Stage names of members of Kiss

Heavy-metal group popular since the 1970s, known for their outlandish stage make-up and for the made-up stage names that masked their real identities.

• Peter Criss
  • Real name: Peter Crisscola
• Ace Frehley
  • Real name: Paul Frehley
• Gene Simmons (born 1949)

  American singer and musician. Co-founder of the group Kiss.

  • Real name: Gene Klein
• Paul Stanley
  • Real name: Stanley Eisen