They Wanna Rock and Roll All Night: Facts About KISS

It’s been nearly half a century since Chaim Witz, Stanley Eisen, Paul Frehley, and George Criscuola first got together in a New York City jam room. The band has since exploded, selling over 100 million albums and licensing their name to over 3,000 products, including condoms and coffins. The highly successful band has raked in an estimated net worth of “between one and five billion dollars.”

Jenny McCarthy and Gene Simmons / KISS posing together / Eric Carr / Vincent Vinnie

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For generations, they have been one of the most popular and influential bands in pop culture and media. Throughout their long and colorful career, there have been so many crazy stories that it’s pretty much impossible to keep track of them.

Sit back and relax because today we’re going to talk about facts you may not know about the legendary band KISS.