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Overview

Kiss (often styled as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals), and Peter Criss (drums, vocals). Known for their face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s with shock rock-style live performances which featured fire-breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons remaining the only consistent members. The current lineup consists of them, Tommy Thayer (lead guitar, vocals), and Eric Singer (drums, vocals). With their makeup and costumes, the band members took on the personas of comic book-style characters: the Starchild (Stanley), the Demon (Simmons), the Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley), and the Catman (Criss). Due to creative differences, Criss departed the band in 1980 and Frehley in 1982. They were replaced by Eric Carr (the Fox) and Vinnie Vincent (the Ankh Warrior), respectively. In 1983, Kiss began performing without makeup and costumes, marking the beginning of the band's "unmasked" era that would last until 1996. The band experienced a commercial resurgence during this era, with the 1983 platinum-certified album Lick It Up successfully introducing them to a new generation of fans, and its music videos receiving regular airplay on MTV. Vincent left the band in 1984, being replaced briefly by Mark St. John and more permanently by Bruce Kulick. Eric Carr died in 1991 of heart cancer and was replaced by Eric Singer. In response to a wave of Kiss nostalgia in the mid-1990s, the original lineup reunited in 1996, which also saw the return of its makeup and stage costumes. The resulting reunion tour was highly successful, grossing $143.7 million, making it the band's most successful tour to date. Criss and Frehley subsequently left the band again, and have been replaced by Singer and Tommy Thayer, respectively. The band has continued with its original stage makeup, with Singer and Thayer using the original Catman and Spaceman makeup, respectively.

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Notable quotes

“It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee, Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862), Volume I, p. 240.
“Rhett Butler: Open your eyes and look at me. No, I don't think I will kiss you — although you need kissing badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.”
— Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind (1939), based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell.
“Kissing is disgusting, but in a nice way, like bleu cheese or brandy.”
— the character Zorya Polunochnaya, the Midnight Star, in the speculative fiction television series American Gods (first season, 2017)
“Thy lips which spake wrong counsel, I kiss close.”
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Drama of Exile, scene Farther on, etc, line 992.
“Thou knowest the maiden who ventures to kiss a sleeping man, wins of him a pair of gloves.”
— Walter Scott, Fair Maid of Perth, Chapter V.
“A kiss from my mother made me a painter.”
— Benjamin West.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Kiss: touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, o · song written and recorded by American rock band Korn · Japanese brand of eroge video games · album by Versailles

Overview

Kiss (often styled as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals), and Peter Criss (drums, vocals). Known for their face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s with shock rock-style live performances which featured fire-breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons remaining the only consistent members. The current lineup consists of them, Tommy Thayer (lead guitar, vocals), and Eric Singer (drums, vocals). With their makeup and costumes, the band members took on the personas of comic book-style characters: the Starchild (Stanley), the Demon (Simmons), the Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley), and the Catman (Criss). Due to creative differences, Criss departed the band in 1980 and Frehley in 1982. They were replaced by Eric Carr (the Fox) and Vinnie Vincent (the Ankh Warrior), respectively. In 1983, Kiss began performing without makeup and costumes, marking the beginning of the band's "unmasked" era that would last until 1996. The band experienced a commercial resurgence during this era, with the 1983 platinum-certified album Lick It Up successfully introducing them to a new generation of fans, and its music videos receiving regular airplay on MTV. Vincent left the band in 1984, being replaced briefly by Mark St. John and more permanently by Bruce Kulick. Eric Carr died in 1991 of heart cancer and was replaced by Eric Singer. In response to a wave of Kiss nostalgia in the mid-1990s, the original lineup reunited in 1996, which also saw the return of its makeup and stage costumes. The resulting reunion tour was highly successful, grossing $143.7 million, making it the band's most successful tour to date. Criss and Frehley subsequently left the band again, and have been replaced by Singer and Tommy Thayer, respectively. The band has continued with its original stage makeup, with Singer and Thayer using the original Catman and Spaceman makeup, respectively.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee, Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862), Volume I, p. 240.
“Rhett Butler: Open your eyes and look at me. No, I don't think I will kiss you — although you need kissing badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.”
— Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind (1939), based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell.
“Kissing is disgusting, but in a nice way, like bleu cheese or brandy.”
— the character Zorya Polunochnaya, the Midnight Star, in the speculative fiction television series American Gods (first season, 2017)
“Thy lips which spake wrong counsel, I kiss close.”
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Drama of Exile, scene Farther on, etc, line 992.
“Thou knowest the maiden who ventures to kiss a sleeping man, wins of him a pair of gloves.”
— Walter Scott, Fair Maid of Perth, Chapter V.
“A kiss from my mother made me a painter.”
— Benjamin West.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.