Gene Simmons

There was like five people. But for us, we were at Madison Square Garden. And then the second show was at the Daisy in Amityville, where they had Jaws and all that, and the Amityville Horror and all that in Long Island. And shortly thereafter, we got signed. We barely played any shows.

There was like five people. But for us, we were at Madison Square Garden. And then the second show was at the Daisy in Amityville, where they had Jaws and all that, and the Amityville Horror and all that in Long Island. And shortly thereafter, we got signed. We barely played any shows.

Breaking so much so that within two years of that we're breaking the Beatles record in Japan and playing Five days I think at the largest arena Budokan and before bands were playing stadiums were doing multiple days in Australia in stadiums 1980 1980 Where do you think you'd be if you guys didn't put makeup on that first day?

Breaking so much so that within two years of that we're breaking the Beatles record in Japan and playing Five days I think at the largest arena Budokan and before bands were playing stadiums were doing multiple days in Australia in stadiums 1980 1980 Where do you think you'd be if you guys didn't put makeup on that first day?

You mean if I wasn't in a band, or would KISS have done as well without the makeup?

You mean if I wasn't in a band, or would KISS have done as well without the makeup?

Like... If I'd have to say... Not as big.

Like... If I'd have to say... Not as big.

You could ask the Beatles, what would you have gotten as far with the same songs and everything if you didn't have the matching haircuts?

You could ask the Beatles, what would you have gotten as far with the same songs and everything if you didn't have the matching haircuts?

It's always... Pieces of the puzzle that somehow fit that make the whole bigger than the sum of its parts, which are fancy words that says all of it helps.

It's always... Pieces of the puzzle that somehow fit that make the whole bigger than the sum of its parts, which are fancy words that says all of it helps.

And if you take like a house of cards, if you take any one of those, it's just one card, maybe all of it comes down. Interesting. It's so interesting to think about. I get paid a lot of money for this kind of stuff.

And if you take like a house of cards, if you take any one of those, it's just one card, maybe all of it comes down. Interesting. It's so interesting to think about. I get paid a lot of money for this kind of stuff.

I was always aware that character was not the right thing. It's persona. Persona not alter ego or alter egos and by the way I know people get so upset when I keep bringing up the juice stuff But the idea of the alter ego was created by them also, okay all the superheroes Superman yes Batman the Hulk fantastic that were all created by Jews Who dress British think Yiddish?

I was always aware that character was not the right thing. It's persona. Persona not alter ego or alter egos and by the way I know people get so upset when I keep bringing up the juice stuff But the idea of the alter ego was created by them also, okay all the superheroes Superman yes Batman the Hulk fantastic that were all created by Jews Who dress British think Yiddish?

the idea of the weak man and and the secret super-man. Der Ubermensch And all created by disenfranchised people who never felt powerful. So the superhero was created by those guys who were never lifting weights, couldn't dribble a basketball, but they owned the teams.

the idea of the weak man and and the secret super-man. Der Ubermensch And all created by disenfranchised people who never felt powerful. So the superhero was created by those guys who were never lifting weights, couldn't dribble a basketball, but they owned the teams.

No, it happened very quickly, and you react to market. The smart people react to the market. And immediately, we didn't think about it, but fans started to make homegrown T-shirts. Oh, they want T-shirts. Let's make T-shirts. And they wanted... We were aware that if you were a... I don't know, a Joe Cocker fan or somebody, you didn't necessarily want to look like Joe Cocker.

No, it happened very quickly, and you react to market. The smart people react to the market. And immediately, we didn't think about it, but fans started to make homegrown T-shirts. Oh, they want T-shirts. Let's make T-shirts. And they wanted... We were aware that if you were a... I don't know, a Joe Cocker fan or somebody, you didn't necessarily want to look like Joe Cocker.