Universal Music Sits Down and Answers Our Questions Soundboards Box Sets New Music

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

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Episode 647. Jeff Fura VP of A&R at Universal Music Enterprises sits down with us to talk KISS! Does Universal still own the KISS catalog of music? What the vault that holds all KISS assets is like? How UMe determines what KISS album might get a box set release? Could The Elder get a box set release? Why the Alive! And Dressed To Kill box sets came out so close to each other? All sorts of minutia about the box sets. What about future Off The Soundboards? What about new music from KISS in the future? Could box sets include video in the future? So much as discussed!

Correction, during the interview Jeff mistakenly kept calling the Cleveland show “Columbus”.

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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!!!

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0:00.0	This week, Three Sides of the Coin.
0:02.3	Somebody from Universal Music joins us this week.
0:07.8	He's a VP of ANR.
0:10.0	He talks all about the Kiss projects.
0:14.0	Everything you want to know from the vault to the box sits.
0:18.1	We get into it with him.
0:20.3	This is a do not miss episode.
0:23.0	This is Three Sides of the Coin talking all things. Kiss.
0:28.6	So you love the show, visit www.3Sidesof thecoin.com. Subscribe on YouTube, follow and rate us on Spotify, subscribe and leave a review on iTunes.
0:39.4	We appreciate your support.
0:41.2	Surf into the Ultimate Kiss Store, the largest in the galaxy.
0:45.1	Explore an incredible collection of merchandise and collectibles from every era of the greatest
0:49.4	band of all time, Kiss.
0:51.4	We have something for Kiss fans of all ages.
0:57.9	Visit www.kiss Armymywarehouse.com.
1:04.1	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Three Sides of the Coin. You got Mike, Tommy,
1:09.3	Mark. Lisa is doing a little family thing today, so we miss her. We're thinking of her.
1:14.2	No BS up front here. We're going to get right into the guest we've got. This is an amazing discussion. If you watched any of the live, the
1:25.9	Kiss Cruise Vegas streams like the Eddie Kramer one, you might know this guy,
1:32.9	he was the guest on stage with Keith.
1:35.8	This is Jeff Fura.
1:37.8	He's the VP of A&R at UME, Universal Music.
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