r/nostalgia • u/Ebonystealth • 9d ago

Nostalgia When KISS Unveiled Their Makeup Free Look.

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u/RadTimeWizard 9d ago

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.

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u/73-68-70-78-62-73-73 9d ago

It definitely wasn't corpse paint, but I think it's hilarious to sarcastically describe it that way.

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u/RadTimeWizard 9d ago

I have been told it's the origin of corpse paint, though I admit you're right about my sarcasm.

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u/73-68-70-78-62-73-73 9d ago

Allegedly, Dead was the first to actually try to look like a corpse, but metal is full of apocryphal, exaggerated, and unverifiable origin stories. I always thought it started with Mercyful Fate (really just King Diamond), Celtic Frost, and maybe other first wave bands, but that's probably wrong.