Why was the band KISS so successful?

[Tinkerpeach]

Was it their music or their look?

Maybe it was their live performances.

They were certainly different at the time.

 

[Lightbringer]

Was it their music or their look?

Maybe it was their live performances.

They were certainly different at the time.

Teenagers are stupid and gullible.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

Teenagers are stupid and gullible.

I still like them.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I passed.

They didn't have a horn section.

I always liked a tight horn section.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Was it their music or their look?

Maybe it was their live performances.

They were certainly different at the time.

Theatrics and Sound System is my understanding.

 

[Hawkeye10]

"Go big or go home"

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Teenagers are stupid and gullible.

I still like them.

confirmation of scientific hypothesis.....

 

[RB 60]

confirmation of scientific hypothesis.....

They're still better than Boy George...

 

[Cypress]

I passed.

They didn't have a horn section.

I always liked a tight horn section.

Paul Stanley has a side project that is heavy on horns and Motown harmonies.

 

[Cypress]

Was it their music or their look?

Maybe it was their live performances.

They were certainly different at the time.

Live performance and theatrical presentation first and foremost, clever marketing second, music third.

Even Jimmy Page enjoys their live performances. That says a lot. That really is their chief legacy to rock music.

 

[evince]

I was never much into their sound


But I always thought the makeup was a smart way to be famous and still be able to preserve their privacy


Take off the costume and makeup after the show and no one knows who you are


Then the idiots took off the makeup and went public

 

[evince]

Fame would suck ass

 

[Cypress]

I was never much into their sound


But I always thought the makeup was a smart way to be famous and still be able to preserve their privacy


Take off the costume and makeup after the show and no one knows who you are


Then the idiots took off the makeup and went public

They didn't really recover their popularity until they put the makeup and costumes back on in 1996.

Ace Frehley said he used to go into clubs to jam with local bands on his own time and nobody would recognize him.

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

Kiss was more of a cult band. I never was a fan of Image Bands, because it just seemed gimmicky to me.

Did someone say teenager? The average age of a Kiss Concert attendee was about 16 years old.

Kiss was also mostly known as being a live band, rather than having been studio geniuses! However, I felt that a few of their hit songs were produced very well. "Beth" was my favorite Kiss song, and how could any rock fan not like "I Was Made For Loving You", and of course the Rock Anthem, "I Want To Rock And Roll All Night"!

Now, Alice Cooper was another image band, but they were a much better talented band.

Kiss seemed to be a 3 chord band- and all too often- the same 3 chords!

 

[Nomad]

Was it their music or their look?

Maybe it was their live performances.

They were certainly different at the time.

I still like them.

I think I know why YOU like them....

 

[Stone]

Paul Stanley has a side project that is heavy on horns and Motown harmonies.

He looks like a long haired Dean Martin in that still shot. Wonder if he can sing." Aint that a kick in the head"?

 

[serendipity]

I think I know why YOU like them....

Women love a tight horn section.

 

[BidenPresident]

Was it their music or their look?

Maybe it was their live performances.

They were certainly different at the time.

They sucked.

 

[Nomad]

They sucked.

Musically they did.

Their songs were always geared towards teenagers.

 

[serendipity]

Musically they did.

Their songs were always geared towards teenagers.

What makes me laugh is Gene Simmons offering bass tutorials but you have to buy one of his signature overpriced G2 Thunderbird basses first.