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American hard rock band Kiss covered the song in 1991 as "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" for the soundtrack to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. The track was released as a single in 1991 and appeared on the band's 1992 album Revenge .
God Gave Rock 'n Roll to You II was featured in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey with a 40-second Steve Vai solo instead of the Kiss intro found on the album and was a major success, hitting the Top 30 in seven countries, including the Mainstream Rock Tracks in the United States. [5]
The version of "God Gave Rock 'n Roll to You II" is not that which plays at the film's end as it lacks the intro by Steve Vai and the sound of girls chanting the chorus as the song fades to end. The intro solo was released by Steve Vai in his compilation album The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1 , along with all of the other small pieces ...
Leah Payne on her new book "God Gave Rock & Roll To You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music" and Nashville's important role in that story.
The original lineup of Kiss in 1977. Clockwise from top: Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley. Kiss was an American hard rock band from New York. Formed in January 1973, the group originally included rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Stanley, bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons, lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. [1]
KISS soldiered on for 13 years sans makeup, and in 1991, the year of Kurt Cobain and grunge, they were still popular enough to have their cover of Argent’s “God Gave Rock and Roll to You ...
Bruce Kulick – lead guitar on "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" Eric Singer – drums on "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" Eric Carr – backing vocals on "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" Additional musicians. Anton Fig – drums on "Sure Know Something", "2,000 Man", "I Was Made for Lovin' You" and "Two Sides of the Coin"
In Deep is the fourth studio album by English rock band Argent, released by Epic Records in October 1973. It features the original full-length recording of "God Gave Rock and Roll to You", which reached No. 18 in the UK charts (U.S. No. 114) when released in edited form as a single later the same year.