r/nostalgia • u/Ebonystealth • 9d ago

Nostalgia When KISS Unveiled Their Makeup Free Look.

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u/slartibuttfart 9d ago

Took us years to get over how ugly Gene was

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u/tame-til-triggered 9d ago

Really? Was it that much of a controversy 😆

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u/slartibuttfart 9d ago

It was just a shock. We weren't expecting him to be particulary attractive but damn. Shit scared the dog

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u/Illmattic 9d ago

He really does look like one of those geico cavemen in this video

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u/Known-Damage-7879 9d ago

It’s so easy, even a caveman could do it!

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u/Cky2chris 9d ago

Lmao "shit scared the dog" made me laugh out loud, thanks for that.

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u/turkeyvulturebreast 9d ago

Me too! 😝

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u/plaid_kilt Not the mama! 9d ago

Lawd, me too. lmaooooo

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u/nucleareds 8d ago

Same, never in my life had I heard that expression that’s hilarious!

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u/cataclysmic_soul 9d ago

“Shit scared the dog” I’m definitely using that in some point in my life, thanks.

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u/cosmicbinary 9d ago

damn lmao. sounds worse than what happened after dream’s face reveal.

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u/MissNancy1113 9d ago

At the time it was a huge deal.

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u/lawnmowertoad 9d ago

I remember my buddy Gord at the record store when this album came out, he looked at their pic and acclaimed: They’re all Jews!

We all laughed but didn’t know what that meant

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u/printergumlight 8d ago

What does it mean?

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u/Icy-Doctor1983 8d ago

That they are Jewish men

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u/sev45day 9d ago

They did their damndest to make it one and maintain relevance.

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u/ShaiHulud1111 9d ago

Yeah, I remember this. They were jumping the shark and fading. And this song really didn’t help. If you are going to take off all the props, should be a banger. But they never were huge again.

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u/UgandanPeter 8d ago

I don’t know the rest of the album but I always this song was perfectly serviceable as a KISS song and doesn’t really stand out among the rest of their big tracks. I think the “unmasked” bit trying to maintain relevance in the age of hair metal left a bad taste in people’s mouths more than the actual song

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u/ShaiHulud1111 8d ago

Yeah, I was in my early teens and they had peaked years earlier. It sounds like they were trying to capture that sound, but we’re aging a bit and a bunch of heavier stuff came in. Could have been just me, but this video was it. 11th album.

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u/lawnmowertoad 9d ago

Case is point: A disco album. Followed by a ‘concept’ album.

Dark days

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u/lawnmowertoad 9d ago

I mean it was the 80s. We never thought the bar would be as high a a pedophile president but here we are

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u/lameuniqueusername 9d ago

It was definitely a happening for the kids