The members of KISS are known both for their iconic, personalized makeup as much as their leather jumpsuits and demonic platform shoes. For their recent KISS Kruise, the band decided to class things up a bit, wearing suits for two performances like they did on the cover of 1975's Dressed to Kill album.
As the official theme of the Kruise, Dressed to Kill was given some stage time with songs like "She" and the massive hit "Rock and Roll All Nite" being played over the weekend, Ultimate Classic Rock notes. Other acts on the bill included Cheap Trick and a night of CT frontman Robin Zander going at it alone. KISS also performed a no-makeup, unplugged set outdoors circa 1995.
The boys got off the open seas today (November 4) and had to hustle to Las Vegas where their month-long residency at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino begins tomorrow night. "Whatever you're used to with Kiss, this will pump it up that much more," Stanley told USA Today. "If Kiss is on steroids, this is a double dose."
"The great thing about going into the Joint, it gives us the opportunity to add," the singer continued. "Much in the same way as a Broadway show, when you have a permanent installation, you're not breaking down every night to travel. So we can do things we wouldn't normally do."
All four original members of KISS were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, but not before fanboy Tom Morello offered a few words of praise. "I've known Gene and Paul for some time and I'm a huge fan of the band and have been an advocate — a noisy, fist-pounding advocate for years for KISS to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," Morello said. "One of the all-time great bands is being rightly enshrined.
