Gene Simmons Recalls the First Time KISS Did Their Makeup
Gene Simmons was the latest guest on Steve-O‘s Wild Ride! podcast, and during the conversation, he recalled the first time KISS put the makeup on in the early ’70s. KISS formed in 1973, and played their very first show at the Popcorn Club in Queens, N.Y. on Jan. 30 of that year. Though the makeup has been part of their look since the beginning, Simmons couldn’t quite recall who first came up with the idea for them to wear it, but remembered how it started. “Nobody who was ever in KISS can ever lay claim to saying, ‘I’ve got a brilliant idea, everybody should put on makeup. Let’s wear more make...