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Paul Stanley<\/a> said a cruel moment in a press interview triggered Kiss<\/a>\u2019 decision to take off their masks<\/a> in 1983.<\/p>\n The band, who were experiencing a slump in popularity as genres changed around them, responded by abandoning the characters and costumes they\u2019d been using for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n They changed back in 1996<\/a>, moving on from a period that Stanley admitted had seen them involved in some low-quality moments \u2013 but also saw some of their biggest hits including \u201cCrazy Crazy Nights\u201d and \u201cLick It Up.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Doc McGhee Told Kiss: \u2018Call Me When You Put the Makeup Back On\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI mean, the clothes got ridiculous,\u201d the guitarist told Billy Corgan<\/a> in a recent episode of the Smashing Pumpkins<\/a> leader\u2019s The Magnificent Ones<\/em> podcast (video below). \u201cWe looked like we got dressed in the dark in a costume store! \u2018What do you think my feather earrings?\u2019 \u2018Oh, good \u2013 goes with your eye makeup!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cBut it was a way for us to continue [and] I wanted the band to continue. \u2026 [N]obody can tell me when this band is over. And I did do interviews with journalists towards the end of the makeup period, where there could be such vitriol [because] somebody has joy in making you squirm.\u201d<\/p>\n Stanley theorized that such negativity came from \u201cpeople angered by how long we had succeeded. He went on to describe what he called the \u201cdeath knell\u201d moment in an interview.<\/p>\n The question, he said, was: \u201cHow does it feel to be on the Titanic<\/em>?\u201d His reaction was: \u201cI\u2019m a human being. How, how could you say that?\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cAnd all I could think was, \u2018Nobody\u2019s going to tell me when this ends\u2026 watch this.\u2019 [Y]ou have to have a reason to continue, and mine was that nobody gets to tell me when it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n Stanley accepted: \u201cThere were certainly some missteps that I listen to now and go, \u2018Gee\u2026\u2019 All I can say is that we committed ourselves 100 per cent to everything we did, and believed that we were doing the best we could when we did things.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd some of it is<\/em> pretty awful!\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Paul Stanley\u2019s Interview with Billy Corgan<\/strong><\/p>\n You wanted the best, you get the best.. and the rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Matthew Wilkening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Interview Question That Angered Paul Stanley<\/h3>\n
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