Paul Stanley 9th Grade Jr High School Yearbook 1967 KISS Ultra Rare Art

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Paul Stanley
Musician
Paul Stanley is an American musician, singer, songwriter and painter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's highest-charting hits. Stanley established The Starchild character for his Kiss persona.
Kiss (often stylized as KISS) is an American
rock
band formed in
New York City
in January 1973 by
Paul Stanley
,
Gene Simmons
,
Peter Criss
, and
Ace Frehley
. Well known for its members' face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-to-late 1970s with their
elaborate
live performances, which featured
fire breathing
, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and
pyrotechnics
. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons the only remaining original members. The original and best-known lineup consisted of Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Simmons (vocals and bass), Frehley (lead guitar and vocals), and Criss (drums and vocals).
With their make-up and costumes, they took on the personae of comic book-style characters: The Starchild (Stanley), The Demon (Simmons), The Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley), and The Catman (Criss). Due to creative differences, both Criss and Frehley had departed the group by 1982.
In 1983, Kiss began performing without makeup and costumes, thinking that it was time to leave the makeup behind. The band accordingly experienced a minor commercial resurgence, and their music videos received regular airplay on
MTV
.
Eric Carr
, who had replaced Criss in 1980, died in 1991 of
heart cancer
and was replaced by
Eric Singer
. In response to a wave of Kiss
nostalgia
in the mid-1990s, the original lineup re-united in 1996, which also saw the return of their makeup and stage costumes. The resulting
Alive/Worldwide Tour
was commercially successful. Criss and Frehley have both since left the band again and have been replaced by Singer and
Tommy Thayer
, respectively. The band has continued with their original stage makeup, with Singer and Thayer using the original Catman and Space Ace makeup, respectively. In September 2018, Kiss announced that, after 45 years of recording and performing, they will embark on their final tour,
The End of the Road World Tour
, in 2019.
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