KISS are back: five times the glam titans gave rock ‘n’ roll to us all  

KISS are back and their shows promise to be wilder and more explosive than ever. Expect plenty of pyro, facepaint, flames, flying zip wires, fire breathing, blood and fireworks.

Paul Stanly zipwires from main stage to sound booth to perform Love Gun

As a tribute to the rock titans, we thought it only right we pick out five times they gave rock ‘n’ roll to you.

kiss – gene simmons’ hair on fire

KISS are notorious for their stage antics and Gene Simmons was the worst for getting down and dirty back in the day. The statuesque bassist would often gorge on fake blood and breathe fire. Over the course of their career Simmons is believed to have set himself ablaze over half a dozen times – and he was captured on camera accidentally setting his hair alight in this clip.  It became so common, he often had a roadie on hand to snuff the flames out with a blanket.

When they printed a Marvel comic special with their own blood in it

KISS Comic Book #1 Issue 1977 Marvel Comics Super Special Magazine with Blood Ink

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With their Joker-style make-up and silver space costumes, KISS took on the personae of comic book-style characters from the outset. Paul Stanley became known as The Starchild , Simmons, The Demon, former axeman Ace Frehley was donned The Spaceman or Space Ace while original drummer Peter Criss was named The Catman. So it was no surprise in 1977 when they made their comic debut in issue 12 of

. Marvel Comics continued to recruit their services alongside the likes of Captain America, Iron Man, Spiderman etc for many issues to come. Apparently, blood from each band member was also drawn by a registered nurse, witnessed by a notary public, and poured into the vats of red ink used for printing at Marvel’s Borden Ink plant in New York – meaning your copy of their Marvel Comics Super Special came with extra DNA.

Perdonen por la mala calidad / Sorry for the poor quality. Tema : Crazy,Crazy Nights Disco : Crazy Nights Año : 1987 Compositor : Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick

Sensing it was time for a change, KISS made a ballsy move and ditched their trademark makeup and costumes in 1983. The band officially appeared in public without makeup for the first time on an appearance on MTV on September 18 that year, which coincided with the release of the band’s new album, ‘Lick It Up’. They cleaned up in the process with the album going gold and its 1984 follow up ‘Animalize’ going on to become KISS’ best-selling LP in America over the decade, with over 2 million sales.

It doesn’t get any more rock ‘n’ roll than KISS’ merchandise. If you check out their website you can snap up a KISS pinball machine, Ugg boots and dog bandanas. But they went completely out there in 2001 when they unleashed the ‘KISS Kasket’, the band’s very own funeral casket complete with the band’s logo. Unveiling the casket Simmons declared: “I love livin’, but this makes the alternative look pretty damn good.” When former Pantera man Dimebag Darrell was tragically shot dead onstage in 2004, he was buried in a ‘KISS Kasket’. It doesn’t get any more rock ‘n’ roll than that.

Gene Simmons rocking out at the Guitar Hero championships

Gene Simmons from Kiss rocks out with the Guitar Hero II for xbox 360 world champion at the NYC Virgin Megastore

, which was scrawled with his autograph and a photo of him painted across the body of the controller. Then he stepped up to the plate and shredded his bass guitar out at the Guitar Hero championships in New York. Did he manage to make it look cool? You decide.