Juan Kiss has created a book to talk about “365 days of Rock”: “In addition to having fun, I like to educate and educate”

March 5. “Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” begins his reign at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 and will spend seven weeks there. Quincy Jones wanted the song to be called ‘Not My Lover,’ but Michael was adamant about his decision”. Data like this, for each day of the year, contains Paisa Radio Host’s Diary Book Juan Manuel Angel Munerabetter known as Kiss John.

Rock fans and Colombian radio have heard Kiss Johnanother passionate rocker who is not only a follower of the genre and its most representative groups, but who throughout his years in the media has become the encyclopedia curious data of the songs he presents every day on the station Radioactivewho leads in Medellin.

Now that data that serves to break the ice in conversations, liven up time, or learn something new is compiled into “365 Days of Rock”a book and diary in which some of the most fascinating stories for music lovers about groups such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, KISS, AC/DC, among others.

in dialogue with GlobeLiveMedia Columbia, John Kiss revealed that the idea for this trivia came on the radio. “’365 Days of Rock’ was born at my antenna towers. Those who listen know that when I present a song I don’t just say the title and the name of the group, no. I always try to add something more, a bit about the album, the year of recording, anecdotes about the artists, that’s what I do”.

Talk with Kiss John it’s having that encyclopedia Next, in the middle of the conversation, he mentions a day and he doesn’t have to refer to his book to find out what happened on that date in the world of rock. This particularity has become, throughout these more than 35 years of broadcasting, the distinctive mark of the advertiser, which is why one of his colleagues invited him to compile all this information that he stores in his memory, into something physical; specifically a calendar that has accumulated this data.

All this data stored in his memory, plus an updated search on the Internet and two years’ work has resulted in his recent release, ‘365 days of rock’. This is a different format, in which John not only educates the reader with important data about the genre, but invites them to listen and watch the music videos of the songs, or immerse themselves in the story by listening to it by scanning the various QR codes that appear on the book pages.

Moreover, it is a story that takes place every day of the year and that allows the reader to use it as a personal diary. This feature, according to Juan Angel Munera, is in honor of his father, who always instilled in him handwriting, fearing that technology would put an end to this practice. “It’s a very romantic thing, my father loved diaries, he said to me ‘my son, never forget to write’ and I write everything… People can use the diary as a diary , for everyday tasks, to write poetry,” he said. .

Regarding the investigation, he explained that “every piece of information I found, I adapted it to my style, everything is written with the same language that I use on the air”, he explained . Indeed, from a multimedia content, the reader can access a two-minute narration produced by Kiss John with the entire production as if it were on the air.

All these musical recommendations made by the advertiser in his publication are also stored in a playlist that lasts over 50 hours of rock, ranging from “Stairway to Heaven” of Led Zeppelin until “Sweet Emotion” of Aerosmith.

With the use of all these tools, the advertiser confirmed that he was working on a digital version of his anecdotal and that he would be accompanied Alexandre Marinwho made the prologue, in the Bogota Book Fair talk about “365 Days of Rock” and the stories he tells.

And the diaries wouldn’t end, well Kiss John assured that among his ideas for the future is to make one of “365 days of Colombian rock”, for which you would have to get more advice; one of “365 Days of Metal”; “365 Days of Rock in Spanish” and even one with only movie data.

nickname, surname, nickname of Kiss John he was born in the year 77 in the neighborhood, I grew up in a very traditional upper middle class neighborhood of Medellín that still exists called San Joaquín. There, how did my friends know that I was a big fan of KISS they nicknamed me Kiss John and the name stuck until 1989 when the station manager where I worked bio signed me on a sheet as Juan Kiss and told me that from now on when I appeared at the antenna I had to introduce myself like this, “revealed the announcer.

Throughout his entire life Kiss John He was able to live from his great passions linked to his professional life: rock and radio. The radio came into his life thanks to his parents who, although they were not rock fans, listened to the radio all the time.

“In Medellin we were pioneers with Anglo radio in the country and they were playing the songs of the Billboard Hot 100there was no very heavy rock, but I fell in love with this music, but rock comes into my life with KISS …in the year 77 I was 10 years old and a classmate was wearing a t-shirt with the album cover ‘Gun of Love’ of the band and I fell in love with those manes,” he recalls.

Then they would come into his life Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, among other groups that will make him a great connoisseur of rock. However, KISS It continues to be his favorite, so he planned to be “front row” next time around. April 15 when the group gives its last concert in Colombiaas part of his farewell tour.