Similarities of Being a KISS Fan and a Beatles Fan with Special Guest Drew Lane

Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show

Michael Brandvold, Tommy Sommers, Mark Cicchini and Lisa Martini

Music, Music History, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.3 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Episode 659. No Mike, No Tommy No Problem! Mark and Lisa steer this ship through the stormy sea this week. They are joined by special guests Drew Lane and Roberto Boschian from The Drew Lane Show. Are they similarities between being and KISS fan and a Beatles fan? They all discuss. Plus… Drew fills us in on the brand new Rock & Brews opening in Royal Oak, MI on March 19th.

The Drew and Mike Show dominated the airwaves of Detroit Radio on WRIF for over 25 years… and now we are just another podcast: The Drew Lane Show.

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Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook, Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Slaughter lead singer Mark Slaughter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, comedian Craig Gass, KISS’ former business manager Chris Lendt, the Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley’s Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss’ drum tech), Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS’ Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was picked (October 2013) as a ‘What’s Hot’ podcast by Apple’s iTunes.

In the early ’90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS’ official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!

It’s only our opinion… it’s neither right nor wrong.

Three Sides Of The Coin is unofficial & unsanctioned and has no affiliation with the band KISS.

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0:00.0	So, guys, this week on three sides of the coin, first of all, it's just me and Mark, which is...
0:05.4	That's who it is every week. It's been that way the last 12 years.
0:08.3	I mean, my God, right there is perfect right there. Exactly. And we are joined by Drew Lane from the Drew Lane show right there in Detroit, correct, Mark?
0:18.0	Yes.
0:19.0	And Roberto, and we talk about some really cool things.
0:22.2	And Roberto is his producer.
0:24.0	Thank you.
0:24.4	The producer extraordinaire.
0:26.6	Producer extraordinaire.
0:28.2	And we talk about, Drew's a big Beatles fan.
0:32.7	So we kind of talk about a little bit of the similarities about being a Beatles fan and being a kiss fan we also talk about the exciting new Rock and Bruce that is opening like
0:43.9	in a week and what's what's in Royal Oak Michigan Royal Oak Michigan which is just
0:50.3	outside of Detroit yeah so very happening place by the time this airs, it'll already be open, correct? So, but anyway, we kind of talk a little bit about that. You see some pictures. It's really cool. So if you're not in the Detroit area, you're on a little bit of a peak of what it looks like inside. It looks really cool. So let it roll. Three sides of the Coin has moved to a brand new YouTube channel.
1:12.6	Please hit the subscribe button below so you don't miss future episodes on YouTube.
1:17.6	This is Three Sides of the Coin talking all things.
1:22.6	Kiss.
1:23.6	So you love the show, visit www.3Sidesof theco.com, subscribe on YouTube, follow and rate us on Spotify, subscribe and leave a review on iTunes.
1:33.3	We appreciate your support.
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