Right Between The Eyes Podcast

EPISODE 20 Topic: Def Leppard For our next installment of The Opening Act, Nick, Nikko, and Rob knew right away what the band was going to be... DEF LEPPARD! Formed in 1977 in Sheffield with the union jack flag waving, helped lead the new wave of British heavy metal movement of the early 1980s. Through the late 70's till today Def Leppard have blazed a trail the most bands can only dream of with i...

Episode 19: Destroyer On March 15th 1976 KISS unleashed their magnum opus, an album that might as well be considered a greatest hits before it was even released. Destroyer was the album that KISS was looking for. An album that truly represented themselves as artists, it took what they were doing live and  finally captured that spirit on vinyl. With producer and song writer on the album Bob Ezrin b...

Episode 18: Destroyer 45: Live In Paris 1976 Part 3 of our look at the Super Deluxe Box  Set that is Destroyer 45th Anniversary.  On this episode Nick, Nikko and Rob take a look at the... well... you know. The Paris disk. This was the big audio item in the box that had a lot of people talking when it was first announced, after we found out what it was, and after we all heard it... so yeah. This is...

Episode 17: We continue our journey through the Destroyer 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Box Set). On this oversized episode we look at Disk 2 Destroyer Demos and Disk 3 Destroyer Outtakes, Alternate Versions/Mixes & Singles... that's a mouthful. We go track by track on the Demo disk and do an overview of the Outtake Disk. "Doncha  Hesitate", it's "True Confession" time on this episode......

Episode 16: 45 years ago on March 15th 1976 KISS release their 5th studio album Destroyer. On November 19th...ish. Universal and KISS released a mega deluxe box set commemorating the release of this landmark album that pushed KISS into the stratosphere. On this  episode Nick, Nikko, and Rob take a look at the box itself and all the goodies and extra that make up this massive collection. Over the n...

A Very Merry KISSmas Vol. I Gather around the KISSmas tree, Santa Gene is going to grant you a KISSmas wish... and probably charge you for it, but that's neither here nor there. On this episode Nick Nikko and Rob discuss receiving Destroyer 45 finally, then the the trio pick 6 things each they would love to see under their KISSmas tree. Grab some hot chocolate (maybe with a splash of Cold Gin in i...

Episode 14 KISS: End Of The Road Tour Recap Nick, Nikko & Rob have now all seen... well almost seen all of their shows for the tour. The trio look back at their 2018-2021 concerts for the tour. The shows, the songs, the band members, the fire, the rain and the merch... Rob bought a lot! Did they get to say goodbye the way the hoped to? Did they get what they came for? Push play and lets find out....

EPISODE 13 NOTES   Topic: Rock And Roll Over (Album Review)   Rock and Roll Over is the 5th studio and and the 2nd album review for the show. Released November 10th 1976, this would be the follow up album to the massively successful Destroyer album. Nikko, Nick and Rob go track by track through the album and discuss its importance and its place in KISStory!  Grab a hold you rocket, get your baby f...

EPISODE 12 NOTES  Topic: On this episode we take an overview of the band members past and present body of work outside of,  before during or after KISS. Peter, Ace, Eric, Vinnie, Mark, Bruce, Eric, Tommy, Gene & Paul. Not so much each band or project, but what we thought of their music outside of the band. This will open the door for full album reviews of all these projects.  The Blue Room is open...

EPISODE 11 SHOW NOTES:  Topic: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (Commentary Track) For our first annual Halloween episode we thought we would kick off the trick or treat season in style! At the height of KISS’ popularity in 1978, the band set off to make a TV movie that was billed to them as The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night meets Star Wars… more on that later. So on October 28th 1978 at 8pm this T...

It was 1980 something, and we can all remember sitting down with our boom box and making that perfect KISS Mix Tape. You poured over it, you had to pick the right songs that expressed what this band means to you.... but each song had to fit just right on the tape. Maybe it was  your road trip tape, maybe it was the tape you gave your best friend, maybe it was the tape you gave that special someone...

On a the fall of 2006, and 10 year old Nikko Caruso wanders into the family room and puts in his fathers KISSology Vo.1 DVD and pushes play. What comes on the screen changes his life. 1977's classic KISS concert The Summit live in Huston! Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss & Paul Stanley put on one of the classic shows of all time. This would be bootlegged for years and years before KISS thems...

Episode 6: It's finally here!....(it is... at the time I'm writing this.. Aug, 17 2021) KISS is about to take the stage again after a 16 month stoppage due to the Corona Virus. To celebrate, Nick, Nikko, & Rob have some fun with the bands set list and make "realistic" song choices for  the KISS End of The Road set list. What "new songs" do they use, will the guys get any of the choices right? Who...

Episode 5: It was 1989 and KISS' Hot In The Shade had been released for a few months and would find its way into Rob's hand through a classmate, and Rob was off on his journey with band and his love for this album.  On this episode Rob, Nick and Nikko review and dissect the Hot In The Sade album and go track by track. Rob talks how much he still loves the album and what it means to him, while Nick...

Episode 4: KISS keeps giving us reasons to change course. Our second recorded album review becomes the first one released. This episode has Nick, Rob and Nikko talking a look at the newly released KISS Off The Soundboard: Tokyo 2001 . The trio discuss  the album, favorite tracks and hopes for this series. This is more of a free flowing discussion as apposed to our normal album review... but you wo...

Episode 3: Nick, Rob and Nikko discuss the two part four hour of the 2021 A&E Biography KISStory. The trio discuss the parts that worked and the ones that did not. How will old and news fans revive this and, what does this documentary say about KISS as a whole? Episode 3 starts right now!   Links:                 Twitter @RBTEpodcast https://twitter.com/RBTEpodcast                               @N...

Episode 2: 25 years ago in the summer of 1996 Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons reunited with Peter Criss and Ace Frehley for The Alive Worldwide Tour of 1996-1997. The idea of Ace and peter ever returning to the band was always met with a hard no from Paul and Gene. The 1995 MTV Unplugged performance changed all of that!  Nikko acting as the interviewer asks Nick and Rob what is was like to hear the...

EPISODE 001  Topic: Nick’s first KISS! We kick off Episode 1 with a BANG! In July of 1975 10 year old Nick Caruso happened to catch The Midnight Special on TV. The Midnight Special was a variety type of show with various comedians, skits and musical acts that would come on at midnight and entertain viewing audiences. On this night, young Nick would see something that would change his life forever....

Introduction: Right Between The Eyes is a podcast about our favorite band KISS! You hosts Nick, Rob, & Nikko take you through the journey of what lead to the creation of this show and how we discovered KISS! Topics: Who are we? How did we discover KISS? (first KISS) Favorite album Favorite band member Favorite makeup First Concert & KISS concert experiences KISS 2020 Goodbye update   Links:       ...