This set is better than Kissology 1 but not as good as 3. This basically covers Dynasty through Lick It Up. And CrazyNights and Hot In The Shade. But its missing the known existing footagefrom Anamalize and Asylum. The older material has pretty bad picture,but that's to be expected. The Phantom of The Park movie is just classic. The 2 brightest spots are the great but sad final performances/footage of Eric Carr. The other is the 1990 Hot In The Shade concert- clearly one ofPaul's best performance, and long- 21 songs! Paul and Gene's commentary on all segments is also very cool to listen to. The Best Buy extra- 1988 Crazy Nights concert is pretty garbage as far as picture goes, way too dark and grainy but the audio is good. Becareful though, I had to bring mine back twice because it only had the sleeve for the bonus disc and not the actual disc. Ask to open it in front of them. Overall a great set for any fan. 4/5

The first disc is the highlight for me. The infamous Tom Snyder interview from 1979 is still hilarious. "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" looks incredible. Who knew it was available in widescreen? The movie is actually watchable and almost enjoyable with the 16x9 aspect ratio, the added songs and scenes and even the commentary is engrossing. The other discs have some cool stuff as well, like the first concert KISS performed without makeup - it looks and sounds better than expected. The best concert hands down is the 1990 Hot In The Shade Tour from Detroit. Paul especially gives an amazing show. I believe it's the full show, and it looks and sounds amazing! I'm someone who expected the first edition of KISSOLOGY would be the best, but in my opinion KISSOLOGY Vol 2 is superior in every way, ...except Easter Eggs.

This is showing KISS through the growing pains. After Peter was fired (regardless of what he says) and Ace left, Gene and Paul decided to carry on with Eric, Vinnie, Mark, and then Bruce, taking the makeup off along the way. It's great to have "Attack of the Phantom" on DVD officially as well. Great concert footage and even an added glimpse of Eric in the hospital after the credits. Watch Ace's drunken interview with Tom Snyder and you can see the cracks starting to show. A must have for any KISS fan.

Much better than Vol. 1 as you get more depth here. Vol.1 is from the bands glory days and you almost get too much of the same material. Here, the music is kicked up with some more variety. Sure there is the "hair" period, but live the material is much better than on the album. I could always ask for more Creatures and Lick it Up material, but I was satisfied.

I was somewhat disappointed when I watched this set. Volume One far exceeds this one in material. Most of the stuff on this one are incomplete shows/interviews, and to make things worse, have been available for years in their entirety. It also claims that it's from 78-95, but in reality it skips 84-87, and 89-90. Due to this omission, there is no mention of the late great Mark St. John except for in the Kommentary, and an Easter egg found on disk 3. The only thing that this set really has going for it, is the Eric Carr material. There's a couple of really good drum solo's (which again have already been made available), a touching kommentary track by Gene & Paul regarding Eric, and at the end of the credits (or should it be kredits?), a great video of Eric in his hospital bed shortly after his heart surgery. He was a trooper and knew how to keep smiling through everything!!!