KISS Netflix Biopic Now Set for 2024

KISS is the subject of an upcoming Netflix biopic. The film has seemingly been in the works for years. However, manager Doc McGhee says the release is set for next year.

McGhee shared in an appearance on The Rock Experience with Mike Brunn, "We're just starting it now. We've already sold it ... So that's moving along, and that'll come in '24."

Word of a KISS biopic first surfaced in February 2020 with McGhee saying at the time, "We have a documentary that we're doing right now, and we're in the middle of working on a KISS biopic." At that time, McGhee had the biopic set for July 2021. It likely can be presumed the coronavirus pandemic put a wrench in plans.

News of the biopic, now dubbed Shout It Out Loud, landing at Netflix was announced in April 2021 by Deadline. The outlet noted then the film would highlight the early days of KISS with a focus on the friendship of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

KISS released Dynasty on May 23, 1979. At the time, the album got a lot of heat from fans for its heavy disco influence.

However, as the years have passed, it’s hard to deny some of the disco earworms on this album.  In honor of its release, here are five classic rock disco tracks we all love.

This ridiculously catchy track features a songwriting credit from Desmond Child, who also helped co-write massive hits for Aerosmith (“Angel,” “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)”), Bon Jovi (“Living On A Prayer,” “Bad Medicine”) and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (“I Hate Myself For Loving You”.)

This song was controversial for two reasons:  Blondie was a punk band and because the song features the phrase “pain in the ass,” which made some radio stations nervous to play it.  What a simpler time!

While not an overt dive into disco, you have to admit that this track from The Wall is definitely disco-influenced, at the very least. (And it’s just such a killer groove.)

Play “Miss You” at any wedding, and I guarantee the dance floor will be immediately packed. Plus, this might be the hookiest hook Mick Jagger and Keith Richards ever wrote.

A list about classic rock disco tracks just isn’t complete without this Rod Stewart gem.  We’ve all danced to it in front of our bedroom mirrors. We’ve all cranked it while in the car.  And if you say you haven’t, you’re either a liar or just don’t know how to live.