KISS the World picturesAdvanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 41 image entries
Contest Directions:  This Tuesday is the 60th birthday of Gene Simmons - the blood-spitting, fire-breathing, and tongue-wagging frontman of the hard rock band Kiss. Simmons co-founded Kiss in the early 1970s, and invented the band's face makeup and stage outfits, which became the band's trademark and made Kiss one of the most recognizable bands of all times.
To mark the 60th birthday of Gene Simmons and pay a tribute to his creation, give the famous Kiss makeup to any people, animals, or objects. Here's a good example. Please note that the Kiss makeup has four versions - you are welcome to use any (or all of them), not just the Gene Simmons' face makeup.
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Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 , 4th place: $1
Started: 8/24/2009 1:00:00 PM, Ended: 8/27/2009 5:00:00 PM
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| | Kiss is an American rock group, which received huge popularity in 1970-1980s, playing in the genres of glam shock & hard-rock, and known for its stage make-up & concerts-shows, accompanied by various pyrotechnic effects. Rock group “Kiss” was formed in New York in January, 1973.
Most popular songs – “Strutter” (1974), “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975), “Detroit Rock City” (1976), “I Was Made For Lovin ' You” (1979), “Lick It Up” (1983), “Forever” (1989), “Psycho circus” (1998). By 2007, rock group “Kiss” made more than forty five gold & platinum albums & more than 150 million records, which were sold.
Make-up of Kiss:
Idea of make-up was conceived by Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons. Idea has been recieved positively & using theatrical make-up, each participant thought up unique make-up for themselves. Liking of participants towards comics, horror films etc had obvious influence on the makeup. Gene Simmons painted himself as a “The Demon”, Peter Criss as “The Catman”, Ace Frehley as “The Spaceman” (Space Ace), & Paul Stanley first became “Star Child” but changed at once as “Bandit” but almost immediately returned back to initial variant of “The Star Child”.
Making:
Though albums Kiss were not sold in large circulations, the group quickly got status of the most spectacular band. Concerts of Kiss included set of different tricks & dodges, for example: Gene Simmons spit blood (actually it was mixture of yoghurt, juices & food colorants, which he ate) or “fire breathing” (when Gene Simmons collected kerosene in his mouth & spit it at torch); fireworks from guitar of Ace Frehley during solo performance (fireworks, illumination & smoke bombs, placed inside the guitar); elevator drum riser with Peter Criss, rising to a height & emitting sparks; Paul Stanley smashing guitar in style of Pete Townshend; & many pyrotechnics throughout the show.
Achieving popularity & success (1975-1978)
Kiss wanted to express delight, which was felt during their concerts & enthusiasm, which unfortunately studio albums could not bring them with their first concert album. Alive!, released on 10th September, 1975 achieved Gold status & spawned the first release of Kiss into top-40 singles - concert version of “Rock And Roll All Nite”. This was the first version of song “Rock and Roll All Nite” with solo guitar & this record successfully presented the final version of song, eclipsing & superseding the studio original. In recent years, the group stated that additional crowd noise has been added to album, not with an aim to mislead the fans but to bring more “excitement & realism” to the show.
Double Platinum - first of numerous collections of Kiss Greatest Hits was released on April 2, 1978. This double album includes many remixed versions of their hits such as “Strutter ' 78”, rerecorded version of one of the group’s typical songs. As per the request of Neil Bogart, the song was played in disco music style, which was popular at that time.
Throughout this period, sale of Kiss merchandise became an essential source of income for the group. Some of the released products included:
1. Pair of comic books, published by Marvel (blood, which was specially given by group members, was used along with ink to paint red in first of the books).
2. Pinball machine
3. Kiss dolls;
4. Cosmetic collection “Kiss Your Face Makeup”;
5. Halloween masks;
6. Toy medicines of singers;
7. Table games;
8. Toys
And many other memorable items. Fan organization Kiss Army was formed. Between 1977 & 1979, sales around the world (in shops & on tours) touched huge figure of $100 million.
Concerts:
“Kiss” band was also known for its rousing concerts, where effects such as bright fireworks, exploding / smoke emitting guitars (smoke/powder bombs were kept inside the guitar & then were kindled), splashes of blood (blood usually was made from food colorants or yoghurt), “breathing fire” (Gene Simmons, collected kerosene in his mouth & spit fire), lifting of drummer or guitarists upto a height using hydraulic lifters were used. It is necessary to note that concert albums & concert video releases always tasted huge success; for example, roaring success of album Alive! (Which was voted to be “Platinum” for four times) rescued the band & label from bankruptcy.
“Kiss” band is one of the most attended & successful concert groups of the world.
An audience of 247 000 attended the concert of KISS band in Rio–de-Janeiro in June, 1983. |
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