LIFE KISS

You wanted the best, and you got the best. This extraordinary edition of LIFE traces KISS from the band's improbable origins 50 years ago through their rise to rock and roll immortality. LIFE's inside storytelling and remarkable photographs illuminate rock's greatest live band in all their makeup majesty. The original foursome of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, as well as the latter-day band members, all thrive in these pages. Taste the show, the shtick, and of course the songs that lifted KISS to greatness and influenced a generation of Grammy winners, from Lady Gaga to Metallica to Garth Brooks and so many more. Rock and roll all night, party every day, and embrace KISS in their full glory.