According to Rockhall.com KISS looked like nothing else in pop music history. Each member adopted a different persona:
Gene Simmons (b. Chaim Witz): Demon
Paul Stanley (b. Stanley Harvey Eisen): Starchild
Ace Frehley (b. Paul Daniel Frehley): Spaceman
Peter Criss (b. George Peter John Criscuola): Cat
Eric Carr (b. Paul Charles Caravello)
Vinnie Vincent (b. Vincent John Cusano)
Mark St. John (b. Mark Leslie Norton)
Eric Singer (b.Eric Doyle Mensinger)
KISS is regarded as one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all-time. The band holds honors as one of America's top gold record champions, selling over 100 million albums worldwide in their 40 year career. KISS' career milestones are staggering, boasting decades of record-breaking tours around the globe.
Notable moments include appearances at Super Bowl XXXIII, the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2005 Rockin' The Corps concert for U.S. troops Iraq and Afghanistan, and performing on 2009's American Idol finale to 30 million viewers.
Of interest, it’s been nearly 40 years since Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss put greasepaint on their faces and took the stage as Kiss for the first time. Since then they’ve amassed 24 gold albums in the United States, took the makeup off, got a bunch of new members, put the makeup back on, and toured seemingly in perpetuity.
In those four decades a lot of facts, rumors, and myths about Kiss have circulated. Of course the diehard members of the Kiss Army usually know what’s what, but for everyone else, here are ten things you probably didn’t know about Kiss shared by Grayflannelsuit.net.
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