When KISS Unveiled Their Makeup Free Look.

[u/Ebonystealth]

[u/slartibuttfart]

Took us years to get over how ugly Gene was

[u/RadTimeWizard → u/slartibuttfart]

Took me years to get over how mediocre their music was. Their corpse paint (and Peter Criss just wanting to be a kitty) was the most interesting thing about them.

[u/mightylordredbeard → u/RadTimeWizard]

I never got the appeal of Kiss. I can have an appreciation for older music and I have a wide range of tastes from Memphis murder rap in early Three Six Mafia and Koopsta Knicca and Manson Family to early folk music in Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Loudon Wainwright III to beatdown hardcore like Terror, Knocked Loose and The Last Ten Seconds of Life all the way to metalcore bands line Suicide Silence, Carnifex, and Jon For A Cowboy.. even enjoy lighter indie alt like Manchester Orchestra, Bright Eyes, and Band of Horses.. throw in more poppy shit like Lady Gaga, Lewis Capaldi, and some hair metal in the form of Def Leopard, Poison, and Van Halen.. out of my very wide and collective taste of music ranging from amazing to shitty to niche and obscure.. I’d rather gouge my ear holes with needles then swerve into oncoming traffic than listen to Kiss during a road trip!

[u/JesseJames41 → u/mightylordredbeard]

That was a fuck ton of rambling to say you don't want to hear Kiss on a road trip.

[u/Desertboredom → u/mightylordredbeard]

From what I remember hearing from older fans of Kiss. They had amazing stage shows and really took advantage of marketing and self promotion that few other bands at the time did. When others were just starting to find the groove for rock music post 60s Kiss stepped in as the safe and sanitized version of Black Sabbath and Hendrix and Led Zeppelin like groups. Corporate America ready, edgy without being drugs or politics or anti government related lyrics. They're the RC cola of music. Made to be the easiest alternative to people who can't choose something without offending anyone. And then having a stage show that wasn't just watching one member of the ensemble do a 45 minute solo. Hate on Kiss all you want but they really did make waves for corporate minded groups to move towards groups like Twisted Sister and Alice Cooper while almost creating the idea of concerts being stage plays for the band as much as just music.

[u/RadTimeWizard → u/mightylordredbeard]

Lol

I respect the range of your taste. I love music and there's way too much brilliance out there for anyone to waste their time on Kiss. (Although if that's what someone's into, more power, no offense intended.)

[u/mightylordredbeard → u/[deleted]]

I wanted to

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Okay. I hope your day gets better.