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Brett Bartlett was 14 when he first came across Kiss performing on TV in late 1976. But it wasn’t until he bought their 1977 album Love Gun and a week later their first self-titled album that he became hooked. Bartlett attended the final show of the Australian tour at Brisbane’s Lang Park on November 25 and met the band backstage. Though he’s been to over 40 Kiss shows in numerous countries since, he says nothing comes close to meeting his idols for the first time.

Noisey: How frenzied was Kiss mania in 1980?

Brett Bartlett: They were everywhere. Newspapers, magazines, record stores, t-shirts, jewellery, hats, school bags, underwear, ice creams. It was truly a magical time that I don’t think any fan born after could ever really understand. They can read the stories and watch the video reports but that can’t capture the feeling or the constant buzz in the ai

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