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KISS was formed in Queens, New York (USA) in 1973 and retired 50 years later in 2023 after their final show in New York City. They played rock, hard rock, heavy metal and 1980s hair / glam metal. Their brand lives on through avatars and merchandise. Easily identified by its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits and pyrotechnics. Kiss has been awarded 24 gold albums to date. The band has sold more than 40 million albums in the United States, of which 19 million have been certified by the RIAA, and their worldwide sales exceeds 100 million albums. Kiss trace their roots to , a New York City based rock and roll band led by co-founders [a253708] and [a275520]. Wicked Lester, with its eclectic mixture of musical styles, never achieved any success. They recorded one album, which was shelved by Epic Records, and played a handful of live shows. Simmons and Stanley, feeling that a new musical direction was needed, abandoned Wicked Lester in 1972 and began forming a new group. In late 1972, Simmons and Stanley came across an ad in the East Coast version of Rolling Stone placed by [a286546], a veteran drummer from the New York club scene, who was previously in bands called Lips and Chelsea. Criss auditioned for and joined the new version of Wicked Lester.
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KISS was formed in Queens, New York (USA) in 1973 and retired 50 years later in 2023 after their final show in New York City. They played rock, hard rock, heavy metal and 1980s hair / glam metal. Their brand lives on through avatars and merchandise. Easily identified by its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits and pyrotechnics. Kiss has been awarded 24 gold albums to date. The band has sold more than 40 million albums in the United States, of which 19 million have been certified by the RIAA, and their worldwide sales exceeds 100 million albums. Kiss trace their roots to , a New York City based rock and roll band led by co-founders [a253708] and [a275520]. Wicked Lester, with its eclectic mixture of musical styles, never achieved any success. They recorded one album, which was shelved by Epic Records, and played a handful of live shows. Simmons and Stanley, feeling that a new musical direction was needed, abandoned Wicked Lester in 1972 and began forming a new group. In late 1972, Simmons and Stanley came across an ad in the East Coast version of Rolling Stone placed by [a286546], a veteran drummer from the New York club scene, who was previously in bands called Lips and Chelsea. Criss auditioned for and joined the new version of Wicked Lester.
KiSS KiSS KISSは1973年にアメリカのニューヨーク州クイーンズで結成され、50年後の2023年にニューヨーク市での最終公演をもって引退しました。彼らはロック、ハードロック、ヘヴィメタル、そして80年代のヘアー／グラムメタルを演奏しました。彼らのブランドはアバターやマーチャンダイズを通じて生き続けています。メンバーのフェイスペイントと華やかなステージ衣装によって容易に識別されるこのグループは、火吹き、血吐き、煙を吐くギター、ロケット発射、浮遊するドラムキット、そしてパイロテクニクスといった手の込んだライブパフォーマンスを基盤に、1970年代中盤から後半にかけて名声を博しました。KISSはこれまでに24枚のゴールドアルバムを獲得しています。バンドはアメリカ国内で4000万枚以上のアルバムを売り上げ、そのうち1900万枚がRIAAによって認定されており、全世界での売り上げは1億枚を超えています。KISSのルーツは、共同創設者であるPaul StanleyとGene Simmonsが率いたニューヨーク市を拠点とするロックンロールバンド、Wicked Lesterに遡ります。Wicked Lesterは、多様な音楽スタイルが混在していましたが、成功を収めることはありませんでした。彼らは1枚のアルバムをレコーディングしましたが、エピック・レコードによってお蔵入りとなり、数回のライブショーを行ったのみでした。SimmonsとStanleyは、新しい音楽的方向性が必要だと感じ、1972年にWicked Lesterを解散し、新しいグループの結成に取りかかりました。1972年後半、SimmonsとStanleyは「ローリング・ストーン」誌の東海岸版に掲載された、ニューヨークのクラブシーンで経験豊富なドラマー、Peter Crissの広告を見つけました。Crissは以前、LipsやChelseaといったバンドに在籍していました。Crissはオーディションを受け、新しいバージョンのWicked Lesterに加入しました。
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