# Kiss keeps on their make up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009 "2017-02-04T21:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![escaped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/1 "2017-02-04T21:06:21Z")
What if the band, kiss keep their make up on. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/2 "2017-02-04T21:09:50Z")
You’d have KISS and make up. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/3 "2017-02-04T21:25:59Z")
up until 1983 they never went out in public w/o their characteristic makeup. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/4 "2017-02-04T21:33:16Z")
^ So how’d you know it was them? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/5 "2017-02-04T21:48:26Z")
What if it’s not make-up ? ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/6 "2017-02-04T22:28:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ So how’d you know it was them? 😃 Is the singing slightly off-key and are the instruments a bit out of sync? Then it is them! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/7 "2017-02-04T22:34:52Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > You’d have KISS and make up. _writes down **E\_DUB’s** name on the plaid clipboard_ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/8 "2017-02-04T22:55:37Z")
I’d love to see any of them try to cash a check. “Yes, Mr. Lizard Bassist, I’ll have that cash right out to you. No, there’s no hold on it.” Steve King said once: No one will cash a check made out to The Amazing Spider-Man. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-keeps-on-their-make-up/779009/9 "2017-02-04T22:55:49Z")
Didn’t they put the makeup back on when they reunited with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss? And AFAIK they still wear it. Tommy Thayer wears Frehley’s “space ace” makeup and Eric Singer wears Criss’ cat man makeup as the makeup designs are trademarked by the band.