ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, October 3, 1996 TAG: 9610030075
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
*An estimated 10.2 million people will see Kiss in concert on this tour - 8,500 of them at the Roanoke Civic Center.
*During the tour, Kiss will use a total of 54 pounds of theatrical makeup.
*Gene Simmons will regurgitate 358 pints of blood.
*Kiss will spend more than $170,000 on stage outfits and platform boots.
*Ace Frehley will use not only his "smoker" guitar, but one that launches rockets.
*Kiss members had their face makeup designs copyrighted in the 1970s.
*For his birthday this year, Gene Simmons received, from drummer Peter Criss, one pottery statue of three big-bottomed women in bikinis. "It's for his desk," Criss said.
*The parents of Kiss members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley know their children by the following names: Gene Klein, Stanley Eisen, Peter Crisscoula and Paul "Ace" Frehley.
*All members of Kiss have children.
*Members of Kiss swear, but they do not use the "F-word" on stage.
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: Together again: Kiss members (from left) Peter Criss,by CNBPaul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons. color.