
Kiss
Formed 1972
New York, NY
Original members:
Pictured:
Paul Stanley
Gene Simmons
Not Pictured:
Peter Criss
Ace Frehley
Other members:
Vinnie Vincent
Mark St John
Bruce Kulick
Eric Singer
Plus:
Eric Carr
Born: July 12, 1950
Died in the 1990's
Hit Songs:
Rock & Roll All Night
Beth
Founded by:
The group was
founded by
Gene Simmons
& Paul Stanley
Kiss Un-masked:
Kiss may have been
one of the biggest
selling acts of the
seventies, but it will
always be known as
the band without a
face. Until 1983, when
the group removed
its distinctive makeup,
the four members
faces supposedly
had never been
photographed
Peter Criss:
Original drummer
Peter Criss was found
through an ad in
Rolling Stone
magazine. He sung
the hit song "Beth"
Album Sales:
By the early nineties,
Kiss had sold more
than 70 million albums
Glitter Rock:
The quartet formed in
the middle of glitter
and rock theater, and
it set out to define,
at first, evil cartoon
character personas,
highlighted by
Gene Simmons bass
playing, fire-breathing
(stage) blood spewing
ghoul
Early Kiss:
An early Kiss band,
(original members)
played at Muthers
Music Emporium on
Hermitage Avenue,
Nashville, in the
early 1970's.
Coyote Concert:
In the 1970's Kiss
played at the
1st annual WMAK
Coyote McCloud
Concert at the
War Memorial
Auditorium in Nashville

1990's : Nashville, Tennessee
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A concert poster from a 1983 Kiss show (with makeup) in Nashville
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2004: Kiss ticket at the Starwood Amphitheater in Nashville Ticket stub, thanks to Michelle (Bruce) Nichols
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Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley and Musicians Jam bass player Tony Beazley
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