Regarded as one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all-time KISS holds honors as one of America’s top gold record champions, recording 36 albums over 32 years selling over 75 million albums worldwide.
Performing at everything from the Super Bowl to the 2002 Winter Olympics , the KISS legacy continues to grow, generation after generation, transcending both age and cringeworthy crtics.
The unparalleled devotion and loyalty of the KISS is an incredible testament to the band’s unbreakable bond with its fans.
The original 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 outlandish makeup and costumes, they took on the personae of comic book-style characters of The Demon, The Starchild, The Spaceman and The Catman.
Their rise to fame is of course well doumented as is their fall from grace during the 80’s and their ‘unmasked’ period.
Due to creative differences, both Criss and Frehley were out of the group by 1982 – which by no small co-incidence also saw the band’s commercial fortunes also wane.
But buoyed by a wave of nostalgia in the 1990s, the band’s original lineup reformed – and the resulting Kiss Alive/Worldwide/Lost Cities/Reunion Tour was the top-grossing act of 1996 and 1997.
The rest (as they say) is history.
