Here’s my experience with Big John Hart... It was on the Dynasty Tour in Cleveland, my sister, her boyfriend and I arrived early in the day to Richfield Colosseum in hopes to get a glance of the band without makeup. We were standing around the ramp leading into the colosseum since we assumed Kiss would enter there. After a few hours of waiting around a black limo was headed towards us and it went down the ramp as we expected. I ran along the side of the car keeping up with it and my sisters boyfriend was halfway down the ramp with his camera ready... The limo door opens up and I’m just a few feet from Big John, he yells to my sisters boyfriend in a LOUD assertive voice “if you take one picture I’ll make you eat that camera” he lowered the camera in fear and held it behind himself. Meanwhile Paul and Ace got out of the limo without makeup and I just froze...here I am just a few steps from my heroes and I watch them walk bye. It was only after they walked past me that I could speak, I said “oh my god it’s Ace”. I still want to go back in time and punch my 15 year old self for freezing. That was my experience with Big John...I’ll never forget it.

@brandon1351

3 ай бұрын

Ok :)

Tell you how old I am. I remember the pic of him hiding Paul's face getting out of the car. I had a magazine with that pic in it. I had stack and stacks of kiss magazines. Posters all over my wall. I had the Kiss makeup kit. I had the original 8 track of their first album WITHOUT Kissin Time on it.

@MichaelBrandvold

6 жыл бұрын

That photo was entirely staged for People Magazine.

@falcone7775

6 жыл бұрын

yeah you can tell now. But when I was younger I thought that was the coolest thing ever.

@dvg4104

6 жыл бұрын

Do you remember the black & white photo that appeared in the National Enquirer around 1978? When I saw that I thought "no wonder they wear makeup.."

@garytrew2766

2 жыл бұрын

@@dvg4104 I think that was the one where he and Cher were out and Gene held a napkin across his mouth ???

@dvg4104

2 жыл бұрын

@@garytrew2766 -- I know the one you mean. The napkin had something about a "fly" on it. Some brand. The one I meant was the photo of all four guys standing by a chain link fence. It was in the Inquirer in '77 or '78.

I meet Big John at a KISS concert in Charlotte NC back in the day. I remember telling him, i had KISS magazines with pictures of him in them. I asked him if he was the only bodyguard they had, and he said "i'm the only bodyguard they need" Haha!

@brandon1351

3 ай бұрын

Ok :)

I met Big john in London on Kiss promo tour...he signed my elder lp....in a recon of the megastore shop ..in blue marker pen I had for ace...good times have the photos to prove it...mega times...Thanx John Harte and the security staff on that day..UNREAL ;)

@brandon1351

3 ай бұрын

Ok :)

Again, scouting and searching, bringing us another piece of the puzzle that fans yearn for. Thankyou. Gives us a viewpoint from the inside.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒

I enjoyed the interview because he clearly remembers those days, unlike some other guests who don't remember much, or pretend to remember. Back in the day, I read that Gene and Paul wanted him out because he "partied" with Peter and Ace, which is not really something you want your security detail to do.

big john harte is a wonderful human being.very down to earth.by far my favorite guest on three sides!

This interview is super awesome!!! Mr. Harte is a legend. Thank you, Michael, Mark and Tommy for this episode/interview.

@colinwescott5004

2 жыл бұрын

If you have 6 hours to wait for it

Thanks for another great episode and all the hard work involved to make it and the other episodes happen! Such a treat hearing from someone who was a part of the inner circle during those magic years. Big John seems so genuine and I love that his memory is so clear. Great stories, look forward to his book and hope you can have him back!

Great Episode. I think mr Harte is a decent man. Honest and respectfull.great guy to watch your back ! Greetz from Amsterdam.

Hell yeah to getting the name registered! I know these are old episodes but man, it’s good to catch up on all of em. The opening with Gene was hilarious and the interview was great, another great video!

Love the KISSCast segment, would love it even more if it were called “KISSKast”😝😛

A little late to this weeks party, but man Big John shared some awesome stories. The Amp Grease company must have made a fortune back in the day.

Big John harte has the Best old School look😀👍

This is definitely bad ass. Glad I stumbled across you guys. Hell yes!!

Very well done, thank you! especially liked the first episode with the radio interviews

I wish they had asked Big John about his physical training? What kind of martial arts training did he have? Did he work out when on the road? Lift weights? Spar? What type of weapon(s) did he carry? Did he interact with local law enforcement as part of his advance work? Did he and the other bodyguards train together? Did Paul Stanley do any workouts with him or other bodyguards?

Very cool interview. Great work!

Great show everyone !

Just a small observation: Iron Maiden played Rio for the first time in January of '85. Not '83

Best guest ever!

An amazing story teller, painting out the hidden sceneries of the golden age - A great sympathic human being. I see why he got the job garding our heroes 🙏 RIP

Thanks to Big John Harte I had all access backstage passes to multiple concerts in Germany during the Powerslave tour. I had originally met John in 1984 during the Piece of Mind tour . Michael Shenker Group opened that show. I was in the US Army then stationed by Wurzburg, Germany. I went to the show with my girlfriend and her sister and her sisters friend. We were in the front against the rail when I asked John for a drumstick from Nicko. He returned with one and offered me 3 backstage passes if the two girls went into the after concert showers with IM. Which they did. The girls were 16 yo. I saw the polaroid's, no cell phone cameras back then. It was porn for sure . Some of these concerts in Germany were held in gymnasiums so there were lockers and showers backstage. The following year I saw IM in that same venue and saw John Harte again. Motley Crue opened the show and the next 3 that I saw each time I brought more of my friends. All access backstage passes for all of us . I brought 6 people with me and John hooked us all up. Big John Hart was IM Head of Security. I guess he liked the idea that i was in the Army or else good thing I had 3 teenage girls with each time.

interesting interview, really enjoyed it

It would be great if you guys can find some of sound guys from bands early days to share some stories. Anyway, thanks for this interviews!

@MichaelBrandvold

Жыл бұрын

We had Nitebob on, look for that episode.

Ahhh.. Another Tuesday night... crackin' a few beers.. listening to 3 Sides.. watching my Bruins score 2 goals in 52 seconds on Mark's Redwings.. Life is good!!! ;)

Kiss with Iron Maiden in Paris 09 27 1980 was my first rock concert I was a Kiss fan of course but I clearly knew that Iron Maiden stole the show It was obvious

Pre-ordered my book a month ago, after watching this show how can you not do the same?

13:25 shout out fanfare from The elder

27:15: yeah I can see why they'd have that feeling.

Thanks for all the videos guys really learning alot about one of my favorite bands. Brandvolds a tool jk . Thanks keep it up guys alot of fun to listen to

Thumbs up from me!! AEROSMITH ALERT in the 87th minute!! Blue Kool-Aid Drinker. Peace out from the Southern Tip of Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada.

First rock n Rio was January 1985

@MichaelBrandvold

2 жыл бұрын

We weren’t talking about Rock N Rio, we were talking about when KISS played in Rio.

Great ep guys, but can you adjust the audio level to your intro voice over/kiss cast voice overs to better match the audio level to when you 3 guys start talking, the intro voice overs are to loud

No questions about Vinnie?

I'm unfamiliar with John's -The Elder- reference for how bad the album was. What does '172 with an anchor' mean?

@shananagainandagain

6 жыл бұрын

surprised no one has answered your question yet. It's a reference to Billboard magazine charts. Billboard would chart weekly music sales and radio airplay, I'm not sure how they calculated the two to make their charts and I don't know how Billboard charts look now but they used to list the top 100 singles, top 100 albums, and do charts for country, r&b, gospel, classical, etc. and also a top 200 for albums. "With a bullet" would mean a song or album was rising from week to week on the charts, although I don't actually remember seeing a billboard chart using a symbol of a bullet, maybe it was another publication that used bullets. Seems to me they might have a circle or for a time they would use a star to indicate a song moving up the charts. I don't think they would use a symbol to indicate an album that was falling but John is making his own joke that "Elder" never got very far up the charts and quickly disappeared from the charts.

@pelonganar

6 жыл бұрын

thanks. now i've got it. I remember seeing the charts posted in record stores, but not close enough to remember the symbols.

It’s great to listen to the former body guard give his bird’s eye view of what the inner workings of the band Kiss. I especially enjoy the guest who come on and share their experience with Vinnie Vincent. No one has a good view of Vinnie overall. They confirm what a crappy personality Vinnie has. All the way down to his Pink feathered ear rings. V V

I would have thought Gene would take issue with the 3 Sides logo borrowing from the Kiss "S" shape.

@MichaelBrandvold

2 жыл бұрын

No issue. It’s not like we are using the KISS logo… as some other podcasts do.

Pixie Esmonds told the costum snowin story on Decible geek. She had to go pick them out herself from their wearhouse even though she wasn't working for them at the time.

Big John is great! Clear memory and to the point. Things started unravelling aeound 1 hr mark. Tangents into the middle east and personal opinions about right wing religious extremism- stay focused Goddamnit. Big John isn't here to lament about a host's upbringing. Keep it the bands and the music.

I've always thought Jun 14 and 15th were merged.

Great interview. Brandvold is a tool! 😂 Just kidding. You're a powerful and attractive man.

And sadly, Pledge Music ripped off EVERYONE! As far as I can tell, he finished the book along with tons of interviews and wasn't able to get it out because of the lowlife scumbags at Pledge Music. I know a bunch of other bands and literally thousands of fans got robbed blind as well. Such a bummer.

Tommy looks bored

No I don't like Prince..