Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite (From Kiss eXposed)

What this video is

Released in 1987 at the height of the MTV era, this segment is drawn from KISS: eXposed, one of the early long-form rock band home video releases — a format that would proliferate through the late 1980s and early 1990s as VHS penetration reached mass-market levels. Kiss used the format not simply as a clip compilation but as a self-mythologizing vehicle, blending mockumentary comedy, backstage fantasy, archival…

Why it matters

Rock and Roll All Nite (1975) is widely recognized as Kiss's signature anthem and closing concert song for nearly every live performance since 1976. Its inclusion as the framing device and key performance segment within eXposed underscores its totemic status in hard rock canon. VH1 ranked it the…

The director

Claude Borenzweig is a director and producer active primarily in the mid-1980s to early 1990s music video and long-form video space. His credits include the full KISS: eXposed (1987) long-form video, the standalone Kiss: Rock and Roll All Nite Version 2…