How Kiss Faked It Till They Made It  artist: kiss date:
07/16/2012 category: general music news I like this voted: 8 How
Kiss Faked It Till They Made It Kiss have revealed some of the
techniques they employed early in their career that helped them
become one of the most recognizable rock acts of all time. One
trick involved tricking fans into thinking they were a busy
touring band, as Paul Stanley explains: "We had a rule that we
wouldn't play more than once every eight or 12 weeks because we
wanted people to think we were busy. We were literally sitting
in our loft starving and rehearsing," Stanley told the Guardian.
"Then we would go out and do a show and I would say: "It's great
to be back we've been gone!" We weren't anywhere. But it was
about creating this mythology from the ground up." An obvious
distinction between Kiss and other bands was their striking
makeup but don't call it that in front of Gene Simmons. "[The
makeup] was warpaint makeup does not give it enough respect," he
said. "I remember seein