Your list is a good start, I would pull Shock Me, Strutter, She, and Parasite off (love all of them BTW) and would add Heaven's on Fire, Crazy Crazy Nights, Say Yeah, and Unholy.

Personal favorites that I would love to see included would be Creatures of the Night, Tears are Falling, Got to Choose, Take Me, I was Made for Loving You, Journey of 1,000 Years, but those all all long shots.

Not a chance in hell would be Is That You, and I.

Although now that I think about it, for the European market, they may include I was Made for Loving You and Shandi.

Why do you say that? They have been doing Beth and Shock Me live for years. New York Grove is an Ace solo song and that would not be selected as I don't think they have done it live without him. And I don't know why they would not include the original recordings, the re-recordings were for Sonic Boom - and they are fun to listen to.

I will be seeing the band live for the 19th time in August at Alpine Valley - could be the last time. Say what you will about their music, I have never seen them mail it in - they give it their all.

Now Ace live - that's a different story.

I love the song, but there is about as much chance as Charisma being included as their will be of a Vinnie Vincent LE version.

I have read Gene's and Ace's. I won't even bother reading Peter's book.

Even after hearing Paul and Gene bitch about Ace for the last 20 years, I always liked the guy. Then I read his book, and I realized that they were right and he was a total waste of space. So much potential just wasted.

I agree that Peter's style in the begining fit the band really well. Trouble is the narcotics took effect early on, and by Rock and Roll Over, he was literally just taking up space. Plus he seems to blame everybody for this problems. And, I never liked any of his writing. Take away Beth (which was co-written) and he doesn't have much. Hooligan, Hard Times, etc. I may have to grab Peter's book at some point.

As far as Tommy and Eric, KISS fans have been used to other members in the band since 82 once Vinnie and Eric Carr came in - and they did just fine making great albums like Creatures of the Night, Lick it Up, Animalize, Asylum (my personal favorite), and Revenge. We're used to it, and Ace and Peter chose to left, twice. I wish Bruce was still in the band instead of Tommy - but I can live with it.

We'll probably get I Was Made for Loving You, as that track has been in their rotation since the Revenge tour, and the song is much more popular than it was the 80's.

I wish....

My favorite era was 79-82.