Q 01/05

Which comic-book-style persona did Gene Simmons take on in Kiss?

A) The Demon

B) The Starchild

C) The Bandit

D) The Wiz

Answer · why

A) The Demon

The Demon breathes fire and spits fake blood, and the fire has bitten back: at a New York show on New Year's Eve 1973 Simmons set his own hair alight,...

Q 02/05

Kiss traces its roots to which earlier New York band led by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley?

A) Bullfrog Bheer

B) Wicked Lester

C) Black Diamond

D) Post War Baby Boom

Answer · why

B) Wicked Lester

Wicked Lester recorded a whole album that Epic Records refused to release; unhappy with its soft, unfocused sound, Simmons and Stanley abandoned the b...

Q 03/05

Kiss's first-ever show, in January 1973, drew fewer than ten people to a club in which New York borough?

A) Brooklyn

B) Staten Island

C) Manhattan

D) Queens

Answer · why

D) Queens

Queens: Gene Simmons had cold-called the Popcorn Club and talked it into booking his unknown band for three nights, and the four earned $50 for two se...

Q 04/05

Just before Kiss formed, drummer Peter Criss played in a New York trio with which apt name?

A) Tongue

B) Smooch

C) Cheeks

D) Lips

Answer · why

D) Lips

Lips folded in 1972, so Criss placed a Rolling Stone advert as an experienced rock and roll drummer looking for an original group; Gene Simmons and Pa...

Q 05/05

What do the four members of Kiss wear, along with their makeup, on the cover of 1975's Dressed to Kill?

A) Business suits

B) Army fatigues

C) Prison stripes

D) Biker leathers

Answer · why

A) Business suits

Business suits, and mostly borrowed ones: drummer Peter Criss was the only member who owned a suit, and photographer Bob Gruen says the one squeezed o...