Kiss is an American
hard rock band formed in
New York City in January 1973. Easily identified by its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured
fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and
pyrotechnics. Kiss has been awarded 24
gold albums to date in the USA. The band has sold over 40 million albums in the United States, and their worldwide sales exceeded 100 million albums.
The lineup of Paul Stanley (
vocals and
rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals and
bass guitar), Ace Frehley (
lead guitar and vocals), and
Peter Criss (
drums,
percussion and vocals) is the most successful and identifiable. With their makeup and costumes, they took on the personae of
comic book-style characters: The Demon (Simmons), Starchild (Stanley), Spaceman (Frehley), and Catman (Criss). The band explains that the fans were the ones who ultimately chose their makeup designs. The "Demon" makeup reflected Simmons's cynicism and dark elements, as well as his affection for comic books. Paul Stanley became the "Starchild" because of his tendency to be referred to as the "starry-eyed lover" and "hopeless romantic." Ace Frehley's "Spaceman" makeup was a reflection of him wanting to go for a ride in a space ship and supposedly being from another planet. Peter Criss's "Catman" makeup was in accordance with the belief that Criss had nine lives because of his rough childhood in Brooklyn. Because of creative differences, both Criss and Frehley were out of the group by 1982.
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