music industry press release

Kiss collectors may relish in a moment of "Kisstory" as a rare video from Kiss's first tour has been unleashed on youtube. The flick features footage of the only known live performance of "Acrobat" and boasts a near-complete coverage of the 1974 concert in Long Beach, CA.

The 8mm film debuted almost two weeks ago, was the sixth of the year, and the first on the west coast, making the reel a rare find indeed. Parts of the video are purported to have been used in the Kissology DVD, synced with audio from other live shows.

Fans of the Offspring will soon be treated to a long-awaited eighth studio album when Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace hits store shelves on June 17.

The band has been quiet for over five years now, producing nothing since 2003's Splinter, but the quartet still fair well: 1994's Smash release is still highest selling album of all time on an independent label.

The Offspring are currently touring overseas with various artists and have made the new album's first single, "Hammerhead," available on the band's official website at offspring.com

It started as a one-man operation in 1965 and has grown to be one of the largest corporations for instruments and audio equipment worldwide. Today, at the Telcom Center in Jackson MS, Peavy Electronics owner, founder and CEO Hartley Peavy is among the Mississippi Technology Alliance's inaugural inductees to it's Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame.