Detroit Rock City (track)
by Kiss
Detroit Rock City appears on the following album(s) by Kiss:
- Destroyer (track #1) (this album) (1976)
- Alive II (track #1) (1977)
- Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (track #4) (compilation) (1988)
- The Very Best Of Kiss (track #7) (compilation) (2002)
- Killers (track #9) (compilation) (1982)
- Double Platinum (track #13) (compilation) (1978)
- Greatest Kiss (track #1) (compilation) (1997)
- Alive III (track #14) (1993)
- Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (track #7) (2003)
- Kiss Rocks Vegas (track #1) (2016)
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| ! | 04/27/2026 02:17 | stareaterogni0n | 5,934 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 17:02 | markl73 | 7,108 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 18:37 |  Norshammar | 1,424 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 04:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,049 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 15:35 | matterhornrider | 23,121 | 86/100 |
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Goliath 12/10/2020 16:59 | #262487
Their best song, and to be honest, their only great song....
Their best song.
Great KISS song, and their most enjoyable to date. If only they had more hits like this. The only flaw is that the drumming isn't great. The band spams the same beat through the faster paced parts. There's some unused potential here, but this remains one of KISS's icons with fantastic production.
Jasonconfused 12/11/2012 07:17 | #57431
A KISS classic. This is what they played as the first song when I saw them live and it literally got everyone on their feet.
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