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Is a New York City-based heavy metal band.

The original members of KISS (and their made-up personas) are Paul Stanley (The Starchild), rhythm guitar/vocals; Gene Simmons (The Demon), bass/vocals; Ace Frehley (The Spaceman a.k.a. Ace The Space), lead guitar/vocals; and Peter Criss (The Catman), drums/vocals.

The band's name was rumored to stand for "Knights In Satan's Service" or "Knights In Service of Satan".

This is an urban legend - propagated in the 1970s by Minnesota-based evangelists the Peters Brothers - which Gene Simmons has denied in his book.

In 2003, KISS released "KISS SYMPHONY" with Gene Simmons,Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Tommy Thayer, backed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

The KISS logo had to be redesigned for the German market because of the similarity of its two S's to the symbol of the SS, Adolf Hitler's paramilitary troops, which it is illegal to display in Germany. The German KISS logo has S's that resemble backward Z's, and all the band's albums and German merchandise use it.

KISS has four official book releases: KISSTORY, KISSTORY II, Behind The Mask, The Early Years.

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