Kiss

Kiss is a glam metal band established in the seventies who helped popularize the genre in the eighties until bands like Metallica killed it in the nineties. They are believed by many to be the genre's leaders. The band garnered several hits and numerous bestselling albums and today have an enormous legacy, although for decades have also been greatly parodied. Because of their phenomenal popularity there has been merchandising galore over the decades. Frontman Gene Simmons is noted for his large tongue. Their logo caused controversy due to the esses being accused of resembling the Nazi SS from World War II, but the band claimed they wanted a font that made the letters look like lightning. Weird Al Yankovic parodied them with his song She Never Told Me She Was a Mime. They toured once without their costumes, but quickly went back to it.