# Best/Worst Kiss makeup **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292 "2008-01-04T18:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/1 "2008-01-04T18:06:21Z")
Which Kiss member has the coolest makeup job and which has the lamest? [Gene Simmons](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/f/f2/Gene_simmons_solo_album_cover.jpg) (the Demon) [Paul Stanley](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Paul_stanley_solo_album_cover.jpg) (the Starchild) [Ace Frehley](http://www.beeplog.com/blogfiles/1/40985/entries/111029/images/600px-ace_frehley_solo_album_cover.jpg) (the Spaceman) [Peter Criss](http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-09-23/cover_peter_large.jpg) (the Catman) My picks: Best: Simmons Worst: Criss ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/2 "2008-01-04T18:09:33Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Best: Simmons Worst: Criss [/QUOTE] Seconded. But remember, those were not the only four members of the band. I think the bear guy was the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/3 "2008-01-04T18:13:46Z")
[Abbath](http://immortal.tomsk.ru/foto/www/fotography/promo/08abbath.jpg) Oh, wait. Abbath wasn’t in KISS. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/4 "2008-01-04T18:17:53Z")
**OPEN DIVISION:** **Vinnie Vincent** ’s ankh-based makeup = [cool](http://www.wedvik.no/kiss/images/vinniebio.jpg) **Eric Carr** ’s fox makeup = [not so much](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ILIL-Carr.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/5 "2008-01-04T18:19:26Z")
I actually like Peter Criss’s, but I have a feline bias. Gene’s is the most iconic, of course. I think Ace’s is the worst - the silver glittery makeup that is the bulk of it jars with the primarily black and white look of the others. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/6 "2008-01-04T18:29:21Z")
Around the time those four matching solo LPs came out, I always wanted to see them displayed with the oft-overlooked [fifth KISS member](http://www.operamania.com/disc/images/pagliac-decca.jpg) added. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/7 "2008-01-04T18:58:55Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Seconded. But remember, those were not the only four members of the band. I think the bear guy was the worst. [/QUOTE] Huh, I always thought the later members took on the personas (and makeup stylings) of the members they replaced. Happy, not the most well-informed (or die-hard) Kiss fan in the world ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-kiss-makeup/432292/8 "2008-01-04T19:47:44Z")
Simmons’ is the only one that looks good but the rest, in order, are Frehley, Stanley, and Criss.