In what was a backward sequence (in every sense of the words!) before finalizing their band KISS, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley almost landed on F**K as the band name!!
It would not have been surprising for the theatrical alter-ego-ists…
“….We were talking about it,” Simmons said. “Let’s call the band F*** – the first record can be It. Second album can be You
Stanley recounted the tale of how he suggested Kiss as their name instead: “All of us were driving in my car; I think it was a Plymouth or a Dodge Polara…. When the idea struck him, he admitted, “I thought to myself, ‘Oh, Jesus, this is the name – dear God, let’s not turn this into an ego fight.’ And I said, ‘Ready? Kiss.’ And everybody went, ‘Yeah!….’”
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