Dates are in a format: day . month . year
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 30.1.1973 | KISS plays its first gig in Popcorn Pub (forthcoming Coventry), Queens, New York |
| 13.3.1973 | KISS records a five song demo with Eddie Kramer in Electric Lady Studios, New York |
| 10.8.1973 | KISS performs in Hotel Diplomat (New York) along with Street punk and Luger. Bill Aucoin, a band's forthcoming manager, enters the hotel and sees KISS his first time live. |
| 15.10.1973 | Bill Aucoin starts to officially manager KISS by signing the contract |
| 1.11.1973 | KISS signs a record deal with Casablanca records owned by Neil Bogart. The band is a first group for newly founded record company. |
| 5.2.1974 | KISS starts its first North America tour from Edmonton Canada |
| 18.2.1974 | KISS is released |
| 17.10.1974 | KISS starts the Hotter than hell tour from Thunderchicken, Comstock (Michigan) |
| 22.10.1974 | Hotter than hell is released |
| 19.3.1975 | Dressed to kill is released |
| 27.3.1975 | KISS starts the Dressed to kill tour from Kenosha Ice Arena, Kenosha (Wisconsin) |
| 10.9.1975 | Alive! is released |
| 9.10.1975 | KISS arrives at Cadillac (Michigan) intending to perform in the Cadillac High School's gym on request of the school's teacher and to celebrate the school's triumphant football team. Before the gig the band takes a part in a parade and runs a press conference in which everyone has KISS-masks including the mayor. The event named as KISS Day is still held annually in the town. |
| 21.11.1975 | Bill Starkey and Jay Evans, two KISS-fans from Terre Haute, are founding the KISS Army |
| 31.12.1975 | KISS receives its first gold record for the live album Alive!. The award is given to the band before the gig in Nassau Coliseum (Long Island, New York). |
| 15.3.1976 | Destroyer is released |
| 13.5.1976 | KISS performs first time in Europe at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England |
| 3.7.1976 | KISS starts the Spirit of '76 tour from Norfolk Scope, Norfolk (Virginia) |
| 11.11.1976 | Rock and roll over is released |
| 24.11.1976 | KISS starts the Winter tour 1976/77 from Savannah Civic Center, Savannah (Georgia) |
| 18.2.1977 | KISS performs first time in Madison Square Garden (New York) as a headliner. The arena is sold out. |
| 24.3.1977 | KISS starts its first Japan tour from Kosei-Nenkin Hall, Osaka |
| 30.6.1977 | Love gun is released |
| 8.7.1977 | KISS starts the Love gun tour '77 from Halifax Forum, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 14.10.1977 | Alive II is released |
| 18.9.1978 | Solo albums of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss are released |
| 28.10.1978 | The movie KISS meets the phantom of the park is shown first time in an American TV-channel |
| 23.5.1979 | Dynasty is released |
| 15.6.1979 | KISS starts the Dynasty tour from Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland (Florida) |
Page updated: 4 May 2018