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KISS FACTS

PAUL used to chop liver in a delicatessen during the summer. ACE married his girlfriend Jeanette in early ’77. GENE taught school at P.S. 75 in Manhattan for six months. PETER learned to play drums on a vintage 1920 Gene Krupa-style drumkit.

September 2, 1977

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KISS FACTS

PAUL used to chop liver in a delicatessen during the summer.

ACE married his girlfriend Jeanette in early ’77.

GENE taught school at P.S. 75 in Manhattan for six months.

PETER learned to play drums on a vintage 1920 Gene Krupa-style drumkit.

PAUL’S father owns a furniture store in Queens, New York.

ACE loves to drink expensive champagne.

PETER worked as a delivery boy for a butcher.

PAUL went to art school and loves to paint.

GENE’S girlfriend, Star Stowe, was a Playboy Bunny centerfold last year— alongside Gene’s bass.

ACE started playing guitar when he was 13.

PETER bought his parents a new home.

GENE’S idol is the late horrormovie star Lon Chaney.

GENE has the longest tongue in rock ‘n’ roll.

PAUL likes to play lead guitar whenever possible.

PETER likes to listen to and play jazz.

ACE designed the Kiss logo.

GENE’S ancestors were from Jung, Hungary.

ACE comes from Bronx, New York.

PETER comes from Brooklyn.

PAUL loves to go to nightclubs in New York City.

PETER wants to buy a house near the ocean in Massachusetts.

GENE edited and published his own fan magazine when he was in high school.

PAUL thinks a sense of humor is very important.

ACE grew a beard between tours last year.

GENE worked as a “Boy Friday” at the fashion magazine Vogue.