Shagreen Shagreen Shagreen is a type of rawhide consisting of rough untanned skin, historically from a horse's or onager's back, or from shark or ray. In modern times, shagreen is produced from the skins of commercially-farmed Asian sting rays. The word derives from the French "chagrin" and is related to Italian "zigrino" and Venetian "sagrin", derived from the Turkic "sağrı" / "çağrı" 'rump of a horse' or the prepared skin of this part. The roughness of its texture led to the French meaning of anxiety, vexation, embarrassment, or annoyance. Shagreen has an unusually rough and granular surface, and is sometimes used
Creatures of the Night near full capacity 4 years earlier on the Dynasty Tour.) and shows canceled due to insufficient ticket sales. Despite this, "War Machine", "I Love It Loud", and "Creatures of the Night" remain Kiss' concert staples to this day. Album Singles – Billboard (United States) Singles – Austrian charts (Austria) Singles – UK Albums Chart (United Kingdom) Creatures of the Night Creatures of the Night is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Kiss, released in 1982. It is the band's last for Casablanca Records, the only label for which Kiss had recorded up to this point. The album