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On This Day In Music 01/30/1973
On this day in 1973, After recently changing their name from Wicked Lester,
Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss made t
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Happy Birthday Peter Criss
Peter Criss rose to fame in the 1970s as the drummer for theatrical heavy metal-ists Kiss. Born Peter George Criscoula on December 20, 1947,
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Happy Birthday Paul Stanley
Along with his longtime companion, Gene Simmons, singer/guitarist/songwriter Paul Stanley has kept Kiss rocking and rolling along since...
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KISS
Rooted in the campy theatrics of Alice Cooper and the sleazy hard rock of glam rockers the New York Dolls, Kiss became a favorite of...