Kiss: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	KISS
Awards And Honors	Kennedy Center Honors (2025) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2014)
Areas Of Involvement	Today in History—September 18: KISS Makes a Solo Statement

Photos

The rock band Kiss poses in full makeup and costumes on and around a black car in London, 1976. Clockwise from front left: Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss.

Kiss members Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley, and Ace Frehley perform on stage in costume and makeup, with a large lit-up Kiss sign behind them and fans raising hands in the foreground.

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