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On this day in KISSTORY - August 18, 1980 - We graced the cover of People magazine.

Here's the original article from People.com

"We're the culture heroes of our day," boasts Gene Simmons, Kiss' bassist, fire-breather and outrageous mouthpiece. "When people talk about the music of the '70s, they'll talk about Kiss." Simmons may be keeping his tongue in cheek for once, but it is true that no other group better summed up the '70s music scene. It was an era noted for often lurid excess and a phenomenal growth rate�and the primacy of exotic packaging over esthetic accomplishment. In any case, no other band has more to show for its fusion of cosmetics, pyrotechnics, heavy metal and even heavier merchandising. Kiss' 16 LPs sold 40 million copies in six years and, throwing in concert tickets, logo-laden lunch boxes, pinball machines, comic books et al, manager Bill Aucoin puts their decidedly gross national product at more than $100 million a year.

Rockin' over 25,000 in Munich, Germany!

On this day in KISSTORY -  August 16, 2013 - We headlined the Arena Football League's ArenaBowl XXVI weekend in Orlando, Florida.

Here's a fan-filmed clip of KISS performing "Rock and Roll All Nite" at the show.

August KISS Magazine Covers 

Hard Rock Magazine - Italy - 2020
Rockin' On! Magazine - Japan - 2019
Sticks! Magazine - Germany - 2017
Metal Hammer - Norway - 2012

On this day in ‎KISSTORY  - August 13, 1999 - DETROIT ROCK CITY opened in US theaters.

Guy D'Astolfo / businessjournaldaily.com

Beginning Aug. 13, the public can view Paul Stanley's exhibition during regular museum hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. The museum is at 524 Wick Ave. Admission is free.

YOUNGSTOWN – For Paul Stanley, painting is never about perfecting a technique or becoming proficient at a genre. Too much devotion to those things can take a toll on creativity.

Instead, the rock’n’roll superstar aims for emotional impact.

Stanley, who cofounded KISS and has fronted the iconic rock band for five decades, has  become an accomplished artist. He will reach a milestone on Sunday, Aug. 13, when the first exhibition of his work in a museum opens at The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. The exhibition will run through Oct. 8.

The multitalented rocker wrote many of KISS’ biggest hits and is the band’s primary singer.

Stanley is also an actor – he played the lead role in the Toronto production of “Phantom of the Opera” – and has written two bestselling books: “Face the Music” and “Backstage Pass.”

Aside from music, Stanley’s most successful undertaking has been visual art. Sales of his eye-catching paintings have topped $25 million.

Although rock’n’roll was his first love, Stanley excelled at art while growing up in New York City. But music proved to be his best route to success, and he threw himself into it as a teenager.

The artistically driven Stanley, now 71, formed KISS in 1973 with Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley. With each member becoming a character through face paint and costume, and an explosive live show, KISS became known for its image as much as its music and would become one of the top-selling bands of all time.

Stanley put his art skill to use for the band, designing the KISS logo, which is one of the most recognizable in rock history. He also played a key role in designing the band’s album cover art.

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