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have!!, November 9, 2002

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Dianne Papineau "Brock Papineau" (Cumberland, Rhode Island USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Extreme Closeup [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Kiss video is by far one of their best home video's ever.
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons tell you everything you need to
know about Kiss through the entire video.From begining to the
Revenge album,it also has alot of videos and rare videos that you
can't get any where else.Hard luck woman,Love em'leave em,I want
you,video's with Eric Carr with and with out make up.Although
some of the videos they start playing them and near the end of them Paul and Gene start talking.This is a must have for a true Kiss fan,it is a classic home video.