"It was mixed. I'm gonna be honest with you... I thought the album sounded pretty crummy...
"I was never a fan of the first three albums, sonically. We were bombastic, this band, live, was thunder. And on albums, it sounded a little rinky-dink to me.
"I didn't know how to make it sound better, but I knew that it wasn't the way we sounded. And to that end, you have to remember that it wasn't until 'KISS Alive!' that the band broke.
"In other words, it wasn't until [the 1975 live album] 'KISS Alive!' that the band really became successful - because people would come to see us live and love what they saw - then you put the album on and go, 'Well that doesn't sound like the band I saw...'