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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">DocMcCoy</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">lamprey eel</strong> said:</div><div>Comparable to 'Back In The USA' era MC5 </div></blockquote>
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	Fuck outta here.</div></blockquote>
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	No, I'm right on this (the aptness of the MC5 'Back In The USA'/early KISS comparison is quite clear.) The purity and simplicity of KISS's sound (were talking about their first three LPs here: 'KISS', 'Hotter Than Hell', 'Dressed To Kill'), unencumbered by any sort of real overproduction (that would come to be next with their fourth studio album 'Destroyer'), with uncluttered/economical song arrangements (and with simple recorded clarity of the individual instruments) that provide concise and clear melodic punch that is analogous to the stripped down, concise and to-the-point pure sound approach that Jon Landau would take when producing the MC5's second album.<br />
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	KISS's energenic 'Room Service' sounds quite reminiscent of the MC5's 'High School' (especially the similarity of delivery of the song titles in each of the songs' choruses.) 'Rock Bottom' is total 'Back In The USA' era MC5 (albeit with a more definite mid-'70s vibe.) Paul Stanley sounds distinctly vocally influenced by Rob Tyner on this track.<br />
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	Listen to 'Dressed To Kill' and said MC5 LP and then tell me otherwise.

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