KISS FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Hottest Band in the Land

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But in my eyes the original tale, though less spectacular and less brazen to some, still hits its mark. Like most kids his age, he was attracted to rock music after seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and began playing in bands soon after getting the guitar. At the end of the road it was imbued with special meaning (clearly there is a disconnect between me/them and opinions no doubt vary). And even if the disc dies, he will at least have known what it was like to be the center of attention for a while — which was the prime motivation in his leaving the group. I enjoyed the songs on the first and only KISS album I owned, but they sounded much, much different tonight—almost like they were being played way too quickly.

Accompanying this entertaining work of solid rock scholarship are dozens of rare images a from posters to live shots and beyond. I can honestly say that, based on the brief conversations that I was lucky enough to have with them, their OWN love and dedication to KISS is greater than we might imagine.The feature ran in numerous papers nationwide at the end of the month and was one of the most in-depth features covering Peter’s departure from Kiss and his new solo career. Peter would never be allowed the moment of subbing in for an emotional final rendition of “Beth” in a venue with equal meaning as that of his former partners.

Any deviation would have made the ending impossible and diluted the resulting press coverage for the avatars. One of the guys who went with us, Rob Smith, used the school’s printing press to mass produce KISS T-shirts.

My experiences as the commander-in-chief of the KISS Army, the international fan club by which all KISS fans are known, have gone through some revisions as well.

Forget all that has been written, filmed, and said about these men—to the naysayers it is all about the makeup. THThese subjects and more appear in EKISS FAQE a showcasing the good bad and the weird that has made KISS the legendary ultimate rock-and-roll party band still going strong after 40 years.If that is the case, possibly a few reading the previous paragraph found one of the facts listed as new to them. It was Diana Ross who encouraged Peter to go on his own, reminding him of how she gave up the security of the Supremes. He has also had little to say about his father, but even that has changed in very recent times when episodes of his reality series Gene Simmons Family Jewels followed him to Israel to visit his extended family. When I look back on my early years as a KISS fan, I sometimes wonder how people tolerated the overbearing attitude of a teenager who couldn’t see beyond the makeup and the flash pots.