As for this, the original band members of KISS were Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley.
The origin of KISS would be traced back to the band called Wicked Lester where Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley originally were. They abandoned it after a while and started a new group. They first met Peter Criss along the roads of East Coast and met up in a nightclub. Auditioned and then became an official member, the began playing together, but in a much harder rock that Wicked Lester played. Lastly before KISS was formed, Ace Frehley completed the band and then KISS was born.
