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and sexuality.” ; without makeup, is, from left, Peter Criss, Ace
Members of Kiss — their Frehley, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
es are 24 to 30 don’t make
— Paul Stanley adds, “‘There’s a spider bracelet,
lot more mystique and glamor ver skulls and”
to present themselves as mysterious; They don’t want to say
that they’re evil and sexy or
that they’re really nice, normal
offstage. Alice -Cooper
recently has been saying the
four of us being normal lookby his mother.
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necklace of silfelt they were left out of
“brown spider side joke. So Kiss relied on one city, making a record. The made it to No. 10 about nine
to the stage image than the belt buckle, offering cake made hard rock and magic tricks.
ing. Kiss got together in 1973. director formerly,
They want audience members Makeup, smoke bombs, flash group because he tho’
to be free to build whatever pots and flying sparks were Cooper had built up an aufantasies they want to around part of the show from the start.
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Standience for flamboyant stage mons believe, from playing toshows which he soon would gether so much.
leave to become an actor, he . Most people date the good althought hard .rock was very bums from the fourth one,
commercial and he thought the ‘‘Alive.” The sixth one, ‘Rock
group wanted to become superand Roll Over,” was produced
stars. by Eddie Kramer, who proHe got them signed to Casabduced “Alive.” It is a return to
lanca Records, a new company, hard rock from the variety of
their hero band was the New as its first group. “Destroyer,” the fifth album.
York Dolls, which was the No. At first, Stanley says, ‘‘We “Alive” and ‘‘Destroyer” are
-1 draw in the city at that time. had-day jobs as cab drivers; gold albums. “Rock and Roll
Kiss started with female from 6 to 10 we were stars, and Over,” which is new, hit No. 93
makeup, then tried clown from 10 to midnight we were on Nov. 2° its first week on the —
makeup, before evolving the going around putting up posters best-selling charts.
present black and silver faces we'd designed ourselves saying The single, “Beth,” from
and costumes. They noted that we were stars.”’ “Destroyer,” was No. 7 on the
the Dolls were very New YorkFrom the beginning they perbest-sel!in: chart of Nov. 20. It
ish and audiences elsewhere formed 200 to 250 days a year. is the fasiest selling single so
an inA vacation was time spent in far. “Rock ’n’ Roll All Night”
borough of Queens, and
ley, born in Manhattan, got together, added drummer Peter
Criss, from Brooklyn, from an
ad he ran in Rolling Stone and
added lead guitarist Ace Frehley, from the Bronx, from an
ad they ran in the Village
Voice. Being New Yorkers,
t group was:a theatrical stage months ago and sold a million
Manager Bill Auccin, a TV band but they knew the music copies, making it a gold record.
took on the had to be good or audiences Kiss will tour from Nov. 24 to
ught Alice would quit coming. The music Feb. 8, then go to Japan, Aushas improved, Stanley and Simtralia, Europe and, they add, to
Mars. The interview is full of
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latter a himself,
Kiss pee don’t permit one or all members of Kiss. Simmons says, ‘‘We didn’t want witticisms from Stanley and
photographs of themselves out An interview with Simmons to be another boring band. We
Simmons, who explain that
of stage makeup. Bassist Gene and Stanley begins with Simwanted to be the greatest show
they’re funny offstage because
Simmons explains, “It would ™ons, wearing jeans, shirt, no on earth.” TO Ten , they’re never funny on stage.
blow the’ magic.” Guitarist makeup, platform boots, silver. Simmons, born in the Stanley says, “I consider us
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