# KISS: Which was which? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484 "2013-09-10T06:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/1 "2013-09-10T06:39:19Z")
Recently, while organizing the fonts in my computer (about 3,300 of them), I found ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/2 "2013-09-10T06:51:13Z")
I suspect **Century Gothic** got him, but we should not leave **Comic Sans** off the list of suspects. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/3 "2013-09-10T06:52:36Z")
I have several fonts on my computer, they ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/4 "2013-09-10T06:55:16Z")
Darn it, Watson. Another victim. It must be my old nemesis **Impact**! ---
**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:** [September 10, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/5 "2013-09-10T06:57:30Z")
Where are all of you people getting the Candlejack fo ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/6 "2013-09-10T07:00:58Z")
Paul was Paul, of course. Gene was John. Ace was George. Peter was Ringo. Hey, they didn’t call Kiss the Jewish Beatles for nothin’! 😉 (Yes, I know Gene played bass. But Gene was John, and Paul was Paul. Just face it.) ---
**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:** [September 10, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/7 "2013-09-10T07:02:40Z")
Damn it, **dougie\_monty**. I warned you not to get within distance of Gene’s tongue! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/8 "2013-09-10T07:25:09Z")
Strange. The fonts on my computer are acting ver ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/9 "2013-09-10T07:28:43Z")
What I meant with this thread was to try to match the greasepaint face to the real name of that member of KISS: The star; the cat face; etc. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/10 "2013-09-10T07:55:24Z")
Gene Simmons was the dragon. Paul Stanley was the star. Peter Criss was the cat. Somebody else was whoever’s left. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/11 "2013-09-10T07:55:40Z")
[This illustration should help you.](http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/27900000/-Kiss-musicians-in-makeup-27981441-283-303.jpg) Top left - Paul Stanley Top right - Ace Frehley Bottom left - Peter Criss Bottom right - Gene Simmons ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/12 "2013-09-10T11:29:16Z")
I gotta know what the members of KISS had to do with the fonts on your co ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/13 "2013-09-10T12:34:49Z")
wot ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/14 "2013-09-10T12:54:36Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Gene Simmons was the dragon. Paul Stanley was the star. Peter Criss was the cat. Somebody else was whoever’s left. Ace does tend to speak and behave like he did come down from space or still was up there. … But unless there’s a font that includes the various facepaints from different peri ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/15 "2013-09-10T13:41:45Z")
Fonts? Lemme tell you about ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/16 "2013-09-10T14:44:34Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Ace does tend to speak and behave like he did come down from space or still was up there. > > … Except in the Kiss \*\*\*Phantom of the Park \*\*\*TV special, in which he kept talking like Curly from the 3 Stooges. Today, when he’s sober, he sounds like an ordinary lowlife from the Bronx (which is what he is!). But in Seventies interviews, he always seemed to be drunk and cracking bad jokes in a high voice. Ace and Peter Criss, incidentally, aren’t Jewish, though Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/17 "2013-09-10T16:11:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Gene Simmons was the dragon. Paul Stanley was the star. Peter Criss was the cat. Somebody else was whoever’s left. [nitpick]Gene was the demon, not the dragon.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/18 "2013-09-10T16:15:22Z")
While we’re on the subject, I thought it was kind of cool that KISS offered Tim Tebow a spot on their arena football team. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/19 "2013-09-10T16:25:21Z")
Keep It Simple, Stupid ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484/20 "2013-09-10T16:30:51Z")
Paul Stanley - Stanley Harvey Eisen Ace Frehley - Paul Daniel Frehley Peter Criss - George Peter John Criscuola Gene Simmons - Chaim Weitz I don’t know why you’re confused. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-which-was-which/668484.md?page=2)