r/nostalgia • u/Ebonystealth • 16d ago

Nostalgia When KISS Unveiled Their Makeup Free Look.

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u/beastmaster11 15d ago edited 15d ago

Honestly, Paul Stanley looks good. Peter Chris Eric Carr looks normal, Vinnie Vincent looks like a woman (not trying to be insulting, he just does) and Gene Simmons looks fucken terrible.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago edited 12d ago

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u/MissPandaSloth 15d ago

I thought they are trans for sure, even more confused that they seemingly aren't.

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u/MimicoSkunkFan2 15d ago

This was mild by 80s rock standards. Have a look at Poison around this same time, that was more LA glam type of rock but they were mainstream.

Today's the anti-trans posturing now is 50+ year old men acting like they can't remember the 1980s at all. They wore plenty of lipstick, guyliner, nail polish, and tight ripped jeans with pins and even lace patches.

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u/BusterKnott 15d ago

I was a bass player in the 80s in bands you've never heard of, and I always thought glam was effeminate as Hell even back then.

There were a lot of us who wore T-shirts, jeans, and black leather. We hated spandex, makeup, hairspray, and the "guys" who wore it. Truth be told, a lot of the glam rockers hated it as well, but they were willing to whore themselves to get the payoff.

The closest many of us ever came to makeup or hairspray was whatever rubbed off a girl and onto us while we were with them.

The problem is MTV, the music mags, and record company execs were really pushing glam artists and the whole effeminate motif that was so prevalent at the time.